This Is The King Of Video Doorbells (for some people) - Reolink Video Doorbell Review
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- Опубліковано 31 бер 2023
- The Reolink Video Doorbell is finally here, and today we are taking a look at how it performs when compared to the brand new Aqara Video Doorbell G4, and what makes it the best video doorbell you can buy right now, for certain people. We also take a look at the Reolink Video Doorbells image quality, clarity and other features, including RTSP and Home Assistant integration!
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Aqara G4 Video Doorbell:
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Which one is your favourite!?
Small error of missing video at 7:58 and 8:11 but audio is all good - sorry!
Legit thought it was an April fools thing. 😂
This is great. However, The video does not respond or at least i did not find an answer to my most important questions. Can this be run fully local? I mean if the company ends the support for the app, can i still use this in full and access all the settings? Also is there a need for a subscription? Both questions are complete showstoppers to any of my smart home gadgets excluding nabucasa which i gladly pay to get that excellent environment. And BTW the description links are all wrong. The WIFI International link takes you to EUFY doorbell which is battery powered. It seem to me that if i dont plan to use the chime unit it does not matter if i choose the UK unit or International unit? I cant tell the difference in amazon as this fact is not mentioned. The only hint is the shape of the chime unit plug which does not even show on the pictures too well.
can homeassistant be used for 2 way voice? This might be the issue if all other factors are "yes".
Also at 1:20. You said "This is a battery powered unit only. Yep no battery...." It's a wired unit only.
Very complete video. A couple things in case people ask in the comments:
The indoor chime is RF433, so if you have an RF bridge you can easily pick up the signal from the doorbell to the chime if you want to use it in automations (it is slightly faster than using the HA doorbell ring sensor).
When using the Reolink doorbell with blue iris you MUST uncheck the "Send RTSP Keep Alives" box, otherwise the video feed will reset every 30 seconds. I've had loads of people tell me "this doorbell sucks with blue iris, you are a paid shill" because they decided to check that box.
Thanks for the info, very useful to know!
Awesome, I was going to ask that question. I've seen wireless doorbell bridges so they chime your home doorbell. Do you have any pointers on setting up RF bridges?
Was reading a thread over at ipcamtalk and they were losing their goddamn minds over your vids and anyone who ever dares say anything positive about Reolink..... Absolute nut cases.
@@benwhittle7204 It's really just a few very vocal guys on ipcamtalk. Most of the people there are pretty level headed. I'm of course banned from that forum.
Thank you so much, just tried and now I can use it with HA, Visitor alert did not work!
A battery powered unit with no batteries is certainly interesting to say the least.
Huh? Did I accidentally say it was battery powered somewhere? 😂
@@EverythingSmartHome yes at 1:20 😅
😂
Oops...the gaping holes must have been too exciting 😂
@@EverythingSmartHome Gaping holes, distracting? Someone is channeling @paulhibbert
I’m using the Reolink video doorbell and love it. This video is fair but only glosses over the #1 use-case for this doorbell: POE isn’t just about powering the device. It’s about how the data feed is communicated to your hub.
I know this UA-cam channel focuses on secures virtual networks so it makes sense that Wifi cybersecurity isn’t as much of a hot button topic, but the reality is that it’s possible to build an entirely wifi-free smarthome in Zigbee and Z-Wave with the exception of video and audio feeds (due to bandwidth). POE offers a solution to this challenge with camera feeds.
The problem is that, you’re correct, doorbells are embarrassingly behind the curve and there are almost zero POE options out there. After doing a lot of research, I chose Reolink for all of my cameras and I now have POE 24/7 surveillance of my home without sending my camera feeds to the cloud. Given most homes already have some form of wiring at the doorbell, I’m shocked that there aren’t more Poe doorbell options, but there really are not. At least today.
This is really helpful. Thanks for adding this comment. I’m very concerned with privacy and surprised by the number of smart home creators who aren’t. I’ll keep this in mind when doing my own research.
What a complete and informative video. So rare these days. Somebody who actually knows their stuff combined with a well edited vid. I subscribed!
I've been using this with Home Assistant and have been really pleased. It looks like additional controls like Quick Replies are coming with the 2023.4 update, which makes it even better!
Yeah the new update adds even more cool stuff!
