@neila_steve wrote:
I have a ring doorbell 2, a few sensors, and this indoor cam. The indoor cam is driving me batty.
Mode Settings = “Home”
Indoor Cam
Motion Detection = on
Live View = on
Motion Settings
Motion Schedule
"every day selected, time is 05:30-23:30"
Indoor Cam
3 dots/settings
Record Motion=off
Motion Alerts=off
Who overrides whom?
I walked out this morning at 5:25 and it alarmed (Alexa complaining about motion detecting) which is what I want but I walked in front of it to test it at 5:40 and I got the alarm again. I’ve been playing with all of these settings and simply can’t figure out which way this is supposed to be setup.
Essentially what I want is:
in home mode, no alarm, no alerts.
in away mode, full alarm, full alerts.
in disarmed mode, no alarm, no alerts.
I’d like for the ability to turn any of these on or off but for now, I’d accept one of the above if possible.
thoughts?
@neila_steve , just to clarify what alerts are “driving you batty”? I’m not sure if you are referring to the Text-type Notification Alert ‘push’ alerts, that you receive on your Ring App, that are driving you batty. Or, is it the audible sound alerts, the selected “Chirp Tones” you hear it on your phone and Alarm Base Station and Keypad, that are driving you batty?
I think you are talking about some combination of text Notifications and hearing sounds. Both the Text Alert and the Sound Alert can be controlled for each individual Ring Device (Doorbells & Cameras, and Motion-sensors, and Contact-sensors). Then on top of all that, the Mode Settings can be used to determine whether of not you get a Text Notification Alert, Sound Alert, trigger the alarm, control cameras, decide which sensors will be used, etc. It can easily become confusing and messy. What makes it worse is the selection terms used in different menus can mean different thing in the Modes. And this results in more confusion. So, I’m going to go step-by-step in my explanation.
First, concerning the individual cameras and sensors for setting Text Notifications Alerts and Chirp sound Alerts:
The selection control over receiving a text-type Notification Alert ‘push’ and/or an Alert-Sound Chirps to your smart-phone and alarm devices, you can do always do that, regardless of what alarm mode you are in.
NOTIFICATIONS (Pushed Text) ALERTS:
FROM A SENSOR: To control a ‘pushed’ text-notification on a sensor; from main-menu select “Devices” > select Alarm Base Station > and then select the specific sensor that you want to monitor. Toggle ON or OFF the “Motion Alert” (for motion-sensors) and “Open Alert” or “Closed Alert” (for contact-sensors) for each device.
FROM A CAMERA: To control a ‘pushed’ text-notification from a camera; from main-menu select “Devices” > select the camera > toggle “Motion Alerts” ON or OFF and then select “Device Setting” > “Alert Setting” > Notification Preference". Toggle ON or OFF the “Push Notifications”.
AUDIBLE CHIRP SOUND ALERTS:
NOTE: Select a Chirp Tone which you’ll hear it on your phone. One of your Chirp sound selections is “Silent” for when you do not ever want any chirp at all from that device. If you are logged onto your phone app as the “Owner”, the same Chirp sound choice will also be heard from the Keypad and Alarm Base Station.
FROM A SENSOR: To control an audible sound, select “Chirp Tones” from a Motion or Contact Sensor: From the main menu select “Devices” > select “Device Settings” > “Alert Settings” > “App Alert Tones” > select Chirp Tone from the choices, and note that there also is a “Silent” selection.
FROM A CAMERA: To control an audible sound, select “Chirp Tones” from a Camera: From the main menu select “Devices” > select the camera > toggle “Motion Alerts” ON or OFF and then select DEVICE SETTINGS > Alert Settings > App Alert Tones > choose a sound, and note again that there also is a “Silent” selection.
THE MODES:
FOR MODE ACTIVATION:
There are three big **Disarmed, Home, ** and **Away ** Mode ACTIVATION Icons in the upper portion of the Dashboard. These Dashboard Icons are simply use to activate which Mode you want, not to change Mode settings.
