Grablo Spot User Guide

Part 3

Alerts

Alerts are configured per camera, and a camera can have multiple alerts.

Creating an Alert

On the Alerts tab, click Add alert.
Under Camera, select the target camera.
Under What to detect, select the situation to be notified about.
If Specific face detected was selected, choose the person under Who.
Set When. If Pick my own hours is selected, enter the start and end times. Both times must be filled in and must differ before Create becomes available.
Click Create.

What to detect	Fires when	Requirements
Person detected	A person appears in view.	None
Registered face detected	A registered person is recognized.	Face recognition on, at least one face registered
Unregistered face detected	A face not on the registered list is detected.	Face recognition on, at least one face registered
Specific face detected	The specified person is recognized.	Face recognition on, that person registered

When	Active hours
Always	24 hours
Daytime only	07:00 to 18:00
Nighttime only	18:00 to 07:00
Pick my own hours	Start and end times are entered manually.

Note The notification method is not selected separately. A newly created alert always sends a phone notification. To stop receiving it, switch the alert off in the list.

Disabling and Deleting Alerts

The Alerts tab — Alerts appear in a single list. Each row shows what it detects and when.

Each alert has a switch. A disabled alert keeps its settings and can be re-enabled at any time. To remove one permanently, open it and click Delete. Recordings already saved are kept.

Note Recording continues while an alert is off. Recording belongs to the camera, not to the alert: adding a camera creates its recording, and footage is saved whenever a person is detected, even with no alerts. The alert switch only determines whether the phone is notified.

Alerts with a message shown underneath

An alert with a message underneath does not fire. When the camera is switched off or face recognition is off, the switch is locked as well and pressing it has no effect. Resolve the cause in the table below first.

Message	Cause	Resolution
Silent: this camera is turned off	The camera is off.	Turn the camera back on.
Stopped: face recognition is off	A face alert while face recognition is off.	Enable Settings > Face recognition.
No registered photos, so alerts will not fire	The person has no registered photos.	Register a face (see Registering a Face).
This alert is broken and cannot be toggled	The alert data is damaged.	Delete it and create it again.

A row labeled Record only, no alert may also appear. It is either the recording entry created automatically with the camera, or an alert created in an older version. Alerts created in the current version always include a phone notification.