What do you think about this Reolink Video Doorbell and the Home Assistant automations? Let me know in the comments! NOTE: since the new Home Assistant release 2023.2 there's an official Reolink integration now that supports this doorbell as well, so you do not need the HACS variant anymore!
This looks amazing! Fed up of slow response and frequent charge requirements of my original Ring. Was thinking I’d have to spend loads of money on the Ring Elite to get POE, but glad I hesitated this option is much better and cheaper!
Brilliant video! You've covered everything I could think of needing to know before buying into the Reolink ecosystem. I've been messing around for a few days trying to get Eufy cameras and a doorbell working with Home Assistant but it's such a messy afair I've given up on it. This doorbell camera is exactly what i've been looking for: PoE or Wifi - (I want the option to choose PoE if Wifi performance is bad for me) ✅ Web UI for config - (I think everyone is sick of not having access to hardware we have paid for like we used to with IP cameras) ✅ Home Assistant Integration without hassle - (I dont have to rely on API notification hacks to get access to the things I need to automate the doorbell) ✅
screen layout changed too...stupid me not reading the comments before starting to execute the instructions. any how thumbs up for your efforts. groeten uit België
I pre-ordered this product and received it recently. I got the wifi version. Works quite well. I was concerned about the view because my doorbell was mounted very low, like 3 feet off the ground. It turned out, the view was quite good and is wired angle to cover all the front entrance.
My wishlist for this doorbell: 1: Allow activating the “quick replies” from Home Assistant 1: If you want that as well please ask Reolink to enable it in their API. This has many uses. e.g. when you can configure home asistant to send you a notification with a picture when someone presses the doorbell (or even when it detects a person) and the notification can have several options that you can click on for what the speaker should say (e.g. leave the package at the door). face recognition: When the camera sees a person I have Home Assistant send me a notification with a screenshot. I’d like to be able to not send me those screenshots when it’s my wife etc. Not sure how to do that. 2: Allow activating the alarm sound from Home Assistant: 3: 2-way audio: would be great to have this working in Home Assistant and Synology Surveillance Station 4: Full integration with Synology Surveillance Station: (play custom sounds trough the doorbell, detect person, detect doorbell press, 2-way audio) (There's a form your can fill in to request Synology). Weird things about the doorbell: 1: Important information to make the Reolink work remotely with a VPN if you’ve blocked it from accessing the internet: by default the Reolink app adds the doorbell based on the ‘UID’ rather than it’s IP address and then it only works using the cloud once you have excited the app and open it again. To make sure you add the doorbell based on it’s IP address you need to delete the device if you already added it. Then disable wifi on your smartphone so that you are on mobile data. Then activate the VPN. Then add the doorbell using the option ‘input UID/IP’ then choose the IP option and enter the camera’s IP address. 2: This night the doorbell gave lots of person detection events (false as there was no-one) and no motion detection events. I don’t understand that as I thought a person detection event would always be preceded by a motion detected event. 3: When the doorbell switched to Infrared mode and vice-versa it seems to be falsely reported as a motion detected event. That’s a bit amateuristic.
@lifewithrob512 and am assuming all are integrated with home assistant, or else you would have to deal with 3 different apps when someone walks through all those areas ? ;)
We bought the Reolink Wi-Fi doorbell camera to add to our other seven Reolink cameras. Oddly, it would record to the micro SD (128GB) but it would not present the Storage option on either Windows client. If we clicked Playback, it would warn us it had no playback...but once we confirmed the message, it would playback. We presumed it was defective and bought another one...with the same effects. All of our other cameras had the Storage option. After multiple days, we emailed support. The day that they replied, it suddenly had a Storage option and it now had the Talk, Audio Alarm, etc., buttons on the live video. I suspect something auto-updated, but I have no idea what resolved the issue.
I pre-ordered and just got my POE one in the mail. I'm SO happy with it. I ran cat 6 to my door when I redid the entry and built a nice enclosure with plans to get the unifi poe doorbell but ultimately decided to wait. Good thing too! I love relinks other cameras and use blue iris for everything. All my cameras are poe and my switch is connected to a battery back so my doorbell will keep recording even if the power goes out
Just received my Reolink poa. Haven't yet thought about battery back up but do wonder how you arrranged the back-up of the TP-LINK 53,5V 70W power brick?
What is your opinion on an entity state change triggered by a doorbell press? I am thinking to incorporate something like a Wi-Fi sonoff momentary switch to trigger a traditional 24 V mechanical doorbell chime.
Finally a doorbell that almost works. The plugin chime is a bit annoying. I'm still on the Ring doorbell and the Reolink is almost the thing that I was looking for in the first place. The video doorbell market is filled with devices that don't quite work.
Just bought 2 months ago lmou db61 so I cannot send it back, but i see there is some integration with ha. I hope i will menage to make it work together.
@@SmartHomeJunkie so finally i start playing with home assistant. I add imou integration succesfully, i had live view, but next day it just dissapear. I see only black screen and when Im trying to add it again same as before it shows me "no activity" under the live view window... Any ideas?
