Another forum member gave me the idea that I can still use sense contact an motion sensors even if the camera is off. I tested it and it’s true, even if the wyzecam is off, the bridge remains powered and all sense components continue to work. This is OK for me like this. I don’t need Wyze shortcuts, I consider them useless because I don’t see how to use these shortcuts automatically (you can trigger them only from the wyze app) They cannot be triggered them by using IFTTT or Alexa routines. So what I will do now is the following.
I use Alexa to arm my alarm system by saying a “leaving phrase”. This will trigger an “away” switch in Smartthigs, and IFTTT turns ON the wyze cam. When I come back home I say an “I’m back home” phrase to Alexa and things will go the other way around to turn OFF the wyzecam.
Too bad the Wyze Alexa skill is not capable of turning on off the wyzecam or sense sensors. As you can see due to the many limitations of the Wyze system, people have to find workarounds using multiple services
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