Fix-It Friday 12/2/22

Wyze News
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@WyzeJasonJ - Update on the issue…

The “editing” issue I have detailed is still a problem. In my previous post, to determine those steps, I had to edit my Office & Bedroom switch several times to detail the results. Everything was working last night, but then time passes and the “Additional Controls”, no longer work. Double, Triple, Long-Press… stop working. I have observed this before and couldn’t put my finger on what was going on.

So 2 issues…

#1 - Can’t add multiple actions for a bulb… 1 action per bulb. You can add all kinds of other actions, like lock door, vacuum the floor, turn off sirens, whatever… just not 2 actions on a Color Bulb (I don’t have Smart Bulb v2 to test).

#2 - Editing Wyze switches “Additional Controls”, creates a condition that makes “Additional Controls” stop working. (NOTE: Single Press still works). This is not immediately seen. 12-18 hours later (or less??), the issue appears.

Log # 846509 - Office Switch
Log # 846512 - Bedroom Switch
Log # 846515 - Wyze App

I can say that I’ve seen this behavior from Day 1. It’s a very weird behavior but it is VERY repeatable.

FIX: I have to BLANK the actions out of all the “Additional Controls”. All of them. Save the config… Go back to HOME of Wyze app, PULL-DOWN on the app to make it up-load the changes to everything…Then go back in the switches and set everything up from scratch.

Hope this helps.

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Hi, everybody! :grinning:

Thanks for joining us once again for Fix-It Friday! Let’s get started:

Reddit - No motion detection notifications on Wyze Cam v3 Pro when a custom detection zone is set :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

Thank you to the folks who sent in logs for us! We’re taking a look at them but could use some more. Here’s how to do to give us logs:

Recreate the issue. Then in the Wyze app, go to Account > Wyze Support > Submit a Log. Select your device from the dropdown menu. Then fill in the description box with the date, time, and time zone of the most recent time you noticed this issue and a description of what’s happening. Make sure the Send Logs option is selected and then submit your log. When you have the log number, please post it here as a reply so we can get it to the right folks.

Core - Videos are not uploading to the cloud :frowning_face:

We are seeing improvement from last week’s beta firmware but not enough. So today, we released a new firmware build with further improvement. If you’re a beta tester, please test out the camera firmware this week and give your feedback in the beta areas! We feel optimistic about this build based on the data but really want your input.

Discord - Wyze Cam Outdoor image is not saving the rotate 180 degrees setting and it must be reapplied when entering the live stream :thinking:

The Wyze Cam Outdoor Base Station firmware from last week is available again because it wasn’t involved with this bug. We have beta firmware for Wyze Cam Outdoor v1 and Wyze Cam Outdoor v2 releasing today. Beta testers, please keep an eye out for it and let us know how it performs!

Forum - Wyze Cam v3 Pro is not live streaming in the app properly during the day but works properly at night even without night vision enabled :frowning_face:

We’ve identified a temporary fix for this but are still looking into the root cause. We’ve also confirmed that this is only happening to a portion of iOS users and not to everyone. We aren’t going to make it in time for the 2.38 app release but we’re aiming to fix this on 2.39.

Let’s Take a Look at Some Previous Submissions

Core - Cameras appear offline in the app, though they are online and viewable :thinking:

Our hunt for microSD card logs continues! We have some and are taking a look at them. Thank you so much for the help! If you’re experiencing this and have a microSD card and a computer that can read the card, please send us a log to look at. Here’s how:

When the device shows offline, please take out the microSD card and wait a second before re-inserting the card (or inserting a new microSD card). The camera will then make two “ding” sounds usually within 30 seconds. On your microSD card, there will be a root or log folder with the device log that you can access with a computer. The files are named as xxxxx_log.txt. If there are multiple logs, select the most recent log file.

