Random Resets on Home Position

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@bnstoic

Anyone else having this issue…?

Apparently many are. There was at least one new topic started about it yesterday:

PanCam v3 not keeping way point settings

I have recently noticed an issue with one PanCam v3, it will not keep the way points I set. It keeps getting off track to a different area. At first I thought it was the wind turning the mount, but after a couple of days of less windy days, I’ve come to find that it’s not the wind. I’ve done everything except deleting and going back to factory settings. Just putting it out there to see if anyone else has had this issue? Everything is up to date and none of my other v3s have this issue.

@waldo15

What i found out is this is a known issue with the cam, as per forum posts and a discord entry on fixes Wyze is working on.

Also correct. There’s an open fix-it-friday item attempting to address this issue:

@WyzeJasonJ

Reddit - Wyze Cam Pan v3 does not return to set home position

We released a beta that is a step towards fixing the waypoint drift issue. This beta will not change the current experience but will give us some data needed to get to that point. Thank you for your patience.

Waypoint issues have been noted in multiple topics. The most detail I’ve seen so far is here:

Wyze Cam Pan v3 Drift Update

Problem Statement We have identified noticeable drift for Waypoints when Pan Scan is used on Wyze Cam Pan v3. This is a general challenge across all of the Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) cameras due to hardware limitations. On Wyze Cam Pan v3, we can pre-set 4 Waypoints (A, B, C, and D) in total. When monitoring Waypoint B, there are two track paths: 1) it moves from Waypoint A after monitoring Waypoint A; or 2) it has moved from Waypoint C after monitoring Waypoint C. With these two different paths, an o…

@bnstoic

Anyone else…have any ideas to solve this?

At least one person is reporting some mitigation with a Rule to do some resets as a workaround:

Wyze Cam Pan v3 Drift Update

I’ve been using this as a workaround, and it has worked great for me. [image]