I turned on vacation mode for my color bulb while we have been away. Looking at my camera events playback I see the camera is turning on like at 1am and 3am. This should not be happening. Shouldn’t the light be turning on at normal evening and morning hours? I’ve tried toggling the vacation mode on…

[image] Crease: :confused::man_shrugging: I feel ya. :slight_smile: Knowing when to quit (‘retire’ something) is requisite in Wyztopia, IMO. :man_shrugging: [image] Grid selection for Detection Zone removed from V1&V2 cameras Cameras They need some s…

So what I believe your saying is you can write the automation (I did a quick one) but what Wyze does with vacation mode is unpredictable. It may be all over the place. Just out of curiosity I’m going to try a small automation that includes the 3 bulbs in the living room, turning on a sunset and tur…

[image] ronl4625: So what I believe your saying is you can write the automation (I did a quick one) but what Wyze does with vacation mode is unpredictable. It may be all over the place. Essentially, yeah, or at least that’s been my experience. Because of the times that I’ve personally observ…

Tying up a loose end. Last evening I ran the automation for a few hours in the evening. Had 5 cams in Vacation Mode. Not one bulb came on. You and the OP are right. It’s broken. This is on my radar but low priority. Descriptive Notifications is using up to much of my time😕

Thanks for the follow-up. I appreciate the confirmation and the effort you put into it. :+1: It’s been low priority for me, too, but if I traveled more then I’d have a greater itch to see this fixed. I might open another ticket anyway just to bug them about making some progress with it. Lately …

FWIW… When Vacation Mode is operating correctly (during the 6-9a and 6-llp periods only) this automation shuts off the lights if it’s daylight: [image] At the moment, 8-11p is the only period they stay on.

@peepeep , [image] peepeep: When Vacation Mode is operating correctly Are you saying Vacation Mode does work? I had 5 white bulbs in Vacation Mode from 6-11pm. None ever came on.

Yeah, I can confirm that on a Bulb Original: [image] Got bulb? What's in a name bulb Tips & Tricks Color Released Hardware Wyze refers to as White First v1 Bulb v1 or Original or 2019 Color Second v1 Bulb Color White Third v2 Bulb White [image] [image] …

This thread just popped up as new. I set my cams and lights once upon install and never use vacation mode. I want the lights to come on if I am there or not. Don’t even adjust for DST. If I died, no one would know. If I lived in an apartment, maybe setting a TV in vacation mode would be cool. …

Good to know. I’ve got all v2 white bulbs. Broken feature maybe.

Vacation mode behavior not right!

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peepeep June 7, 2025, 6:01pm 20

Yeah, I can confirm that on a Bulb Original:

…it’s working.

(if they changed the naming conventions again, don’t blame me. )

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Vacation mode behavior not right!

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