I installed the Reolink integration and now I’m struggling to figure out how an integration in HA would trigger a recording event in a Reolink camera. The use case is when a sensor goes active, trigger a recording event in a Reolink camera. For example a motion sensor around a corner would go active, trigger an automation, send a notification and start the Reolink camera to record for a set interval. This ensures recording is underway when the motion trigger comes around a corner.
I used to have this functionality with Zoneminder being triggered by a wifi door contact. Every camera near the door contact sensor would start recording.
You need to have the directory set in the configuration.yaml file
In my case I created a media directory under home assistant directory and set this in configuration.yaml
allowlist_external_dirs:
‘/media’
I can now trigger a record to my camera and it is saved there. I can browse to it via the Media → My Media side bar