Arlo
The arlo implementation allows you to integrate your Arlo devices in Home Assistant.
There is currently support for the following device types within Home Assistant:
Configuration
To enable device linked in your Arlo account, add the following to your configuration.yaml file:
# Example configuration.yaml entry
arlo:
username: YOUR_USERNAME
password: YOUR_PASSWORD
It is recommended to create a dedicated user on Arlo website to be used within Home Assistant and then share your Arlo cameras.
Finish its configuration by visiting the Arlo sensor page or Arlo camera page or Arlo control panel page. Arlo also has a service call arlo.update that can be manually called to force an update prior to the regular scheduled interval.
The Arlo integration also provides a camera service to enable/disable the motion detection sensor. The example below enables the motion detection every time the Home Assistant service starts.
#automation.yaml
- alias: "Enable Arlo upon HA start'"
initial_state: "on"
trigger:
platform: homeassistant
event: start
action:
service: camera.enable_motion_detection
target:
entity_id: camera.arlo_frontdoor
Alarm
Configuration
Once you have enabled the Arlo component, add the following to your configuration.yaml file:
# Example configuration.yaml entry
alarm_control_panel:
- platform: arlo
Configuration Variables
Arlo base station does not have a built-in home mode. You can map one of your custom modes to Home Assistant’s home mode by setting the name of the custom mode in this configuration variable. The name of the custom mode should match exactly as you set it up in the Arlo app.
Arlo base station does not have a built-in away mode. You can map one of your custom modes to Home Assistant’s away mode by setting the name of the custom mode in this configuration variable. The name of the custom mode should match exactly as you set it up in the Arlo app.
Armed mode in Arlo
Arlo base station does not have a built-in night mode. You can map one of your custom modes to Home Assistant’s night mode by setting the name of the custom mode in this configuration variable. The name of the custom mode should match exactly as you set it up in the Arlo app.
Armed mode in Arlo
Examples
These examples are based on an Arlo base station named my_arlo_base_station. Replace this with the name of your base station’s entity_id.
Arming the Arlo Base Station when leaving.
- id: arm_arlo_when_leaving
alias: "Arm Arlo cameras when leaving"
trigger:
platform: state
entity_id: group.family
from: home
to: not_home
action:
service: alarm_control_panel.alarm_arm_away
target:
entity_id: alarm_control_panel.my_arlo_base_station
Setting Arlo to a custom mode (mapped to home_mode_name in configuration.yaml) when arriving.
- id: disarm_arlo_when_arriving
alias: "Set Arlo cameras to Home mode when arriving"
trigger:
platform: state
entity_id: group.family
from: not_home
to: home
action:
service: alarm_control_panel.alarm_arm_home
target:
entity_id: alarm_control_panel.my_arlo_base_station
You can also completely disarm the Arlo base station by calling the alarm_control_panel.alarm_disarm service, and trigger the alarm by calling the alarm_control_panel.alarm_trigger service.
More examples and configuration options can be found on the Manual Alarm Control page.
Camera
This integration is not yet able to live stream from your Arlo camera, but it will be able to playback the last video capture.
Configuration
Once you have enabled the Arlo component, add the following to your configuration.yaml file:
# Example configuration.yaml entry
camera:
- platform: arlo
ffmpeg_arguments: "-pred 1 -q:v 2"
Note: To be able to playback the last capture, it is required to install the ffmpeg component. Make sure to follow the steps mentioned at FFmpeg documentation.
Sensor
To get your Arlo sensors working within Home Assistant, please follow the instructions for the general Arlo component.
This platform does not support Arlo Q.
Configuration
Once you have enabled the Arlo component, add the following to your configuration.yaml file:
# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
- platform: arlo
monitored_conditions:
- captured_today
- last_capture
- total_cameras
- battery_level
- signal_strength
Additionally, for Arlo Baby cameras that have additional sensors, you can add them to the monitored_conditions collection:
# Additional sensors available for Arlo Baby cameras
sensor:
- platform: arlo
monitored_conditions:
# ...
- temperature
- humidity
- air_quality
Configuration Variables
Conditions to display in the frontend. The following conditions can be monitored.
If no monitored_conditions are specified, all of above will be enabled by default.