Reolink POE IP Camera Setup

Hi @fwestenberg, thank you for the response.
I tried to use HACS but not sure I understand how exactly, I tried to search on HACS firstly but no repo for reolink, additionally i tried to add a custom repo as integration and used the github url: https://github.com/fwestenberg/reolink but i get a error message: Repostitory structure for v0011 is not compliant

So i’m pretty sure i’m doing it wrong.

@NEoKhajitt, I just installed it in HA, but not with the URL you mentioned, you need the following URL which you can add to HACS as custom repo:

The custom component will then appear and can be installed. My HA needed 2 restarts after installation to see the component in Integrations.

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Ahh thank you @DaLass I have the integration installed now, will play with it a bit later, thank you for the assistance.

Is there a COMPLETE UP TO DATE example as of 12/202
This thread has a bunch of info in it but i suspect the tool has been thru many iterations

  1. How Do I fill this out… is it by camera or is the host my Pi installation?
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Is there a COMPLETE UP TO DATE example as of 12/202 of the yamal required…
Do I use:
reolink:
of do I use:
reolink_dev

Use the reolink_dev

create additional user in reolink camera with admin rights (admin required for full operation, separate user good practise)

Make sure the camera ip does not change.

For the configuration in home assistant. No yaml required.
host = camera ip
Port = default is 80, if you have not changed in the camera
User + pwd = camera user + password

So no need to define camera entities?

To confirm…And so I’ll have to fill out this:

for each camera I have in the system?

The entities are created automatically if you are referring to these https://github.com/fwestenberg/reolink_dev#switch

You need to have the camera end configured for them as well. E.g. put in the email credentials to the reolink camera. Given that you want to use it.

Just fill in the host (camera ip), username and password and see it out!

I’m not having any luck with the integration showing up in HA. I’ve been successful in adding the custom repository and get as far as the ability to install v.10. After multiple restarts of HA server I’m never able to see the integration through the regular ‘add Integrations’ procedure. thanks for any help you can provide!

Clear your browser cache and try again to check integration menu.

Got it working… thanks all…

For those who follow after you get the integration installed you have to FOR EACH camera

  1. Select the “Add Integration” button and fill out the forms shown above…

its a little different that one is used to…

I have a NVR with 5 cameras ,but for some reason only 3 of the 5 cameras will detect motion randomly. What I mean is when I restart HA 3 of the binary motion sensors will work ,but two of them show as unavailable. It’s different each time. The three that do work do detect motion ,but the two that are unavailable do not detect motion even when I try to trigger motion ;however, the rest of the camera does seem to work.

Any idea how to fix this? I did try removing it, restarting and adding it again.

Hey, any ideas how I speed up the refresh of the camera on lovelace? It seems to be every 10 seconds for me at the moment. Adding “camera_view: live” just causes the module to become blank. Any ideas?

I’ve always had that kind (mines 15 sec) of response time lag even when I had it configured using the Generic camera route

Hi! love the integration! I have had it working, but I continue to get this error message after a few days:

[homeassistant.components.stream.worker] Error opening stream rtmp://192.168.10.183:1935/bcs/channel0_main.bcs?channel=0&stream=0&token=cc5d6568123c9ff

When I readd the integration it works again, same IP same everything as far as I can tell. Anyone else experienced this?

same problem, just installed it for the first time. Had some images for a short while and now this error…

2021-01-06 09:01:07 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.stream] Started stream: rtmp://192.168.98.225:1935/bcs/channel0_main.bcs?channel=0&stream=0&token=caf0d6d031a0950

2021-01-06 09:01:07 ERROR (stream_worker) [homeassistant.components.stream.worker] Error opening stream rtmp://192.168.98.225:1935/bcs/channel0_main.bcs?channel=0&stream=0&token=caf0d6d031a0950

fwestenberg Great job. Are you planning to add support for 510A and 810A cameras in the near future? I mean the entities for detecting people and vehicles because video and motion detection are great

How do I install this integration? I cannot see it in my integrations. Using a Pi 4

Hi, you can install it with HACS. After that you can find it in Integration list.

Do I need to add a repository manually or something? As it doesn’t show in HACS

I’ve got it working. Had to manually add reolink_dev as a repository using the github url to the repo