I have three cameras on a remote location set in a group. All three cameras are powered through a Kasa TP-Link plug, so when I need a hard reboot I can supply to them. Here is the issue, Two out of three cameras work perfectly, no issues whatsoever. One, not so much. I get the following:
Here is the conundrum. all three cameras are on the same network and the camera in question is the closest to the router, so no network issues, right?!!!? Or am I missing something?
So when I go into my group, I see two cameras working fine, the third one not so much.
So, what is going on? Don’t tell me there is something wrong with my network? I don’t buy it. This has to be Wyze!? I know it doesn’t make sense, but what else could it be?
The most weirdest part is that I can reach out to the camera and see the info (via app “Device Info”) so the Network is not dead or an issue.
I wish I was there, but unfortunately It’s six (6) hours away and I won’t be getting there for at least couple of weeks.
The Kasa is on, hence the cameras (at least two out of three supplying live feed and recording to SD card). Remotely killed the power to Kasa plug and two out of three cams are coming back online. Is my cam dead?
Have you switched the cord and power supply from the cam in question to one of the other cams to see if the problem migrates? There may be a power supply or cord failing to deliver the required power.
So here is a bummer. Routers do not work very well with smart plugs. In order for the smart plug to power the router it needs internet connection. If I power down the router remotely, the plug will never receive a signal to power up. Catch 20/20. What I have found to work is to create a schedule that will power the plug off at preset time and power it back up after a minute or so (provided that the plug keeps the programing with-in, which Kasa does).
Understand it is remote and may take time to get there. Because it is only one cam of the three exhibiting the issue connected to the same power source, it is possible it is a local hardware issue. And, since they are remote, that sucks. It is very difficult to troubleshoot, diagnose and fix issues on remote cams.
When you do get there, since the internet at the cabin is very slow if I recall you saying before when dealing with the streaming quality, you might want to run the network diagnostic tool Wyze uses to identify local network and internet problems:
I appreciate the heads up. I will do what you suggested and hopefully that will be the end of it. However, it is still a mystery how one out of three cams behaves the way it does, especially being the closest to the router with only one wall between the router…
Not sure if this is accurate but this is what it showed last time. Used to be three bars and now is two only. Still, don’t get why it will show local network and not remote especially when two other cameras are fine and happy
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