Support for car and person detection

[ldwedari]

Hi.
Thanks for this great component.
I would recommend to add some comment to the unsupported cameras section in the Readme.md explaining why they are unsupported. Basically because the only work with Reolink NVRs and don't have ONVIF. Not giving an explanation is quite confusing for owners of those cameras.
Also I'd like to ask if this component supports the latest Reolink smart cameras that can detect persons and cars. Being able to create sensor for this type of events in Home Assistant would be amazing.
Finally, what is the difference between reolink and reolink_dev?
(BTW, a discord channel would be nice)

[fwestenberg]

I will add some info as soon as NVR has good support. Thanks for that.
For the person and car detection I will start working on that soon, this needs some research first.

Reolink_dev is the HACS repository. Reolink is the Python library.

[spripe]

Hi,
What about car/person detection for cameras that supports this without NVR. Like RLC-810A cameras?

[fwestenberg]

For car/person detection I need some time. Please be patient.

[theBOFH]

+1 on this, having the detection in HomeAssisatant would be awesome for sure.
@fwestenberg thanks for all the time and effort put into developing the integration, really appreciated.

Currently researching camera systems and had been looking at the Hikvision cameras with the person detection but reolink looks to be way more affordable.

[tomlut]

Jaysus dood! I nearly had a heart attack when I saw an email notification from theBOFH.

[ScottRoach]

Does anyone have any idea if this information is exposed anywhere? I only see motion events (not person/car specific) in the onvif messages. I've looked at the JSON in the web view and nothing stands out.

Looking through the desktop app's obfuscated code I have a feeling it is only exposed through the extended attributes in the Baichuan protocol instead of metadata/onvif/rtsp.

[fwestenberg]

Hi Scott, thanks for checking this out! I have traces the data traffic with Wireshark, and also see this. I'm afraid the cgi api doesn't offer this info.

[ldwedari]

I contacted Reolink support with this questions:

Will Reolink provide ONVIF Profile C events about person and car detection? And when?
This ONVIF support is important because RLC-810A could be used with non cloud based smart home software like OpenHab, Home Assistant and Domoticz. It could even be integrated in other professional systems.

And they answer was:

1. You could use the smart detection function for RLC-810A via Reolink App/Client only.

If you integrate the camera to Alexa/Google home, you could live view the camera on the Alexa/Google home device only. You couldn't use the smart detection function.
It is the same as the ONVIF protocol.

2. Sorry that we don't know the available time for it. But we will forward your request to our engineers.
   You may subscribe our emails to get the news.

So as it is now, I would not recommend the camera for anyone wanting to integrate it in Home Assistant.

[tomlut]

I wouldn't go that far. It's still a very good camera for the price.

Do their NVRs even work with person and car detection?

[fwestenberg]

The engineers at Reolink currently work an the API so we can use person/vehicle detection within HA. The support they provide is very great, and you just have to be a little more patient. I agree the camera's they provide are very good for the price. And beside: look what is already supported now, compared to a lot of other camera's!

[ldwedari]

I didn't know they were already working in that API. It did not sound line that from their response.
Btw, I also think they are good/value for money. It just that the only way to implement AI detection in HA is to use DOODS. I hope this changes soon.

[badabing2005]

I agree with @fwestenberg 100%, Reolink support alone is worth the price, I never had an issues with their support, they reply same day / next day, even on weekends and Holidays, and they do actually help, they take every customer issue seriously.
That coupled with good camera and very good pricing makes it a no brainer, and then we have @fwestenberg adding integration like this and we have a recipe for success.
Just be patient, I was told by their support that their engineers are working on firmware update to support onvif better.

[Tomkee]

@fwestenberg thank you for your work. I am waiting for the official Reolink HA component.