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5. Modes, Rules, and Alerts You can arm or disarm your Arlo cameras and devices, and you can set up a schedule to automatically arm each device. When your camera is armed, it detects motion. Modes and rules let you tell your Arlo system what to do automatically in different situations. For example, you can set your Arlo system to record a video when it detects motion and send you an email alert. Arm or disarm all your Arlo devices You can arm or disarm all your Arlo devices simultaneously. Doing this deactivates other modes, such as Schedule, Geofencing, and Custom modes for all your Arlo devices. To return a device to another mode, select the device and then select a mode. To arm or disarm all your Arlo devices: 1. Open the Arlo app. 2. Tap Modes. 3. Tap Arm All Devices or Disarm All Devices. Modes Arlo modes give you control over how your Arlo cameras respond to motion. For example, you probably don't want to receive an alert about motion in your yard in the daytime when you're gardening. You might want to turn on a different mode when you're away on vacation. Modes let you tell your cameras to respond differently at different times. The Arlo app comes with these modes: Armed. Detection is on for this camera. Disarmed. Detection is off for this camera. Schedule. Manage detection based on a schedule. Geofencing. You can arm, disarm, or resume a schedule mode when you arrive at, or leave, a given location based on your mobile device location. 28

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5. Modes, Rules, and Alerts
You can arm or disarm your Arlo cameras and devices, and you can set up a schedule to
automatically arm each device. When your camera is armed, it detects motion. Modes and
rules let you tell your Arlo system what to do automatically
in different situations. For
example, you can set your Arlo system to record a video when it detects motion and send you
an email alert.
Arm or disarm all your Arlo devices
You can arm or disarm all your Arlo devices simultaneously. Doing this deactivates other
modes, such as Schedule, Geofencing, and Custom modes for all your Arlo devices. To return
a device to another mode, select the device and then select a mode.
To arm or disarm all your Arlo devices:
1.
Open the Arlo app.
2.
Tap
Modes
.
3.
Tap
Arm All Devices
or
Disarm All Devices
.
Modes
Arlo modes give you control over how your Arlo cameras respond to motion. For example, you
probably don’t want to receive an alert about motion in your yard in the daytime when you’re
gardening. You might want to turn on a different mode when you’re away on vacation. Modes
let you tell your cameras to respond differently at different times.
The Arlo app comes with these modes:
Armed
. Detection is on for this camera.
Disarmed
. Detection is off for this camera.
Schedule
. Manage detection based on a schedule.
Geofencing
. You can arm, disarm, or resume a schedule mode when you
arrive at, or leave, a given location based on your mobile device location.