Reolink Argus2 Protocol

dominik

I just bought a Reolink Argus 2 and I'm pretty satisfied with manufacturing and image quality. However I was really dissapointed that the camera is only usable with the Reolink software (I could have known before If I had done some more research ). This makes this camera almost unusable for me and it is just a nice gimmick or toy.
Is there any documentation on the used protocol available? Are there any plans to support integration into thirdparty software?
The minimum functionality that I would require:
* Trigger recording
* Retrieve recording (Mail, FTP, HTTP... I don't care as long as I can implement it)

I would like to integrate the camera in my home automation and I'm willing to do some coding but I would like to avoid doing everything by reverse engineering.
While I understand that the camera can't support a permanent live stream due to battery constraints I don't understand at all why no interface at all is provided.

Dominik

Mike

No. The battery powered Wifi cameras can only be used with Reolink software. Full stop.

dominik

That's a pity as there is no technical reason for this limitation. And as the motion detection of the camera does not work for me and if it would work only send a picture the camera is almost useless Will need to try some reverse engineering of the protocol.

Cynthia

I am pretty sorry for the inconvenience caused to you.
Could you please forward your request to https://support.reolink.com/hc/en-us/requests/new, or send an Email directly to support@reolink.com? We will try our best to solve your problem.