SriHome SP028 Camera WiFi CCTV 1080P FHD 360° IP Security Cam Waterproof Night Vision Two-Way Voice

So I bought this camera having owned numerous other cameras -- from Foscam, Blink, Wyze, ESP32 Cams, Raspberry Pi cameras with gstreamer and most recently a tuya based camera, you name it!

My Foscams have been the best, offering non-cloud connected cameras with locally processed motion and sound and alerts, Home Assistant support, etc... The RPi cameras and ESP cameras are OK with motioneye and blueiris, for example, but the quality is not great.

I did not trust Wyze cameras, and the little support they showed for Home Assistant was immediately recalled (obviously they only survive hawking cheap cameras because they push a cloud subscription).

The Blinks were OK but are better suited to someone who is already using Alexa devices and does not want to pay for a cloud, with a local bridge it can store videos for free. I ended up setting these up at my parents house where it works well with their doorbell, also from Blink

To add to my system, I wanted to find a camera which did not rely on a cloud, integrated into Home Assistant and motioneye, had good quality and was pretty cheap. I first tried the Tuya camera, which was cheap, exposed ONVIF and was capable of streaming good video but became frustrated because the main stream is constantly being pushed to their servers, and honestly those devices don't have enough bandwidth or power to support a 2nd main profile stream. The RTSP it exposed was laggy, constantly dropped or became a gray / green screen, and if I blocked it from the internet it would stop working all together within a few seconds.

As a last resort, I searched for non tuya cameras which were marketed as ONVIF compliant and came across this one, where a review stated it could be set up entirely off of the cloud.

It was a bit tricky, but in the end it is a great camera with ONVIF support, integrates into Motioneye and Home Assistant, has ethernet as a bonus, and most importantly has a built in web interface (which can only be accessed using Internet Explorer or Internet Explorer Mode in Edge).

If you connect the camera via an ethernet cable, and find its Ip address you can navigate to the website on port 80 -- then put Edge in internet explorer mode (if not using IE) and youll be prompted to download and install an ActiveX plugin which provides access to the live feed and camera settings. Do that, restart your browser and hit the IP again. This time your browser will have a similar popup at the bottom which prompts you to allow the plugin you just installed, which you should do.

Once you've done all that, login (my default credentials were username: admin with no password) and after it loads in a few seconds, you can go to Device Config at the top, go to the third icon (Settings) and then click on "NetService" (do not click on NET -- this is only for configuring the IP) -- in there you'll see Wifi where you can configure Wifi.

To enable ONVIF, click on the Device config, go again to the settings tab and click on Net -- here at the bottom will be your ONVIF port and it will be enabled if you tick the "onvif check" checkbox.

The rest is easy, when you type the URL into Motioneye it automatically pulls it in and HA added it just as easily. The PTZ controls work really well (the Tuya PTZ controls moved the camera all the way to which ever direction you specified, kind of useless) the image is really good -- I attached a daytime sample as it sat on my desk, and nighttime looks even sharper IMO. I've definitely seen better picture quality, but generally I've seen many more that are far worse. That is without taking into account how inexpensive this camera is.

The settings also allow you to disable app and cloud service, but for good measure I just blocked it on my firewall with a deny rule from that device's statically assigned IP.

The camera is really large though, and for my application doesn't need to be outdoor-rated. I wish they had versions of this camera which were designed to be placed on a table. This is the only con in my mind.

I still have not figured out how to enable automatic tracking, although the camera does know when a human is in the scene and will switch from IR to White LED at night when this occurs -- and I don't know how to disable this without the ICSee app either.

At some point, I can try the app to see how the "smart" features work, but I am really happy I found good cameras to integrate into my home(assistant).

I purchased 3 of these units. I have only installed one so far in the front of my home. It pans left, right, up and down smoothly. I set the lights on it to 30 seconds so that when the alarm is triggered, the lights come on and remain on only for 30 seconds. There are 4 lights and they are bright. I am monitoring on my computer, tablet and phone. It works seamlessly with my Synology Diskstation Surveillance. I had been looking for compatible cameras for a long time that were not super expensive and these sturdy, well-built units definitely do the trick. I am looking forward to setting up my remaining 2 cameras today. Also, the power requires an outlet. It doesn't use a usb. The power cable is somewhere around 10 feet in length I guess. Could be more. It is simply a good camera!

I'm adding to my review on this day, 6/16/20:
I have now received another one of these fantastic cameras yesterday and set it up this morning. That's 4 new cameras added to my existing 2. Again, it work flawlessly with my Synology Surveillance Station. Here you see a screen capture showing my new cameras in operation. Out Front, Ramp, Front Door and Out Back are the new cameras. I highly recommend them. Remember, they do require a power outlet but the power cord is a good 10! or more in length. Enjoy!

I am adding to my review on this day, 1/12/21. I now have 6 of these cameras and couldn't be happier. They work with my Synology Diskstation and also my phone. They do all I need them to do and more. I highly recommend these cameras.

I am adding to my review on this day, 8/3/21. I purchased another one of these cameras a couple of days ago. Works like a charm. It just so happened that the day after I purchased it, one of my other cameras had some problems probably due to extreme heat from the its location so near to an awning in which the temperature could hot enough to cook an egg. I contacted Besdersec via email. No questions asked. They are sending me out a new one to replace it. Why would I not continue to work with this company? They tick all of the boxes and have they have me as a satisfied customer. What more can I add to that?

This cam is well built, easy to setup,. I have 12 cameras and this one is probably one of the best. The night vision is awesome. The claim that it can see 196 ft with Night vision is not a stretch, I can see that far and maybe more. The white lights are bright. The image is awesome.. the PTZ function is smooth. The cam is mounted on the far side of the house, which is a good distance from the modem/router and with the dual antennas it gets a strong signal. I highly recommend this cam. I absolutely love this camera, so much so, that I have purchased 4 more. I will retire 4 other stationary cams because these cameras can see as much as those 4 cams and even more because of the PTZ function. And I may add that should you need support, the seller has EXCELLENT support, email to them is answered promptly.
I do recommend that you use FREE version of Comodo Firewall with ANY security camera from ANY manufacturer. With the firewall, you can go to global rules and block the MAC address of the device from traffic in and out on any port to any port and you should be safe and still able to access your cams.