Reolink integration is draining new Altas PT ultra battery

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Hi there,

I’ve just bought the new Altas PT Ultra battery powered camera from Reolink.
And the new Hub that comes with it. And a solar loader.

I want to integrate it in HA ofcouse. :wink:

After installation, everything was working great. But the battery was draining fast. In 4 days from 100% to 10% and all settings to ‘off’ even recording was off.

I’ve contacted Reolink and we’ve tried everything possible. But no luck. Reolink offered to replace the camera.
But then, someone told me, maybe the HA integration was polling the camera constantly, draining the battery.
So I’ve uninstalled the integration in HA and guess what?
The battery is perfectly powered now. 100% and still 100% after several days.
And all options in the camera set to “on”

Now I am hoping to use the camera again in HA of course. But I think there is something wrong in the Reolink Integration. I have no idea what, but as soon as I install it again, the battery is draining power fast!

Can anyone tell me if this is a known problem and if there is a fix planned?

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It looks to me ;ike you have a lot of evidence of an issue,.

If you cannot find a way to changew the polling for that camera or only have the integration talk to the camera on demand, then I would write up an issue against core.

Try those steps first, because I would think they will say the same thing.(Probably).

Reporting issues - Home Assistant.
Issues · home-assistant/core · GitHub.

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If it is constantly streaming the picture, then it will drain the battery fast.
Nothing to do about that.

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I have the same issue. Took the camera streams off the dashboard, turned all features off, and it still looses about 20% per day, even though its on a solar panel too.
Any advice greatly appreciated, and happy to do experiments to help out.

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Maybe you need a better solar panel or maybe there just isn’t enough sun during the day.