[Bug] Motion detection switches aren't working for doorbell

[Abba-]

Describe the bug Toggling the switch for 'Motion Detection' or 'Power' for a doorbell doesn't work.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Turn off Doorbell Motion Detection from dashboard / entity
2. Wait 20-45 seconds (presumably the amount of time for it to poll)
3. Switch will return to on position.

Expected behavior

Motion: Motion is supported in the app (Settings -> event recording -> motion detection) so would expect this switch to show as off in the app (and the entity to reflect the off state).

Power: There isn't a power button on the app for doorbells, so this is probably simply unsupported. Siren: Likewise, I dont think there is a siren option

System configuration System: As Virtual Machine 10.5 on Unraid HA Version: 2023.9.2 WyzeApi Version: 0.1.22

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[Abba-]

Keeping this active….

[brg468]

I don’t think motion switches work on the doorbell, so really we should not add the motion switch. Can you post the model number from the device page in HA for the doorbell and I can add it to the list of cameras that don’t support motion switch.

[Abba-]

They absolutely do have a motion detection switch. They don’t have a regular power switch. They only capture motion. (See first post)

HomeAssistant shows WYZEDB3 by WyzeLabs

[brg468]

I believe you that they have a motion switch, but apparently it doesn’t work the same as the other cameras. Without having one I can’t do much other than remove the switch if it isn’t working. If you or somebody wants to share the device I can see if it can be done but there’s no guarantee, some of the newer cams seem to use a different protocol for these things that isn’t supported through the API (floodlight pro is one of them)

[Abba-]

Happy to share it, do you have email where we can continue conversation?

[brg468]

email is brg468@hotmail.com, you can share to that if you'd like.

brg468 on discord also

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[Abba-]

Communication ongoing…

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[janssjay]

The switch does appear to toggle the "Motion Event Recordings" check-box in the Wyze app, but then the HA switch always resets to "On", even if the Wyze option is unchecked.

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[Abba-]

Investigating....

[brg468]

I put in a small change to how motion switches are controlled. I'm not sure if it will have any effect on the doorbell or not.

https://github.com/SecKatie/wyzeapy/pull/82

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[Abba-]

Request still not merged so cant check...

[janssjay]

Have the same problem/experience with the Cam Pan v3 and Cam v3. Motion detection toggle does not affect the app and always returns to ON regardless of the state in the app.

[brg468]

@janssjay are you running the latest version(0.1.24)? This should have been fixed in that release.

[janssjay]

@brg468 I just upgraded to 1.24 and retested. Now the Motion Detection toggle stays where set, but it controls the "Motion Event Recordings" toggle, not the "Track Motion" toggle for the Cam Pan v3. As for the Cam v3, the Motion Detection toggle also stays where set but unsuccessfully attempts to control the "Motion Tagging" option in the app. One time it momentarily turned this option off but then reset with a "network unstable" error. After that, it no longer had any impact.

[brg468]

The motion detection switch always controlled the record motion events switch on the camera. Track motion and motion tagging are not able to be controlled from this integration.

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[Abba-]

Communication ongoing

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[SecKatie]

Its been merged @Abba- can you check now?

[Monacoslo]

Is there a way do enable back motion detection (sensor for automations) on regular Wyze cams?

[brg468]

@Monacoslo see this comment.

https://github.com/SecKatie/ha-wyzeapi/issues/320#issuecomment-1001523837

[Abba-]

Its been merged @Abba- can you check now?

Based on my testing with 0.1.27, 4 switches appear under the Device info for the WYZEDB3. Also can I request you reopen #559 please as it directly relates to how errors below can be handled.

Motion Detection: Seem to be unchanged from original report. The app allows motion detection toggle at Settings -> event recording -> motion detection. However, the API now now throws an "unauthorized operation" rather then silently reverting.

Notification ✅This turned off notifications as expected.

Power This throws an "unauthorized operation". I agree there is no option for this and it should be removed for the doorbell.

Siren This throws an "unauthorized operation". I agree there is no option for this and it should be removed for the doorbell.

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[Abba-]

@brg468 @SecKatie can we unstale?