Revisiting this topic reminds me of an idea of how I’d like to see this implemented as a user experience: Scanorama (or Scan Zone or Pan Zone or Pan Tilt Zone or whatever seems a suitable name).
When a user sets a Detection Zone on Cam Pan v3, the app presents the user with a live feed from the camera, which is great because the user gets to see where, for instance, trees are blowing or flags are flying at the time the Detection Zone is being set. The user doesn’t have to guess where the motion is that he or she is trying to mask from the desired detection area.
Wyze should do something similar with motion limit, only present the user with a screen that gives them a “Scan now” or similar button to create a panoramic still of what the camera is capable of capturing. A live view may not be needed for most situations for setting these limits and might be difficult to implement in a practical way, but I think a full still image might work. Give clear instructions that the camera should be securely mounted in place, that the scan will also reset the motor controls before beginning, and that it will take some time to perform a panoramic scan of the camera’s entire field of view while the camera is in that position. Maybe the user could even leave the screen at the time instead of waiting, much like during a Restart or firmware update.
Once a completed scan is available on this Settings screen, present the user with the panoramic view that was created during the scan. Give the user the ability to zoom in and out and pan the image (which will be necessary for such an image on a phone screen), and give it a grid overlay similar to Detection Zone where a user could grey out areas not to be scanned or (what probably makes more sense) give it a crop tool similar to what’s available in a lot of photo editors: Allow the user to “crop” the image to only the area that should be included as the camera pans, tilts, tracks, and goes about its business. Show a clear boundary of what’s included and where the motion limits are (i.e., make the excluded areas grey as in the Detection Zone setting).
Also on this screen, provide the user with an override toggle. When enabled, the user can manually pan and tilt the camera past the boundaries using the controls on the camera’s Live Stream screen. When disabled, using manual control respects the boundaries set on this screen.
Most importantly, respect the boundaries that the user sets and then extend this feature (if possible) to all Wyze Cams with a panning ability.