You can control the volume of the Chime by pressing its button. Initially the volume goes up when you press the button. After the volume reaches the highest, it goes down if you keep pressing the button. Please note that the settings of the Chime can only be done locally; you can NOT control the Chime via App or Client. [from the website]
I have the POE version. No wifi delay ! If I want to be picky, a fast login via fingerprint sensor would be quicker than punching in a 4 digit code . But in all other respects, it definitely ticks all the boxes. It is very easy to set up. The app works great. On the first day , I was able to talk to my postie to arrange a parcel redelivery, as I was away from home. Good price 👍
I just received my doorbell from reolink. I tried to install as per your video and have most working, but try as I might I can't get the doorbell to ring either on my Alexa Dot or my Google speaker. I have the mp3 file installed in the correct place. I am using home assistant on an Oracle VM maybe that is the culprit still searching
Super video! het werkt al een jaar super, wat ik alleen graag zou willen is een extra knop bij de notificatie om de voordeur te openen met mijn smart lock! ik ben zelf al aan het proberen geweest maar is nog niet gelukt :( misschien heb je een oplossing als het überhaupt mogelijk is.
Hi I like your video's. I also got a reolink and am testing before I replace my old doorbell. In HA there is quite some delay. I see about 1 -3sec to a HA card. I have the bell wired to the network. IS that a normal delay that I should expect, or could it be faster? Is there something i could change in the settings to make that faster Also I see 2 protocols RTSP, RTMP and FLV could that make any difference in delay?
is there a option now toe lower the sound of the doorbel? i just order the Reolink 🙂 i read in the comments that hacs is not needed anymore do you have the new YT about that ?
One more feature I would like to see is a 2-way audio with the doorbell with button to turn on the microphone. Did anyone try setting this up? I have done some testing with Frigate and my other Reolink camera (not the Reolink doorbell). I tried setting up momentary microphone button for 2-way audio, but the results are poor. Sometimes it works, most of times it does not show the mic button, Frigate takes too much CPU as well... The doorbell should have Onvif profile T though and should support this better than my current cam...
thanks again! a question.. im moving to a house.. looking for cameras and the reolink looks great.. due the constrain of chips its dif to get a coral.. its really needed to have a good frigate system?
Afgelopen weekend deze tutorial gevolgd met de installatie van de Reolink video deurbel. Het werkt bijna helemaal top. Wanneer ik met de Wlan ben verbonden, komt de snap netjes mee in de notificate op mijn telefoon. Wanneer ik via 4/5g verbonden ben krijg ik de snap niet. Waar zou 'm dit in kunnen zitten?
Your best statement: "Goodbye Ring, Hello Reolink". I am waiting for the POE version to become in the US, was promised for Dec. Will be using with Blue Iris with integration with HA. I have two Rings to replace, so I'm not sure if each Reolink can only work with it's dedicated chime, or if there is a way that both chimes will sound regardless of which Reolink is signaling it. That is possible with the Ring system. Thanks for going over the useful HA automations and this long awaited review.
I tried to send the recorded footage to my Synology NAS using ftp, but for Adobe reason I cannot get the settings right for this camera. It does work for other Reolink cameras, but I am not sure why I couldn't get it to work with this one. The FTP option is there, but seems picky about the settings of the FTP server.
Thank you for another great tutorial. I am however having issues exposing the camera entity camera.doorbell_sub to the Google assistant. It shows up in Google home but if I try to view the camera in Google home it says Live video unavailable, any idea why this is happening when it steams fine in home assistant and in the Reolink app? I can ask the Google assistant to stream doorbell to Chromecast device just fine but the stream is about 30 seconds behind, any idea why it would be so far behind when it's a poe doorbell?
Yes, a straight forward replacement for Ring, Reolink even have a replacement for the floodlight cam. Sick of not getting motion notifications from Ring until well after the event, if I get them at all. And the monthly fee.
Its great that you make these video's, much better then the written docs!😀 Had to do some extra setup to get the notofications pop up at my android devices. there is one thing still not working. I see the popup and the snapshot is a small thumbnail instead of the real image. I have to swipe down in the notification to see the larger image. Is there a way to just get the image as a notificatien? Such that it is large image?
I appreciate your feedback! It’s definitely a bummer when a product doesn’t have all the features we’d like. Hopefully, future versions will address that!
Thanks for this great tutorial Ed got it all setup and running without breaking a sweat :) One question though, how to avoid double notifications? After setting this up I get notified by both HA and the Reolink app when a person is detected. In the Reolink app I see no way to only disable the notification for person detection. Fully disabling notifications for the Reolink app also disables the option to talk when someone rings the doorbell,which I'd still like to use. How did you handle this?
Merry Christmas and thank you for your video. Question: I am interested in setting up the notifications with image to my phone based on person detection of a reolink 810a camera on an reolink NVR using HA. I tried to apply your instructions in this video for the doorbell but could not get it to work. Do you have a video for this? Is what I am describing possible just using HA? I am new to HA and have been trying to figure this out for some time. Cheers.
Hi! If you can trigger HA based on motion of your Camera, this should work in the exact same manner for your camera. You can test the action in the automation that sends the image to see if that works at least.
How does it hook up with no wires for renters my neighbor has one taped to her apartment door with packing tape but no wires coming from it at all and it works wecan have video doorbells here just cant drill or run wires how can i get one up n running no wires n no drilling im a renter
Hi Ed, thanks for all your great work! All of your video's are very clearly. But this one isn't at the end. Notification with image is not working. I only get a message "er is aangebeld" no picture. What's the meaning of the part action URI? what am I supposed to do? I used my lovelace tab with my doorbel, but nothing is showing up.
