Essential XL W/Spot light direct motion but won’t record

[Andrew425]

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Hello,

A tad frustrated here. I currently have two essential xl cameras with spot light along with three 1st gen Arlo cameras. 

the problem is the newer essential cameras all of a sudden stopped recording and now will only direct motion. I’ve done everything from start from new remove all devices etc, start restart only the two not working, added a 2GB usb drive to record locally. I’m three mins from tossing this hub in the trash. I went into HUB settings to select record etc, individually set settings on cameras. 


Also why am I getting a ! next to record video here. 


What’s funny the original cameras work fine. As tech seems to improve it doesn’t. 

[StephenB]

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@Andrew425 wrote:

A tad frustrated here. I currently have two essential xl cameras with spot light along with three 1st gen Arlo cameras. 

the problem is the newer essential cameras all of a sudden stopped recording and now will only direct motion. I’ve done everything from start from new remove all devices etc, start restart only the two not working, added a 2GB usb drive to record locally. I’m three mins from tossing this hub in the trash. I went into HUB settings to select record etc, individually set settings on cameras. 

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It sounds like the trial subscription ended on the two essential cameras.

Local recording features depend on the base you have.  There is a VMBxxxx label on it - please check it and post back on what you have.

BTW, a 2 GB flash drive is too small, Arlo requires a minimum of 16 GB.  Generally 128 GB-512 GB is more than enough.