topic Motion Sensor Distance setting in Arlo Pro

Motion Sensor Distance setting

wyattb — Sun, 19 Feb 2017 16:55:47 GMT

I don't understand why it the camera detects cars passing by at almost 60 feet distance (set to 80%), when I am reading people saying it only works up to 20 feet. I am not complaining as I want this, but I now don't trust that this is reliable.

So at 95% what is the sensor distance for any motion? Does Arlo have a spec? I really need to be able to at least record at 60 foot any motion.

Thanks!

Re: Motion Sensor Distance setting

TomMac — Sun, 19 Feb 2017 18:16:37 GMT

The Arlo and Arlo Pro use PIR devices to detect motion...PIR devices see IR change levels to trigger the camera

The reason why cars are picked up at a greater distance is that they are good source of IR ( reflection of same / sun ).

If you looking to pick up people at 60 ft, it isn't going to happen ( unless they are maybe on fire in winter ).

For people a 20ft is about max, tho the PRO model uses a dual PIR setup so does trigger faster than the Arlo.

Re: Motion Sensor Distance setting

NBPolice — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 00:45:04 GMT

need to provide a separate sensor that can be placed further away from the camera to trigger video