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This might be more of a bug than a feature but putting it here anyway
Current state:
After setting the schedule for the camera alarm, there is an option to also trigger the hub alarm, however the hub alarm does not follow the camera schedule and will be triggered by any motion. Option is found below:
Select camera > Settings > Detections & Alerts > Camera Alarm > Trigger Hub Alarm > On/off
I have confirmed the time zone settings and tested multiple options but the Hub alarm will always be triggered by motion, despite the camera alarm not being triggered. It has also been confirmed by another user on the forum on this post:
https://community.tp-link.com/en/smart-home/forum/topic/608948?replyId=1215118
Desired state:
When selecting 'On' for the 'Trigger Hub Alarm' option, the hub will follow the schedule of the camera and only be triggered if the camera alarm is triggered.
This will assist with notifying users when they are out of audio range of the camera to suspicious activity occurring, likely in the middle of the night when usual notifications might be muted or not be enough to wake someone.
Thanks
@Kaptain-K Hi, glad to hear your devices are working fine, and you can enjoy your devices. 
@Solla-topee Hi and thanks for the reply. The problem here is how to schedule the hub's alarm to go off at a specific time period, when the camera detects something.
What you told me is working. For anyone that sees this, this is how you can set the hub alarm (not the camera's alarm) to go off when the camera detects something at a scheduled time (Remember! The detection should be ON in camera's settings):
But this is NOT intuitive at al! Most users would try to schedule the hub's alarm to go off within the camera's settings.
Normally, this is how a user would try to set it:
1) The camera's alarm is OFF (we want the hub to ring), the detection is ON and the Trigger Hub Alarm is ON.
The hub starts ringing when the camera detects a person. That's great, but that's not scheduled!!
2) The camera's alarm is ON and the detection is ON and scheduled for an hour later. The Trigger Hub Alarm is ON.
Even before the scheduled time, when the camera detects someone the hub (not the camera) is ringing!! The hub doesn't follow the camera's schedule.
From the above it's obvious that WHENEVER the detection AND the trigger hub alarm are ON, the hub is ringing no matter if the camera's alarm or schedule are set.
In the camera's settings: Detection + Trigger Hub Alarm = Hub siren
But it would be much better if the camera's settings included all the detection and alarm settings!
The Trigger Hub Alarm within camera's settings should work ONLY when scheduled by the camera, not on every detection. The camera is the trigger factor, so it is correct that the camera's settings include the hub's alarm (but it doesn't work with schedule).
The automation for this specific reason (to schedule the hub's alarm to work at a specific time period) is not intuitive and feels like hidden there.