When you have the log, please email it along with a description of the issue and the date, time, and time zone that it occurred to:

microsdcardlogs@wyze.com

Reddit - Event recordings are skipping/stuttering :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

This is one of our top priority fixes. We’ve been making progress from our side but it isn’t finalized. For this one, there’s the stuff we need to change but we also have to work with our partners like AWS to fully resolve the problem. We know this has been an issue and we apologize for how long it’s been taking to fix it.

Discord - Cameras that are subscribed to Cam Plus Lite cannot enable person detection when a camera is in Wyze Home Monitoring :pensive:

This actually was by previous design but we’re talking to the team about timelines for adjusting this. We think the earliest will be the 2.41 app since we’re still working on resolving issues with the Security Camera feature so it doesn’t make a lot of sense to fix this bug first.

Forum - Wyze Lock Bolt doesn’t auto-unlock when the “Disable during hours” schedule ends until someone manually locks the door again :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

It’s time to bring this back! We might miss the end of the year deadline because the beta hasn’t started and we’re going to have some blocked off time for software releases due to the holiday. But this fix is ready when the firmware is so we’re still in a good position!

Forum - Wyze Air Purifier Insights graph is not updating when expected :chart_with_upwards_trend:

We are still planning this change for the 2.38 app and are on track!

Forum - Wyze Cam v3 microSD card playback is skipping the first minute of every hour (excluding midnight) :clock1:

This fix will be in an upcoming Wyze Cam v3 release. But that’s still waiting in line behind some other critical bug fixes before we can tackle it.

Reddit - Wyze Outdoor Cam gets stuck at 1/3 without reset of the base station :one:

We have the new Wyze Cam Outdoor firmware going to our beta testers today. Thank you for your patience!

And that’s a wrap! Thanks for joining us this week for Fix-It Friday. If you see anyone experiencing the issues above, please guide them over to this post!

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I’m beta testing this fix right now and it is AWESOME!!! Props to the devs for this great fix!!!

For anyone interested, you can see examples on how well this is working in my report in the public beta thread here:

It has been working GREAT for almost 10 days now on all 3 of my air purifiers! I would say you can expect a great solution whenever they push out the app and firmware update to the public.

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I suspect this is due to interference from adjacent wifi networks. I couldn’t get my V3Pro to stream at all until I reduced the bandwidth to SD or 360p. My old V3 got three bars of signal strength. The new V3 Pro only gets TWO in the identical location. Either the V3 Pro doesn’t discriminate well, or it’s wifi is less sensitive. It easy to say the bandwidth is greater with 2K streaming, but less bars on the wifi is more likely the problem.

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Or the scale is different between devices. I have seen that in many devices - and not just inexpensive IoT devices. I work in a city Radio Shop and every time Motorola releases a new product line, the Receive Signal Strength Indicator scale changes. I’m talking about radios costing many thousands of dollars each.

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Happy holidays! :grinning:

We have a bunch of people out on PTO for family time and holiday observation. We don’t expect a lot of progress on these for a couple of weeks but we’ll keep you in the know! Here’s our Fix-It Friday follow-up:

Reddit - No motion detection notifications on Wyze Cam v3 Pro when a custom detection zone is set :pensive:

We’re still looking for logs on this! We’ve been going through them and are working on resolving this problem. Here’s how to do to give us logs:

Recreate the issue. Then in the Wyze app, go to Account > Wyze Support > Submit a Log. Select your device from the dropdown menu. Then fill in the description box with the date, time, and time zone of the most recent time you noticed this issue and a description of what’s happening. Make sure the Send Logs option is selected and then submit your log. When you have the log number, please post it here as a reply so we can get it to the right folks.

Core - Videos are not uploading to the cloud :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

The firmware we recently released has significantly improved the success rate for video uploads. If you’re still having difficulty with videos not uploading to the cloud, please speak up now! Otherwise, we’ll remove this from the update list in the upcoming weeks.

Discord - Wyze Cam Outdoor image is not saving the rotate 180 degrees setting and it must be reapplied when entering the live stream :upside_down_face:

We have beta firmware currently in testing that seems to have fully resolved this issue. We’re keeping an eye on the beta feedback! If you’re testing the beta firmware and still experiencing this issue, please let us know now!

