Today we're taking a look at the Reolink E1 Zoom which was sent to me by Reolink and integrating it into Home Assistant. (Timestamps below)
Overall, I'm quite impressed with this camera and the custom component to integrate it with Home Assistant.
Links:
Reolink E1 Zoom: bit.ly/3sioNnm
Reolink_dev integration: github.com/fwestenberg/reolin...
Home Assistant: www.home-assistant.io/
HACS: hacs.xyz/
Patreon: / pinkywafer
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My Home Assistant config: github.com/pinkywafer/Home-As...
0:00 Intro
0:34 In the Box
2:30 Set up camera
6:32 Camera configuration options
9:28 Pan Tilt zoom & presets
12:20 Thoughts on camera
18:09 Reolink custom integration
19:17 Setup in Home Assistant
22:44 Home Assistant Entities
22:57 Accessing recorded video through Home Assistant
24:49 Services available
27:55 Simple Home Assistant Camera dashboard
31:16 Review - My thoughts
32:43 Reolink Website
33:09 What I'd like to see
33:32 Summary
35:28 Thanks for Watching!
Many thanks to:
Ivan at Reolink for providing the camera
Home Assistant Team
fwestenberg for the custom component
Royalty free music from Bensound.com
and my daughter Emma for her help making the video!