Reolink POE IP Camera Setup

[LeiChat (Richard)]

Thank you for the integration.

Will it be possible for the siren.cameraname_siren state to return on/off?
Mine currently always return ‘unknown’ but I am able to turn on and turn off the siren through HA using the default UI on the ‘more info’ dialog window.

Have you heard back from ReoLink about whether it will be possible to trigger a smart reply manually (from Home Assistant) ? In their smartphone app you can preview each message by tapping the small white ‘play’ icon on the left and the paper plane/messenger icon on the right triggers the quick reply to play on the doorbell.

[mnpg1 (Mnpg)]

Hi @LeiChat, there is, right now even in the latest firmware no API command to trigger one of these messages you’ve created. I don’t know if this functionnality will be added in the future.
Regards

[LeiChat (Richard)]

Thank you for confirming. Fingers crossed ReoLink expose this in the API in the future.

Does the API return the state of the siren?
I had a little nose at this ReoLink PDF and found GetBuzzerAlarmV20 and AudioAlarmPlay but they might relate to other features.

I am able to start and stop the siren on the doorbell through Home Assistant dialog but it doesn’t seem to affect the entity state.

The option I was considering was a boolean Helper for the alarm state that I could toggle from the siren’s ‘on event’ entity but that doesn’t always seem to capture the siren being turned on.

[mnpg1 (Mnpg)]

@LeiChat

I am able to start and stop the siren on the doorbell through Home Assistant dialog but it doesn’t seem to affect the entity state.

I don’t know why your doorbell siren do not understand the API command. If the API can change the state of the siren, it can start and stop his status. Perhaps it’s need a refresh of the status

[LeiChat (Richard)]

Perhaps, when I have tested, I am not leaving the siren active for long enough for the API to register the change of state. I did not want to irritate my neighbours.

[mnpg1 (Mnpg)]

In another post, i explain that there are 2 modes to trigger the siren : the manual mode -included in the official reolink integration- and the repeat mode.
This last feature isn’t include in official reolink integration because it’s not based to turn on or off the siren as explain before.
Please, take a look if it’s suit to your need:

Reolink camera call siren

Which reolink camera do you have? Is this camera behind a nvr? EDIT : in the reolink integration module, you can only turn off or on the siren. Perhaps, with an automation you can do that. On the other way, It exists another mode for the siren than can do what you want : the repeat mode. This mode is not included in the official reolink integration. For that, you’ve to work-around that missing feature by using shell_commands and this bash script that activate the siren just for a limited t…

[Luca1996O]

Hi!

Is there any update on it? Did you check that?

Thank you.

Luca.

[starkillerOG]

Yes I just checked with my Reolink E1 Zoom, If I set HomeAssistant side by side with the reolink desktop client all person events exactly match and the grey zone works as expected. Within the grey zone a person is not detected both in desktop app as in HomeAssistant.
Note that motion detection seems to ignore the grey zone both in the reolink desktop app as in HomeAssistant.

I could not find any diffrent behaviour between HomeAssistant and the Reolink desktop app.
The grey zones are working as expected.

Have you tried putting HomeAssistant binary sensors side by side to the Reolink desktop app?
Do you see diffrent behaviour between the two?

[modernhistorian]

I set up an RLC830A with this integration. I wrote a webrtc card with controls for PTZ and presets, like so:

      shortcuts:
        - name: left
          icon: mdi:arrow-left
          service: button.press
          service_data:
            entity_id: button.entrance_camera_ptz_left
        - name: Preset 1
          icon: mdi:numeric-1-box
          service: select.select_option
          service_data:
            entity_id: select.entrance_camera_ptz_preset
            option: '1'

The preset button works properly, but the left button takes the camera all the way to the stop. Any way to make it go a short distance, or would I have to use onvif for that?

Also, I see that the camera mainstream is disabled by default in the integration. How would I enable it? Thanks.

[gaz99 (Gaz)]

The sensor for “Infra red lights in night mode” seems to be reversed, it is on during the day when the infra red should be off.

I want to use this as a day/night sensor to save me installing a separate one to control some lights.

