WyzeSense stand-alone bridge on a Raspberry Pi (V1 and V2)

I like the Wyze sense sensors. They are inexpensive for wireless contact/motion sensors and so far have proven to have a great battery life.

The downside to the system is that the bridge requires a Wyze camera to act as a hub for the bridge. I've seen the requests to Wyze for a stand alone bridge option, so I implemented one. I'm not a fan of HomeAssistant, but I do like the concept of keeping things away from the "cloud". My home-brew monitoring system uses a REST interface which triggers actions including through IFTTT. Blink recently stopped third party program logins except for IFTTT and then they only allow arm and disarming the system.

The Wyze sense hub uses the WyzesensePy module implemented by []. I added the PyCurl library in order to send notifications of sensors opening or closing or motion active. These url's can easily be modified to hit IFTTT in order to effect various other notifications and actions.

In order for the python module to run from cron upon boot, I made a background module that has all the console interface removed. When I need to pair or unpair sensors I simply run the console version. The bridge itself retains the sensor macs.

Occasionally the sensors send some non-action messages. I merely trap these as pings indicating the sensor is still active. In my system, if a device does not ping the server at least every 2 hours it is marked inactive, requiring action. In this case the Wyze sensors act acceptably along with other sensors I've implemented.