FOR MODE SETTINGS:
For the three Modes, **Disarmed, Home, ** and Away Modes can also control the behavior of cameras (active/inactive, record Motion-activated videos or not, send Text Alert Notifications, and if you get Chirp sound alerts too). But to clarify in the Modes, the Text alerts and Chirp sound alerts are selected on the individual devices. The Modes can have an impact on these on top of those settings/selections.
SETTING MODE ALARM SENSORS: For Triggering the Alarm in the **Home ** and Away modes: You can set which sensors are used and not used to trigger the alarm (Cameras cannot trigger the security alarm). From main-menu select “Devices” > select “Alarm Base Station” > and then select the specific sensor, and then select “Mode Settings.” There you can toggle ON or OFF (then remember to tap “SAVE”) if you want this sensor will be used to trigger the alarm or not. Sensor by sensor, do this to set every sensor Mode setting for the intrusion alarm. Important thing to remember: Whatever Text NOTIFICATION ALERT or CHIRP ALERT sound settings you had set for your Motion-Sensors and Contact-Sensors (from the above previous paragraphs), those Sensor Notification/Chirp Alerts will always stay the same in all three Disarm, Home, and Away Modes.
SETTING MODE CAMERAS (non-sensor), NOTIFICATION ALERTS & CHIRP SOUND ALERTS:
Device Control: From the main menu, select the Camera “Device” > “Mode Settings.” You’ll then have 4 selections: Disarm Mode, Home Mode, Away Mode, and when you scroll to the bottom of this page you’ll see the 4th, “Disable Mode Settings for Cameras.” The Disable Mode is a quick way to ‘start fresh’ and wipe out the Disarm-Home-Away modes settings you previously did for ALL cameras (and you’ll then have to reset each camera over again for each mode).
In each Disarm, Home, and Away “Mode Setting” pages: You have two selections here, CAMERAS and CHIRPS.
MODE CAMERA SETTINGS (CAMERA ENABLE & CAMERA NOTIFICATIONS):
Tapping Cameras allows you to select which of your cameras that you prefer Live-View and/or Motion-Detection Enabled, or not.
LIVE-VIEW SETTING: When “Live-View” is toggled Enabled, you can initiate a “Live-View” while in that MODE. When “Live-View” is toggled Disabled, you can not activate “Live-View.” while in that Mode and the Dashboard will also display a ‘blurred’ camera view while in this MODE.
MOTION DETECTION SETTING: My explanation for this setting is based on personal experience, and although I could be wrong, this is what I’ve found. MODE “Motion-Detection” does NOT mean that whether the camera will or will not ‘sense’ motion . . . it always does. If your camera previous DEVICE screen page still is toggled to “Record Motion” , this camera will make a video recording when triggered by motion, even with MODE “Motion-Detection” toggled to Disabled. Then you will find recordings stored in your History whenever that camera detected motion (I know, it’s contrary/misleading to what is written in the app, but I know this from personal experience with my Ring Indoor camera). If you do not want History recordings triggered by motion (which will load, be patient), toggle “Record Motion” to OFF. This is one of those instances where the terms can be confusing and a better definition of “Motion-Detection” is what will be the camera’s behavior when Enabled/Disable. Toggled to Enable in this case refers to “Motion Alerts” Text Notifications that will be ‘pushed’ or not (different app code-writers I guess). Toggling “Motion Detection” to Disable will not ‘push’ a Notification text to you that is trigger by motion. But also, if the DEVICE screen page for this camera has “Record Motion” toggled OFF AND the MODE “Motion-Detection” is toggled to Enable, the MODE will override the “Record Motion OFF”, then this camera WILL RECORD video when triggered by motion. Ugh . . . confusing, right?
MODE CAMERA CHIRP SETTINGS (SOUNDS):
In each of the Disarm, Home, and Away Mode screen for each camera, tapping on “Chirps” takes you to the Chirp Tones screen where you can Toggle ON or OFF (and then tap “Save”) to either enable or disable the camera chirp sound while in that Mode.