Hi Nico. Thanks. I think you might have missed a step or your credentials for your camera in the action are not correct. It does work here. The uri is used to link to a dashboard in HA that show my cameras, but it's not needed to show an image in the notification on yor phone.
Well, you could always try doing it while standing on your head for a change! Just kidding. There's an official Reolink integration nowadays, but the stream view still works better with the generic camera integration.
Hi ed. Have you tried hooking up the doorbell camera through NVR? mine is RNL8 410 which I updated firmware to latest version but still cannot make sensors to work in home assistant reolink official integration. It sees them but don't get "activated" in home assistant. I can see them in reolink app but not in home assistant. It seems to me there is an issue with video doorbell (poe version) when integrated through NVR
looks interest, thanks for the video, Question does the chime need line of site or have to be close ? or is it a wifi that also just has to be near a router on the network ?
@@SmartHomeJunkie Great, thanks for the reply, so can it connect to any of the other wifi routers in your network, or just the same one as the main unit, or is it just wifi to the main unit ?
@Smart Home Junkie -- The chime is definitely NOT WiFi. It is pre-paired specifically & exclusively to the doorbell in the box. The chime operates on a Radio Frequency (RF) of 433MHz. I have this doorbell and can confirm the chime can operate over very long distances, including through walls. Mine is more than 100 feet away from the doorbell, in a separate building.
First of all, Congrats for the Amazing Channel. I’m considering to buy this Doorbell but I have a specific need that maybe you can tell me if it’s possible. One of my most important needs is two way audio in AppleWatch. So I can see that reolink integration already have two way audio. (At least with Scrypted). Do you have any idea if it’s possible to achieve two way audio in AppleWatch using home assistant, scrypted and home bridge? Tks a lot
You can do that as long as the power is the correct voltage. You can also connect the adapter to your existing wiring with connection cables that are included.
In the section for sending the notification to your phone, you have a URL to a dashboard in the YAML. Where do I find the URL for my dashboards? I'm not seeing that anywhere.
Uitgebreid en zeer goed uitgelegd, waarvoor heel erg bedankt. Ik gebruik nu al 3 jaar een BTicino class300 (veel te duur). Heb al enkele Reolink producten waarvan ik heel erg tevreden ben. Sinds kort gebruik ik ook home assistent. Dus ben wel erg hard aan het twijfelen om die BTicino buiten te gooien. Werkt de deurbel ook nog zonder dat je de witte adapter in het strocontact steekt ? als je dan wel alles integreert in home assistent bedoel ik.
Hi 👋, Very interesting tutorial on the doorbell, I’m not very good with electronics and setting things up, I have been trying to find out whether you can link to these doorbells together as I have two doors that I need to cover with appropriate doorbell can I purchase two doorbells kits and have it set as one device, I’m looking for a monitor screen that I can see what is going on outside if my device is activated especially as I live in rural part of the French countryside, I’ve had problems with being burgled in 2019 losing over €15,000 worth equipment and tools and ride on lawnmower et cetera, And I have had people snooping around at night time and in the early hours in the morning, So the big question is can I activate two doorbells with one device and have a monitor screen so I can see what is going on outside do you recommend this device that you are reviewing or do you think I should go along a different route. PHIL FROM THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOULIN.
What you can do is send the footage of both doorbells to a local drive, NVR or survailance software on for instance a Synology NAS. You can also hook up two doorbells to Home Assistant and let Home Assistant handle the doorbells. For instance send a message to your phone.
@@SmartHomeJunkie Hi 👋, okay thank you for your help and reply, If it is okay can I contact you in some way if I need some help or info please. PHIL FROM THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOULIN FRANCE.
I think the Falls cam dbw5 is better all around. It supports PoE and both 2.4 and 5G plus it has a genuine hardwired network video output through the RJ45 adapter.
Hi, great video, just one question. At the end you show the snapshot in the notification on the phone. There is also a option to open the camera. I have the HomeAssistent App installed on my android phone, how can I open the app instead of the browser?
@@SmartHomeJunkie not on my Android, not sure what link to use in automation, I tried local ip / homeassistant.local / public url and nabucasa url all open the browser
Hi, great video! Can this doorbell cast live feed when doorbell is pressed on Google home hub? So that I can interact with the person via Google home hub? (Just like his nest doorbell currently is}. If yes. Please do make a tutorial for this. Thanks
Hi, I don't think you can do two way communication like that. See my other videos about showing the live feed on a tablet or phone when someone rings the doorbell.
I was so excited for this door bell, but its inability to use my existing chime is annoying. I have multiple hard wired door bell chimes. I really need to maintain the ability to be in the garage and have the door bell ring and be able to hear it when I don't have my phone with me.
Yeah, that is a downside indeed. What you might be able to do is connect done ESPHome device to your existing come and create a Home Assistant automation to ring that chime when someone possess the doorbell.
Hi and thank you so much! The only thing remains to understand for me is if it is possible to use a tablet like the internal monitor of a normal doorbell. I need the video stream from the doorbell appears when someone pushes the doorbell button Will you clarify this in your next video, please? Thank you. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Is it because you very well know that ring video doorbell is still one of the best out there why it was mentioned, rings is one of the best out there if not the best, I am using ring from its very insertion they have come a long way, people do your own research and make your own decisions
Nope, it's because I used the Ring Pro for over 4 years and the fact that's is not local and terribly slow makes it absolutely less good than the Reolink imo.
