Record to SD card without the internet/Wifi (offline)

summary: allow the CMC feature to operate even without a network connection

benefits: bridge network hiccups, allow for more ways the camera could be used

background: I have the camera mounted on my vehicle, recording back toward the house. When driving away, the cameras CMC continues to work for 20 seconds or so (well beyond network range), but then cuts off. Having a recording of the drive would be useful

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@gneier: I have merged your wishlist submission here because CMC, by its very nature, cannot possibly operate offline. This service is strictly a cloud based feature.

That said, your best bet is to install an SD card in the camera and record to that. It’s been a while since I tested, but I believe if the camera has internet when you start recording to the SD card, it will continue when internet connection stops. It used to be that you could record to the SD card from the start without internet, but that ability stopped at some point. That’s the subject of this topic.

If you search the forum, you will find several other topics dealing with use of Wyze Cams as a Dash Cam.

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This would be a great feature!

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Firmware update for v2 and pan to add travel mode. Dash cam solved.

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Seems crazy to me that the camera does not do this by default. I bought an outdoor security cam with travel mode. Well, travel mode does not do anything for security. Please add SD recording to travel mode. This can be marketed to RV travelers, second homes, places with spotty internet, …
Hardware appears to be perfectly capable of this. Store to SD (either in base, or camera), then transfer to cloud when internet available. Best would be to transfer to SD card in base, as outdoor camera could be taken.

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Hi, my Wyze cam 2 lost WiFi Functionality, probably a hardware issue due to power outage, it’s been a couple of months now. It continues to work in offline mode, recording stuff on the SD card, but there is one main issue with that. It relies on actual date and time to operate, which it used to update from the internet. Nowadays, every time I unplug or loose power to the cam, it goes back to recording at date 1970, overriding the wrong files when storage is full, and mixing old files with new files.
Is there any solution I can do related to this? To keep the camera useful?
Not sure if travel mode covers this, is there a way to enable travel mode by connecting the cam to a laptop through USB? perhaps by flashing a special firmware for this purpose?
I would appreciate it a lot if the firmware keeps track of latest date and time used in a file somewhere, and reverts to those when it can’t access internet…

Hello, there are very convenient buttons to turn cameras off, but i couldnt find anything similar to switch them to offline recording to the sdcard (i.e. no cloud uploads)
this is needed to prevent interruptions during online meetings/ classroom from home as i have several cameras and when a car passes by and triggers them , the internet bandwidth would be used up for those moments while the event is being uploaded.
the workaround at the moment is turning all the cameras off, but i would like them to keep recording locally to SD card,

thanks

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V3 Cam, Start Recording to SD WITHOUT Wifi

I know you need wifi to setup a camera on your account. However, after I have activated the camera, installed an SD Card and set local recording settings, I would like the camera to do so after power has been removed automatically.

Currently, the camera will NOT start recording locally until AFTER it has connected to wifi and phoned home. That’s not helpful. After I setup the required settings, I simply want to move the camera to its final location (which does NOT have wifi) and power it on and have it start recording locally on it’s own without intervention.

Should be a simple thing to do with a firmware update. Please make this happen.

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Travel mode for Cam V3

With the availability of larger power banks there is no reason why a Cam V3 wouldn’t make viable remote outdoor cam. It’s already water resistant and has excellent night vision with or without IR. The ONLY thing missing is software support for an internet-less travel mode. But if travel mode is enabled, all the motion capture options still need to be available unlike on the Outdoor Cam. Wyze should not be concerned about current drain in this mode. Leave it up to the user to select an adequate power source.

