Actually I think it would be a deterrent method for the thief. Because if the camera detects any movement, a spotify playlist will sound like a siren or police sound. The sound would come from inside the house is more than clear.
Folks, I have implemented a solution for this. Itâs not nearly as straightforward as if there were a smart siren/alarm, however itâs effective and pretty straightforward. So sharing in case this is helpful to your needsâŚ
My application:
I have a special-needs child who is a flight risk, especially at night. Heâs a teenager and physically able to defeat several physical locks. We needed a siren/alarm to wake us up in the middle of the night if necessary. But didnât want this same alarm to go off during the day when simply moving about the house. Also, I wanted a solution that was as automated as possible so that it didnât rely on human intervention to âarmâ a system every night (people forget and then tragedy strikes the one time our guard is down).
My solution:
In addition to sensors, the key was 2 Wyze plugs in series and some powered alarm/siren (which one can get from Amazon or elsewhere). The actual alarm should be merely an on/off powered device (light/sound when power is on). Plug that into smart plug #1 (weâll call âalarm-plugâ). Add rules for each sensor (contact/motion/camera) to turn âonâ alarm-plug when motion/open detected, otherwise alarm-plug stays âoffâ. Test rules with alarm-plug plugged directly into the wall. Then plug smart plug #2 (weâll call âtimer-plugâ) into the wall. Set a schedule rule to power-on timer-plug at Xâoclock pm and off at Yâoclock am. Then plug alarm-plug into timer-plug. Thatâs right, a double smart-plug in series: closest to the wall is on a schedule which governs when the whole system can work, while outer plug controls the actual alarm power switch responding to sensor triggers.
I also set up some âshortcutsâ for the timer-plug to manually âarmâ and âdisarmâ the system by merely turning on/off the timer-plug directly (you donât need the shortcuts, but it was a little easier to explain to other household users by having a simple special button to arm/disarm).
I hope that helps.
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I appreciate your time to respond, what is not clear to me is if it is possible to tell me which one you chose from powered alarm / siren If you can tell me any mark or if you have a photo of the alarm to guide me
Thanks a lot again
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I appreciate your time to respond, what is not clear to me is if it is possible to tell me which one you chose from powered alarm / siren If you can tell me any mark or if you have a photo of the alarm to guide me
Folks, I have implemented a solution for this. Itâs not nearly as straightforward as if there were a smart siren/alarm, however itâs effective and pretty straightforward. So sharing in case this is helpful to your needs⌠My application: I have a special-needs child who is a flight risk, especialâŚ
Sorry, but I think your product letâs me down in one critical area. Very important. I have an outhouse, I want to secure it with one of your alarms at night. I want to know if a burglar gets in. You would think this is possible?
Well picture this. I am in bed, asleep, the burglars enter, Your device sends an alert, but my phone is ion sleep mode - I just carry on sleeping, the burglars rob me.
So you say to me turn of sleep mode on my phone? Now I get woken not only by your notifications, but by every notification I receive at night. Hardly practical. Itâs gonig to be very likely that ytour customers will sleep through the critical notification because they are =bombarded with notification noises at night. As far as I know there is no way for ONLY Wyzcam alerts to break through sleep modes.
Solution - create a Wyze smart alarm. This is a physical device that sounds when the alert is triggered in the system. I could plug one in near my bed. Problem solved.
As far as I can see until you produce this ytour device has a mission critical flaw, and will not stop night burlgaries. This is important.
I definitely think a siren is a great idea for a new product. But I wonder if this product could kill two birds with one stone and be a loudspeaker as well? Ideally it could do both (And be outdoor-rated.)
I know I could buy an outdoor smart speaker or something, but those are all a lot more expensive than this would need to be, I think. Plus Iâd have to switch to a different app if I wanted to talk to someone, so I wouldnât be able to see the video at the same time. Audio quality doesnât matter at all for something like this. It just needs to be loud, with enough clarity to distinguish a human voice. Crappy landline phone-ish audio is fine.
