Ultra2 4K - Individual mode settings

[halfmoon83]

Can more than one mode can be set up to be operating at the same time? 

For instance, I want one camera to be on permanently armed and provide alerts, the other cameras should be armed on a schedule.

I have set up separate modes for different cameras, but the app does not allow me to apply a schedule to one of the modes.

ALSO

The app only allows the selection of one mode. 

How can I fix this?

[StephenB]

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@halfmoon83 wrote:

Can more than one mode can be set up to be operating at the same time? 

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No. Only one mode can be operating on a base at a time.

But each mode can have rules for multiple cameras.

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@halfmoon83 wrote:

For instance, I want one camera to be on permanently armed and provide alerts, the other cameras should be armed on a schedule.

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The way you do this is 

• create a mode that only arms this camera.  Then use this mode whenever you'd normally use disarmed.
• make sure that every other mode that you schedule includes a rule that arms this camera,

The key idea here - you need to identify all the combinations of cameras you want active at any given time.  Then you need to create a mode for each of those combinations.  After that, you schedule those modes.

[halfmoon83]

Thanks for the suggestion.

The way I understand this is, if I have the mode set to arm/disarm all cameras on a daily schedule, then I have to remember to change modes every day to leave the other one on permanetly.

OR

I leave them all armed, but switch off the alerts and recording on the cameras I want to be inactive.

Either way, seems a bit cumbersome. ... or do I buy a second smarthub?

[StephenB]

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@halfmoon83 wrote:

The way I understand this is, if I have the mode set to arm/disarm all cameras on a daily schedule, then I have to remember to change modes every day to leave the other one on permanetly.

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No, you aren't getting it yet.

Let's imagine that you have

• one outdoor camera that you want armed all the time (Camera A) 
• Two more outdoor cameras that you want armed from 5 pm to 6 am, but disarmed during the day (Cameras B, C)
• Two indoor cameras you want armed from 6 am to 6 pm. (Cameras D, E)

So from

• midnight to 6am you want A, B, and C armed
• 6 am to 5 pm you want A, D, and E armed
• 5 pm to 6 pm you want A, B, C, D, and E armed
• 6 pm to midnight you want A, B, C armed (same as midnight to 6 am) 

You have 3 combinations of cameras.  So you need three modes - one of which is the built-in ARMED mode.

• A, B, C ("Outdoor" custom mode)
• A, D, E ("Indoor" custom mode) -somewhat misnamed, since A is outdoor.
• A, B, C, D, E (exlsting "Armed" mode)

Now you set up the schedule

• midnight to 6am: Outdoor
• 6 am to 5 pm: Indoor
• 5 pm to 6 pm: Armed
• 6 pm to midnight: Outdoor 

[halfmoon83]

Thanks. 

So I see, once the modes are set up, the schedule allows selection of the mode you can schedule.

Makes sense now,

Thanks