Is arlo pro 2 compatible with the smart hub provided in the pro 3 kit?

[Wrm13]

Is the arlo pro2 camera compatible with the smart hub supplied by the arlo pro3 kit ?

[StephenB]

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@Wrm13 wrote:
Is the arlo pro2 camera compatible with the smart hub supplied by the arlo pro3 kit ?

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Yes.  But one thing to be aware of is that the new smart hubs don't have a siren built in.

[michaelkenward]

True. New hubs lack sirens, but you can keep your old hub and connect it to your pro3 hub and use that as a siren.

[StephenB]

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@michaelkenward wrote:

 but you can keep your old hub and connect it to your pro3 hub and use that as a siren.

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Did you mean connect the pro3 camera to the old hub?

If so, it is important to check for compatibility: https://kb.arlo.com/000062253/Is-Arlo-Pro-3-backwards-compatible-with-my-existing-Arlo-system

FWIW, you can also just continue to use your current hub with your existing cameras, and use the new one just for the pro3 cameras.

[Dennis_Edwards]

Bump...
So what's the advice here? Should you reconnect the Pro 2 cameras with the Pro 3 SmartHub, and recreate all settings in the Pro 3 (assuming you want the new Pro 3 cameras to have the same settings as the Pro 2) or leave them connected to the Pro 2 hub and manage duplicate settings across both hubs?

Note that I don't use the siren (too many false positives!)

[michaelkenward]

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@Dennis_Edwards wrote:

So what's the advice here?

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See above?

Or start a new discussion that covers your issue.

[Dennis_Edwards]

Thanks for the quick response but I don't see the advice. I see some great facts about what you can or could do, but I'm interested in the advice of people that have actually done it.

[StephenB]

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@Dennis_Edwards wrote:
Thanks for the quick response but I don't see the advice. I see some great facts about what you can or could do, but I'm interested in the advice of people that have actually done it.

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There's no hard and fast rule here. 

Personally I am using two Ultra VMB5000 smarthubs with my Pro2 cameras.  The Pro-3 smarthub (VMB4540) also works fine.

In addition to the siren, another consideration is the overall placement of your cameras.  If you aren't getting enough range from a single base, then you should use both (putting them in different parts of the house).

[michaelkenward]

Without knowing what @Dennis_Edwards wants to know about, this is one of those "how long is a piece of string?" questions.

I chip in to add that you can use the VMB4000 hub as a standalone siren without attaching any cameras to it. You can still cross trigger between hubs.

Camera A on Hub A can trigger the siren on Hub B, the VMB4000.

My system has Pro 2, Ultra and Pro 3 cameras on a VMB4540 hub.