msgreenf Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Greenfield Solutions has worked with Reolink to release a driver for Reolink's innovative line of Cameras. Reolink has an innovative all battery powered WiFi camera which I believe will be the first battery powered camera to allow for integration for Control4! The Reolink Keen - https://reolink.com/product/keen/ In addition this driver will work with all Reolink cameras. The driver will be released in the next few days! Just final testing and tweaks. Waiting for some API feedback on motion detection. StroTek LLC, thedriverslab, Andrew luecke and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggzlot Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 From what I've read, lots of battery operated cameras arent "always on" to save on battery. They wait for motion then start to record. How does the Reolink work? Could I set one up and view it / record it 24x7 if I want to? Their website claims 180 days in "stand by" mode. What is your experience or knowledge working with the company? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted February 12, 2017 Author Share Posted February 12, 2017 Correct it is not always on and can record on motion or my understanding it can be called directly to load video. I don't have too much more knowledge yet as this is a new product Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcarianX1 Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Nice work on this - Does the Driver have any function with the 2 Way Comms Available on the Camera (e.g. Panel to Camera Comms) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted February 13, 2017 Author Share Posted February 13, 2017 Just now, IcarianX1 said: Nice work on this - Does the Driver have any function with the 2 Way Comms Available on the Camera (e.g. Panel to Camera Comms) it does not as there is no way to integrate this with Control4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcarianX1 Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Thanks for that - Didnt think so, just wanted to check as i'm getting an increasing number of projects where people only want to use the Control 4 Application / touchpanels with all this direct to consumer stuff (e.g. Doorbird, Ring, Sonos, Heos, etc.) and its getting challenging. That being said it looks like another good solution for video. Ill be interested to see what some of the programming flexibility is. msgreenf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted February 13, 2017 Author Share Posted February 13, 2017 11 minutes ago, IcarianX1 said: Thanks for that - Didnt think so, just wanted to check as i'm getting an increasing number of projects where people only want to use the Control 4 Application / touchpanels with all this direct to consumer stuff (e.g. Doorbird, Ring, Sonos, Heos, etc.) and its getting challenging. That being said it looks like another good solution for video. Ill be interested to see what some of the programming flexibility is. Thanks! due to the API's it will be some basic video play and PTZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 And the reolink driver is released! https://www.houselogix.com/shop/reolink-camera StroTek LLC, alanchow and eddy.trochez 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted March 27, 2017 Author Share Posted March 27, 2017 Greenfield Solutions has now partnered with Reolink to offer a 20% discount on the driver if purchasing cameras from Greenfield Solutions direct. Please go to our website for more information - http://www.greenfieldsolutions.site/control4-reolink-camera-driver/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C4newb18 Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Msgreenf: what is the rough cost for your driver? Just trying to compare total cost for security camera systems that could be integrated into C4 thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted February 12, 2018 Author Share Posted February 12, 2018 4 minutes ago, C4newb18 said: Msgreenf: what is the rough cost for your driver? Just trying to compare total cost for security camera systems that could be integrated into C4 thx $150 MSRP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benoît van Osch Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Does this driver support motion detection triggers? The driver's documentation says 'Supports motion detection events if enabled on the camera' which I have done but I can't find a trigger option in Control4. Any direction on this will be very much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted October 19, 2019 Author Share Posted October 19, 2019 35 minutes ago, Benoît van Osch said: Does this driver support motion detection triggers? The driver's documentation says 'Supports motion detection events if enabled on the camera' which I have done but I can't find a trigger option in Control4. Any direction on this will be very much appreciated. Benoit, Thank you for your question. That is a copy and paste mistake in the documentation - Reolink doesn't have a good API for motion detection and the driver doesn't support that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benoît van Osch Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Thank you for the quick response. Unfortunately, that's a real shame as I was very keen to use this function in Control4 to switch external lights. There are no workarounds with ONVIF and if not what other IP cameras can you recommend that support this feature and integrate well with C4? I am trying the trial version at the moment and get Snapshots ok but not the H264 stream. 