WOC V1 offline

Cameras
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I’ve been out of it lately due to the big C and a broken leg. Doing much better now and getting around to fixing stuff again.

Wyze app version 3.8.5.11

My Wyze Outdoor cameras and base station have been offline for a few months. The base station was connected to my WiFi . Finally got the motivation to get them back online. They were fine a few months ago, then the cams and base station went offline. I know if you don’t remove and add the cameras right, they become bricks. I researched the procedure and read the cameras should be deleted first, then the base station. That was successful. I connected a known good Ethernet cable from the router to the base station and powered it on. The LED on the base station turned on orange, changed to flashing blue, then changed to solid blue then back to flashing blue. I have rebooted the router many times and changed the Ethernet cable with a brand new one.I reset the base station numerous times.

I’m thinking the base station is toast.

Any thoughts on this?

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This may sound odd… disconnect the ethernet cable, powercycle your router (power off for at least 60 secs) and base station, reconnect cable to base station. If it’s blinking blue, let it sit there for an hour. And make sure your cable is going to a LAN port, not WAN.

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If you removed the cams and the base when they were not connected to the WIFI they are all bricks. :frowning:

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But the base station will still turn solid blue, even with no cams or tie to the app.

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It should if connected via ethernet but I don’t think it will connect to the app. I don’t want to try it. :rofl:

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I have tried all these suggestions several times. Even stood on my left foot with my tongue in the right corner of my mouth.

I have another base station so hopefully that will work. Just not motivated lately.

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Good Luck. but I think your cams are tied to your original base but it’s worth a try.

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The base station was the culprit. I knew if the cams were not deleted in the right order they would become bricks. Fortunately both survived and the firmware updates were successful.

If I connect the faulty base station directly to my router, the LED flashes blue. Fortunately I had a spare base station.

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Great. I am currently using my spare base after my original base died in action and then I did an autopsy on it.

My old WCO v1 cams over 5 years old are still in operation but I won’t purchase any more battery powered cams.