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Hi there,

I wonder if it exist even one camera that combine :

- PTZ
- Exterior usage
- Solar Panel
- Onvif or ZM integration

I had hard time searching for that.
I own a Reolink Argus PT but I cant add it to ZM. It works perfectly with Reolink app.
It seems that these sort of devices are only on with events to save battery usage.

Maybe such camera exists ?

PS : why, the hell, do chinese manufacturers hate normalized protocols like onvif ? ...

mururoa wrote: ↑Wed Jun 25, 2025 10:02 am PS : why, the hell, do chinese manufacturers hate normalized protocols like onvif ? ...

... because if they provide normalized open protocols that work, you'll only end up buying the camera and using it with some other software like ZoneMinder, where they would prefer that you a) pay them an ongoing subscription to use the camera, store the images and b) let them have access to your image/video streams.

They don't want you to _own_ the camera. They want you to _buy_ it, and then keep buying it ... until they come out with a new model and then somehow stop it working and make you buy a new one. Repeat.