https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo-Pro-Security-Camera-2K-6th/Recording-bright-event-with-Pro-sixth-gen/m-p/2476442#M146 <BLOCKQUOTE><HR /><a href="https://community.arlo.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1117782">@SecurityConcern</a>&nbsp;wrote:<BR /> <P>We had an incident when we saw very bright lights shown on the property, yet Arlo cameras detected nothing. The lights came from a vehicle on the road--shown onto the property. Shouldn't the cameras (there are two directed toward road) have picked up something?</P> <HR /></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>The motion detection range is about 25 feet.&nbsp; Lights can sometimes trigger the cameras, but not always.</P> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:26:38 GMT StephenB 2026-03-26T14:26:38Z https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo-Pro-Security-Camera-2K-6th/Recording-bright-event-with-Pro-sixth-gen/m-p/2476439#M144 <P>We had an incident when we saw very bright lights shown on the property, yet Arlo cameras detected nothing. The lights came from a vehicle on the road--shown onto the property. Shouldn't the cameras (there are two directed toward road) have picked up something?</P> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:17:10 GMT https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo-Pro-Security-Camera-2K-6th/Recording-bright-event-with-Pro-sixth-gen/m-p/2476439#M144 SecurityConcern 2026-03-26T14:17:10Z https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo-Pro-Security-Camera-2K-6th/Recording-bright-event-with-Pro-sixth-gen/m-p/2476442#M146 <BLOCKQUOTE><HR /><a href="https://community.arlo.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1117782">@SecurityConcern</a>&nbsp;wrote:<BR /> <P>We had an incident when we saw very bright lights shown on the property, yet Arlo cameras detected nothing. The lights came from a vehicle on the road--shown onto the property. Shouldn't the cameras (there are two directed toward road) have picked up something?</P> <HR /></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>The motion detection range is about 25 feet.&nbsp; Lights can sometimes trigger the cameras, but not always.</P> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:26:38 GMT https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo-Pro-Security-Camera-2K-6th/Recording-bright-event-with-Pro-sixth-gen/m-p/2476442#M146 StephenB 2026-03-26T14:26:38Z https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo-Pro-Security-Camera-2K-6th/Recording-bright-event-with-Pro-sixth-gen/m-p/2476447#M147 <P>The cameras do sometimes detect motion on the road, which is about 50 feet away. But they are not consistent about detection. Is that because the motion is too far away?</P> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:43:03 GMT https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo-Pro-Security-Camera-2K-6th/Recording-bright-event-with-Pro-sixth-gen/m-p/2476447#M147 SecurityConcern 2026-03-26T14:43:03Z https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo-Pro-Security-Camera-2K-6th/Recording-bright-event-with-Pro-sixth-gen/m-p/2476450#M150 <BLOCKQUOTE><HR /><a href="https://community.arlo.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1117782">@SecurityConcern</a>&nbsp;wrote:<BR /> <P>The cameras do sometimes detect motion on the road, which is about 50 feet away. But they are not consistent about detection. Is that because the motion is too far away?</P> <HR /></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Yes.&nbsp; The cameras use a passive infrared (PIR) detector to sense motion - they are not using the video.</P> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:55:16 GMT https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo-Pro-Security-Camera-2K-6th/Recording-bright-event-with-Pro-sixth-gen/m-p/2476450#M150 StephenB 2026-03-26T14:55:16Z