[uscan]

Thank you for this great work! I use it and it’s very usefull.

I have one question : how does the “guard go to” work?
Nothing happens when I clic on it. I’m looking forward how to order the camera to move to memorized positions?

Thank you !

Raphaël

[uscan]

If the sensor is ‘ON’ the infrared will turn on at night, otherwise it will remain off. So, even during daytime it remains ‘ON’.

[uscan]

I also use a RLC830A but there is no ptz_preset entity. Did you do something to create it? I use the official and automatic integration, my cameras have been detected automaticly.

Thanks !

[starkillerOG]

@uscan the “guard” function is to let the camera return to 1 specific position after the camera is not moved and no person/pet/vehicle is detected for the “Guard return time” in seconds, and the “Guard return” switch is ON.
The “Guard set current position” button will set the current camera position as the gaurd point.
The “Guard go to” will move the camera to the gaurd point.

In your case the camera is most likely already in the gaurd point so pressing the “Guard go to” will not do anything. Try moving the camera with the PTZ up/down/left/right/stop buttons to a diffrent postion and then press the “Guard go to” button.

The Guard feature is mostly used in combination with auto tracking, to let the camera return to a specific position after tracking a object.

What you are most likely looking for is to just move the camera to preset postions, this can be done using the “PTZ preset” select entity.
You probably do not see this entity because there are no presets set on your camera yet.
My Reolink docs explain this with:

PTZ preset positions can be set in the Reolink app/windows/web client, the names of the presets will be loaded into Home Assistant at the start of the integration. When adding new preset positions, please restart the Reolink integration.

So first use the Reolink app to make some preset postions, then restart the Home Assistant Reolink integration.

If you appreciate the reolink integration and want to support its development, please consider sponsering the upstream library or purchase Reolink products through this affiliate link.

[uscan]

OK thanks for the go to, it works when the camera is not on its guard point.

I installed the HACS integration and now the “PTZ Preset” appears.
I had 3 presets defined before all those tests… but maybe I did not restart Home Assistant since I installed the cams (and I did it after HACS install)… I will figure it out, thanks for this tip !

[tbandras (András)]

Hello Everybody, I have 3 Reolink cameras, all configured with this integration. All 3 units are unfortunately WiFi units, as I did not have the possibility to install wires on our property. The 3 units are:

• Reolink Doorbell WiFi
• Reolink RLC-511WA
• Reolink Duo 2 WiFi

I am having somewhat of an issue with getting the “Clear” streams of these cameras within HA (they work well in the mobile app). The Doorbell and the 511WA work relatively fine (although it takes a while to load in the Clear streams), but the Duo 2 does not seem to work. “Fluent” works fine, but I have never managed to get the Clear stream to properly load. It does show up in the list of entities, the entity state is the same as the “Fluent” stream.

Ironically this unit sits closest to the Access Point (have a Deco mesh system set up), so I am not sure if connectivity is the issue here. Does anybody have any idea if I could do anything to improve the situation? I would like to put all 3 cameras on a Dashboard to use it on a wall-mounted tablet, that is why the Clear stream would be preferred.

[blurb (Dan E)]

I have been having to reauthenticate with 2 of my Reolink cameras about once a week lately for the last 3 weeks. These are Reolink Duo 2 PoE with floodlights. They will show up in HA settings as red. I click the login and it will say there is a problem. The config screen for the camera will pop up and I need to check the box for HTTPS for it to succeed. I’m good then for another week. This does not happen with my Reolink Video Doorbell WiFi.

Any thoughts?

[tbandras (András)]

I had the same with the Duo 2 WiFi, but also with my RLC-511WA. I have noticed that the online login page changed slightly, so perhaps Reolink updated something on their platform. (that would be my guess)

[starkillerOG]

Sorry about that, that is due to a change I made in the code.
I am aware of it and will be fixing it.
I was on vacation, so it took a bit longer for me to pick up the issue.

I am continuesly working on improving the Reolink integration, unfortenetly that sometimes comes with some unforseen issues such as the misidentification of the ReAuth flow.

[antonellopasella]

@starkillerOG is there a way to use the integration to send a video of the event ?