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Ring Spotlight Battery Auto Shutoff
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I am trying to set a Ring Spotlight Battery (no Cam) to stay illuminated for an extended period of time.  Although you can turn off motion detection, that does not allow the light to stay on.  Automatic Shutoff appears to override motion detection, and the Ring app settings for Automatic Shutoff are a little confusing: (1) Automatic Shutoff settings for a lighting group have selections for 30 seconds and 1, 3, and 5 minutes; while there is no Automatic Shutoff setting available for individual spotlights in a group.  And (2) When you manually turn a spotlight on (either individual or the group) the Ring app shows a popup alert telling you how long the light will be on.  The popup alert also has an "Edit" button that allows you to re-set the Automatic Shutoff time to 1, 5, 10, or 15 minutes (which do not match the Automatic Shutoff times available in the Group settings).  Finally, (3) there is no way to disable Automatic Shutoff feature in the Ring app; or at least have shutoff times longer than 15 minutes.  Is anyone aware of a way to work around this issue so that spotlight can be set to be illuminated until manually turned off, instead of shutoff being controlled by the Automatic Shutoff feature?

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16-12-2024 17:15:18

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    Hi @user_3f5c09. The Auto Shutoff Timer can be affected based on how a device is powered, as battery powered devices will not have the same options as hardwired devices. However, if your goal is to have the Spotlight's light stay on for a set amount of time, I'd recommend creating a Light Schedule.

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    19-12-2024 00:21:03

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      With regard to a Ring Spotlight Battery, The Ring app does not have the option for setting Light Schedules, only for setting Motion Schedules.  I assume that is because of the device is powered by four D-size alkaline batteries and is not electrically wired.  When Motion Detection is disabled and the spotlight is turned on manually, you only have the option for auto-shutoff at 1, 5, 10, or 15 minutes.  It would be nice to add a setting to disable auto-shutoff or add an option for Manual Shutoff in addition to the 1, 5, 10, or 15 minutes (or add longer time periods, such as 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours, 4 hours, etc.).  I know that the batteries would drain much faster, but for my needs (including only needing very low brightness), that is not important.  Thank you.

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      31-12-2024 22:33:46

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