@@EverythingSmartHome I was like, WAIT, what? But then I saw the .4 disclaimer. Good to see the work on this :)
You gave me false hope :-(
The new addition is 'auto quick reply. Not 'quick reply'.
I would love to have 'quick reply'' integrated. My home assistant sends me notifications with a snapshot when e.g. someone presses the doorbell. I would love to turn those into actionable notifications where I can choose which quick reply to send
@@PersonXes Ah, you're right! I gave myself false hope! That was the exact use case I had in mind. The fact that they're already improving the integration gives me hope that maybe they'll add this in the future
The jumper wire is for 2 reasons: 1 the camera does not have a small backup battery to power the camera while the button is pressed. pushing the button completes the circuit when the chime rings, and any doorbell cameras will disconnect if they dont have a backup battery/capacitor to keep it powered. the reolilnk could go offline if someone rings the back door doorbell.
the 2nd reason, when you power a device, like a camera on the doorbell power, it puts a constant load on the coils in the chime box. they can burn out with constant power going through for a couple years.
I've been using mine for almost a month and love it! Happy how well it works with Home Assistant. Thanks Lewis!
Nice one Jamie!
This could have been the king for EVERYONE if they made it ring existing wired chime. Insane oversight by reolink considering almost every smart doorbell does.
Yes, it would only take a couple of jumper pins on the back of the unit to be it.
Agreed, wired chime compatibility is the only feature that's really missing from this doorbell. For HA users, it's pretty easy to add a Shelly relay to your doorbell chime and trigger it with an automation via the Reolink integration, but that's an extra $20 we shouldn't have to spend. Not a deal breaker for me at this price point though, especially when it's $20 off on Amazon right now anyway.
We ended up exchanging this model for the slimmer version ua-cam.com/users/postUgkx0jZ_lGlDVJhDnmagEU8gn47cmfPNlLQU because it was too wide for the only door trim area that made sense to mount it on. However, we should have just noted the dimensions prior to purchasing. Otherwise, we love the doorbell. It works perfectly, and the video is very clear, even at night.
Such an awesome video to start off April!
I ripped out all my Axis cameras and door station and replaced them with Reolink today.
3:27 the reason you have to "short out" is because the door bell requires a direct connection from the transformer. If you connect it to the existing bell button only and don't short out the mechanical chime, you will be receiving the supply via the bell solinoid. That will reduce the available current from the transformer. It will also constantly energise the solenoid.
Thanks for the explanation, it's annoying as the Aqara doesn't need this for example and works perfectly fine. But good to know!
I suspect the reolink discovery protocol is like Bosch IP cameras. If so, there is a workaround. The two switch commands are "Ip helper" and "ip directed broadcast." IP helper is used to forward broadcast packets from one VLAN to another. It is commonly used to forward dhcp requests to a single server across a multi-vlan site. You will have to know the port number the reolink camera is broadcasting on for discovery. The directed broadcast command is used to allow the ip helper to broadcast into the target vlan where the NVR lives. It is a security risk, so turn it off once you're done. It might also be unnecessary if the nvr will accept the discovery message as unicast. You may have to have two helpers, one in each vlan. One handles the discovery message from the camera and another handles the response from the nvr.
I am using simply an Aqara single button as my doorbell. I screwed the cap of the battery compartment to the wall. Works obviously perfect with home assistant.
When someone rings my doorbell, my home assistant server play a mp3 soundfile to one or more speakers in the house.
home assistant server
I consider and looking for a small WiFi camera that I can integrate to the front door or wall. Theft proof and discreet.
Next week I will add a little microphone and tiny speaker to my front door.
The advantage could be to not to be depending one an device that has all in one. Which gives you more flexibility with future replacements or adjustments. It’s possibly cheaper too:
- The Aqara button is about
€12.
- A mic + speaker can be even
less if you wish.
- Behind the door you could
use a raspberry pi or
something like that as audio
server that runs Volumio-
audio or MoodeAudio. But
have AirPlay 2 on board.
Moode supports Bluetooth
too. Volumio too but after a
Payment. But Volumio has a
home assistant integration.
Both are great, currently I
preference Moode audio.