'URL not verified: Could not read from resource.' RSTP port number I use is 554. Any ideas what this could be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted October 19, 2019 Author Share Posted October 19, 2019 Ido not have any drivers right now that have notifications for motion. I am not sure off my head the error but happy to login and look! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benoît van Osch Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 That would be great! I saw that Amcrest integrates well with C4 so perhaps I should consider changing to them. Bit of a shame because I am quite happy with the Reolinks and assumed this to be possible. Would be nice if I could get the H264 stream to work before the trial expires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted October 19, 2019 Author Share Posted October 19, 2019 2 hours ago, Benoît van Osch said: That would be great! I saw that Amcrest integrates well with C4 so perhaps I should consider changing to them. Bit of a shame because I am quite happy with the Reolinks and assumed this to be possible. Would be nice if I could get the H264 stream to work before the trial expires. message sent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted December 22, 2019 Author Share Posted December 22, 2019 Version 2.0.4 released with Snapshot notification support! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbooo Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 On 2/12/2017 at 2:26 PM, msgreenf said: Greenfield Solutions has worked with Reolink to release a driver for Reolink's innovative line of Cameras. Reolink has an innovative all battery powered WiFi camera which I believe will be the first battery powered camera to allow for integration for Control4! The Reolink Keen - https://reolink.com/product/keen/ In addition this driver will work with all Reolink cameras. The driver will be released in the next few days! Just final testing and tweaks. Waiting for some API feedback on motion detection. I'm aware this is a massively old thread but I can't find a more recent one on the topic. Can you list what cameras this driver supports? Because I've just tried it with an RLC-410 and it doesn't do much at all. and it works! Also are you still doing any work with Reolink because a way to get the cameras through their NVR would be nice, the NVR seems to put them on a weird subnet and I can see no way to change it. Only solution I see is to not use the inbuilt PoE switch and use my own instead so I can get at the cameras directly...? Sadly this product was thrust upon me by the client and I'm trying to do the best I can with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 1 hour ago, timbooo said: I'm aware this is a massively old thread but I can't find a more recent one on the topic. Can you list what cameras this driver supports? Because I've just tried it with an RLC-410 and it doesn't do much at all. Also are you still doing any work with Reolink because a way to get the cameras through their NVR would be nice, the NVR seems to put them on a weird subnet and I can see no way to change it. Only solution I see is to not use the inbuilt PoE switch and use my own instead so I can get at the cameras directly...? Sadly this product was thrust upon me by the client and I'm trying to do the best I can with it. What do you mean by not doing much? That driver is not made to be used with cameras directly connected to a NVR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbooo Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 2 hours ago, msgreenf said: What do you mean by not doing much? That driver is not made to be used with cameras directly connected to a NVR. Ok weirdly it started to work after some delay so I retract the "not doing much" comment Is there any way to access the cameras directly connected to the NVR or will I have to go with a separate PoE switch to get access to them (if you don't mind opining on the problem!) Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 Ok weirdly it started to work after some delay so I retract the "not doing much" comment Is there any way to access the cameras directly connected to the NVR or will I have to go with a separate PoE switch to get access to them (if you don't mind opining on the problem!) CheersThe only way I know is their own switch not behind the NVRSent from my Pixel 3a XL using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rupertclark Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Msgreenf, I bought this driver from Houselogix last year, but obviously they are no more. The license now says invalid so how do I keep it working please. I would guess that even though Houselogix have gone, the license key would be yours so are you able to advise what to do please? I did try the support button on your website but that did not work either. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted October 10, 2020 Author Share Posted October 10, 2020 Delete the last char of the license. Click set. Reenter last char and it will re activate. They had a problem w their license server this week. I will look at my website and see what is up. Sent from my Pixel 3a XL using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rupertclark Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Thanks for the incredibly quick response! I did try that (and just tried it again) but it still does not work. I have had to do that many times over the last few months, is there a reason for that? Could it be that the license server is still down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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