My Wyze Doorbell behaves like a napping security guard

[SlabSlayer]

Can I assume it is a VDB v1 and not a Pro?

Do you perhaps have detection zones set? There are discussions indicating that when they “fixed” the video rotation and aspect ratio to allow integration with HMS Monitoring tab, it causes the video to rotate, but not the detection zone. It is claimed to be off by 90°.

I have not seen confirmation from Wyze that this is the case, but there are users in the forum who have tested this and reported it.

Video Doorbell Ignoring Detection Zone

It appears that the detection zone is rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise to what you set. It has something to do with the rotation issue they “fixed” for the Wyze Home Monitoring. On mine, when viewing the live image from the doorbell, it first connects with a low-resolution image, then rotates 90 degrees counterclockwise, then shows the high-resolution image correctly. It seems that somewhere in that rotational process, the capture zone is getting rotated differently from the image.

Wyze Doorbell cam detection zone rotated 90 degrees after update to 4.25.1.042

After updating the firmware on my doorbell cam to 4.25.1.042, I noticed that my detection zone wasn’t blocking the correct areas. I eventually discovered that the area being detected was actually rotated 90 degrees counter-clockwise to the map of the detection zone. In other words, the area ACTUALLY being detected was 90 degrees counter-clockwise to the area INDICATED in the detection zone map. Prior to this latest update, the detection zone was accurate, and matched the map correctly. When …