![]() You turn the cameras on/off through the Routines. Now, Smartthings uses these routines and any custom rules to control how the Arlo cameras work, (basically a smart switch, if you will). Between the two you can do just about anything you want to do.Ī mode will not run a routine, but a routine can change the mode. The heart of the system is the ability to customize your system through the Routines and Custom Rules. Here is the confusing part - you are able to change the states of the modes by clicking on these icons liike you would on any alarm system, but that is all you can do with them. What is confusing at first is that the icons on the Smartthings home page, (Armed Away, Armed Home and Disarmed) are simply visual representations to show the current state of the modes. Smartthings has been setup to give you a lot more control, in my opinion, than the Arlo App. I'm glad you got your Smartthings and Arlo system integrated. If I know I'm going to trigger a camera a thousand times eg when out in the garden or washing the car, I just turn that particular camera off in the app. I pretty much never disarm my Arlo system. The combinations of schedules and geofencing etc give me enough flexibility to control the cameras through the various modes and rules. I played with this integration for a while but in the end, decided that I preferred the Arlo app and while I have ST integration, I only use the cameras to trigger lights inside and outside the house after sunset. You should be able to get voice control to change modes though it's possible there may be a need for WebCoRE or some workaround like a virtual switch to run a routine to change the mode. In the SHM, you have different modes in which you can configure the operation of the cameras. Using it like this, you really should have minimal reason to open the Arlo app. Video recorded will not be recorded to the Arlo cloud but to the ST/SHM cloud. The Arlo system will have a Smartthings mode generated and it will contact rules like "Front door cameras motion triggers back door camera to do nothing, possibly with a push notification". If you want to use full ST control, this is done through the SHM. This gives you the ability to turn the cameras on and off, and to use them as ST motion sensors. ![]() Smartthings and Arlo integration - You connect the Arlo system via the Arlo (Connect) smartapp. I'm not sure if this is still the case because someone on the internet told me I was wrong. You can check out the Smartthings forum to find out. Like Arlo's app you set up rules to actually start the video recording from the devices you hsve selected for that rule.īear in mind that there will be a couple of seconds delay in starting to record as Smartthings must talk to Arlo over the cloud and Arlo must send back its instructions to Smartthings over the cloud and must send that information to your phone or computer.įinally I am not sure about vouce control as I don't use it. You turn off the cameras or disarm them through another Routine. You use Routines to set the cameras to standby mode to be ready to record video. The main thing with the Smartthings integration is that you basically want Smartthings to be the on/off switch for the Arlo cameras. Also you can do so many things with Smartthings you might get overwhelmed when setting it up. I do get a glitch every now and then but it sure beats being without the ability to do so. Like everything else there is nothing that is perfect. With Smartthings I can let just about let any sensor fire a camera or several cameras at the same time such as motion sensors, open/closed switches, smoke alarms, water leak sensors and lights. I have been using Smartthings and Arlo cameras for about two years and just love the integration.
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