# Five Good Bookmarks **URL:** \ **Category:** Tips & Tricks\ **Created:** [February 17, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/five-good-bookmarks/259519 "2023-02-17T20:15:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 23
**Author:** ![SlabSlayer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@SlabSlayer](https://forums.wyze.com/u/SlabSlayer)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 3:38am UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/five-good-bookmarks/259519/23 "2023-02-18T03:38:54Z")
Wow. I made the Carver list twice. I am so honored. I have over 80 as well and most of them are by @carverofchoice. Here are my top 6 (in no particular order): This one is the post that kicked off my obsession with using Wyze Plugs as relay switches between Wyze Rules and Alexa Routines. I have 15 Wyze plugs. Only 3 have something plugged into them. This post illuminated the light bulb and inspired my Rube Goldberg automation obsession. Thanks @mikeschultz85! > [@Add more Alexa Actions](https://forums.wyze.com/t/add-more-alexa-actions/95441/17): > > I’ve set up a hack/workaround using an extra Wyze outlet that I had to effectively set the thermostats to Home/Away by Alexa. I have a routine that will turn on the Wyze outlet when Alexa Guard is set to Away mode. Then in the Wyze app I have a trigger set up so when the Wyze outlet is On, my thermostats will go to Away mode. Same deal with Home mode: Alexa Guard set to Home \> Wyze outlet turns off \> Wyze app triggers thermostats to Home mode. Has been working good for several months now. Obvi… This one is a great explanation on how the little green box works. An explanation that has to be repeated regularly. Thanks @Newshound! > [@Motion Tagging Inconsistent (sometimes none, or too quick, or lots of them)](https://forums.wyze.com/t/motion-tagging-inconsistent-sometimes-none-or-too-quick-or-lots-of-them/226154/2): > > Unfortunately, I think the green tagging box is pretty detached from having anything to do with what started the event, or even whether the motion identified was within your detection window. We had a lot of discussions about this in the early days. Motion Tagging sensitivity is fixed (let’s say 50%?), and not related to the user-determined Motion Detection sensitivity. It is always set to that level, and applies to the whole screen regardless of detection zone. Also, when there are multiple… I bookmarked this topic on Samsung SD Cards just because it is Doctoral Thesis level smart stuff (that I would love to be able to understand) on really technical whatnots as it pertains to testing the performance of an SD card. Thanks @jjwatmyself! > [@Bytes, bits, bitrates, FPS, codecs (compression) and Samsung PRO Endurance microSD cards](https://forums.wyze.com/t/bytes-bits-bitrates-fps-codecs-compression-and-samsung-pro-endurance-microsd-cards/17522): > > I took what I have gathered from research to speculate on the encoding profiles that are used in the Wyze firmware. This reveals some interesting details. I have further speculated on the bitrate on the audio encoding in order to subtract audio and reveal the underlying video bitrate. I have then taken the Samsung PRO Endurance microSD card in order to derive the life expectancy of the microSD card in a Wyze camera. This gives some clues into the controller on the SD card as TLC is generally … I bookmarked this post (among several others) from our Forum Thermostat Whisperer @speadie and refer back to it often when reading thermostat posts. It lists what all the terminals do. Thanks @speadie! > [@Thermostat not working - no heat](https://forums.wyze.com/t/thermostat-not-working-no-heat/225187/2): > > Your wires are as follows: (make sure you tell the wyze app you have these wires during setup) L = Blue wire, Heat pump monitor, unused on wyze, cap it off. X2 = Brown wire, Emergency heat, \* on wyze. G = Green wire, Fan, G on wyze. W2 = White wire, Backup / second stage heat, W1 on wyze. O = Orange wire, Heat pump reversing valve, O/B on wyze Y = Yellow wire, A/C compressor, Y1 on wyze C = Black wire, 24VAC Common, C on wyze R = Red wire, 24VAC Hot, Rc on wyze. I bookmarked this post because it taught me how to setup a loud external siren long before Wyze added the HMS to the rules triggers (current App Beta BTW). Of the 8 linkbacks, I think 7 are mine. Great out of the box thinking here. Thanks @dasnider! > [@Add a loud Siren (also integrated with HMS)](https://forums.wyze.com/t/add-a-loud-siren-also-integrated-with-hms/13682/241): > > @ken63 and any others trying to add an external siren: I found a way around the problem of how to arm/disarm it without having to go in and change multiple sensors every time - see below. It’s a bit clunky and is not integrated with HMS, but it does work! Attach a loud external alarm to a Wyze Plug (let’s call the plug “Siren”). I use a 12V Honeywell siren & 120\>12V adapter that I got on Amazon. Plug “Siren” into a second Wyze Plug (let’s call it “Alarm Master”), and plug “Alarm Master” into … And last, but certainly not least, is a two-fer of mind blowing tutorials on SD Cards and differences in formatting and also the differences in how SD Card space and Wyze SD usage is calculated. Thanks @carverofchoice! > [@Pan and V3 with 64GB SD CARDS](https://forums.wyze.com/t/pan-and-v3-with-64gb-sd-cards/148840/2): > > I don’t represent Wyze, but I can help provide a little understanding on the differences. Differences to understand upfront to not get confused by the rest of the explanation: SDHC and SDXC are capacity standards. FAT32 and exFAT are File Structure formats Class is the speed the SD card can write What it mostly boils down to is the following: FAT32 is basically free to use at this point. It is an older file system and it has some limits (no individual files greater than 4GB), 8TB partitio… [https://forums.wyze.com/t/v3-reads-238-gb-micro-sd-card-but-only-records-9-days/236232/6?u=slabslayer](https://forums.wyze.com/t/v3-reads-238-gb-micro-sd-card-but-only-records-9-days/236232/6) --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.wyze.com/t/five-good-bookmarks/259519)._