Problem
Wyze Cam Pan v4 is not recording any motion-triggered events, is missing events, or is not sending me any notifications.
Note: An active subscription to a Wyze Service is required to receive cloud Event videos.
Troubleshooting
- Confirm that the Wyze app is up to date.
- In your Wyze app, navigate to the Account tab > tap About.
- Your current app version will be listed beneath the Wyze logo.
- Compare your app version to the latest app version listed on our Release Notes & Firmware page.
- If you find that your Wyze app is out of date, head over to your mobile device’s app store and update the Wyze app.
- If possible, check that your Wyze Cam Pan v4’s firmware is up to date.
- You can check this by going to the Account tab > Firmware Update.
- If there is an update available for the camera, please move forward with updating it.
- Verify that Location Permissions are enabled for the Wyze app in the phone/tablet settings.
- Make sure that it is set to Always or While Using the App.
- For iOS users, make sure that Precise Location is turned on.
- Ensure the camera is set to record correctly.
- In the Wyze app, navigate to the camera’s settings > Event Recording.
- Enable Motion, then select All Events.
- Tap Customize Detections.
- Next to Other Motion, ensure that the boxes are checked for both the Tag and Notify columns.
- Attempt to trigger the camera by creating movement in front of the device.
- Note: For Wyze Services users, once recordings for Other Motion are being generated, you can select the desired AI recordings by checking the other options in the Tag and Notify columns.
- Verify that the Detection Settings are set correctly.
- Navigate to the camera’s settings > Detection Settings.
- Under Motion Sensitivity, adjust the slider bar to High.
- Tap Detection Zone and toggle it off while testing.
- Check that Notifications are set correctly.
- For the camera:
- Navigate to the camera’s settings > Notifications.
- Enable Notifications.
- Note: Tap Manage to be taken back to the screen to customize the Notify column for your recordings.
- For the Wyze app:
- Navigate to the Home tab of the Wyze app.
- Tap Account > Notifications > Push Notifications.
- Toggle on Push Notifications.
- For the mobile device:
- Navigate to the device’s settings.
- Enable notifications for the Wyze app.
- For the camera:
- Verify that there are no Automations set up that could be causing interference.
- Navigate to the Home tab of the Wyze app, tap Automations.
- Note: We recommend deleting any Automations and then adding them back one by one while testing.
- Power cycle Wyze Cam Pan v4.
- Unplug the camera from its power source for 5-10 seconds, then plug it back in.
- Factory reset the camera and then set it up as new.
- Remove any microSD card that is inserted into the camera.
- With the camera powered on, press and hold the setup button on the bottom of the camera for 10-20 seconds until the status light on the front of the camera turns solid red.
- Once the status light starts flashing red, set up the camera as new.