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It's me asking for help again.
It's me asking for help again.
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May 22, 2020
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It's me asking for help again. I've tried everything I can think of to no avail. Is it possible to only record and get notifications in the colored boxes? I dont need to record every vehicle that travels my road but do need recordings of both boxes.
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May 22, 2020
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stout1
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No expert, do you have it hooked to power. I believe you have to for the fields to work.
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May 22, 2020
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austronesia
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stout1
no I do not. Is that an option I can do?
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May 22, 2020
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stout1
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That is an option. It should cover that in the directions. Unfortunately I’m not the best person to ask. Mine are all setup just to battery.
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May 22, 2020
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priebe
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austronesia
I think the activity zones only affect the number of alerts you receive. Everything is recorded regardless.
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May 22, 2020
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priebe
ok thank you.
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May 22, 2020
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lesseps
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If you only want to get notifications in the activtiy boxes you have to be plugged into AC power
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May 22, 2020
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calves75
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The Arlo requirement for it to be hooked up to a powersource is odd. Wonder if it's a software issue they gave up on or what.
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May 22, 2020
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no change. Its because of power drain consistently looking into the activity zones.
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+7
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May 22, 2020
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loupgarou858
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Yes it’s possible, I use the smart features a lot, but it seems that your problem is that your camera it’s not leveled with in the street, so your blue box it’s going to pick up every top of the car that pass in the street
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May 22, 2020
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thanks I've adjusted the blue box some.
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May 22, 2020
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nigel
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It looks like the top of the cars will still trigger the "Brandy" one. Watch a car go past to make sure it does not cross that field.
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May 22, 2020
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Yes that's the way it should work but based on that Camera angle though it will still detect side by side motion of the street and kill your battery quicker but you won't get notifications or recordings of the street. I personally don't use activity zones because once I change the battery I have to adjust the zone each time because the boxes aren't aligned after remounting my camera.
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May 22, 2020
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austronesia
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Villareal battery saver is what I'm trying to do and be able to monitor my drive and the neighbors who I take care of. And ugh that sucks on battery change and boxes not realigning.
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May 22, 2020
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Yeah mine are pointed at the street so I set the notification to off since I have a camera aimed at my porch as well as the doorbell.
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May 22, 2020
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I have it setup to only record the boxed areas but I keep getting the road traffic. I have adjusted the blue box some.
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May 22, 2020
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ramer
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I gave up on activity zones, they were more trouble than they were worth. I do have the paid subscription though so just choose to turn notifications off for vehicles. It records them but I don't get notified which is fine. My batteries have gone from lasting a couple of weeks to a couple of months
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May 22, 2020
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I can't imagine any vehicles not crossing into the blue box
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May 22, 2020
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Activity zones work with either ac power, or without ac power, but with subscription. But yes, original box would be picking up vehicles every single time. But as indicated, you could turn off car alerts, if subscription.
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