I presume that the upcoming outdoor camera will probably have a built-in speaker, as the current indoor cameras have. But frankly, theyâre just not very loud. In an outdoor setting, especially, someone 15-20 feet from the camera may not hear it at all, especially if thereâs ambient road noise, etc.
Anyway, I hope both of these products come to the market, but they may be able to be the same product.
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Sounds good to me. Meanwhile I have cancelled my order as the Wyzecam cannot perform the basic function of reliably informing me of intruders at night
Has anyone figured out how to make the speaker on the Wyze cameras make a noise when detecting motion? Better yet how about a noise on Alexa? Seems suprising Wyze has not addressed this I would gladly pay for a separate speaker tha could make a noise based on a motion from a camera or motion sensor?
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See this related Wishlist topic:
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Having read the comments and suggestions some of you, perhaps, are asking way to much from a $20 camera so think outside the box. Hereâs my solution for folks who turn off their phone at night, thus not hearing notification, folks who want a loud siren or who otherwise wish to be advise of a trigger event from a camera, contact or motion sensor. Simple and itâs working for me! Set the Camera desired to trigger âturn on a plugâ and plug whatever you want into that plug be it a siren, a radio or other audible source that, of course, plays/goes off when turned on. I too would like a compatible Wyze siren/audible alarm but in the meantime, this work-around is working great! Examples available upon request.
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Hereâs how I fudged a solution. I used an old mobile phone, mounted it in a useful and central location, and plugged in a speaker. I downloaded 2 audio files and stitched them together (using free software) to get a 30 second âwarningâ track followed by a 5 minute blaring alarm. That way if I forget to disarm the system before coming home, I get that 30 second warning to walk up to the âbaseâ and disable the alarm from there.
This solution gives me the home alarm speaker, and a basic alarm base, but I can arm/disarm from my mobile, too. Itâs not a 110dB speaker, but it shouldnât be hard to get an always-on loud speaker.
Though it would be more expensive that other solutions, but I had the phone and speaker already. Plus, I can use that phone for playing music in the main room.
Quick question: What triggers the phone to play the audio files?
Thanks!
The phone is running Android. You can specify the notification file to use for each app independently. So I downloaded the 2 files to my PC, stitched them together, then loaded them on the phone. Then I had to go to the phoneâs settings end select that file as the notification sound for the Wyze app.
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Thanks so cool!! I never thought of that but I can do the same on my iPhone too. Thanks for the tip!!!
I purchased a Honeywell, Dual Tone Outdoor/Indoor 119 decibel Siren from Amazon for about $25 and hooked-it-up with the Wyze Smart Plug.
My challenge is waiting for the next series of Wyze Trigger conditions iterations in hopes to construct an algorithm that will be durable and robust enough to only active in a real alarm situation to protect the family and not irritate our neighbors with false alerts.
I also hope to find a loud and clear, digital Voice Announcer that would activate as a subset trigger condition, before another trigger condition goes full scary loud Siren. I was thinking, a cycling, âIntruder Detectedâ message would be good. I wanted a different device than using the Wyzecamâs speaker as not to draw attention to it, as it might get smashed, damaged or taken by the intruder - poof no more stored video on the SD card.
The third-party IFTTT service is simply is not a viable solution for this measure for many reasons, but watching the Wyze teamâs progress in such a short time period, they will get there.
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It would be cool if Wyze could integrate a siren into the base station they are creating for the Outdoor Cams
Since the outdoor cam is supposed to come for early access in December, the hardware would already be set in stone at this point. But Iâm not sure if that makes much sense anyway. The base station, I assume, would be something that stays indoors. If you want it to integrate with the outdoor cameras, I donât think youâd want an indoor siren.
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Wyze please add a siren to your new outdoor cam. Thanks
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Iâd like a siren on the outdoor camera that theyâre making
Totally agree. A siren should be a must new product for Wyze ecosystem.
And, I could add also remote control with basic buttons (Arm, Disarm, Home and Panic) for those persons who are not so good with phones⌠thinking to our parents or grand parents.
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