New Reolink Wired POE Doorbell Cam ?

Judman said:
Can someone pinpoint for me the last firmware that allows the two-way communication to work. I have seen people say it works, but I cannot get it to work. I went back a forth with Support a little and they suggested a firmware broke the feature, but didn't know which one.

I have been trying to use two-way with the app and I can hear the camera's audio, but no talking back through the camera.
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I thought you forfeit the ability to use two way comms with these doorbell cams on Blue Iris? Either way these are garbage cameras and Unify makes a way better POE doorbell cam. The 2/3 Reolink doorbells I had all failed within a year and they were all installed properly
 
Clucky said:
I thought you forfeit the ability to use two way comms with these doorbell cams on Blue Iris? Either way these are garbage cameras and Unify makes a way better POE doorbell cam. The 2/3 Reolink doorbells I had all failed within a year and they were all installed properly
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I assumed he meant the Reolink app, I never had the 2 way audio working working in Blue Iris myself. I have 2 of them and both have been working flawlessly for quite a while now. If they made a G6 doorbell I’d probably switch but these Reolink ones definitely beat the G4 for image quality.
 
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Clucky said:
I thought you forfeit the ability to use two way comms with these doorbell cams on Blue Iris? Either way these are garbage cameras and Unify makes a way better POE doorbell cam. The 2/3 Reolink doorbells I had all failed within a year and they were all installed properly
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my reolink POE has been working great since day 1.

zero issues.

firmware v3.0.0.4662_2508071283
 
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MTL4 said:
I assumed he meant the Reolink app, I never had the 2 way audio working working in Blue Iris myself. I have 2 of them and both have been working flawlessly for quite a while now. If they made a G6 doorbell I’d probably switch but these Reolink ones definitely beat the G4 for image quality.
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flynreelow said:
my reolink POE has been working great since day 1.

zero issues.

firmware v3.0.0.4662_2508071283
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@MTL4 Definitely meant the blueiris app. The cam is blocked from the internet so I figure the Reolink app wouldn't work.

@flynreelow Mind sharing the audio settings for the camera in BI so I can mimic and get this thing running?

I just saw a post on the reolink forum that 2-way worked with firmware 3.0.0.1859_23030902 in Scrypted :puke: via onvif. Iam on v3.0.0.3308_2407315183 right now.
 
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Judman said:
@MTL4 Definitely meant the blueiris app. The cam is blocked from the internet so I figure the Reolink app wouldn't work.

@flynreelow Mind sharing the audio settings for the camera in BI so I can mimic and get this thing running?

I just saw a post on the reolink forum that 2-way worked with firmware 3.0.0.1859_23030902 in Scrypted :puke: via onvif. Iam on v3.0.0.3308_2407315183 right now.
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not running BI.
 
Judman said:
@MTL4 Definitely meant the blueiris app. The cam is blocked from the internet so I figure the Reolink app wouldn't work.

@flynreelow Mind sharing the audio settings for the camera in BI so I can mimic and get this thing running?

I just saw a post on the reolink forum that 2-way worked with firmware 3.0.0.1859_23030902 in Scrypted :puke: via onvif. Iam on v3.0.0.3308_2407315183 right now.
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I only block my banned Chinese (Dahua, Hikvision, Lorex, etc) cams from the internet so the Reolink app works fine.
 
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Judman said:
Isn't Reolink a Chinese company making their cameras in China?
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The NDAA ban prohibits surveillance and telecommunications equipment from Chinese manufacturers, including Hikvision, Dahua Technology, Huawei Technologies, ZTE Corporation, and Hytera Communications, and their affiliates or original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
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The key is whether they are NDAA compliant and Reolink is so they are safe to use and allow access but several including Dahua and Hikvision are not.
 
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I just like that you don't have to create an account to set up the cameras or use them, and they don't need an internet connection either (although maybe they did for initial setup?)
 
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MTL4 said:
The key is whether they are NDAA compliant and Reolink is so they are safe to use and allow access but several including Dahua and Hikvision are not.
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If you really think that the NDAA ban is a comprehensive list of what manufactures are "safe" and which ones aren't, you are crazy. No IOT device should be considered "safe" regardless of country of origin because no software is bullet proof.

I've posted several times on this forum about my support for the ban (which I still agree with), but I am also smart enough to realize the companies on the ban list are on the list for political reasons as much as they are a security threat.
 
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flynreelow said:
my reolink POE has been working great since day 1.

zero issues.

firmware v3.0.0.4662_2508071283
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Ditto here too, I have both first version WiFi and POE...zero problems...
 
clofan said:
I just like that you don't have to create an account to set up the cameras or use them, and they don't need an internet connection either (although maybe they did for initial setup?)
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Mine have never touched the Internet, even during initial setup.
 
clofan said:
I just like that you don't have to create an account to set up the cameras or use them, and they don't need an internet connection either (although maybe they did for initial setup?)
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You do have to use the Reolink app to turn on RTSP/HTTP/ONVIF/etc., but you don't need to interact with the app much (ever?) after that.

I don't believe the Reolink app requires any internet access, but I'm not 100% sure about that.

If you want to deny a camera access to the internet, you can give it a bogus gateway address. Most cameras won't complain about that, but some do.
 
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TheWaterbug said:
You do have to use the Reolink app to turn on RTSP/HTTP/ONVIF/etc., but you don't need to interact with the app much (ever?) after that.

I don't believe the Reolink app requires any internet access, but I'm not 100% sure about that.

If you want to deny a camera access to the internet, you can give it a bogus gateway address. Most cameras won't complain about that, but some do.
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I have never used their App, phone App that is. I do use their Client App on a PC, which Does Not need to be connected to the Internet to access the Doorbell Camera. ReoLink has Zero record of me owning their Doorbell.
 
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Yes, you can definitely set up the doorbell and configure everything without internet but if you use the phone app (ie using 2-way audio when doorbell is pushed) then they would need a path to the internet for access. It doesn’t use port forwarding or need any 3rd party services to allow access which is good.
 
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