Hi Ed, thank you for these instructions. I have setup the reolink integration but although the camera stream works fine the options like visitor and motion detection are visible but don't react. In forms I read that it is for the Reolink webhook necessary that home assistant is available on http port 80 and not 8123, do you know if this is true?
Great review and details. But a quick question since I'm bit confused.... If I get the wifi version would it work as the Poe only model if I connect it through ethernet cable to the nvr? Or the port is only to power the camera on the wifi model?
@@SmartHomeJunkie the thing is where I live the power supply from the wall is 230 @50Hz. Can you if possible check the power supply brick input voltage if it supports 110-230v @50/60Hz if not I should get another power brick that supports my voltage input and output the necessary voltage to the camera. And what about the chime? Is it US style prongs or UK 3 prong style and also the chime input voltage? Sorry to ask but I cannot find the answer anywhere eve. on reolink website as I don't want to buy this and not be able to use it. Thanks and great review once again
What do you think about this Reolink Video Doorbell and the Home Assistant automations? Let me know in the comments!
NOTE: since the new Home Assistant release 2023.2 there's an official Reolink integration now that supports this doorbell as well, so you do not need the HACS variant anymore!
I have been waiting for such a solution for a long time. Thank you !
Loving it!
Love it !!
This looks amazing! Fed up of slow response and frequent charge requirements of my original Ring. Was thinking I’d have to spend loads of money on the Ring Elite to get POE, but glad I hesitated this option is much better and cheaper!
super. finally cloud free. Thanks for your video
Brilliant video! You've covered everything I could think of needing to know before buying into the Reolink ecosystem.
I've been messing around for a few days trying to get Eufy cameras and a doorbell working with Home Assistant but it's such a messy afair I've given up on it. This doorbell camera is exactly what i've been looking for:
PoE or Wifi - (I want the option to choose PoE if Wifi performance is bad for me) ✅
Web UI for config - (I think everyone is sick of not having access to hardware we have paid for like we used to with IP cameras) ✅
Home Assistant Integration without hassle - (I dont have to rely on API notification hacks to get access to the things I need to automate the doorbell) ✅
Once again a very good and clear tutorial from you. Thanks. I ordered this bell to and also took my ring doorbell off .
Thanks!
Thank you for your support! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Great video, congrats. Is it the same for POE version?
Thanks for all.
Yes, it is.
this was just what i have been looking for. Im buying my first house and i have been looking for the right door bell. thanks!
That's great to hear. I hope you enjoy it just as much as I do! 👍🏻
Probably the best video about the Reolink HA integration i have seen! Thanks!
Thank you so much. There's an official Reolink integration nowadays that you can use.
@@SmartHomeJunkiedoes that change anything about the automations? 10:02 and what you can do? Or are the features 1:1 plus more?
Bought one recently, in the process of getting it fitted. I’m new to home automation and gonna be getting a Home Assistant Green.
screen layout changed too...stupid me not reading the comments before starting to execute the instructions. any how thumbs up for your efforts. groeten uit België
Forget about the doorbell, nice guitar collection i am jealous.
I pre-ordered this product and received it recently. I got the wifi version. Works quite well. I was concerned about the view because my doorbell was mounted very low, like 3 feet off the ground. It turned out, the view was quite good and is wired angle to cover all the front entrance.
Looks good, thanks. But no 2way audio?
Yes, of course!
registered but still waiting for release in the uk ,biting at the bit to junk the ring pro
My wishlist for this doorbell:
1: Allow activating the “quick replies” from Home Assistant 1: If you want that as well please ask Reolink to enable it in their API. This has many uses. e.g. when you can configure home asistant to send you a notification with a picture when someone presses the doorbell (or even when it detects a person) and the notification can have several options that you can click on for what the speaker should say (e.g. leave the package at the door).
face recognition: When the camera sees a person I have Home Assistant send me a notification with a screenshot. I’d like to be able to not send me those screenshots when it’s my wife etc. Not sure how to do that.
2: Allow activating the alarm sound from Home Assistant:
3: 2-way audio: would be great to have this working in Home Assistant and Synology Surveillance Station
4: Full integration with Synology Surveillance Station: (play custom sounds trough the doorbell, detect person, detect doorbell press, 2-way audio) (There's a form your can fill in to request Synology).
Weird things about the doorbell:
1: Important information to make the Reolink work remotely with a VPN if you’ve blocked it from accessing the internet: by default the Reolink app adds the doorbell based on the ‘UID’ rather than it’s IP address and then it only works using the cloud once you have excited the app and open it again. To make sure you add the doorbell based on it’s IP address you need to delete the device if you already added it. Then disable wifi on your smartphone so that you are on mobile data. Then activate the VPN. Then add the doorbell using the option ‘input UID/IP’ then choose the IP option and enter the camera’s IP address.
2: This night the doorbell gave lots of person detection events (false as there was no-one) and no motion detection events. I don’t understand that as I thought a person detection event would always be preceded by a motion detected event.
3: When the doorbell switched to Infrared mode and vice-versa it seems to be falsely reported as a motion detected event. That’s a bit amateuristic.
