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Comments on Demand (on the road) @p2788deal Please provide definitions for: restart power cycle …with respect to Wyze cams. What does the second achieve that the first may not? He won’t do it. He’s ornery. :wink:

I’m not much when it comes to words, but for me, the word that immediately comes to mind is, “reboot”. “Restart” is a soft reboot, that is, the hardware never loses power, but the controlling software starts afresh. “Power cycle” is when one completely turns the power off and then switches it back,…

[image] peepeep: Please provide definitions for: restart power cycle …with respect to Wyze cams. FWIW, sometimes, with electronics, it’s best to totally kill all power to them for 10+ seconds before plugging them back in. This ensures all residual charge in capacitors are drained complete…

Thank you, fellows! restart vs power cycle [image] via Wyze bot

[image] carverofchoice: dime :point_up: This seems apt, particularly given its use to describe “ assists ”.

Asked again today and got largely the same response, then followed up: [image]

I guess it did say to “Ask anything…”. I asked, “Where did I leave my car keys?”

If you’re like most folk these days, you probably don’t have car keys proper – which it probably pointed out and then said something like ‘how should I know’ though politely. Also it told me they may not be steam engines, still an open question, I guess, and plural…

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Bam July 28, 2025, 11:29pm 20

We might have to change the power cycle definition to include removing the battery source as well. Back when this was written we didn’t have the removal of batteries yet

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