Doorbell cameras

Hardware
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Anyone want to offer opinions on local vs. cloud-based solutions? Is the Reolink fully local? Any others?

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The unifi doorbell is local 100%

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You can setup the Reolink without any app, without internet and without creating any useless vendor accounts, just using your browser.

It supports ONVIF including 2 way audio and the doorbell signal. So no need for an cloud account and you‘re completely free to use any NVR software.

I use it with Scrypted NVR, which also bridges the doorbell to HomeKit, so you get HomeKit Secure Video and 2 way audio here too.

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Recently I got my first Reolink and I’m impressed at the many functionalities it offers and the HA integration. Thinking on getting Reolinks from now on instead of Amcrests.

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Same here for Reolink: Installed like a charm, impressive build&image quality, exposed 45 entities directly into HA, all local, what`s not to like?

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How does the 2 way audio work with home assistant?

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As far as I know the Reolink integration does not support two-way audio. Some people have managed to set it up with some devices, but it takes some manual config. Feature request.

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Thanks all, ended up with a reolink WiFi which is working perfectly

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Could you give some detail as to how you have installed it and integrated it? Are you using frigate or the onboard sd card? Were there any difficulties in installing it?

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I already had a door bell button wired to an old broken door bell so I used the wiring from that to connect power.

I used the Reolink iPhone app to set it up

I installed the Reolink IP NVR/camera integration and then added the doorbell via its IP

I have an SD card installed in the camera that stores any video triggered from the cameras motion sensor and person detection.

I then use the entities published from the camera to trigger automations. E.g. person detected turns on the porch light if it’s dark outside.

Also have an alert that is sent to my phone with a snapshot from the camera if the button is pressed.

So in summary, pretty easy!

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Hey all,

Im looking at the REOLink POE doorbell, everyone raves about it but not in a position to easily wireup ethernet yet… (I could but i have loads of other things to do first). Does the POE camera also support Wifi as a backup?

Edit : Just discovered the WIFI version also supports hardwiring to my existing wiring, and has a RJ45, thats the best of both worlds in my books…

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I’ve just found this thread as my blink doorbell is packing up and wanted something more HA friendly. I’ve read everyone going back and forth with the Reolink and the Unifi ones, but what’s peoples experience passing those into HomeKit integrations? I want to be able to store video in my iCloud instance and access video feed away from home, without setting up another account (I want to keep things as local as I can). Any thoughts?

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keeping video on icloud is not particularly local, but no you cannot use iCloud with Reolink due to hardware limitations., but if you are looking at the Reolink doorbell, you can choose the SD card, NVR, your own FTP server, or their cloud service for storage.
If you choose local storage, then you are able to access video through the app which uses P2P between the doorbell and your remote access device, so you are not relying on streaming video through external servers. No account required I believe.

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I have the reolink with a 32gb sd card which is enough to keep several days worth of video with quite sensitive movement detection. It does for what I need and it all integrates well with HA

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Hi, New user here. What was the complete process to install the doorbell? Scripting? other services? Thanks!

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I just purchased a Reolink WIFI based on this thread. However, I’m not having any luck with connecting it to HA at all. Also, it does not support RTSP, which I confirmed with Reolink support.
Has anyone been able to connect a recently purchased (Nov 2024) WIFI Reolink doorbell to HA successfully? Mine just keeps saying: “Failed to connect, check the IP address of the camera”. I know it’s the correct IP. I have the correct password. HA does discover the camera all I’m doing is clicking on Add button and putting in the password before I get that error. Any help would be appreciated.
OH… and I do NOT have a Reolink Home Hub… I wonder if maybe that’s what everybody else has???

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I just did and had no problem.(no reolink hub)
Connected the doorbell to power , installed reolink app , added the doorbell , go to HA , doorbell was discovered , added login info and it added two devices : the chime and the doorbell.

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Yeah, having the same issue here. I recently purchased Reolink Video Doorbell (battery) in the 2024 BF sale. Can confirm it does not work with Home Assistant. Their tech support, via a text chat, confirmed as much. In retrospect I should have done better research. No matter what I try I cannot login to the doorbell from HA. Hope someone finds a way, but I won’t be holding my breath.

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I was able to get it into HA directly with the Reolink integration and also through Scrypted.

Maybe it’s a new hardware revision?

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I had no problem getting a Reolink WiFi doorbell on HA after setting it up on the app. My only problem now is figuring out whether the app or HA has priority.