Help with checking state of ARLO camera

#1

1) Give a description of the problem
I am using Smarthings to set an alarm state for Arlo cameras depending on home/away etc.,.
Sometimes the cameras do not physically get turned on , and I want a piston to check

2) What is the expected behaviour?
If in a certain alarm state. check to see if expected cameras are ON…if not turn them on

3) What is happening/not happening?
If I test it by going to the alarm state, and turning a camera off in the Arlo software, it does NOT get turned back on by webcore…Im not sure what state of the camera I should be checking for OFF
Ive tried switch , and camera but no go… Im sure I’m missing something really simple!
I have also added a screenshot of my options when checking camera state dropdown box

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#2

You don’t have a trigger in your piston. You might try changing any of the motion sensors switch is off to … any motion sensors switch changes to off. Also move that line to the first line of the piston.

Any of the motion sensors switch changes to off

And

Location mode is external arm

#3

JKP…thanks…tried exactly what you suggest , but that still doesn’t seem to solve the issue…
I want to check if they never were on in the first place…(this has happened a few Times even through they were told to arm by smarthings )
So I want to check IF they are off but should be ON.,…then turn them on…
I think in your example that doesn’t work as they never changed TO off…they were already off if that makes any sense…
hope im clear enough. ! Thanks again

Bill P

#4

I think you could just set the first line to if Location mode changes to External arm and then turn on the cameras.

If they are already on it won’t matter it will just ignore the command, I think.

Also I found that if I try to turn on all the cameras at once they sometimes don’t all come on. So I setup a piston that will turn on one and wait 5 seconds before doing the next.

#5

Great minds…I changed it this morning to exactly that ! will see how it goes …
interesting having the delay piston…it is frustrating when for some reason they don’t all come on…nice idea! may add that to it
thanks and HNY ! :slight_smile:
Bill P