For the next developed outdoor camera - add selective Alarm volume

[BlueHorse]

In a fairly dense urban setting, using the alarm in an outside Arlo camera to scare away animals is way too loud - especially at night. It is loud enough to wake up the entire neighborhood and probably cause the police to come banging on my door! I would suggest at least 3 prefixed volume settings: low, medium, high. Although maybe 4 settings would be best. Even during the daytime the alarm is way too loud in an urban setting unless the situation is indeed dire. Again: low, medium, loud volume settings would be very helpful.

These settings would be for each individual camera - not a global account/base station or service setting.

[JessicaP]

Hey @BlueHorse,

Are you saying that you want your siren volume to be lower when the camera is triggered? If so, you can adjust it through the mode/rules. You can read here on how to adjust the volume: How do I create a rule that includes a siren trigger?

[steve_t]

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@BlueHorse wrote:

In a fairly dense urban setting, using the alarm in an outside Arlo camera to scare away animals is way too loud

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Does the alarm siren sound through cameras now? AFAIK, it's only in the base station

[BlueHorse]

For the Arlo Pro 2 camera - the siren sound comes from the camera.

[BlueHorse]

Within the Arlo (iOS) application, Mode, Armed, <camera>, Edit Rule screen - there is NO option/setting to control siren volume. Note that the usage situation is when pressing the ALARM button in a live-view screen.

[BlueHorse]

Well - I stand corrected: the alarm siren is NOT emitted from the Arlo Pro 2 camera (sigh!).

[BlueHorse]

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Are you saying that you want your siren volume to be lower when the camera is triggered? If so, you can adjust it through the mode/rules. You can read here on how to adjust the volume: How do I create a rule that includes a siren trigger?

These instructions do not work for my Arlo Pro base station nor Arlo Pro/Pro2 cameras that I have: Arlo application, Mode, <base station>, Modes (Armed, Disarmed, Schedule, Geofencing), Alarmed, Rules, <camera>, Edit Mode - no Siren option present.

Base station: VMB4000r3

[BlueHorse]

As I was testing a camera that was in the same room as the base station for siren effects with the base station next to me - the siren volume was obviously somewhat painful. Because of the proximity of the two devices I incorrectly assumed that the sound was emitted by the camera. Now that I know better, my request for controlling alarm volume is no longer an issue and can be relegated to the "obscure archive dump".

[jguerdat]

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@BlueHorse wrote:

These instructions do not work for my Arlo Pro base station nor Arlo Pro/Pro2 cameras that I have: Arlo application, Mode, <base station>, Modes (Armed, Disarmed, Schedule, Geofencing), Alarmed, Rules, <camera>, Edit Mode - no Siren option present.

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Use the Add Device selection when editing your rules.