Airplay works best for me. I
Use it all over my house. It’s
a bit more flexible when the
audio source changes
Playing music, a doorbel or
an alarming sound.
best in my opinion
Another advantage is that you can choose the best suitable spot for each function. For example: in my case I have the Aqara button on the (preferred) right side of the front door. But, that would be too windy to record through a microphone. So I probably will put the small speaker and microphone a bit above my door.
For security preference I want to place a future camera on the left side of the door. Besides, in that way I have better view of the person(s) at the door.
So yeah, I’m not so much a fan of the idea that all of the functions (door bell button, speaker, microphone and camera) in a single device.
Okay enough for me now. Maybe it helps others in their situation.
Annoyingly still not realised in Australia. Been waiting for what feels like forever for this. Now this review makes it even more of a desire to upgrade. Thanks.
Oh that’s weird, it’s not currently available but it was back on March 3. I was checking every few days and must’ve got lucky.
I lean towards the Reolink as well. Thanks for the review.
You made me laugh with the "little toggle"... Great video...
This was a super helpful video. I had considered the Aqara, but the amazon reviews made me reconsider, but the reolink seemed like a really good other option.
A few spots starting around 07:58 where the video goes black for a few seconds at a time. Still a great review, and I am really excited about Reolink with HA. Thanks for this!
Whoops, thanks! It was nothing exciting anyways, just my face 😂
Great review. I've been very satisfied with the Reolink doorbell, though naturally I declined to let it detect events on its own. Honestly going with BI or Frigate is just a better idea if you have the option to run those.
Have the PoE version of this doorbell for the past two weeks. It's been amazing with HA!
You can connect while on a different subnet. I've set up multiple Reolink WiFi cameras in the same way.
All of my Reolink products (including a WiFi Doorbell) are on their own VLAN.
I've been watching your videos for a while now and found them very informative. I have the Reolink PoE doorbell and really like it. I have just, like yesterday, installed Home Assistant and was pleased to see you really rated the doorbell for its integration with HA. However as a total newbie to HA I just cant work out how to set up the doorbell. I would be grateful for any help with that or a link with further information. Many thanks.
I got myself a reolink setup about a month ago including the poe doorbell. Only 1 camera up so far due to not having the time to run Ethernet. Happy to see your thoughts on the doorbell, might be the inspiration I needed to get back to it 😂
You gotta get the other one done!!
The worst thing about this doorbell is that it's not in stock anywhere. I've been looking since January, and it's now April. Let me give you my money reolink!
Hopefully the supply picks up soon
I received mine a few days ago and I'm very happy with it (the first one with full local control I think)
Cool video! One have been waiting for specifically. But since I'm currently using nest coupled with nest hub and nest aware. I think it's quite clear that I'll be missing face recognition, which I don't think I'll mind so much. But what I will mind I think is the ability to interact from nest home hub when someone rings.
I know that with the help of HA, we can set / push notifications out to mobiles and/or nest home hub, but it will only be cast view and not interactive. Or perhaps the ability to interact now is available?
Great video Lewis, I've seen a couple of other channels cover it and to be honest I thought you already had too! :)
For me, the Reolink is definitely the one I'll go for since HA integration and the ability to use RTSP are the most important features.
One thing noone seems to talk about with these doorbells (and cameras that integrate speakers) is that whilst you may be able to get the video stream, there doesn't seem to be a way to use the 2-way talk outside of the manufacturers app. I'd love to be able to use the doorbell directly via HA too (though I understand it might be related to limitations in HA at the moment?)
I think this could be a huge security benefit when you're not home. Imagine someone sneaking around your house and suddenly the motion detection triggers a HA routine that plays audio out of the camera's speaker - "Oi, get off my lawn!" (or better yet, in the middle of the night - "Hey... over here!" whispered from one side of the garden then a few minutes later the same thing from over by the bushes - think the scene from Predator when it's sitting in a tree watching them! Scare them off your property BEFORE they do any damage). Could be fun to play spooky music when someone comes to the door around halloween too ;)
OK this post has rambled on a bit long, but maybe you're the right man to figure out a way to get HA to use the mic and speaker on those devices, even if it means adding some extra integration magic?
