As the title suggests, I’m getting more an more of these unable to load errors, there is nothing wrong with the internet connection, as the other 2 cameras (Cam v3 and OG) don’t have the issue.
The screen grabs below are all from today.
Also the camera is forever “Loading Live Stream” when I try and correct it’s “home” position, usually ends up with the “3005” error…
Update—
I was reading through the forums and came across, someone trying to power their camera using PoE and within that topic some questions were raised regarding power to the camera and power drop if using a psu and extender usb cable.
My set up is at my camper and the camera is over 20’ from the outside power socket (hence the usb cable extender) upon reading the DC power voltage drop and Wyze’s recommendation of not going over ~10’ for the DC part I re-arranged the power.
Added an AC extension cord, plugged the Wyze outdoor PSU to that extension, removed the USB extension cord and plugged directly from the PSU to the camera.. It seems to have fixed the flakey connections and non-recordings, it also seems to have resolved the annoying waypoints drift..
Which is good news (I’ll keep monitoring and report back if it doesn’t work).
One thing though is.. If Wyze are selling an outdoor rated PSU for their cameras why don’t they make them so they kick out enough DC power to be able to add an extension (usb type)
The problem is not available current, it’s voltage drop. The USB standard is 5.0 volts (plus or minus 0,.25 volts). How low a device will actually operate depends on the design of the device. The wiring between the power source and the device has resistance which causes voltage drop. The longer the wire, the more resistance. The more current and the longer the wire, the higher the voltage drop. Therefore the more the camera is doing, the more current, and therefore more voltage drop. For example, if the IR illuminators turn on, more current, therefore more voltage drop, therefore lower voltage to the camera.
With all that said, changing the power source does not fix the the voltage drop in the wire. Now you CAN have a power supply that outputs something towards the high end of the spec vs the low end of the voltage spec. As an entertaining note, for a special event for several years, I ran a Wyze camera from a 70 amp (350 watt) power supply - yes, it was appropriately fused.
They can’t exceed the USB standard voltage or they risk damaging devices (or even causing a fire) and being liable.
Only USB-C with PD support (not something that IOT devices will typically have) can negotiate and adjust voltage, standard USB is “locked”.
The best two ways to go long distances are to either extend the AC side of things with an appropriate extension cord, or use a POE type solution.
Which is what I did, extend the AC side…
I could go the POE route I have spare poe ports on my switch but that would mean RJ 45 to USB C converter, which would be out door (the converter) not sure I’d be happy leaving that out in the rain/ snow etc