@lifewithrob512 and am assuming all are integrated with home assistant, or else you would have to deal with 3 different apps when someone walks through all those areas ? ;)
We bought the Reolink Wi-Fi doorbell camera to add to our other seven Reolink cameras. Oddly, it would record to the micro SD (128GB) but it would not present the Storage option on either Windows client. If we clicked Playback, it would warn us it had no playback...but once we confirmed the message, it would playback. We presumed it was defective and bought another one...with the same effects. All of our other cameras had the Storage option. After multiple days, we emailed support. The day that they replied, it suddenly had a Storage option and it now had the Talk, Audio Alarm, etc., buttons on the live video. I suspect something auto-updated, but I have no idea what resolved the issue.
I pre-ordered and just got my POE one in the mail. I'm SO happy with it. I ran cat 6 to my door when I redid the entry and built a nice enclosure with plans to get the unifi poe doorbell but ultimately decided to wait. Good thing too! I love relinks other cameras and use blue iris for everything. All my cameras are poe and my switch is connected to a battery back so my doorbell will keep recording even if the power goes out
Just received my Reolink poa. Haven't yet thought about battery back up but do wonder how you arrranged the back-up of the TP-LINK 53,5V 70W power brick?
Please, explain a bit about that battery pack, thanks
What is your opinion on an entity state change triggered by a doorbell press? I am thinking to incorporate something like a Wi-Fi sonoff momentary switch to trigger a traditional 24 V mechanical doorbell chime.
Finally a doorbell that almost works. The plugin chime is a bit annoying. I'm still on the Ring doorbell and the Reolink is almost the thing that I was looking for in the first place. The video doorbell market is filled with devices that don't quite work.
I used a Ring doorbell too (and still have one at my backdoor), but I like the Reolink more!
Just bought 2 months ago lmou db61 so I cannot send it back, but i see there is some integration with ha. I hope i will menage to make it work together.
Yes, this should work straight away. Make sure you open the correct ports using the web interface of the camera.
@@SmartHomeJunkie so finally i start playing with home assistant. I add imou integration succesfully, i had live view, but next day it just dissapear. I see only black screen and when Im trying to add it again same as before it shows me "no activity" under the live view window... Any ideas?
You can control the volume of the Chime by pressing its button. Initially the volume goes up when you press the button. After the volume reaches the highest, it goes down if you keep pressing the button.
Please note that the settings of the Chime can only be done locally; you can NOT control the Chime via App or Client. [from the website]
This is correct. I mention that in the video. What you cannot do is send your own chime sound using an MP3 to the chime.
I have the POE version. No wifi delay ! If I want to be picky, a fast login via fingerprint sensor would be quicker than punching in a 4 digit code . But in all other respects, it definitely ticks all the boxes. It is very easy to set up. The app works great. On the first day , I was able to talk to my postie to arrange a parcel redelivery, as I was away from home. Good price 👍
This is looking perfect for that spare camera license I have on the nas. Our maybe , just being able to store it in my nas is perfect
can you trigger an electric strike relay from the UI?
Might be possible using HA, but not straight from the doorbell itself.
@@SmartHomeJunkie hmm , i'll stick my Hikvision then. Its a few years old but has more features than this 'ultimate' one.
thank god you kept asking me to like! i kept forgetting to like until the 5th reminder
And? Did you?
Leuke video en duidelijke uitleg over deze camera. Waar is deze te koop?
Does it have a battery as well?
Good question. No, it doesn't
Does it work with Apple "HomeKit?"
Excellent video!
Thank you very much.
No, unfortunately not. See this: support.reolink.com/hc/en-us/articles/900000628746-Does-Reolink-Supports-Apple-Homekit
Great review 👍 Thank you
Thanks!
Looks impressive but are there any products that better this one for sale in NOV 2024?
This is still the best one imho.
I just received my doorbell from reolink. I tried to install as per your video and have most working, but try as I might I can't get the doorbell to ring either on my Alexa Dot or my Google speaker. I have the mp3 file installed in the correct place. I am using home assistant on an Oracle VM maybe that is the culprit still searching
You might want to try to use the up address in the media play service instead of the domain name.
Super video! het werkt al een jaar super, wat ik alleen graag zou willen is een extra knop bij de notificatie om de voordeur te openen met mijn smart lock! ik ben zelf al aan het proberen geweest maar is nog niet gelukt :( misschien heb je een oplossing als het überhaupt mogelijk is.
Can you make the notification send when you are off your home network? I assume that would require nabu casa to do so?
Or DuckDNS or Cloudflare.
@@SmartHomeJunkie that would require port forwarding to expose it to the internet, correct?
Great video tutorial, did you manage to get a full screen image on tablet? If yes can you make a video tutorial? Thanks!
I will create a video about that shortly.
Hi I like your video's.
I also got a reolink and am testing before I replace my old doorbell. In HA there is quite some delay. I see about 1 -3sec to a HA card. I have the bell wired to the network. IS that a normal delay that I should expect, or could it be faster? Is there something i could change in the settings to make that faster
Also I see 2 protocols RTSP, RTMP and FLV could that make any difference in delay?
See this video to speed up the camera: Boost your Security Camera Video in Home Assistant using WebRTC
th-cam.com/video/8tqLitJJNkk/w-d-xo.html
is there a option now toe lower the sound of the doorbel? i just order the Reolink 🙂
i read in the comments that hacs is not needed anymore do you have the new YT about that ?