Reolink has anounced 2-way audio support is comming to the RTSP stream. There is a firmware update release scheduled for the doorbell for next week. Hopefully that will include the 2-way audio. But I am not sure if HomeAssistant stream integration (which is beeing used by the reolink integration) already supports 2-way audio RTSP streams. I will be looking into this once the new firmware is released, but can not prommise anything.
(I wrote an maintain the HA Reolink integration)
@@starkillerOG Wow, that's really great news!
Thanks so much for posting!
I remember reading some time ago on a forum that HA didn't support audio in the video stream (but it was a while back and may have changed).
This being some time ago, plus HAs year of the voice, there may have been improvements since then.
In any case, I'll be watching closely :)
Thanks so much for this excellent feedback starkiller! I would love to have 2-way audio support. Should I migrate from the HACS jimstar integration to the recently officialised starkillerOG integration maintained by yourself? First I got the impression from Jimstar that the HACS version would provide faster updates but I'm not sure that's actually the case (no updates for a while now 🙃)
@@PersonXes I'm using starkiller's integration and can confirm it works great. Only "issue" is you'd need to set local http IP in HA and enable HTTP on the camera itself (or in my case, reolink NVR) to get visitor notifications.
@@starkillerOG Thanks for your hard work :)
This is the one I've been waiting for! Have a setup of reolink domes connected to my NAS, this will be a great addition!
Nice, let me know what you think!
For those who may be worried about the SD Card being in the camera, just buy a 6 quid extension cable, and have it indoors like i do. Makes it so easy to grab the SD Card and rip off whatever clips you need.
**** Remember to secure it to the inside of the door though, If you are worried about theft, so that pulling the extension will not pull the whole cable out through the hole in the door/frame/wall etc.
Can you explain in more detail this comment please ? means : fake SD in dorbell slot with an extension ribbon and a SD reader at the other side which passes through a hole to have the SD reader indoor?
@@olivier5086 Just search for Micro SD Card Extension Cable.
@@olivier5086fr!
@@olivier5086 Yes, I need more detail as well :/
I think the reolink will be on my list to replace the current Eufy doorbell. thanks for the review.
as a stand alone system, yes the chime feels necessary. but with a smart home like "home assistant" it can trigger chimes/lights or whatever, when the door bell is pressed.
Thanks for pointing this to my attention. I have been thinking recently on replacing my Ring with something more meaningful, and Reolink seems to be exactly what I had been expecting for a long time. Option to have all under my control from recording, viewing , sd card support, choice between free and paid service with extending the already great features. And not saying on the HA support. I was willing to pay for much less to Ring from my despare. Now I have the way out for saying greedy Ring bye-bye...
I use motion detection to turn on the porch light through HA. The light stays on for 30 secs and then turns off. Unfortunately turning the light off changes the image and triggers the motion detection again! I discovered that the light was continuously turning on and off, so I had to make the automation much more complex with coordinated timers to handle this. There has to be an easier way.
Noticed the same notification weirdness on my RL cameras.. What I gathered is that, if the event that triggered the notification is still "active" it will take you to the live view, otherwise it does go to the exact point in Playback that triggered it.
Wifi Reolink is $70 today for Prime Day in July. They also have a newer white one with 3:4 head to toe and package detection for $80 but has a $10 coupon making it $70 as well.
While the user should have choice, in this case, I don't see the same subnet limitation as that big of deal. Your NVR camera network/VLAN should ideally be dedicated for your cameras anyway. Then use a separate NIC or virtual NIC for management traffic on the NVR (assuming it's capable of that, I DIY with Frigate).
The "just connect it to the same L2 network as the NVR" answer may seem lazy from Reolink, but they're gearing you toward better configuration. If your switch supports it, no reason to really separate cameras on different VLANs if everything's wired, just use one NVR VLAN, set a L2 firewall (client device isolation), make a L2 firewall exception for the cameras to talk to the NVR but not to each other, and use another NIC on the NVR for management
It sounds like they're using some sort of broadcast announcement for the discovery, so it might not be a matter of allowing a firewall rule if the broadcast doesn't get routed. Maybe a Broadcaster Helper would work. I think generally having any ethernet port that is outside your house in a different VLAN from storage or management networks is a good idea, and then only allow the specific ports through that are needed for the video/audio. Thus I'd prefer support for different networks, but I don't think it is deal-breaking for me. Obviously most home users aren't going to bother with (or even know about) multiple VLANs, but generally I think having more flexibility in how you configure things would be a good thing.
