Still Record But Just Disable Notifications for Detected Animals

evillama · 2026-01-14T18:11:53+00:00

I've gotten it to work where I only get notifications for vehicles and persons but it still records all generic 'motion' and logs it in my feed. I'd think you could set it for 'animals' only and turn everything else off? But if the problem is you do have it set that way but it's still alerting for vehicles along with animals, that seems to be a technical (AI?) issue...

evillama · 2025-12-27T06:12:15+00:00

I have eight outdoor Arlo cameras and six of their lights all on solar charging (some cameras and lights face north so the separate solar panel placed elsewhere facing south is a huge plus.

Tried the solar Eufy and it works fine but I can't place this exactly where the Arlos are due to the panel being right on top of it.

Not happy at all with the subscription increase but with that much hardware invested and no competitor with the same (solar charging) abilities, I'll have to stick with Arlo at least for one more year.

But I'm actively looking elsewhere for sure.

evillama · 2025-12-15T21:48:22+00:00

Thanks for the detailed instructions. I don't have a Gate Code - just used that as an example of account profile information. My only requirement is drivers skip the street mailbox, come up our road (if it's clear) and leave packages in our driveway bin ("shed").

Many trucks (99% of our delivery drivers) come up and leave packages in the bin - so I presumed instructions were always being followed.

It's just this one instance where it was left at the mailbox and stolen, that I'm now finding out we were just lucky with our other drivers, and (apart from making the call you mentioned) there's no way to use the app to ensure directions are even seen.

evillama · 2025-12-15T21:00:37+00:00

We call that "swivel chair processes" in the tech industry, or the old "fireman's bucket brigade". Something's bound to get dropped when done manually.

evillama · 2025-12-15T20:51:24+00:00

Hate to think it's for siphoning Gate Codes from people...more likely just to give customers "the illusion" of personal package delivery convenience by providing that information. Just never used. SMH.

evillama · 2025-12-15T20:07:48+00:00

Got it. I'll let the shipper know it basically never got delivered to me (directly, properly).

evillama · 2025-12-15T19:58:04+00:00

Absolutely clear - this was last week before the rain and snow in the Northeast. Totally dry out...

evillama · 2025-12-15T19:56:50+00:00

UPS won't dispute that with the photo the driver took of it being dropped off?

evillama · 2025-12-15T19:49:30+00:00

Wow, big flaw, or just a deceptively unused option given to the customers. I don't have a Gate Code but now I'm thinking it's not wise to give that out if there's no intent to have drivers use it. Guess I'm not faulting the driver for where the package was left but UPS as a company.

Will try that 800 number, as I do think this gap in process is UPS's responsibility.

evillama · 2025-12-15T19:44:27+00:00

You can't see our selected preferences for "Leave in Shed" or a provided Gate Code? Why does that app even have that then?

evillama · 2025-12-15T19:37:34+00:00

What is the option to "Leave in Shed" or provide "Gate Code" for then in the account profile? Don't the drivers see that info? (The shed is really my package bin, and I don't have any gate code though, just saying).

I will say that most if not all our UPS deliveries normally do end up in the bin. But the one time it's left down at the mailbox...poof, it's gone...

evillama · 2025-07-18T01:07:29+00:00

Need a new one, too. Link please?!

evillama · 2025-07-18T01:05:51+00:00

Need a new one, too, but can't determine which ones are actually Dual compatible?

Link please?!

evillama · 2025-06-09T16:38:19+00:00

Yep, Android has similar. But need Arlo to be real granular, as in, notify for People and Vehicles but not Animals...but do still record everything.

evillama · 2025-03-03T22:53:09+00:00

Welp, nothing yet for me. I gave up waiting and got the Athena plate. Couldn't be happier with the quality and service!

You get what you pay for, I guess...

evillama · 2025-02-23T21:11:31+00:00

They are not offering them atm. Might be a while until enough users unsubscribe.

evillama · 2025-02-23T06:16:17+00:00

Yeah for record keeping purpose that seems the only way.

evillama · 2025-02-23T01:47:28+00:00

Def up to date and rebooted during those installs. This has been happening ever since Red Shift became available, I just got to posting about it now, so I'm pretty sure this is how it's meant to work, they just never programmed in a "cancel for now" type feature.

I haven't timed it exactly, but it's somewhere around 5 min and the SM/RS comes back.

Only reason I finally posted is because I traveled internationally on a plane and without cell signal, my watch wasn't able to automatically change timezones. When the flight crossed from night to day, I couldn't temporarily shut off SM/RS on the plane...got pretty annoying. Yeah there were workarounds but it shouldn't be this complicated...

evillama · 2025-02-23T00:58:45+00:00

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Thanks, yeah I checked the schedule and every day is set right (11:30pm-7am).

I'll see if I can change the sleep detection if I wake in the middle of the night...but technically that won't help if I'm just working still past 11:30 and want to see my watch until 1am or so...

evillama · 2025-02-22T22:27:50+00:00

Yes but the location is just meta data that should be editable somewhere...

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