@neila_steve wrote:
Mode Settings = “Home”
Indoor Cam
Motion Detection = on _(which will 'push' a text Notification/Chirps)_
Live View = on _(enables you to select "Live-View" while in this Mode)_
Indoor Cam
3 dots/settings
Record Motion=off _(should not record video when triggered by motion, unless MODE in Enabled which overrides this setting)_
Motion Alerts=off _(disables 'push' text Notifications)_
You didn’t mention any Chirp Sound Alert settings.
@neila_steve also wrote: Essentially what I want is:
in home mode, no alarm, no alerts.
in away mode, full alarm, full alerts.
in disarmed mode, no alarm, no alerts.
So for;
in home mode, no alarm, no alerts.
HOME Mode IS an ALARM Mode , and not intended to be used for “No Alarm”, but,
Cameras: For No Alerts (text or sound): Main menu > Devices > Select a camera > MODE SETTINGS > Home > Cameras > select the cam > toggle "Motion Detection to Disable (to stop ‘pushed’ text Notifications Alerts. This can toggled to Enable if your DEVICE page has “Motion Alerts” already toggled OFF). Disabling Chirps (Sounds) is not an available Option in Home Mode. If you do not want sound alerts, you’ll have to select “Silent” in your Device Setting > Alert Settings > App Alert Tones > Silent.
Alarm: Main Menu > Devices > Alarm Base Station > select the sensor and then toggle Motion Alerts OFF (for Motion-Sensors, to stop text Notification alerts) or toggle Open/Closed Alerts OFF (for Contact-Senors). Select MODE SETTINGS on Home Mode to “Ignore when armed” and “Save” to prevent each device for No Alarm (although most people use this alarm Home Mode to “Arm and monitored” their outside perimeter Contact-Sensors").
So for;
in away mode, full alarm, full alerts.
Cameras: For full Alerts (text or sound): Main menu > Devices > Select a camera > toggle Motion Alerts ON and then > MODE SETTINGS > Away > Cameras > select every cam > toggle "Motion Detection to Enable (to get ‘pushed’ text Notifications Alerts). If you want Chirp sound alerts for this camera, in your Device Setting > Alert Settings > App Alert Tones > select a sound.
Alarm: Main Menu > Devices > Alarm Base Station > select all sensors and then toggle Motion Alerts ON (for Motion-Sensors, to get text Notification alerts) or toggle Open/Closed Alerts ON (for Contact-Senors).
So for;
in disarmed mode, no alarm, no alerts.
Cameras: For No Alerts (text or sound): Main menu > Devices > Select a camera > MODE SETTINGS > Disarmed > tap Chirps and toggle “Enable Chirps” OFF and then Save, and backup to previous screen and then select Cameras > select the cam > toggle "Motion Detection to Disable (to stop ‘pushed’ text Notifications Alerts. This can toggled to Enable if your DEVICE page has “Motion Alerts” already toggled OFF). Notice that there was a ‘master’ Chirps (Sounds) Option in Disarmed Mode to enable/disable sounds, regardless of any selected Alert Tones.
Alarm: No Alarm; Main Menu > Devices > Alarm Base Station > select the sensor and then toggle Motion Alerts OFF (for Motion-Sensors, to stop text Notification alerts) or toggle Open/Closed Alerts OFF (for Contact-Senors). Notice that Sensors can not trigger any alarm in Disarm mode, so there is not any Disarm option.
As you can see, everybody is going to want their Ring Camera & Alarm system set up differently, so they will need to figure out what they want and select their settings (when possible) to be tailored for their needs. Check all of these settings and tailor them to your liking. There will be combinations that can not be accommodated. Can’t make everybody happy. 
I realized this became a detailed and long post, and I’ll apologize now if I typo’ed or got something backwards as I tried to explain and get right what I intended. I hope you find this long, confusing post useful and helpful