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Automatically record to SD in event of internet loss

Default to continous SD recording in event of internet outage, for all models.
I assume that motion detection stops working when Internet is lost so events wont be written to SD card…So a firmware tweek maybe able to switch recording mode after the camera becomes aware it can no longer call home…

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Outdoor V2 record to SD card if disconnected from Base Station

It would be great if Outdoor V2 would still record to the local SD card if it disconnected from the base station, that way if the power goes out or the base station gets stolen the camera will still record events

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WCO Cams: enter “Record to MicroSD Card” on loss of WiFi

I’ve eight WCO Cams, they all have MicroSD Cards in them (which if I understand correctly, are pretty much a waste of a purchase in these devices as they don’t get used for anything in the WCO unless one sets them up for a scheduled recording?, which I never do)

Last night, I set a couple of apples out on the back block wall for whatever wildlife might happen by to take them.

I just happened to make a change to my pfSense router’s VPN setup that night that eventually took all of my Wyze Devices offline on the subnet I have setup for IOT devices.

All of my Wyze Cams were down to include the 8 WCO’s outside the house.

It would of been nice if the WCO’s swapped over to “Record to MicroSD Card” (either Continuous or Events Only) upon loss of WiFI.

The Camera’s have the ability to do a Scheduled Recording. Simply give us an option in the Settings per Camera to initiate a Scheduled Recording (Start Time: Now, Duration: Battery Depleted, Video Type: Continuous or Motion Only

SJ

No I want it to record to sd card with WiFi and make that sd card WiFi accessible.
I originally bought these for an off grid property to use in outdoor mode but that mode is too limited.
Having them auto boot and record to sd card with it’s content avalible through local WiFi would be perfect.

SD recording without wifi

Sneaky criminals keep unplugging my wifi router how can I get my recordings to just go to my SD card even without it being uploaded online.

#patent #NJB

[Mod Edit] Merged with an existing wishlist topic. Give it a vote to help it along!

For clarification, what camera version are you working with, or are requesting this for?

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Just answer the question toni

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Offline Recording to SD Card - OG Cameras

I wish the OG Cameras (OG and Tele 3x) could record offline like the v3 Cam. I had an internet outage of about 8 hours and once the connection was restored I checked if the cameras came back online. While checking I noticed that they can’t record to the SD card if there is no internet connection.

These cameras are really good to monitor the front of the house and parking spots specially the Tele 3x. I wish to rest assured that even if I get an internet outage in the future the cameras will still record to the SD card while offline.

My Wyze Floodlight Cam (Which is a v3 Cam) recorded all events to the SD card while offline.

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Welcome to the Wyze User Community Forum koshin14! :raising_hand_man:

Agree 100%!

One of the great features of the previous Wyze Cams is that they will continue recording to the SD Card even when the WiFi Network they are logged into is removed. So long as they weren’t powered down during the outage, they just chugged along saving video to the SD Card.

I had recently considered adding a handful more OG cams to my perimiter. I tried to get a bunch during the most recent flash sale. Good thing they were sold out by the time I got to the payment in checkout!

I just tested this on one of my OG cams. I have the cam on and recording continuous. I blocked the IP to the cam in the router for an hour then unblocked it. No SD Video during that hour. Picked right back up the instant its WiFi was restored.

This is a deal breaker for me. No more OG Cams until it can maintain SD recording if the WiFi or Internet drops.

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I’ve posted in forums about this issue and sent ticket to Wyze support … this functionality works on CAM v3 but not on OG cameras. How can product function REGRESS to be removed from the product when OG is the replacement for v3 CAMs? I had a choice to buy v3 or OGs but info did not state limiation w OGs… WYZE wants customers to move to OG (faster processor, less burden on WYZE cloud), yet removing SD CARD recording because internet is DOWN is a SEVERE LIMITATION of the security system.

I’d buy v3 for the capability… but they are no longer available RETAIL.

This needs to be fixed ASAP. Not happy with OG compared to v3 … limited functionality, different UI experience… what is WYZE doing to invested customers?

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Why would you say that,? :thinking: I purchased one from WYZE two days ago on their buy with Prime sale for $31.60 including tax and free delivery so I could have a spare. Or get one from Home Depot and probably other stores