Arlo Pro won't detect motion looking out porch window

[Margom]

I set my Arlo Pro camera in a window looking out at my porch.  It will not detect any motion on the porch.  Also, is there supposed to be a light showing on the camera?  There are no LED lights on mine.

[TomMac · Accepted solution]

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Margom wrote:

I set my Arlo Pro camera in a window looking out at my porch.  It will not detect any motion on the porch.  Also, is there supposed to be a light showing on the camera?  There are no LED lights on mine.

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1) arlo and arlo Pro do NOT detect motion thru glass.... as glass blocks most IR which is how the cameras detect motion

2) If you mean the IR illumination lights , they come on automaticly at dark light level ( and the cam switches to b/w )

The other led is on the one side of lens and shows full charge, low battery, etc...read manual

[Margom]

Thank you so much!  I was not sure why it turned to black and white. This helped me so much.