Question about turning Go 2 off

[CR41G]

There is a way to turn the Go 2 off remotely. My question is, how is it still remotely accessible if truly powered off? Does it just go into a low power state for some brief period of time before truly turning 100% off, and then it's rendered fully inaccessible?

[StephenB]

---

@CR41G wrote:

There is a way to turn the Go 2 off remotely. My question is, how is it still remotely accessible if truly powered off? 

---

It isn't fully off when you use that setting.  As you suggest, it is in a low power state - maintaining its network connection so it can respond to cloud commands.

FWIW, a lot of modern electronics are not completely when you power them down.  

[CR41G]

Does it ever fully turn off, or can I expect that if I power it off, I will be able to remotely access and power it back on weeks later?

Additionally, I've looked and can't find this, but would like to confirm: Is there no automation/routine that will allow me to trigger turning the device on/off?

[StephenB]

---

@CR41G wrote:

Does it ever fully turn off, or can I expect that if I power it off, I will be able to remotely access and power it back on weeks later?

---

It isn't using much power, but the battery will eventually drain.  At that point it will power off.

No idea how long that will take - it could depend in part on the quality of the mobile connection.

---

@CR41G wrote:

Additionally, I've looked and can't find this, but would like to confirm: Is there no automation/routine that will allow me to trigger turning the device on/off?

---

There is no way to turn the device off.  But disarming it has a similar effect, as the camera's power use is much less than when the camera is armed.

[CR41G]

Can you further explain "disarming?" Is that an actual functional state to place the camera in, or are you just describing the act of disabling motion alerts?

[StephenB]

---

@CR41G wrote:

Can you further explain "disarming?" Is that an actual functional state to place the camera in, or are you just describing the act of disabling motion alerts?

---

If you see "Feed" and "Dashboard" in your app menu, then placing the system in Standby disarms the camera.  If instead you see "Library", then there is a Disarm control.

Either way, it is disabling both motion and audio detection for the camera.