Just installed two lamp sockets and mind blown on what they can do! The only thing that I can’t get it to do is motion detection without darkness. I understand that will trigger the flood light even in day time but that’s fine by me since they are LED and stay on for only a minute. Use Case: The…

Mike, thank you for your great explanation and use case. I have been advocating for Wyze to allow the lamp socket to more easily be used in lighter conditions for a while too. You are not the first to struggle with the “dark enough” situation. I think we are fighting an uphill battle though because …

Thanks for advocating! Your two bullet points, either one, would solve my problem. Turn on the lamp socket ANY TIME motion is detected (day or night) Turn on the lamp socket when motion is detected only at night (sunset to sunrise and even if there are already other lights on). I was looking for…

I may have found a work around for this problem. [image] Wyze Lamp Socket won't light automatically, with small amount of sunlight in room Power & Lighting The app settings are Auto/On/Off. For auto to function, the light level has to be very very low. This is an issue, be…

Wow. This just appeared in my read view. I didn’t realize how old this was. Curious. Was this ever resolved? Cc: @kingmeow , @carverofchoice

To be honest, I finally gave up on trying to use these lamp sockets because of this issue. I wanted to use them in my basement kitchen too automate lighting but I couldn’t rely on them so I switched back to color bulbs. I haven’t heard anything recently so I’m guessing it’s still a problem. Probab…

[image] carverofchoice: Probably works great for some people’s use cases, but it’s a shame they didn’t make it more open to other use cases like ours. Sorry to hear. Thanks for the update.

Motion detection NOT in the dark?

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Augustin January 22, 2025, 4:57pm 4

I may have found a work around for this problem.

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Motion detection NOT in the dark?

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