Reolink RLC-423 ONVIF
Hello, I've been a longtime user of Security Spy and it works great. Although, I just got a new PTZ ONVIF compliant Reolink RLC-423 outdoor camera. I didn't see it in your list, but I did see that if it was ONVIF compliant that it should work. On the Amazon listing they even show SecuritySpy software as compatible.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B016UCNP08
Well I have it working sort of... Security spy can get the profile list and I can pick either the main high rez profile or the sub profile which is VGA. Either one I pick I only get about the top 1/4 of the video and the bottom 3/4 is just gray. I can connect to the camera with Safari on my mac and see the whole picture as well as IE in Parallels.
I did have to set the ONVIF port to 8000 and the RTSP port to:554 before SecuritySpy would recognize it.
I tried the 3 different formats available in Security Spy:
RTSP TCP - connected but only top 1/4 video shows
RTSP UDP - connected but only top 1/4 video shows
RTSP over HTTP - won't connect
This is one solid beast of a security camera, huge upgrade from my Foscam junk that finally died. It's all metal, has a nice camera and huge IR lights, internal heater, Audio, PTZ x4 and did I mention it's all metal
I sure would like to get the full picture in SecuritySpy, I'm sure it's something I'm doing wrong. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Paul
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B016UCNP08
Well I have it working sort of... Security spy can get the profile list and I can pick either the main high rez profile or the sub profile which is VGA. Either one I pick I only get about the top 1/4 of the video and the bottom 3/4 is just gray. I can connect to the camera with Safari on my mac and see the whole picture as well as IE in Parallels.
I did have to set the ONVIF port to 8000 and the RTSP port to:554 before SecuritySpy would recognize it.
I tried the 3 different formats available in Security Spy:
RTSP TCP - connected but only top 1/4 video shows
RTSP UDP - connected but only top 1/4 video shows
RTSP over HTTP - won't connect
This is one solid beast of a security camera, huge upgrade from my Foscam junk that finally died. It's all metal, has a nice camera and huge IR lights, internal heater, Audio, PTZ x4 and did I mention it's all metal
I sure would like to get the full picture in SecuritySpy, I'm sure it's something I'm doing wrong. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Paul
Comments
Just thought I would post an update in case anyone else is trying this camera which I believe is relatively new but appears to be a heck of a deal at $269.99.
4x Optical zoom is fun, now I wish it was more
It looks like a nice camera - great value considering the features.
-Added email notifications to my preferences here in the forums
Under Camera Settings, audio input is set to Network Device, and both checkboxes are checked. This configuration works with other audio-enabled cameras.
Any help would be appreciated.
(Also, the beta version seems a bit more likely to display a green screen)
Using the ReoLink profile, no PTZ
Using ONVIF I'm able to get partial PTZ, rotational and up/down work, but quite a bit of lag between pushing the button and seeing results in SS.
No presets work in SS.
I don't use audio, so nothing to report there.
Has anyone been able to get better results re PTZ?
I use SS in conjunction with Indigo HA and the presets make it wife-friendly, via an Insteon 8 button switch .
First impression of the '423 is that I'm optimistic. Image quality is good, better than the 1k+ Axis it's replacing.
The one issue I'm having with the onvif profile is that the pan/zoom is erratic. It either pans too slowly, in too small an increment, or zips around unstoppably if you hold the arrow key down. Any way to tune this?
UPDATE: 4.1.b9 seems better than 4.0.10. I still find the pan increment a bit slow, but it repeats more fluidly and is more manageable when holding the arrow key.
If you click the "Auto-Detect Profiles" button under Preferences -> Cameras -> Device, what additional profiles are returned that work with your camera? Perhaps we can try one of these instead.
I have the latest version of SecuritySpy, all firmware updated and have a total of 12 cameras running.