One more feature I would like to see is a 2-way audio with the doorbell with button to turn on the microphone. Did anyone try setting this up? I have done some testing with Frigate and my other Reolink camera (not the Reolink doorbell). I tried setting up momentary microphone button for 2-way audio, but the results are poor. Sometimes it works, most of times it does not show the mic button, Frigate takes too much CPU as well... The doorbell should have Onvif profile T though and should support this better than my current cam...
Thank you. Subscribed and liked!
thanks again! a question.. im moving to a house.. looking for cameras and the reolink looks great.. due the constrain of chips its dif to get a coral.. its really needed to have a good frigate system?
Is there any update to this if your using the official reolink integration?
It works the same way.
Afgelopen weekend deze tutorial gevolgd met de installatie van de Reolink video deurbel. Het werkt bijna helemaal top. Wanneer ik met de Wlan ben verbonden, komt de snap netjes mee in de notificate op mijn telefoon. Wanneer ik via 4/5g verbonden ben krijg ik de snap niet.
Waar zou 'm dit in kunnen zitten?
Your best statement: "Goodbye Ring, Hello Reolink". I am waiting for the POE version to become in the US, was promised for Dec. Will be using with Blue Iris with integration with HA. I have two Rings to replace, so I'm not sure if each Reolink can only work with it's dedicated chime, or if there is a way that both chimes will sound regardless of which Reolink is signaling it. That is possible with the Ring system. Thanks for going over the useful HA automations and this long awaited review.
As far as I know it is possible to pair multiple doorbells to one chime.
@@SmartHomeJunkie does that also mean you can have multiple chimes for one doorbell?
@@JasperJanssen I asked Reolink support, and it will be available in the (near) future
I saw that there's an option to add a ftp server. Is there a way to store the video's on Truenas scale?
I tried to send the recorded footage to my Synology NAS using ftp, but for Adobe reason I cannot get the settings right for this camera. It does work for other Reolink cameras, but I am not sure why I couldn't get it to work with this one. The FTP option is there, but seems picky about the settings of the FTP server.
Thank you for another great tutorial.
I am however having issues exposing the camera entity camera.doorbell_sub to the Google assistant. It shows up in Google home but if I try to view the camera in Google home it says Live video unavailable, any idea why this is happening when it steams fine in home assistant and in the Reolink app?
I can ask the Google assistant to stream doorbell to Chromecast device just fine but the stream is about 30 seconds behind, any idea why it would be so far behind when it's a poe doorbell?
Yes, a straight forward replacement for Ring, Reolink even have a replacement for the floodlight cam.
Sick of not getting motion notifications from Ring until well after the event, if I get them at all. And the monthly fee.
There are similar options like Foscam VD1 since 2020. Also perfect HA integration.
Its great that you make these video's, much better then the written docs!😀
Had to do some extra setup to get the notofications pop up at my android devices.
there is one thing still not working. I see the popup and the snapshot is a small thumbnail instead of the real image. I have to swipe down in the notification to see the larger image.
Is there a way to just get the image as a notificatien? Such that it is large image?
Thank you! I do not have an Android phone myself, so I cannot test it. 🤷🏼
Could you tell me what the extra setup you had to do was? I can't get it to work on my android device... Your help would be much appreciated!
This Reolink is so nice... but the problem is that they didn't have the power/rele for open the garden door... :-(
Thanks for the video
I appreciate your feedback! It’s definitely a bummer when a product doesn’t have all the features we’d like. Hopefully, future versions will address that!
@@SmartHomeJunkie Thanks for apreciate :-)
Hi, thanks for this. I have HTTPS on my home assistant. So it doesn't work. Do you have a fix for this?
What does not work exactly?
Thanks for this great tutorial Ed got it all setup and running without breaking a sweat :)
One question though, how to avoid double notifications? After setting this up I get notified by both HA and the Reolink app when a person is detected. In the Reolink app I see no way to only disable the notification for person detection. Fully disabling notifications for the Reolink app also disables the option to talk when someone rings the doorbell,which I'd still like to use. How did you handle this?
Hello, I installed home assistant on a laptop. How can I monitor the laptop battery in home assistant?
Merry Christmas and thank you for your video.
Question: I am interested in setting up the notifications with image to my phone based on person detection of a reolink 810a camera on an reolink NVR using HA. I tried to apply your instructions in this video for the doorbell but could not get it to work. Do you have a video for this? Is what I am describing possible just using HA? I am new to HA and have been trying to figure this out for some time. Cheers.
Hi! If you can trigger HA based on motion of your Camera, this should work in the exact same manner for your camera. You can test the action in the automation that sends the image to see if that works at least.
It totally blows the ring away! 😂
wonder if Hiseeu NVR could added to this or have to wait tll they do a doorbell....
How fast does it connect from smartphone to doorbell? I’m thinking of switching but this is my main interest.
Just tested it. At my side it's 2-3 seconds, but I guess it depends on your network setup as well.
@@SmartHomeJunkie many thanks!
Does it work with a digital chime . That a lot of homes have thru hardwire in your home.
!!!!!!!!!!! Can you post a video on how to ad Reolink Video Doorbell to HomeKit. !!!!!!
It won't work with Homekit.
Great video !
I would appreciate a tutorial on how to store pictures or small videos from it on a hdd or through ftp.
How does it hook up with no wires for renters my neighbor has one taped to her apartment door with packing tape but no wires coming from it at all and it works wecan have video doorbells here just cant drill or run wires how can i get one up n running no wires n no drilling im a renter
Create video. Only the snapshot sending to my phone, when someone is on the frontdoor, is not working jet. Can't find the problem.
