I have my Wyzecam up in the mountains away from where we live in the city, We visit infrequently in the winter. Now and again the power goes off in the mountains. After it resumes I can never get the Wyzecam to restart. I get Error message 90, and am told to “Power recycle”. Can I do this from 125 …

@Loki posted some great info about using various smart switches to power cycle the camera remotely: [image] Restarting the camera remotely Cameras Let me try to explain again because I don’t think I did that great a job the first time. Think of the camera as a tiny comput…

Keep going please! I appreciate your trying to help.

Did you click the quoted topic name “ Restarting the camera remotely ”? Loki does provide links to 2 products, one is a standard smart plug, the other is a device that monitors your internet connection and power cycles your router or other connected network equipment when it loses connection. Someone…

A smart plug sounds a good idea, and the one about restoring internet connection even better. Do you recall whatLoki suggested as to the product?

Hopefully quoting from another thread works :slight_smile: [image] Restarting the camera remotely That is why I recommend, for people with cameras in remote locations, to install a smart plug between the camera and the wall socket. They can be found for around $10. Here’s one example: https://sm…

Hey thanks! Just ordered a couple of WiFi Smart plugs. I’ll go up and install this weekend.

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thequietman44 April 30, 2019, 6:44pm 2

@Loki posted some great info about using various smart switches to power cycle the camera remotely:

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Power Cycle From Afar? Cameras not-platform-specific	55	5603	December 16, 2019

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