I just realized that two of my Cam Pan (v2) cameras have been recording to SD when turned “Off”. [Screenshot_2022-12-29-12-23-10-596] I recently went into the app, and on one of the cameras that I had previously turned off, it displayed, as expected “This device has been turned off”. So I tap the…

Yeah, I think Support has their wires crossed on this one. :smile:

@PanCamJeff You are completely fine with ‘putting me on the spot’. I would guess that support was in fact not understanding the issue. I was able to recreate your issue personally on my camera and talked to the PM and sent him logs from my camera. It is an issue and they are looking into it, hopefu…

LOL - all V2 and V3 WYZE cams have done this for years and years.

Jason, This is good to know! I have one V1 Pan that stays turned off, but plugged in, so it can run the old Wyze Sense controller add-on (for door sensors). It would be nice if they could add an option to turn off recording, but keep the sensor part working when in the “This device has been Turne…

Wanted to test this for my own edification. I had already found this to be the case on the PanV1 but hadn’t tested it on other cams. I have all my cams on smart plugs power cycling on a cascade schedule every night. Only my PanV1 is powered off when that power cycle hits, so it is the only one I was…

As the starter of this thread, I just happened to get two new Pan Cam v3s and had intended to also test the behavior on the v3s. Thanks to your verification on the V3, I don’t need to. Fortunately, the new v3s are going to be installed where I won’t need to turn them off or use privacy mode. Sinc…

Great catch, @PanCamJeff !!! Fully agree that if cams are set to ‘electronically’ off, they should retain that same stage even after a power cycling - be it via SW or via an actual disconnect/reconnect of external power.

WyzeJasonJ Can you confirm that this problem has been fixed or is being looked at?

+1 I had a support ticket open with Wyze on this [2664591], but have not seen anything back on it in weeks. Maybe I’ll shake them again and see what falls out of the tree :grinning:

Are Cameras supposed to record to SD cards when turned off?

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Are Cameras supposed to record to SD cards when turned off?

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