The way I show it only works of you are on your local network. I might create a video on the future to show how you can make it work remotely too.
Does this door bell connects to any of the echo shows??????
What about sending the image instantly to a device such as an echo show when the doorbell is pressed?
Hi Ed, thanks for all your great work! All of your video's are very clearly. But this one isn't at the end. Notification with image is not working. I only get a message "er is aangebeld" no picture. What's the meaning of the part action URI? what am I supposed to do? I used my lovelace tab with my doorbel, but nothing is showing up.
Hi Nico. Thanks. I think you might have missed a step or your credentials for your camera in the action are not correct. It does work here. The uri is used to link to a dashboard in HA that show my cameras, but it's not needed to show an image in the notification on yor phone.
Yes ..I am waiting for one
Is this still the way to do it ? or is there a update way ?
Well, you could always try doing it while standing on your head for a change! Just kidding. There's an official Reolink integration nowadays, but the stream view still works better with the generic camera integration.
Thanks. This is just what I was looking for!!!
Fantastic - have been waiting for this! Can you ditch the plug in chime once you have integrated with HA?
Yes you can!
Hi ed. Have you tried hooking up the doorbell camera through NVR? mine is RNL8 410 which I updated firmware to latest version but still cannot make sensors to work in home assistant reolink official integration. It sees them but don't get "activated" in home assistant. I can see them in reolink app but not in home assistant. It seems to me there is an issue with video doorbell (poe version) when integrated through NVR
I do not use an NVR, but surveillance station on my Synology NAS.
I wish it would work with existing chime
This is a really comprehensive review and configuration guide. Well done!
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent video! I’m in the market for such doorbell and was wondering if there is anything newer in the market today?
Thi sone is still the one that I prefer.
Can I open a door trigger remotely with this?
If you use Home Assistant in between you can.
will this work/easily integrate with frigate?
amazing! but this only work locally. there is a way to send the imagen when you are away?
Yes: How to SHOW YOUR CAMERA REMOTELY on Your Phone When The Doorbell Rings!
th-cam.com/video/6jkzy2Cv9Pk/w-d-xo.html
@@SmartHomeJunkie amazing like every video!!
@@Kiloptero Thank you! 🙏🏻
Look, these kinds of instructions are very instructive. People can do a lot with this. thank you for the time in this video!
looks interest, thanks for the video, Question does the chime need line of site or have to be close ? or is it a wifi that also just has to be near a router on the network ?
Yes, the chime is Wi-Fi!
@@SmartHomeJunkie Great, thanks for the reply, so can it connect to any of the other wifi routers in your network, or just the same one as the main unit, or is it just wifi to the main unit ?
@@ndudman8 any of the other routers as long as the doorbell is part of the same network.
@@SmartHomeJunkie Many thanks sounds great, will look into one.
@Smart Home Junkie -- The chime is definitely NOT WiFi. It is pre-paired specifically & exclusively to the doorbell in the box. The chime operates on a Radio Frequency (RF) of 433MHz. I have this doorbell and can confirm the chime can operate over very long distances, including through walls. Mine is more than 100 feet away from the doorbell, in a separate building.
First of all, Congrats for the Amazing Channel.
I’m considering to buy this Doorbell but I have a specific need that maybe you can tell me if it’s possible.
One of my most important needs is two way audio in AppleWatch.
So I can see that reolink integration already have two way audio. (At least with Scrypted). Do you have any idea if it’s possible to achieve two way audio in AppleWatch using home assistant, scrypted and home bridge?
Tks a lot
Will existing doorbell wiring power the Reolink?
You can do that as long as the power is the correct voltage. You can also connect the adapter to your existing wiring with connection cables that are included.
if i hook it up wirelessly to my reolink NVR does it take
up one of the 8 channels?
In the section for sending the notification to your phone, you have a URL to a dashboard in the YAML. Where do I find the URL for my dashboards? I'm not seeing that anywhere.
The URL of your dashboard is visible in your browser address bar when you opened your dashboard.
Uitgebreid en zeer goed uitgelegd, waarvoor heel erg bedankt. Ik gebruik nu al 3 jaar een BTicino class300 (veel te duur). Heb al enkele Reolink producten waarvan ik heel erg tevreden ben. Sinds kort gebruik ik ook home assistent. Dus ben wel erg hard aan het twijfelen om die BTicino buiten te gooien. Werkt de deurbel ook nog zonder dat je de witte adapter in het strocontact steekt ? als je dan wel alles integreert in home assistent bedoel ik.
You'll always need the adapter or connect it to your existing wiring.
Great content, as always!
Thank you!
do you think it works with frigate?
If Frigate works with rtsp or Onvif, it will. I do not use Frigate myself.
Hi 👋, Very interesting tutorial on the doorbell, I’m not very good with electronics and setting things up, I have been trying to find out whether you can link to these doorbells together as I have two doors that I need to cover with appropriate doorbell can I purchase two doorbells kits and have it set as one device, I’m looking for a monitor screen that I can see what is going on outside if my device is activated especially as I live in rural part of the French countryside, I’ve had problems with being burgled in 2019 losing over €15,000 worth equipment and tools and ride on lawnmower et cetera, And I have had people snooping around at night time and in the early hours in the morning,
So the big question is can I activate two doorbells with one device and have a monitor screen so I can see what is going on outside do you recommend this device that you are reviewing or do you think I should go along a different route.
