topic Driveway cam at 80% sensitivity not doing it’s job in Arlo Pro 2

Driveway cam at 80% sensitivity not doing it’s job

SeanAndKaty — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 17:42:16 GMT

I’m not home right now but I can’t even see in my Arlo app what exact model I have, so I can’t even answer that question! I think it’s Arlo Pro 2 though...

My issue is our camera looking down our driveway. It’s set at 80% sensitivity but most of the time, a car will have approached and passed the camera — certainly not at high speed — and by the time the camera records anything, the car has already passed and you can’t even see it — you can only hear it on the gravel, already having gone past. Is 80% not a high enough setting to detect a CAR coming toward the camera??? I of course want to optimize the battery usage but I’d think a car is pretty darned easy to detect, coming almost straight at the camera... Thanks in advance....

Re: Driveway cam at 80% sensitivity not doing it’s job

StephenB — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 17:24:50 GMT

@SeanAndKaty wrote:

coming almost straight at the camera...

That might be the problem. The camera's PIR sensors are set up to be most sensitive to side-to-side motion.

https://kb.arlo.com/000051462/How-do-I-position-my-Arlo-Pro-2-camera

Re: Driveway cam at 80% sensitivity not doing it’s job

SeanAndKaty — Sat, 23 Nov 2019 16:00:17 GMT

Thank you — we did have it working satisfactorily before so I’ll recheck the angle. Hopefully that will take care if it. Thanks again!