Reolink E1 pro, well that was fun :/

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Hi all, i´m a veteran with a homey early 2016 that is puffing on just fine and got my self a Reolink E1 pro. I guess i did not read the internet all about it to find out that is has no web interface and the only way of remote watching or getting a snap is through a public website, bommer.

The ONVIF Homey app finds my camera and i can add it to homey but nothing more. Trying to get a snapshot says either “method not allowed” or “connection reset” so that will not work, more bommer.

Now this cam can be added to other 3:rd party applications like iSpy, IP camviwer and so on so i wonder; is that a way to have homey get snaps from these applications?

Thanks

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Ca you send the log from the ONVIF app Configure App screen after you try to get the snapshot?
Also a screenshot of the Advanced settings page of the device in the ONVIF app.

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Although I have just found this:

CGI All Reolink cameras and NVRs except for battery-powered cameras, cameras in the NVR kits, E1 and Lumus
RTSP All Reolink cameras and NVRs except for battery-powered cameras, cameras in the NVR kits, E1 and Lumus
ONVIF All Reolink cameras and NVRs except for battery-powered cameras, cameras in the NVR kits, E1 and Lumus

Not sure if the E1 Pro is any different.

Now just found this :slight_smile:

Does Reolink E1 Pro support ONVIF?

The E1 Pro supports both ONVIF and RTSP, so I was easily able to add it to my QNAP TS-253A’s Surveillance Station app.

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Hey and thanks for your replay: frankly i don´t know what exactly to make out of this is it yes or no :slight_smile: Should it mean that the ONVIF can work with this cam?
I´ve just sent you the log.

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Frankly, I don’t know either as the information is conflicting from different sources.
It’s possible the camera supports ONVIF (appears to support motion based on the image you sent me) but not a snapshot. I found a post on the HA forum that suggested the op had use another module to capture a still image from the RTSP stream. Unfortunately Homey doesn’t have the processing power to do that.

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I’m following because I maybe want to trade my switchbot pan tilt cam for a Reolink E1 Zoom Camera

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So, more reading and as far as i can understand is that the Zoom gots it all, webUI included. Another thing i have emailed Reolink support is that i can´t get anything out of my cam; trying the rtsp stream through vlc gives error, onvif snap link gives error … !?
On their support site it states that a lot more ports can be set up than the only 3 ports i got: server, rtsp and onvif. no http or https port settings. I´ll see what they answer on this.

to be continued…

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As an update on this, after some emailing with Reolink support, they acknowledged that http/https is only supported for Zoom which means that it wont work in homey Onvif (except from Zoom). So i’ll see what Reolink has to offer för a Zoom instead.
E1 pro does not support http/https, period.

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