PHIL FROM THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOULIN.
What you can do is send the footage of both doorbells to a local drive, NVR or survailance software on for instance a Synology NAS. You can also hook up two doorbells to Home Assistant and let Home Assistant handle the doorbells. For instance send a message to your phone.
@@SmartHomeJunkie Hi 👋, okay thank you for your help and reply, If it is okay can I contact you in some way if I need some help or info please.
PHIL FROM THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOULIN FRANCE.
@@philvale5724 You can check my website at www.smarthomejunkie.net for contact options.
@@SmartHomeJunkie Hi 👋, thank you for your help and reply.
PHIL FROM THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOULIN FRANCE.
I think the Falls cam dbw5 is better all around. It supports PoE and both 2.4 and 5G plus it has a genuine hardwired network video output through the RJ45 adapter.
Great video. I'm looking to replace my Ring cameras and doorbell with Reolinik and HA as 2023 spring project :)
Good choice!
Tried to purchase, not available yet in Europe
Yes, unfortunately they are all out of stock due to Covid in China 😔
As ever great video. Thank you. I've got mine up and running. Is there a way to play to more than one device (alexa). Thanks
I'm not sure. I do not have Alexa devices myself unfortunately.
Thanks for this. Any idea if it is water resistant, any mention on the box? Nothing mentioned on the link. Thanks again!
Well, it's for outdoor use, so I expect it to be water resistant.
Hi 👋, Yes it’s me again not a question these devices compatible with iPhones and iPads et cetera.
PHIL FROM THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOULIN FRANCE
Yes they are!
Hi, great video, just one question. At the end you show the snapshot in the notification on the phone. There is also a option to open the camera.
I have the HomeAssistent App installed on my android phone, how can I open the app instead of the browser?
I believe it opens the app if you have that installed. At least, that's how it works on my iPhone.
@@SmartHomeJunkie not on my Android, not sure what link to use in automation, I tried local ip / homeassistant.local / public url and nabucasa url all open the browser
@@ManfredRotgers Okay. Good to know!
Hi, great video! Can this doorbell cast live feed when doorbell is pressed on Google home hub? So that I can interact with the person via Google home hub? (Just like his nest doorbell currently is}. If yes. Please do make a tutorial for this. Thanks
Hi, I don't think you can do two way communication like that. See my other videos about showing the live feed on a tablet or phone when someone rings the doorbell.
I was so excited for this door bell, but its inability to use my existing chime is annoying. I have multiple hard wired door bell chimes. I really need to maintain the ability to be in the garage and have the door bell ring and be able to hear it when I don't have my phone with me.
Yeah, that is a downside indeed. What you might be able to do is connect done ESPHome device to your existing come and create a Home Assistant automation to ring that chime when someone possess the doorbell.
Hi and thank you so much! The only thing remains to understand for me is if it is possible to use a tablet like the internal monitor of a normal doorbell.
I need the video stream from the doorbell appears when someone pushes the doorbell button
Will you clarify this in your next video, please?
Thank you. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Yes, I will in one of my upcoming videos.
Apple HomeKit integration?
Can you use this with the Eufy-doorbell as well?
Is it because you very well know that ring video doorbell is still one of the best out there why it was mentioned, rings is one of the best out there if not the best, I am using ring from its very insertion they have come a long way, people do your own research and make your own decisions
Nope, it's because I used the Ring Pro for over 4 years and the fact that's is not local and terribly slow makes it absolutely less good than the Reolink imo.
@@SmartHomeJunkie blame that on your WiFi you need good WiFi for any outside wireless devices
@@kenrickdavis9216 Nope, it's not my WiFi. The distance between the Ring and my access point was 1 meter tops. But let's agree to disagree. 🙏🏻
hi, cannot get a working stream :( i got the error on generic cam - time limit
Interesting! I haven't seen that error before.
Hi Ed, thank you for these instructions. I have setup the reolink integration but although the camera stream works fine the options like visitor and motion detection are visible but don't react. In forms I read that it is for the Reolink webhook necessary that home assistant is available on http port 80 and not 8123, do you know if this is true?
Shouldn't be the case. It works fine on my end with port 8123.
Hi, does this integration work only on cameras with web interface?
It works with cancers tasty have a http and rtsp option.
Great review and details. But a quick question since I'm bit confused....
If I get the wifi version would it work as the Poe only model if I connect it through ethernet cable to the nvr? Or the port is only to power the camera on the wifi model?
The WiFi version dus not have POE. The ethernet connection on the WiFi model is solely for sending the footage in your network.
@@SmartHomeJunkie the thing is where I live the power supply from the wall is 230 @50Hz. Can you if possible check the power supply brick input voltage if it supports 110-230v @50/60Hz if not I should get another power brick that supports my voltage input and output the necessary voltage to the camera. And what about the chime? Is it US style prongs or UK 3 prong style and also the chime input voltage?
Sorry to ask but I cannot find the answer anywhere eve. on reolink website as I don't want to buy this and not be able to use it. Thanks and great review once again
@@GearheadOutlaw Hi, I'm not sure how I can help. Maybe you can send Reolink an e-mail about this.
@@SmartHomeJunkie no problem it is understandable. Thanks again for the video and your replays have a good one