Comprehensive Review of the Reolink Home Hub: Unboxing, Setup, and Integration with Home Assistant
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- čas přidán 2. 08. 2024
- Welcome to our latest video where we dive deep into the world of home automation with the Reolink Home Hub.
What’s in the Box? We start off with an unboxing, showing you exactly what comes with your Reolink Home Hub package.
*Features of the Home Hub Next*, we explore the various features of the Home Hub, discussing its specifications, capabilities, and how it can transform your home automation experience.
Setup of the Home Hub We walk you through the setup process of the Home Hub, providing step-by-step instructions to get your device up and running.
Connecting Reolink Cameras We demonstrate how to connect your Reolink cameras to the Home Hub, making your home security more robust and integrated.
Features in the App We delve into the Reolink app, highlighting its features and how you can use it to control and monitor your Home Hub and connected devices.
Upgrading the Firmware We guide you through the process of upgrading the firmware of your Home Hub, ensuring that your device is always up-to-date with the latest features and security patches.
Integration into Home Assistant We show you how to fully integrate your Home Hub into Home Assistant, allowing you to control all your smart devices from one place.
The Secret Trick We reveal a secret trick that makes the integration process smoother and ensures that your Home Hub works seamlessly with Home Assistant.
Adding the Live Camera Stream to Home Assistant We teach you how to add the live camera stream from your Reolink cameras to a dashboard in Home Assistant, giving you real-time surveillance access.
Recommendation Finally, we round up with our recommendation, discussing whether the Reolink Home Hub is a must-buy, a consideration, or a skip for your smart home setup.
Join us on this journey as we explore the Reolink Home Hub and its potential to enhance your home automation system. Don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe for more tech reviews and guides!
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__ 🕒📩 Timestamp 🕒📩 __
00:00 - Introduction
00:51 - Features
02:12 - What's in the Box
03:39 - Application Setup
06:04 - Home Hub Application Features
07:56 - Integration Configuration
11:35 - Exposed Entities
12:22 - Adding to Dashboard
12:54 - Roundup
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This integration is something I've been looking for. Thank you for this video. Great Job!!!
You are most welcome. It’s a great device, and the integration works a treat.
Hi
Could you advise with HA and Reolink Home hub if scenes are exposed to HA?
if yes might be good to add a short video, as would be great to set home, away etc for a group of cameras quickly
Hi Nick, I did a quick test and also checked the doucmentation (www.home-assistant.io/integrations/reolink) and it would seem that scenes are not currently supported.
Does the camera itself need an SD card if the home hub has the 2 SD cards?
Great question. Nope. the HH takes care of everything for you. That reminds me I should reclaim the SD card from my Argus and repurpose elsewhere :)
@@smart_home_australia thank you for the reply!
Would this allow you to use BlueIRIS?
As blue iris simple needs an RTSP or ONVIF stream there is no reason why it should not work. I’ll test through the week and see if I can put a video together to configure.
Just too clarify, it has 1 gigabit (1gbps) Ethernet, not 1 gigabyte (1GB/s) Ethernet. This is 12.5MB/s
I guarantee that this was a mistake and 100mpbs would probably be fast enough, but I did want to clarify.
Yes Stephen, totally correct. I wish it did have 1GBs. But as you correctly point out these cameras run in Kbs or sometimes in low Mbs for hi-def, so 1Gbs so you will be fine.
I find the range from the Home Hub to the camera could be better, I keep getting push notifications about one of the cameras disconnecting from the hub. It’s approx 10 meters away, no thick walls or anything noteworthy in between.
Are you running on 2.4ghz? Which camera are you using? With the Argus I’m getting 20m on 5ghz with strong signal but that’s running he latest firmware.
@@smart_home_australia sorry for the slow reply. I was running on 5 GHz but have switched both over to 2.4 ghz now. This seems to be somewhat better. 👍🏻
Perfect, 2.4Ghz has the range but is slower and has more interference as its a congested frequency. However, its totally suitable for these types of uses and for me resulted in great results over extended ranges.
@@smart_home_australia thanks! As this place is in a quiet rural area I’m not too worried about interference, however my internet is running off a Starlink system. I feel like adding a proper router would benefit the quality of the network.
How is Starlink? I have a friend running on "normal" satellite and I'm NOT impressed with the download speeds or reliability and want to upgrade them to Starlink.