topic Re: Can Arlo-Wire Free be scheduled to record without motion trigger? in Arlo

Can Arlo-Wire Free be scheduled to record without motion trigger?

lifeOfBarney — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 15:37:35 GMT

Hi all

Working on setting schedules for when we're not home. Live in a condo and currently not permitted to mount cameras on the exterior of the townhouse units, so it's sitting inside on my window sill. I cannot rely on motion detection, since motion detection on the wire-free does not penetrate windows.

I've been going through the settings on the system and can't find an answer. Is it not possible to schedule the camera to simply record, without needing to be triggered by motion?

If not... Dear Netgear, can you please write that feature into the next system patch? 🙂

Re: Can Arlo-Wire Free be scheduled to record without motion trigger?

manfredz — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 16:14:11 GMT

no the best you can do is start a manual recording but it will time out in 30 min.

attery operated cameras are not designed for continuous manual operation since the batteries will be drained after about 6-12 hours of such.

Re: Can Arlo-Wire Free be scheduled to record without motion trigger?

TomMac — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 16:46:02 GMT

if you want the cameras to work thru glass ( since you can't mount outside ) the only ones that will work for you are the Q cameras....

They use pixel based detection and work fine thru double pane andersen windows...also use 1080 rez over 720. They are ac powered too.

It's not going to work with the Arlo/Arlo Pro cameras because they use PIR detection and glass blocks most IR

Re: Can Arlo-Wire Free be scheduled to record without motion trigger?

lifeOfBarney — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 16:57:13 GMT

thanks for the responses.

Can the Q cameras work with the same base that came with my wire-free cameras?

Re: Can Arlo-Wire Free be scheduled to record without motion trigger?

jguerdat — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 17:19:28 GMT

Q cameras don't use a base, just your home WiFi. They do detect through glass since they use pixel-based detection, not IR.