I may have missed it on the video but my question is if I can use this to trigger/open a door switch or gate?! I want to use it in my outside garden door that gives access to my garden. Would like to see who's there and open the door if it's needed
I have a Reolink doorbell also, it’s great. Do you have the Reolink Duo 2?
From their website, you can upload recordings via FTP to your NAS, but I'm curious to know if using local network mode only(blocking internet access), can it send recordings to the NAS without utilizing the SD card? For me, that would be a great feature.
Hey, Lewis.
Any thought of a video with two-way audio? The new functionalities of go2rtc brings that up - and I personally have some doubts how to "ssl-it".
This and the Aqara doorbells are both idea for me. If one of them had both Homekit & Home Assistant integration it would be ideal but I dont know which one is more important to me.
Decisions 😬
@@EverythingSmartHome I think the Aqura might be worth it a little more for me just bc I don't have doorbell wires already.
Although the G4 is out of stock everywhere with no word on when it will be back, so I may have to get the Reolink
I hope they open up the API for/standardize the two-way talk. Really like this doorbell but I still need their app (which I don't trust) for two-way talk. People expect me to talk to them when ringing the bell "just because it's smart, right".
I have 2 Reolink Video Doorbells WiFi on different VLANs from my BlueIris NVR that does 24/7 recording (and vehicle detection). These are my only Reolink products. When I replace my Hikvision cameras with Reolink then I will get the RLN36 NVR.
Nice, enjoy!
Not sure if I missed it but I don't remember actual seeing what happens when someone actually presses the doorbell button?
What integration are you using in home assistant? I'm using the official one but I don't get so many options as you do!
I have the Logitech circle view doorbell after testing many many doorbells including the Natissmo, Arlington, eufy and Ring….
With rectangular corners of the housing, it would be easier to intergrate it in a common door plate (at least in germany).
Nice!
For the separate network problem, have you looked into IP Helpers? This is a networking concept that generally solves this problem.
To make your current chime work, just put a relais on it and trigger it when the doorbell is pressed? Doing this with my current doorbell and old chime.
I've been wanting to been wanting to buy this for a while but as far as I can see it just isn't available in the UK yet? I've seen reviews of it for months, but there doesn't actually seem to be a way to buy it yet.
I really prefer the "chunkiness" of the Aqara, for a usability standpoint it is more convcinient to use.
I first tried to add mine to my NVR by plugging it into an NVR PoE port and it added but I didn't have full functionality so I plugged it into a PoE switch port external to the NVR and I get full functionality and still get recording on the NVR but my cameras are now using a lot of my switch ports.
What about vs the eufy dual? Id like to use some of the facial recognition things for automations. I also set up a deep stack thing but I don't have a server to run it all day on. In your experience was the facial recognition of the eufy good and fast enough to do cool things with? Thanks for being a legend by the way
Eufy dual got really slow for me a few months after review, notifications became really hit or miss. Not sure if it was an update that destroyed it or what. It also has really really bad HA integration
I just gotta say, that's an interesting wall socket at 2:42. I have a number of switched outlets in my house, and the switches are nowhere near the outlets. They make sense for their intended purpose (for a lamp in the living room/entryway, or a switch for an outlet above the stove for a lamp???), but figuring that out was a PITA.
That's a standard UK wall socket. A switch is almost always part of the socket.
Hikvision DS-HD1 and its variants like EZViz DB1 al use existing doorbell chime, electronic or mechanical. Also support RTSP and ONVIF.
Right, but they're wifi. PoE is the way to go, get all of that video traffic out of the air.
But yes, I agree, the ideal doorbell should do both PoE and work with an existing chime.
tried aqara g4 cam, lasted about a month before it kept poling me every few minutes for no reason, might have been due to a thunderstorm but who knows. Ditched it and bought the reolink, much better as it is mounted on the gate more than 5 metres away, the aqara chime could'nt cope, the reolink chime will work anywhere within wifi range
Hi there, I'm from India and I have a question. Can you make a detailed video on Home Assistant that shows how to control switches from an ESP8266 with 4 relays and 4 manual switches? I have been searching online but have not found a good tutorial. Could you help me with this, please?
