topic Re: VMS3230-100NAS in Arlo

VMS3230-100NAS motion doesn't pick up until almost out of the field

Preacher12 — Fri, 04 May 2018 16:32:49 GMT

The motion doesn't pick up until almost out of the field. I cannot detect when someone is coming into the building until they are almost out of the field of vision? Why doesn't the camera start when the field is broken???

Re: VMS3230-100NAS

pc2k17 — Thu, 03 May 2018 17:34:04 GMT

Two reasons.......

They are battery powered cameras and are "asleep" when nothing is happening to conserve battery. Takes a second or two to wake up.

They are cloud based cameras, take a second or two to contact the cloud and run your mode/rule.

If you can, plug the power cord into them. I believe they don't go to "sleep" if powered.

Also, make sure the motion is crossing the cameras field of view, not going straight towards it.

Re: VMS3230-100NAS

Streak2 — Thu, 03 May 2018 18:56:10 GMT

The powered feature only applies to the Pro 2 and not the Pro.

Repositioning the camera to have the movement across the field of view could help as well as adjusting the motion sensitivity.

Re: VMS3230-100NAS

pc2k17 — Thu, 03 May 2018 19:05:09 GMT

Good to know Pro still sleeps even when powered. Thanks for the info.

And yes I forgot about the sensitivity too, good call. I set mine at 90-100% on day 1 and forgot about it.