Reolink IR mode sensor

OptimusGREEN · March 27, 2024, 9:32am

Hi,

It would be great if a binary sensor could be added to tell if the camera is currently in night mode IR or normal colour day mode.

This would allow as a trigger for light/dark based automation.

Cheers

OG

code-in-progress · March 27, 2024, 1:17pm

I don’t think the cameras themselves actually expose that as a property. I was digging through mine, and I don’t see any indicators in the app or the web frontend that show if the camera is in a particular mode. AFAIK, the integration uses what’s available on the web frontend.

Good suggestion, I just don’t think it’s possible due to Reolink’s firmware.

OptimusGREEN · March 27, 2024, 2:38pm

Hi Bill,

Thanks for the reply.

Yeah I was worried this might be the case as it would be so usefully for many of the things bouncing around my head.

I wonder how open reolink are to suggestions.

I believe they have an api but any wrappers I’ve seen don’t seem to have a ‘get’ for that piece of info.

Hopefully someone can come along and prove us wrong.

code-in-progress · March 28, 2024, 6:06pm

lol take a look around their forums… to say they are “open” to suggestions is stretching it a bit. They usually give the typical “We’ve passed this on to [this] team. Thanks for the feedback!” response to pretty much anything.

I love their cameras, but the company is sorely lacking most times.