Forum - Wyze Cam v3 Pro is not live streaming in the app properly during the day but works properly at night even without night vision enabled :thinking:

We are still on track for 2.39!

Let’s Take a Look at Some Previous Submissions

Core - Cameras appear offline in the app, though they are online and viewable :frowning_face:

No further update here. Our hunt for microSD card logs continues! We have some and are taking a look at them. Thank you so much for the help! If you’re experiencing this and have a microSD card and a computer that can read the card, please send us a log to look at. Here’s how:

When the device shows offline, please take out the microSD card and wait a second before re-inserting the card (or inserting a new microSD card). The camera will then make two “ding” sounds usually within 30 seconds. On your microSD card, there will be a root or log folder with the device log that you can access with a computer. The files are named as xxxxx_log.txt. If there are multiple logs, select the most recent log file.

When you have the log, please email it along with a description of the issue and the date, time, and time zone that it occurred to:

microsdcardlogs@wyze.com

Forum - Wyze Lock Bolt doesn’t auto-unlock when the “Disable during hours” schedule ends until someone manually locks the door again :pensive:

We’re planning to start releasing beta firmware for this next week or the week after. Thank you for your patience!

Forum - Wyze Air Purifier Insights graph is not updating when expected :chart_with_upwards_trend:

The 2.38 app has been released to the public! We’re waiting on the air purifier firmware to be released and expect that to happen in the upcoming weeks.

Forum - Wyze Cam v3 microSD card playback is skipping the first minute of every hour (excluding midnight) :clock1:

This changes in the recent firmware update were pretty significant so we moved this one to the next update build to make sure QA could do a full regression test on schedule. Thank you for your patience!

Reddit - Wyze Outdoor Cam gets stuck at 1/3 without reset of the base station :one:

We have a new firmware build for beta expected to release either next week or shortly after the new year.

Reddit - Event recordings are skipping/stuttering :thinking:

We’ll be working on this issue after our folks come back from the holiday break. We’ll let you know about the progress after the new year!

Discord - Cameras that are subscribed to Cam Plus Lite cannot enable person detection when a camera is in Wyze Home Monitoring :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

We don’t have a further update on this one so here’s the info from before: This actually was by previous design but we’re talking to the team about timelines for adjusting this. We think the earliest will be the 2.41 app since we’re still working on resolving issues with the Security Camera feature so it doesn’t make a lot of sense to fix this bug first.

And that does it for this update! Thank you for your time. We’ll chat with you next week!

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Howdy, folks! :wave:

Thanks for tuning in for this week’s Fix-It Friday follow-up! It’s a holiday sprint with a lot of Wyze employees out on PTO. Because of this, we don’t really have new updates for you. Sorry about that! We’ll let you know if we have more updates next week though that may be a light week for us as well. We’ll also have a new bug callout next weekend so please start thinking about bugs you want to submit or vote for! :bug:

If you’re curious about the current status of Fix-It Friday updates, please read the post above! :point_up:

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Honestly, I like this reply. It indicates to me that Wyze shows their employees respect and wants them to be able to enjoy having time with their families, and sees and treats their employees as humans should be treated.

That’s not to say that am I not anxious for fixes, improvements, etc., but I like the transparency and the fact that Wyze is respecting employees to have their vacations and PTO during this time when everyone really wants to be with their families. Instead of denying their PTO and vacations to try to show something got done during these 2 weeks or so.

I can’t speak for everyone, but you get a solid pass from me. :+1:

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Happy 2023, everyone!

We just posted the callout for new bug submissions for January! So please hop over to the new post if you have something (like Error Code -1 cough, cough) that you want to vote for.
We don’t have many updates from last week. But we did release Wyze Cam Outdoor firmware that fixes the rotate image 180 degrees setting! That’s our only real change for Fix-It Friday.

We’ll be back in the other post next week to cover our new submissions and update the existing ones.

Here is a link to January’s Fix-It Friday. See you there.