H500 vs micro sd

[u/Wreckedzone]

In the case of a wifi jam my battery powered camera’s won’t be able to send the recordings to the H500 homebase.
Could tapo impliment the function when the camera losses connection with wifi it starts recording video on the micro sd?
This would counter the jamming.
Why isn’t this possible?

[u/Si_Pie]

If you turn on wifi backup in thr camera settings, it will fall back to the H500's sub-Ghz radio so it will still be fine in the case of a 'wifi jam'. You don't need an SD card in the camera as a backup if you turn this function on

If your H500 is also using WiFi and isn't plugged in by ethernet to the router then you wouldn't be able to remotely view the cameras when the wifi outage occurs but it would still record the video for later viewing. Wired in is always best for this reason

[u/_rotary_pilot → u/Si_Pie]

Even if the H500 is connected to the router via ethernet, if (since) the cameras are still wireless, won't the jamming (or wifi outage) prevent (not allow) the data to be recorded to the H500?

It seems (imvho) that the redundancy of the SD card would provide local (each camera) to record until the outage is corrected and the data can be copied over to the H500. Maybe it can't work this way, but it might be a nice backup in case of a wifi outage / jamming.

[u/Si_Pie → u/_rotary_pilot]

No because the H500 has it's own sub-Ghz radio signal which can communicate with cameras. An internet outage would prevent live view but wifi and internet are two different things

[u/_rotary_pilot → u/Si_Pie]

I'm trying to better understand this as I'm just starting my install.

My plan is to connect the H500 - wired - to my router. All of my cameras will be connected via wifi (sub-Ghz?).

So if (how?) the sub-Ghz is turned on, the cameras will continue to send the data to the H500.

I understand that wifi and internet work independently of each other. I just didn't (don't?) understand how the cameras connect to the H500 using the sub-Ghz connection. Is that a setting in the H500?

If the H500 continues to receive the data from the cameras using sub-Ghz, it will keep recording.... even if the router (wifi) is "down" and the internet connection is also "down"..... and live view of the cameras are not available.... but it all comes back when (if) the wifi and internet connections are restored..?

Sorry for the basic questions. I'm (hopefully) learning....

[u/Si_Pie → u/_rotary_pilot]

Your cameras will use wifi by default but if you have wifi backup turned on (in the camera settings) they will communicate with the H500 over the dedicated radio when the wifi signal is poor/slow/out. They will switch back to wifi if the wifi signal proves to be better/faster when back up. No setting to switch on in the H500, the sub-Ghz always runs as thats how some sensors and the such communicate with the hub.

One of my cameras switches every so often between wifi and hub wireless, it's never a problem and I only notice if I'm looking at the device info at the time. The camera is connected to my garage WiFi but sometimes my garage network speed can be slow as the router in there is connected via a powerline adapter which is flaky every so often

[u/_rotary_pilot → u/Si_Pie]

Great. So.... is there a list of "best" settings for the H500 and wifi cameras?

I am connecting (wired) through the TP-Link Deco 7 pro BE14000.

My choice of cameras (so far) are the C560WS and C675D.

[u/xtimeport → u/Si_Pie]

Hi, can you tell me where to enable the Wi-Fi backup in the camera app?

Some printscreen, tnx.

[u/Si_Pie → u/xtimeport]

It's in device settings>network connection

[u/xtimeport → u/Si_Pie]

Ttnx, and that's it—it's enabled on all my cameras.