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Arlo 3 Floodlight Duration

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UK_Wildcats
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The floodlight lights do not stay on for 120 seconds per the settings.  I tried changing the settings back and forth but it did not fix it.  It only stays on for about 15 seconds.  

 

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StephenB
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@UK_Wildcats wrote:

The floodlight lights do not stay on for 120 seconds per the settings.  I tried changing the settings back and forth but it did not fix it.  It only stays on for about 15 seconds.  

 


It does sound like a bug.

 

Try setting the recording length to 120 seconds, and see if that resolves it.

UK_Wildcats
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I stood out there waving my arms for longer than 2 minutes and the light still went off after about 15 seconds.

StephenB
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@UK_Wildcats wrote:

I stood out there waving my arms for longer than 2 minutes and the light still went off after about 15 seconds.


Still I suggest setting the recording time to 2 minutes and see if that changes the behavior.

Mikey94025
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My Arlo Pro 3 Floodlight settings looks a little different than yours, but I presume the "Recording Length" setting controls how long the video recording and floodlight stay on for *motion-triggered events*.  So video recording and the light will stay on as long as the motion activity remains and then shutoff, unless you set it to a fixed duration (like 120 sec, which is what I have my floodlight set to).  In my experience the "Record util activity stops" option often doesn't maintain itself as long as it should, another reason why I prefer fixed length recording length.

 

I think the light duration setting controls how long the floodlight stays on when you *manually* turn on the floodlight from the app.

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@Mikey94025 wrote:

 video recording and the light will stay on as long as the motion activity remains and then shutoff, unless you set it to a fixed duration (like 120 sec, which is what I have my floodlight set to). 

 

I think the light duration setting controls how long the floodlight stays on when you *manually* turn on the floodlight from the app.


@UK_Wildcats - it's been quite a while since I was using the "Library" interface, but that is my recollection also.

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