{"id":16991,"date":"2020-05-31T08:47:58","date_gmt":"2020-05-31T13:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learncctv.com\/?p=16991"},"modified":"2020-12-15T13:23:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T18:23:21","slug":"wyze-cam-usb-port","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learncctv.com\/wyze-cam-usb-port\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Wyze Cam USB port used for?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"cursor: text; text-align: justify;\">The USB port in the Wyze Cam is used to connect and send power to another camera or Wyze Sense Bridge using the daisy-chain method.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This allows you to have more than one camera using a single power supply, but be aware that the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2TUWiux\" style=\"outline: none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&nbsp;Wyze Pan<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&nbsp;can&#8217;t be powered that way because it requires too much power to move its internal motor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: text; text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">I&#8217;m talking about the USB Type-A connector, the bigger one in the back of the camera as I shown in the picture below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Wyze Cam USB Type-A port\" data-id=\"16994\" width=\"719\" data-init-width=\"720\" height=\"312\" data-init-height=\"312\" title=\"Wyze Cam USB Type-A port\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/learncctv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Wyze-Cam-USB-Type-A-port.jpg\" data-width=\"719\" data-height=\"312\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: text; text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">To power up the first camera, you have to connect a cable to the micro USB port and then the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3cihl0f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">USB Type-A cable <\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">can send power to the second one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: text; text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The picture below shows an example of such a connection. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Wyze Cam Daisy Chain\" data-id=\"17166\" width=\"719\" data-init-width=\"720\" height=\"186\" data-init-height=\"186\" title=\"Wyze Cam Daisy Chain\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/learncctv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Wyze-Cam-Daisy-Chain.jpg\" data-width=\"719\" data-height=\"186\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: text; text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As you can see, the Micro USB is used to power the camera on and the USB Type-A sends the power to a second Wyze Cam V2 camera.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"cursor: text; text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u200bThe Wyze Cam as a Webcam<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"cursor: text; text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">At first, the Wyze Cam was designed to be a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/learncctv.com\/types-of-security-cameras\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">security camera<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> and there wasn&#8217;t a plan to use it as a webcam, but things changed recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">People start using online communication and virtual meeting with platforms such as&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webex.com\" style=\"outline: none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Webex&nbsp;<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Zoom&nbsp;<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">all over the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">So the Wyze Labs decided to create a new firmware to allow the camera to work as a webcam and then the USB port had a new function.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">To learn more read the article&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thesmarthomesecrets.com\/wyze-cam-as-webcam\" style=\"outline: none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">How to use the Wyze Cam as a webcam.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">You just need to use &nbsp;good software or platform the webcam will work fine.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Conclusion<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">You can use the Wyze Cam USB port to daisy-chain another camera, a Wyze Sense Bridge, or turn it into a Webcam using a special firmware.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u200bI hope this information is useful to you, please share it with friends.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The USB port in the Wyze Cam is used to connect and send power to another camera or Wyze Sense Bridge using the daisy-chain method. 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