Very Nice test.
So bad that only dahua proposes screens to reply to the doorbell.
For me, madatory smartphone is a mistake... On top of rtsp, sip support is a must
Hello. i purchased this doorbell and the false positives are crazy compared to my old Eufy. would you be willing to share what some of the sensitivity changes you made in a video or a reply comment?
HI! anyway to integrate the 2way audio with home assistant or frigate?
Do you know if you can get the live image to come up on home assistant when doorbell is rung, or motion is detected?
Hi have you been able to setup two way audio in home assistant with this doorbell?
Wow you really got me doubting my choice to go with the Unifi G4 when I get around to it.
Wonder how these two compare in feature and HA compatibility though.
Think again it depends if you are already into the Unifi ecosystem or not
unfortuntly still not been able to get this uk ,though i've been on reolinks list since august last year ,after the POE
Hello sir, its been a year since you released this video. Do you know if Reolink has solved the issue with having the wifi doorbell on a different VLAN from the NVR?
I can easily allow traffic between the VLANs that I need, but like you said in the video that didn't help at the time.
I'm using a Unifi setup, and all of my Wifi SSIDs are on thier own VLAN. Not sure its even possible to put them on the wired VLAN (aside from the fact that isn't a good idea anyway).
what is your thought on the EzViz DB1C door bell? Is this Reolink better than that EzViz doorbell?
It being available in home assistant means you can make it work with HomeKit right?
Where is everyone getting these from, I'm in the UK and all I get on the website is a "Notify Me" option which I selected last year and still not been emailed that they are available?
Hi Lewis. I can't find a way of getting frigate to detect the doorbell press on my Reolink WiFi Video Doorbell without the HA Reolink integration. If I use the HA Reolink integration I end up with 2 sets of entities (non unique ones. Yuck!) 1 set from frigate, 1 from Reolink. Any tips?
I’ve already been looking to buy one of these I think they will sell more now with ring price increase
Yeah.... This device is a bit of a mess.. I literally bought it based on the track record of @EverythingSmartHome. In this review the obvious issue is not highlighted.
As a camera in the Reolink ecosphere, It's great, except that it overheats, then stops working. Not sure if this is fixable.
As a doorbell..... On the plus side there's good potential for integration into Home Asisstant, but it lacks basic doorbell features such as a incoming video call notification like most doorbells do. Instead it uses a unobtrusive notification that is missed super easily. Workaround using HA for a "better" notificationare not great either, so not a plausible alternative
Biggest issue is Reolink's lack of adressing these issues timeously. Over promising and under delivering is a big issue.
They have done this product a huge dis-service. Until resolved, I have re-installed my old RING doorbell.. PITY.
Just FYI, for those of us with VLANed networks, there is an option. Before that, good for you. IoT devises SHOULD be segregated for your safety.
So, the wifi doorbell isn't going to reliably work with your NVR, but the POE version works great. I have mine installed with the CAT5e running to the back of the NVR with is on it's own subnet. Since the NVR acts like a router creating its own basic network, and then passes that traffic to the rest of your network (which can be VLANed) it gives the best of both. That cable run can be a beast, but after that, it just works.
How do you access Live feed remotely?
@@playera1507 A firewall rule/policy allowing a connection from my "trusted" home vlan to the camera or in my case the DVR the camera is on. That way I can initiate connetion without issue anytime, but it can't search my "trusted" network across an unsecured network.
Reolink is saying that it will be May before it's due to be available in the UK.
Giving people outside my house access to my LAN 😬
VLAN go brrrrr
Set a static IP for the MAC and add it by IP in the NVR. It's how I have all my Reolinks. I don't even use their built in switch.
Great vid, shame its currently impossible to buy one, otherwise id have two! :)
Two?! That's greedy 😆
@@EverythingSmartHome ha! Her mum needs one and I won't hear the end of it, if I have it and she does not ! They give a discount if u get two
Been trying to buy the POE version for months. Any idea when it might be available in the UK?
Amazon germany is your friend. Got mine (PoE version) a couple of weeks ago, delivered in 3 days. Also cost me £99 all in. You'll need a UK adapter for the chime but other than that, you're good to go.
