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How small animal - Netgear Arlo VMS3230 - Base Station & 2 Cameras

Jens08 — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 09:05:14 GMT

How small animal can the camera detect?
Can the camera detect mouse?

Re: How small animal - Netgear Arlo VMS3230 - Base Station & 2 Cameras

manfredz — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 09:54:38 GMT

I use my cams to monitor my cat shelter/feeding and water station on my deck. Besides picking up cats and raccoons at night, the cams also pick up birds and squirrels. This is with cams within a couple neters of feeders; at a distance probably wouldnt be too good. Definitely wouldnt pick up a small animal walking towards the cam, but good for walking across the cam.

Re: How small animal - Netgear Arlo VMS3230 - Base Station & 2 Cameras

TomMac — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 11:14:22 GMT

Yes... tho remember the smaller the animal , the lower to their level you must place the camera

And birds like below... camera is 8" off ground

A while back was a posting of a mouse, the camera sitting on the floor.

Re: How small animal - Netgear Arlo VMS3230 - Base Station & 2 Cameras

Jens08 — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 11:27:48 GMT

Super and thanks😊

Re: How small animal - Netgear Arlo VMS3230 - Base Station & 2 Cameras

jguerdat — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 14:22:59 GMT

My Pro, at 100% sensitivity, picks up rabbitss and squirrels at 15-20 feet as well as the occasional sparrow at a similar distance. YMMV.

Re: How small animal - Netgear Arlo VMS3230 - Base Station & 2 Cameras

TomMac — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 14:33:23 GMT

Actually, I believe the pic above was with an original Arlo... But have found with both, Arlo/Pro, the camera needs a lower angle for best results

Re: How small animal - Netgear Arlo VMS3230 - Base Station & 2 Cameras

jguerdat — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 14:35:06 GMT

Ha! My camera is sitting abou 8 feet up, angled down at 30-40 degrees. That doesn't mean it would work for anyone else, though.

Re: How small animal - Netgear Arlo VMS3230 - Base Station & 2 Cameras

chrisopotamus — Fri, 12 May 2017 00:38:53 GMT

I just setup my Arlo Pro system last night and it would not pickup a Possum about the size of a large cat from 2 metres away. I even set the sensitivty to 100% and it still wont detect it.

It detected me walking in front of the camera problem though

Re: How small animal - Netgear Arlo VMS3230 - Base Station & 2 Cameras

manfredz — Fri, 12 May 2017 00:50:27 GMT

i use my cams to monitor/record stray cats that feed on my deck shelter (as well as racoons) and they get picked up ok. As has mentioned in other threads the system is not designed to pick up small objected heading straight into the cam, and don't catch them coming up the stairs ( but will detect large objects like people doing same. So are you not catching the possom walking towards the cam?

Re: How small animal - Netgear Arlo VMS3230 - Base Station & 2 Cameras

chrisopotamus — Fri, 12 May 2017 00:54:35 GMT

No it wasn't walking towards the camera at all. I did capture the Possum while I was manually recording though and here is the link https://arlo.netgear.com/hmsweb/users/library/share/link/5A90BD07FFC5A923_201705

It would have came back at least another two times to the same location and nothing from the Arlo

Re: How small animal - Netgear Arlo VMS3230 - Base Station & 2 Cameras

manfredz — Fri, 12 May 2017 01:00:45 GMT

using my experience with cat/ raccoon recordings the only thing I can suggest would cause non-recording were that the possum was not in cam area long enough.

Assume your sensitivity level is high enough and your cams are armed.

https://arlo.netgear.com/hmsweb/users/library/share/link/38ADCA151261C8F6_201705

Re: How small animal - Netgear Arlo VMS3230 - Base Station & 2 Cameras

chrisopotamus — Fri, 12 May 2017 02:19:01 GMT

I'll give it another try tonight. I set the sensitvity to 100 so not sure what else.