Vineyard camera - Reolink monitoring + AI
24/7 visual monitoring of your vineyard with a Reolink IP camera and automatic AI analysis (Roboflow YOLO).
What does it do?
A Reolink camera mounted in the vineyard takes a snapshot every 30 seconds and uploads it to the server. The system automatically analyzes each snapshot with artificial intelligence, detecting:
- Plant condition - growth stages (BBCH), diseases, pests
- Frost protection check - during spring frosts, you can see from home whether the sprinklers are running
- General oversight - keep an eye on the vineyard from anywhere
How it works
Reolink camera → FTP upload every 30s → Server → Roboflow YOLO AI → Results on the dashboard
- The camera takes a snapshot every 30 seconds
- The photo is uploaded to the server over FTP
- VineyardElf fetches the snapshot and sends it for AI analysis
- The result (detections with annotations) appears on the dashboard
Live view on the dashboard
The main VineyardElf dashboard shows a Vineyard camera widget with:
- Live preview - the image refreshes automatically every 30 seconds
- An Auto button (enable/disable auto-refresh)
- Manual refresh
- The status of the latest AI analysis
Configuration
In the Vineyard camera tab (sidebar) you can set:
- Snapshot URL - the HTTP address that returns a photo from the camera
- Roboflow API key - for AI analysis
- AI model - e.g. a grapevine disease model
- Monitoring interval - how often automatic analysis runs
- Auto-monitoring - enable/disable recurring analysis
Recommended hardware
- Camera: Reolink E1 Zoom (PTZ, 5MP, WiFi, ~70 EUR)
- Power: USB or PoE
- Connection: vineyard WiFi
- Upload: FTP to your hosting server
Planned extensions
- Bird detection - automatically detect birds and scare them off with sound through an API-controlled speaker
- Multi-camera - several cameras covering different parts of the vineyard
- Time comparison - photos from the same spot across different days/weeks
- PTZ control - remotely pan and zoom the camera