Reolink TrackMix PTZ now available, setup experience available?

[jrf]

I noticed that meanwhile the Reolink TrackMix PTZ is available. It received a good review in a German test (techstage.de). Is there already s/o out there, having experience with setup in Zoneminder (1.36.32 preferred)?

[BiloxiGeek]

I did get this setup and mostly working. Using onvif was a good way to get it initially working. Selecting the RLC-423 for control gets that working but I'm not confident that it's a good complete set of controls. I'm trying to get that figured out now but haven't ever worked with the control features of zoneminder so it's not progressing much so far.

[jrf]

Would you keep us updated? Haven't bought one yet.

[efranzwa]

Hi jrf. BiloxiGeek posted some preliminary information about this camera and how to connect as ZM Monitor. Check this link in the ZoneMinder wiki and look for the Trackmix POE section.

https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Reolink

[jrf]

Hi jrf. BiloxiGeek posted some preliminary information about this camera and how to connect as ZM Monitor. Check this link in the ZoneMinder wiki and look for the Trackmix POE section.

https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Reolink

Thx for the hint, read the information. I meanwhile decided not to use PTZ for surveillance. If positioning is not exact, the zones might not work.

[efranzwa]

I also recently purchased a PTZ camera, Reolink RLC-81PA. Actually it only has pan capability so not truly a full PTZ camera. But I have also concluded that PTZ is a useless feature for my home application for the exact reason you pointed out. Any zones that you setup are broken once you change the camera view (not sure why I did not think of that before I purchased this camera). I only needed to use the pan funtion once to set the correct view location. This saved me one trip up and down the ladder.