I pretty much have the same issue as others. I walk up to my front door and the camera doesn’t detect me until I’m walking away. I’m on the fence about keeping this and will probably cancel the other 2 I ordered. I’m going to try another location above my garage to see if it works there but for seeing packages dropped off, this hasn’t worked yet.
The camera has a 1 3 5 min field selectable cool down period. Once the camera detects motion via the PIR it will not detects any more motion for that period (1 3 5 min) once that cool down period is over it will begin detecting motion. It could be that you are not waiting for the cools down period to reset the motion trigger
Looks like you have the camera upside down and have rotated the image 180. That puts the PIR zone on the top of the screen…might already know this but there is a magnet on the opposite side of the camera as well ( opposite the recessed hole for mounting) it’s on top where you see the wyze logo. Anyway flip it and the PIR zone will be at the bottom portion of your screen and might work better to detect motion as people walk up there on the driveway. Right now you have alot of your motion zone in the sky or trees where likely you will not need to detect.
It never detects once…we’ll aware of cool down period…
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Danny Moeller
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Am I the only one crazy enough that just wanted the V2 with outdoor rating? I plan to leave it powered, and just want the simple straightforward setup like my V2.
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I am having the same issue. Oddly, when i first installed the cam and rotated 180 and aligned my detection area the detection zone was at the bottom even with the 180 flip. It was not until later after rebooting the base and cam that it zone moved to the top. There is definitely a code bug in there. I have even turned off 180 mode and seen the zone stay at the top a few times while troubleshooting. I did flip the camera over and stick the base to the top, but I really do not like this method. The magnetic attraction on the top in not nearly as strong as the bottom and it exposes the labels on the bottom that will fade and deteriorate over time when exposed to the elements. Either the detection zone needs to rotate with the 180 setting, or there needs to be a secondary setting detection setting to rotate it. I know it is possible since my zone was at the bottom when i initially setup and enabled the 180 flip.
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It is not possible as the PIR sensor detects the bottom half of the image. The sensor is hardware and can’t be moved. That was the reasoning behind being able to use the mount on the top and bottom.
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Have 4 of the cameras and they rarely pick up anything outside. Works better inside the house as they seem to pick up most movement. Aren’t these suppose to be outdoor cameras?
so far these are a waste of money and wished I never brought them.
Wyze use to have great products and have spent a lot of money on the cameras but once the original person motion detection the company had got removed they have gone down hill. My alerts and motion detection seems be getting worse every day after they removed it and built there own.
Seems like they rushed this camera to market as they must need the money. Already started looking at other camera system to do what these guys say they can do but can’t
I agree… I just received my outdoor cams and was very disappointed that I can’t change the size of the detection zone like the indoor cams. I don’t want everything in my cam’s FOV to be in the detection zone. I very much hope a firmware update can change this. If not, I will most likely be returning them and buying ring cams.
As mentioned, this is unlikely since it’s a separate hardware motion sensor. Some people have tried covering parts of such sensors.