All cameras light up at once

[egilso]

I have a mix of essential spotlight ver 1 and 2. Eight cameras in total. Battery consumption is rather high.

The last months, I have observed that all spotlights light up, even if I just want to go in and check one camera. 

I would like to have the previous behaviour, where I could go in and check the feed from one camera without turning on the lights of all. The whole property lights up, and that can be disturbing..

[StephenB]

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@egilso wrote:

The last months, I have observed that all spotlights light up, even if I just want to go in and check one camera. 

Are you saying that when you livestream a camera and then toggle the spotlight on the livestream page, that all of spotlights turn on?  FWIW, I am not seeing that on my system.

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@egilso wrote:

Battery consumption is rather high.

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How often do you need to charge them?

[egilso]

Hi! Yes, when I go to the app in the evening to watch the feed from one camera, I can see the other cameras wake up and light up the property in all directions. I do not have to turn on the spotlight for the others to light up.

If I do this repeatedly, eventually the other lights will turn off. 

The cameras not on solar will go down from 100 to 85 pct in a week.

[StephenB]

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@egilso wrote:

The cameras not on solar will go down from 100 to 85 pct in a week.

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So about 5 weeks between charges (assuming you won't let the cameras drop below 15%).

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@egilso wrote:

when I go to the app in the evening to watch the feed from one camera, I can see the other cameras wake up and light up the property in all directions. I do not have to turn on the spotlight for the others to light up.

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Are the cameras recording?  Just wondering if you've set them up to cross-trigger.