I have a camera at my home on the coast 5 hours away. I bought it mainly to see what is happening to my home during a hurricane or what I might see once I get there after the hurricane. Well I have grown to like checking even when there is not a hurricane threat. Any way, on the night of 8/3 a hurricane hit our town. My camera captured heavy rain and winds around 11:47pm and then went off-line. Bring 5 hours away, I would love to have a way to reset the camera remotely to see any issues. I have electric and wifi at the home because I can connect to my thermostat and my bs k yard camera , a different brand. Thanks
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Unfortunately, you’ll have to go and power cycle the camera and/or factory reset it.
You can’t do this in the Wyze app with the camera alone when the camera is offline. you could put a Wyze plug on the camera and power cycle it to try to get it to reconnect.
https://support.wyzecam.com/hc/en-us/search/click?data=BAh7CjoHaWRsKwjYDIfTUwA6CXR5cGVJIgxhcnRpY2xlBjoGRVQ6CHVybEkiXmh0dHBzOi8vc3VwcG9ydC53eXplY2FtLmNvbS9oYy9lbi11cy9hcnRpY2xlcy8zNjAwMzExMjg3OTItSG93LXRvLXBvd2VyLWN5Y2xlLXRoZS1jYW1lcmEtBjsHVDoOc2VhcmNoX2lkSSIpYzA5MzM3M2UtZDk5Mi00ZGU4LTlmMzEtN2ZiNTlkOTk1Nzc4BjsHRjoJcmFua2kG--8d94b5dbd4e7cb7d994b1768a4612d294b595524
https://support.wyzecam.com/hc/en-us/search/click?data=BAh7CjoHaWRsKwhfeozTUwA6CXR5cGVJIgxhcnRpY2xlBjoGRVQ6CHVybEkib2h0dHBzOi8vc3VwcG9ydC53eXplY2FtLmNvbS9oYy9lbi11cy9hcnRpY2xlcy8zNjAwMzE0ODQ1MTEtSG93LXRvLWZhY3RvcnktcmVzZXQteW91ci1XeXplLUNhbS12MS12Mi1vci1QYW4GOwdUOg5zZWFyY2hfaWRJIik1YjIwNGVhMi04MjVlLTRmNjYtOGZiZS0zYThkMmFmYjg1ZGMGOwdGOglyYW5raQs%3D--809d653b30d21e04bdadbe47e38a9eb1a44814db
Or (and this is obvious) any other brand of smart plug. Though it is certainly convenient to have both in one app.
Another thing you can consider is a UPS. Small ones start around $20 and they go way up. It’s essentially just an inline battery backup.
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Power Controller via IP and Telephone <> IP-P3
We use these at commercial locations to remotely reset a modem or router, and PTZ cameras (Not Wyze)
You can power cycle 4 outlets over the internet or by calling and dialing touch tones.
Very useful when a modem or router reset is required and the network is down, that is if you have a telephone line to connect to it…
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