Sporadically issues with Arm/Disarm

[huberda]

I sporadically get issues with arming/disarming Arlo with the simple script below. The script runs in an endless loop during the Subscribe function. Normaly i am calling the script over a apache-webserver, but this doesnt matter, because the script also fails from cmd. Maybe this is realted to my python-env or is there anybody that can reproduce this error? Any suggestions?

Error: ./turn_off.py ^CTraceback (most recent call last): File "./turn_off.py", line 11, in arlo.Disarm(basestation[0]['deviceId'], basestation[0]['xCloudId']) File "/var/www/htdocs/netgear/arlo/Arlo.py", line 301, in Disarm return self.NotifyAndGetResponse(device_id, xcloud_id, {"action":"set","resource":"modes","publishResponse":"true","properties":{"active":"mode0"}}) File "/var/www/htdocs/netgear/arlo/Arlo.py", line 274, in NotifyAndGetResponse self.Subscribe(device_id, xcloud_id) File "/var/www/htdocs/netgear/arlo/Arlo.py", line 213, in Subscribe time.sleep(1) KeyboardInterrupt

Script:

!/usr/bin/env python

from datetime import timedelta, date from Arlo import Arlo

USERNAME = 'XXXXXX' PASSWORD = 'XXXXXX'

try: arlo = Arlo(USERNAME, PASSWORD) basestation = [ device for device in arlo.GetDevices() if device['deviceType'] == 'basestation' ] arlo.Disarm(basestation[0]['deviceId'], basestation[0]['xCloudId']) print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"; except Exception as e: print e

Python-Version: Python 2.7.13 (default, Jan 19 2017, 14:48:08) [GCC 6.3.0 20170118] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

[jeffreydwalter]

There was a race condition between the time I started the thread that manages the EventStream and me storing it in the event_streams dictionary.

Please try my latest commit (https://github.com/jeffreydwalter/arlo/commit/3bc7485b0cddfb8f5b21c2776f8811e8caead694) and let me know if you're still seeing the issue.

Thanks!

[jeffreydwalter]

Looks like there's still an issue here.

[jeffreydwalter]

@huberda I made a couple more changes and haven't seen anymore hanging. Please do comment here and let me know if you are still having any issues after my latest commit (5cd45db9dac390267b0f147aee10571ce44b5fb5). Thanks!

[huberda]

Hi Jeffrey,

looks much better now - thank you for your great support! Arlo.py is a really important component for my home-automation.

regards, Daniel

[jeffreydwalter]

Hi Daniel,

I'm glad to hear it's working better. I basically only use my library for downloading and deleting videos, so I didn't really test that code too deeply. :)

Just out of curiosity, what all are you doing with your home automation?

[huberda]

No problem!

I started with home automation initial for home security, so all our windows/doors have some sensors, if one is opened. For motion detection inside and outside i added 5 internal and one external motion detection sensors. Now the setup has grown up. We added intelligent "smoke detectors" in all important rooms, several "power sockets", water detection sensors, temperature/humidity sensors and light controls. Then i started adding some third-party applications like Arlo.

What i am doing:

• Home Security (window/door/motion detection)
  • Added Arlo as Camera System
• Temperature/Humidity Control
• Controlling vacuum cleaner (Roomba via XML-API)
• Controlling lawn-mower (Gardena via power socket)
• Garden Watering
• Smoke / Water detection
• Some lights are controlled
• Historical data graphs (weteaher, temp/hum of all rooms,..)
• Push notifications to all phones (for smoke, water, alarm, ....everything) (Everything on premise without cloud, exception only for Arlo and Push - everything else via VPN)

So what I needed Arlo.py for: We got two key chains for enabling/disabling the home security, which is working very well. Now I wanted to enable all 4 arlo cameras automatically by activation of the home security.

When I am leaving, the home-automation enables all window/door/motion contacts, shutdowns some power sockets, sometime enables the vacuum cleaner, and then sends an http-request to my apache webserver to turn-on the arlo cameras via your Arlo.py. The same happens the other way around when I am coming home -> turn off Arlo, turn on power sockets. This is great, because I have only to push one button, and not enabling arlo separately or via time schedule / geofence.

My problem was the race condition, because the http-requests where hanging in my apache until the request timeout was reached.This was an issue, because after pressing the button several times I had 5 requests which were hung in the webserver and the cameras keep running. For sure I am also using the download/delete function, at night all pictures/videos are move from the netgear-cloud to my qnap.

So I think this is a small overview...for sure there are several other programs running for home automation, but that's to much to describe ...;-)

[jeffreydwalter]

Wow! That sounds really awesome. I've been interested in home automation for a while, but haven't really had the time to build out a platform.