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Creating an Alert

Creating an Alert

Create an alert to get a phone notification, with a photo, when a person appears on the cameras you choose.

Before you begin, add at least one camera, and install the Grablo app on your phone signed in with the same account.

  1. On the Alerts tab, click Add alert below the list.
  2. Click Camera to open the list and check the cameras to watch. Several cameras can be checked. All cameras at the top selects every camera that exists now.
  3. Under What to detect, select what you want to be notified about. If you select Specific face detected, choose the person under Who. Face options have the requirements listed in the table below. Specific face detected can be selected only after a face has been registered.
  4. Under When, select the hours. With Pick my own hours, enter a start time and a different end time.
  5. Click Create. The You have unsaved changes bar appears at the bottom of the screen.
  6. Click Save on that bar. If the device is running, click Apply in the Restart device dialog.

The alert is ready when it appears in the list on the Alerts tab. New alerts always send a phone notification; there is no separate notification method to choose. If the device is stopped, a saved alert works only after you click Start.

Creating an alert
The camera list opened. When every camera is checked, the field reads All cameras.
What to detectYou are notified whenRequirements
Person detectedA person appears in viewNone
Registered face detectedA registered person is recognizedFace recognition on, at least one face registered
Unregistered face detectedA face not on the registered list is detected. With no faces registered, every face triggers it.Face recognition on
Specific face detectedThe chosen person is recognizedFace recognition on, that person registered
Creating a face alert

Creating a face alert while face recognition is off shows the privacy notice; agreeing turns face recognition on as well (applied when you save). Without registered faces, Specific face detected is shown with (register a face first) and cannot be selected. To register faces, see Registering a Face.

Hour options and the initial camera selection
WhenActive hours
Always24 hours
Daytime only07:00 to 18:00
Nighttime only18:00 to 07:00
Pick my own hoursStart and end times are entered manually. If the two times are the same, Create cannot be clicked.

The first camera is selected when the screen opens. If there are no cameras, the Alerts tab shows Add a camera first. Alerts are set up by choosing cameras. with an Add a camera button, and Add alert is not shown.