• Re: WiFi problems in the early morning - security camera

    From Jaimie Vandenbergh@21:1/5 to David on Tue Oct 15 18:05:00 2024
    On 15 Oct 2024 at 18:56:52 BST, "David" <wibble@btinternet.com> wrote:

    This is a very recent thing.

    A security camera (used for watching hedgehogs) has been fine.
    However recently the network has been unable to stream video in the early hours.

    Works fine before midnight.

    Works fine during the day.

    It has issues roughly between 03.00 and 06.00 but I have no way of knowing exactly when it starts then clears because sleeping most of the time.

    I was wondering if this could be explaind by condensation on the plastic
    roof over the covered area where the camera is?

    Any other suggestions welcome.

    Temperature maybe? Condensation does seem very likely though.

    Cheers - Jaimie

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  • From David@21:1/5 to All on Tue Oct 15 17:56:52 2024
    This is a very recent thing.

    A security camera (used for watching hedgehogs) has been fine.
    However recently the network has been unable to stream video in the early hours.

    Works fine before midnight.

    Works fine during the day.

    It has issues roughly between 03.00 and 06.00 but I have no way of knowing exactly when it starts then clears because sleeping most of the time.

    I was wondering if this could be explaind by condensation on the plastic
    roof over the covered area where the camera is?

    Any other suggestions welcome.

    Cheers



    Dave R


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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to David on Tue Oct 15 19:23:37 2024
    David wrote:

    Works fine before midnight.

    Works fine during the day.

    It has issues roughly between 03.00 and 06.00 but I have no way of knowing exactly when it starts then clears because sleeping most of the time.

    Does it switch between colour/black and white/infrared depending on
    light levels?

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  • From David@21:1/5 to Andy Burns on Wed Oct 16 13:25:03 2024
    On Tue, 15 Oct 2024 19:23:37 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:

    David wrote:

    Works fine before midnight.

    Works fine during the day.

    It has issues roughly between 03.00 and 06.00 but I have no way of
    knowing exactly when it starts then clears because sleeping most of the
    time.

    Does it switch between colour/black and white/infrared depending on
    light levels?

    Yes, it does.
    As it is mains powered it has its own IR light source and when the string
    of patio lights goes off it switches from colour to B&W.

    Cheers



    Dave R


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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to David on Wed Oct 16 16:16:39 2024
    David wrote:

    Andy Burns wrote:

    Does it switch between colour/black and white/infrared depending on
    light levels?

    Yes, it does.
    As it is mains powered it has its own IR light source and when the string
    of patio lights goes off it switches from colour to B&W.
    But the unreliability doesn't coincide with the lights turning on/off?
    Presume it could be taking a dislike to the cold at those times?

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  • From David@21:1/5 to Andy Burns on Thu Oct 17 12:42:10 2024
    On Wed, 16 Oct 2024 16:16:39 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:

    David wrote:

    Andy Burns wrote:

    Does it switch between colour/black and white/infrared depending on
    light levels?

    Yes, it does.
    As it is mains powered it has its own IR light source and when the
    string of patio lights goes off it switches from colour to B&W.
    But the unreliability doesn't coincide with the lights turning on/off? Presume it could be taking a dislike to the cold at those times?

    Last evening with the temperature at 17C and the lights on for some time,
    it showed the same failure, but eventually cleared.

    I think I will have to investigate the strength of the WiFi signal.

    Cheers



    Dave R


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  • From David@21:1/5 to David on Sun Oct 20 13:41:49 2024
    On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 12:42:10 +0000, David wrote:

    On Wed, 16 Oct 2024 16:16:39 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:

    David wrote:

    Andy Burns wrote:

    Does it switch between colour/black and white/infrared depending on
    light levels?

    Yes, it does.
    As it is mains powered it has its own IR light source and when the
    string of patio lights goes off it switches from colour to B&W.
    But the unreliability doesn't coincide with the lights turning on/off?
    Presume it could be taking a dislike to the cold at those times?

    Last evening with the temperature at 17C and the lights on for some
    time,
    it showed the same failure, but eventually cleared.

    I think I will have to investigate the strength of the WiFi signal.

    A lot of contention for that AP.

    I now need to reorganise the WiFi without losing camera footage to date. Changing the WiFi on the Tapo C320WS apparently requires a reset to
    factory settings.

    Alternatively I could just rename an AP with a better signal strength (if
    I can remember how)

    Cheers



    Dave R


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