Home Assistant Reolink addon

The

reolink

Installation

Manual install

# Download a copy of this repository
$ wget https://github.com/fwestenberg/reolink_dev/archive/master.zip

Unzip the archive
$ unzip master.zip
Move the reolink_dev directory into your custom_components directory in your Home Assistant install
$ mv reolink_dev-master/custom_components/reolink_dev /config/custom_components/

HACS install

1. Click on HACS in the Home Assistant menu
2. Click on

   Integrations

3. Click the top right menu (the three dots)
4. Select

   Custom repositories

5. Paste the repository URL (

   https://github.com/fwestenberg/reolink_dev

   ) in the dialog box
6. Select category

   Integration

7. Click

   Add

8. Click

   Install

   on the Reolink IP camera box that has now appeared

:warning: After executing one of the above installation methods, restart Home Assistant. Also clear your browser cache before proceeding to the next step, as the integration may not be visible otherwise.

In your Home Assistant installation go to: Configuration > Integrations, click the button Add Integration > Reolink IP camera Enter the details for your camera. The camera and other sensors will now be available as an entity.

For the motion detection to work, Home Assistant must be reachable via http from your local network. So when using https internally, motion detection will not work at this moment.

For the services and switch entities of this integration to work, you need a camera user of type "Administrator". Users of type "Guest" can only view the switch states but cannot change them and cannot call the services. Users are created and managed through the web interface of the camera (Device Settings / Cog icon -> User) or through the app (Device Settings / Cog icon -> Advanced -> User Management).

Services

The Reolink integration supports all default camera services and additionally provides the following services:

Service

reolink_dev.set_sensitivity

Set the motion detection sensitivity of the camera. Either all time schedule presets can be set at once, or a specific preset can be specified.

| Service data attribute | Optional | Description | | :---------------------- | :-------- | :----------- | |

entity_id

sensitivity

preset

Service

reolink_dev.set_backlight

Optimizing brightness and contrast levels to compensate for differences between dark and bright objects using either BLC or WDR mode. This may improve image clarity in high contrast situations, but it should be tested at different times of the day and night to ensure there is no negative effect.

| Service data attribute | Optional | Description | | :---------------------- | :-------- | :----------- | |

entity_id

mode

BACKLIGHTCONTROL

DYNAMICRANGECONTROL

OFF

Service

reolink_dev.set_daynight

Set the day and night mode parameter of the camera.

| Service data attribute | Optional | Description | | :---------------------- | :-------- | :----------- | |

entity_id

mode

AUTO

COLOR

BLACKANDWHITE

Service

reolink_dev.ptz_control

Control the PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) movement of the camera.

| Service data attribute | Optional | Description | | :---------------------- | :-------- | :----------- | |

entity_id

command

AUTO

DOWN

FOCUSDEC

FOCUSINC

LEFT

LEFTDOWN

LEFTUP

RIGHT

RIGHTDOWN

RIGHTUP

STOP

TOPOS

UP

ZOOMDEC

ZOOMINC

preset

TOPOS

speed

STOP

AUTO

The camera keeps moving until the

STOP

Camera

This integration creates a camera entity, providing a live-stream configurable from the integrations page. In the options menu, the following parameters can be configured:

| Parameter | Description | | :------------------- | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Stream | Switch between Sub or Main camera stream. | | Stream format | Switch between h264 and h256 stream formats. | | Protocol | Switch between the RTMP or RTSP streaming protocol. | | Channel | When using a single camera, choose stream 0. When using a NVR, switch between the different camera streams. |

Binary Sensor

When the camera supports motion detection events, a binary sensor is created for real-time motion detection. The time to switch motion detection off can be configured via the options menu, located at the integrations page. Please notice: for using the motion detection, your Homa Assistant should be reachable (within you local network) over http (not https).

| Parameter | Description | | :------------------- | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Motion sensor off delay | Control how many seconds it takes (after the last motion detection) for the binary sensor to switch off. |

Switch

Depending on the camera, the following switches are created:

| Switch | Description | | :------------------- | :------------------------------------------------------------ | | Email | Switch email alerts from the camera when motion is detected. | | FTP | Switch FTP upload of photo and video when motion is detected. | | IR lights | Switch the infrared lights to auto or off. | | Record audio | Record auto or mute. This also implies the live-stream. | | Push notifications | Enable or disable push notifications to Android/IOS. | | Recording | Switch recording to the SD card. |

Unsupported models

The following models are not to be supported:

• E1
• E1 Pro
• Battery-powered cameras
• B800: Only with NVR
• B400: Only with NVR
• D400: Only with NVR
• Lumus