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5. Modes, Rules, and Alerts
Modes and rules let you tell Arlo what to do in dierent situations. For example, you can tell
Arlo to record a video when it detects motion and send you an email alert.
Modes
Arlo modes give you control over how your Arlo cameras respond to motion or audio. 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 dierent mode when you’re
away on vacation. Modes let you tell your cameras to respond dierently at dierent times.
You can create your own modes, but the Arlo app comes with these modes:
Armed. Detection is on for this camera.
Disarmed. Detection is o 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.
You can customize the Armed and Schedule modes and you can add new modes. You might
want to create a mode in which some Arlo devices are actively detecting motion but others
aren’t. If you use a combination of Arlo devices, your oodlight can be active at night while
you’re sleeping and your interior cameras can be disarmed.
Note: You can create dierent modes for the same Arlo device, but each Arlo device can only
use one mode at a time.