Cam V3 in Newspaper Box
I am lazy. I don’t want to walk the 30 steps to get my newspaper without knowing its there. So, I mounted a V3 inside the newspaper box that is attached to the side of my garage. I was lucky, there was an electrical outlet near that location inside the garage. So, I drilled a hole though the wall, plugged in a Wyze plug and an adapter into it. Ran the cable from inside the box through the walls and plugged it in.
Inside the box, you can easily see the V3 facing you. Just to its left on the bottom of the box is a black piece of tape to block/reduce the recognition of movement. I have a Wyze Sense V1 motion sensor there. Its facing the side of the camera and the tape impedes the motion just enough to remove the false positives that would trigger it. All are mounted with Velcro and makes it easy to adjust or remove as needed. I used the flash to take the pictures, otherwise, day or night, you can’t see the camera walking past it.
So, when the newspaper arrives and my person sticks it in the box, the motion sensor triggers two announcements on Echo devices each in a bedroom and the office area. And a text notification goes to the phone. The announcement informs me the paper is here. And anytime I wish, I can view with the camera. Not that you can see it here, but the camera points towards the wooden gate entrance for the sidewalk that comes to my front door. So, I get a recording of the comings and going in and out that gate.
Of course the gate also has a Wyze Contact Sensor V1 mounted in a black plastic box with a strip magnet on the fence. It too triggers announcements to Echo devices in the garage, the kitchen, the office area and the bedroom. The trigger also informs Alexa to Display the Box Cam on one Echo Show, and the Sidewalk camera on a Fire tablet.
I’d be sitting pretty if Wyze would just make a newspaper delivery person to replace mine that only puts the paper in the box about half the time.
Whata ya think?
