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If I install Arlo inside of a window how come it does not pick up motion on the outside of the glass

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Camera does not work if installed inside with a glass window between the camera and the outdoors picks up no movement

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Because the cameras detect IR which is the trigger for motion recording ( like an sensor for an outdoor flood light )

Glass blocks most IR so the cameras don't detect

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TomMac
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Because the cameras detect IR which is the trigger for motion recording ( like an sensor for an outdoor flood light )

Glass blocks most IR so the cameras don't detect

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