We aren’t too fond of cameras around here and there’s almost always someone home so it’s not really a necessity for us. Having said that, we’ve had a few cams for a while now and most important is the doorbell.
I’m certain for 95% of you I don’t have to explain why I want the Amazon/Ring bell gone.
I run HA and have deployed Frigate separately to start messing with IP cams.
Here is my question? I understand that you can take the feed from the Reolink bell/cams and import it into Frigate from which I will send it over to my home assistant. For those of you who already do this, how offline is it? Did you need to set up any kind of reolink account to adjust settings or do the initial login? Does the camera try to call home occasionally? Is it fully offline?
I learned my lesson with Amazon. I want to control this doorbell myself and I’d to avoid video, audio, or logs exiting my network without me knowing.
How has the Reolink - Frigate - Home Assistant trio panned out for you?
I’ve got a wireless button with a wall-plugged speaker inside. It’s all I need, as we have cameras feeding a motion-server.
I’d really want to get push notifications when the doorbell is rung, as we’re not always where the bell is. And sometimes we’d like to disconnect it because the baby is sleeping and the dogs go off at the sound of the bell.
I haven’t found any zigbee-replacement. I’m thinking to just put a zigbee-button and solve the chile through HA.