Home Assistant

Arlo Sensor

To get your Arlo sensors working within Home Assistant, please follow the instructions for the general Arlo component.

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

Configuration variables:

  • monitored_conditions array (Required): Conditions to display in the frontend. The following conditions can be monitored.
    • captured_today: Return the number of videos captured on the current day.
    • last_capture: Return the timestamp from the last video captured by your Arlo camera.
    • total_cameras: Return the number of recognized and active cameras linked on your Arlo account.
    • battery_level: Return the battery level of your Arlo camera.
    • signal_strength: Return the wireless signal strength of your Arlo camera.

If no monitored_conditions are specified, all of above will be enabled by default.