@@SirBluffALot thanks will check it out
I 'm subbing for the MK5...A+
what is a mk5?
@@Mik_Trensposys a Volkswagon
You can add the doorbell to the NVR by connecting a screen + mouse to the NVR and manually inputting the IP + password of the doorbell.
Here is the Reolink support video of how to do it: ua-cam.com/video/tLLLnOulFOQ/v-deo.html
This is not possible using the mobile app, windows client or web client (I know that is anoying).
I recently picked up the Tapo (TP-Link) doorbell camera and it seems to have the best of both of those doorbell cameras... EXCEPT it has no HA integration and I wish I had seen this video first and done more research first, I usually do do a ton of research but based my decision off of how easy it was to integrate some Kasa outlets and made the mistake of thinking the Tapo side of TP-Link would be the same experience, I was all kinds of wrong. Seriously wondering if I should just return it and get the Reolink instead.
The VLAN/network segment issue is caused by the camera/doorbell using broadcasts, I think. They have to be on the same broadcast domain. Had the same issue with one of my RL battery cams
If only Reolink knew how their users are actually using their products...
Yeah but my complaint is that they should just add a way to manually enter the IP 😅
@@EverythingSmartHome
So many things do that now. It's a pain in the arse. Sure, discovery is nice, but forcing it as the only option and not just letting advanced users enter an IP address is so bass ackwards.
@@EverythingSmartHome There is, see may other reaction: connect a screen and mouse to the NVR and you can enter IP + password (also needed). This is not available in the mobile app, windows client or web client (I know that is anoying).
If only Reolink sold this in Australia, it’d be a great upgrade from my UniFi G4 doorbell
I managed to snag one in AU back on March 3. Not sure why they pulled it after that.
Hi. So let me understand it. If you would like to have notification on your phone as Ring doorbell have for FREE you need to pay subscription with reolink? Otherwise you will have doorbell witch will not notify you (notification) when someone is at you front door?
Thanks for covering this one. From what I've heard, "Rich" notifications work if you subscribe to their cloud platform. Also heard that you can't use Alexa as a chime - which would be a bummer. Though I presume you could rig something up for both of these in HA
I currently have the old ring pro, but cancelled the subscription when they jacked the price. So nolonger get rich notifications from that.
1:20 I'm confused you take the doorbell off and show the power terminals and then state this is a battery powered only unit? then you say no battery or gaping holes with the Acara.. I'm so confused!! Can you clarify
I wish we could buy this in the UK...
Having the memory card inside the unit seems like a huge design flaw. Just have a breakaway USB cable so if someone rips it out you keep the USB stick.
Great video, now If only you could buy them in the UK.... Seems these are unobtanium...
Sadly enough having notifications show the image requires those images to be cloud accessible which might not sit well with some users; so I don't see many companies add it soon (given recent outrage)
Is it possible to expose the visitor entity to Google assistant so that Google speakers can announce a Doorbell press? Currently when I expose this entity it has an exclamation mark with unsupported written next to it, but I may just be doing something wrong.
Bought the WIFI for the Reolink Door bells 3 weeks ago and finding them to be very spotty with lots of drop outs even on 2.4Ghz. Had WIFI door bells there previously and had no problems. Anyone else finding that is the case?
hi! any way to use two way audio in home assistant?
Hi, I've got the PoE version. Im having trouble with the motion detector, set on low on everything to only detector movements by humans only. But almost everything it detects are vehicles and hardly notices humans walks by, even when going in and of the house we're literally few inches to few feet awa from it. I don't know to solve it, I've contacted Reolink they didn't even reply.
Does it have person identification with announcement like the Aqara does?
My question is: Is it possible to interact with audio and video through the doorbell using Home assistant? I can't understand an integration that lacks this support..greetings form Argentina!
I don't think so, I think Home Assistant has no such feature, you can listen but not talk (and even if you can, I don't know if that's something exposed by the camera firmware)
The unifi g4 doorbell is the best. I got this over the other ones
But then you have to deal with Unifi shenanigans
Create a nat for it. Not sure if it works but worth a try.
Alas the UK version is out of stock and they’ve had precious few new ones available 😢
There seems to be a lot of blank spots in your video where we can only hear your voice without any image. Tried it a couple times and it’s all in the same spots