Bad idea. Physically rotating the cam can potentially cause damage by over rotating past the mechanical stops, stressing the travel wires, and causing issues with the cam not being able to calibrate on the next startup.
I had PanV3 that was exhibiting the same behavior. It eventually died altogether and was replaced under warranty.
I am hoping it helps also. That is quite slow. But I have my doubts. If you can manipulate the vertical tilt axis but not the horizontal pan axis, it isn’t a good sign.
My internet service is 80 Mbs (nothing faster is available), and I have been running 18 wyze cameras (1 Pan Cam v2, 2 Pan Cam v3, 4 wyze OG cams, 3 V2 cams, the rest are V3 cams (3 with spotlights)), 15 Wyze indoor plugs, 3 wyze outdoor pugs, 4 wyze color bulbs, 20 wyze white bulbs, wyze floodlight, wyze garage door controller, wireless Brinks alarm cams, 2 blink cams, 10 other brand smart plugs, 10 or so Alexa devices, smart sprinkler controller, several wireless roku/fire tv streaming devices, a number of other wireless smart devices, etc, for several years, and they all work fine, locally and remotely across the country.
Check the power supply. It may not be getting enough power, especially if it is on a longer than normal power cord - the Pan Cam V3 needs more power than the normal 1A power supply the other cams use, and comes with a 2A supply. A few people have reported bad power supplies.
One of the reasons why I think it’s about bandwidth is when the camera spins around 180 degrees to face the backyard it will freeze up, sometimes so long that it will already be facing the street by the time it starts transmitting again.
It’s always been that way, even with my old Pan V3.
I’ve had to use an extra long cable though to reach almost to the ground. I might try using a shorter cable, if I can find one for the Pan Cam with the 90 degree connector
You may be having a power shortage issue. But, I am running two of my panV3 on USB Extensions without any power loss issues.
One is running from the Power Adapter thru a 20 foot microUSB extension to a microUSB to USB A Adapter then into the stock cam power cord.
The second is running from the Power Adapter thru a 20 ft USB A extension to the stock cam power cord.
RSSI - Ping
Depending on the features of your router, if you have access to your WiFi Router Admin Panel, it should tell you the signal strength that each device is experiencing. RSSI is the measure used to quantify Signal Strength which is affected by distance, interference, and barriers (brick, concrete, steel, walls, etc). 0 is perfect, -72 is crap.
Ping is the speed a packet is sent to the cam and back. It is an indicator of how fast data gets from your phone, thru the router, to the cam, and back. It is measured in milliseconds. I use an App called Analiti Speed Test WiFi Analyzer to scan every device on my network and then to tell me what the ping speed is. The slower it is, the worse the signal strength and reception.
These are good indicators for the general performance of your WiFi network and coverage. You can gauge how far your router is effectively throwing signal and how well placed your cams are. If you have one cam that is acting up and it has values worse than one working well, it gives you an indication that it is your network, not the cam.
I used to run IRC servers back when I owned unrealnews dot com, where ping was everything lol
OK…
I went up there and forced the camera to look towards the street.
I was able to get three way-points configured and the camera was moving left and right.
However,
When I clicked the blank 4th way-point, so I can face it to the backyard, the camera moved to the “home” position, facing the wall and it stopped working.
So, I know the motor is working but there’s something keeping the camera to perform normally
When you were setting the Waypoints, did you have Pam Scan or Tracking Enabled? Try setting your 4 waypoints with Pan Scan and Tracking disabled so that you aren’t fighting against the natural scan progression. Then enable it after they are set.
Yes. I always turn those off, for that very reason.
I think it all leads back to lack of bandwidth, though.
I dug into my router and, using the MAC Address, I was able to correlate the router listing of devices to what the cameras are. I then updated the name in the router to reflect it is the Pan Cam.
That may be the issue. More bandwith isn’t going to help that if you maintain the same WiFi router after the switch. You might want to test it by moving the cam closer to the router or vice versa just to see if it alleviates the issue. If it does, you will know that it is a local network issue that needs a stronger WiFi broadcast signal or installation of an Extender.
Very good. Mesh is the ticket. With extenders you should get much better coverage.
Many here in the forum have done the “paying extra to rent equipment from the ISP” calculations. All of them highly recommend buying your own equipment rather than renting. The break even payoff is usually less than 12 months. My ISP provides the fiber ONT for free, I bought my own mesh routers to avoid the rental of WiFi.
That is both expected and a good sign your V3Pro is working.
It was designed and manufactured with a stronger antaenna inside to accommodate the 2K Video.
