My camera captures some motions but not others, especially the ones where the dog escapes the yard. How can I increase what the camera captures?
As @StevenA suggested increase sensitivity.
I have a Pan Scan V3 in the backyard. I am able to track the dog from the time she goes through the doggy door and goes into the backyard. The camera can track for about 20-25 feet.
Do you have an SD card? If so, you may have to do a bit of detective work but the card does capture the whole backyard (once out of range further notification probably won’t work. This means you won’t have event icons on the SD playback time line. But you might have one at the beginning of the events. Gives you a starting point).
A screenshot of your cam’s live view would be very helpful.
Which Wyze cam model do you have?
It’s a Wyze Cam Pan v3 and detection setting sensitivity is turned up to 93, no SD card. I get a great picture and the entire yard is visible on the camera
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My Cam Pan v3 cams track motion out to about 40 feet for medium size animals during daytime with sensitivity set to 80. Small animals like cats and birds track out to about 20 feet with same setting. Nighttime reduces my tracking distance in half. The cams need contrast between moving subject and background so during daylight, a brown animal against a drab background will rarely be detected at distance. When cams switch to infrared at night, contrast/differentiation becomes even more difficult. If you post a screenshot, we may be able to help.
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You might try a Wyze Cam v3 or v4 in your critical area. Here is a sample video of my v3 at night behind a double pane window being triggered by a rabbit.
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Don’t judge, we’ve had a lot of snow and the yard hasn’t been cleaned up yet. Top, left corner the dog can sneak though a fence behind the garage
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Good suggestion. When I was putting a cam in the backyard, about a year ago, I first tested with a V3. It’s detection zone was far superior to the p.s. V3. I needed 180° coverage and the pan Scan gave me that. On the to do list is trying 2 v4’s to gain the added detection. Case in point, yesterday the dog managed to knock down a board in the backyard, and got out. Approx 45-50ft. Did not get a notification.
I’m hoping Wyze does come out with a Pan Scan with an optical zoom lens🔎
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It appears that your cam is inside behind a glass window muddying up resolution. You’re going to have to either black out whatever is behind the cam reflecting off the glass or relocate the cam outside. I have most of my CPv3 cams mounted to the siding with a clip-on hanger and the USB running out through the window. If those outdoor light strings are 120VAC with standard E26 sockets, you can buy an outdoor E26 to 2A USB adapter, mount the cam to one of your posts that support the string lights and seal the connections. If you mount outdoors, you should keep the cam orientation upright. Inverted out in the open with no overhead protection may result in a short where the USB cable connects to the cam base.
The reflection off the glass is going to throw things way off. Looks like there might be a screen in the way too?
Ok, thanks all for the help. I guess I need to consider a better winter location bc yes, it’s behind a closed window and a screen
Mine are all mounted outdoors in the bitter cold, rain, and snow, all handling it fine. I run the flat USB through the window and all the windows (some double hung, some sideways sliders) close and lock fine. If you open and close the window a lot I can see it maybe eventually damaging the cable, but I picked ones that I don’t do that with, and when I do, I’m careful not to slam them.
One of my sideways sliding windows has 3 flat cables running through it, and it has a lip on the outside and inside, so the cables are bent multiple times in order to be flat and allow the window to close. Obviously they’re next to each other, not stacked. Window seals shut and locks and no issues with the cables.
Just make sure the wire from the back of the camera goes downward as soon as it exits the cam, and the wire entering the window does the same, as soon as it comes out the window, it needs to slope downward. Don’t need full on “drip loops” where you wrap the cable in a circle, but a downward pitch is definitely a necessity to keep water out of the cam and your window frame/house. Of course if your setup allows for drip loops and they aren’t too unsightly, go for it, but mine have been fine with just making sure the entrance to the cam and the window are “high” points.
The screen is especially bad. Move the camera to the side of the window without the screen. Just the reflection off the room’s interior is enough to screw with the detection logic.
It’s like reading an Agatha novel with a fine net covering your eyes.
Here is more discussion on aiming through a screen.
Thank you sir, you guys have all been great. I did move it outside for the time being and will do something more permanent soon. Thanks all again!
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