Caution
READ THIS BEFORE UPDATING
This is not an update to the plugin you already have. It is a new plugin that replaces it.
1. Check your Homebridge and Node versions first
You need Homebridge 2 and Node.js 24.5.0 or newer. On anything older this plugin simply will
not start.
2. Your current cameras and sensors will not carry over
The new plugin creates its own accessories in the Home app. The ones you have now stay behind as
"not responding" and you delete them yourself.
3. You will have to redo your rooms, names and automations
Once. Any automation using a eufy camera, sensor, lock or light will need to be pointed at the new
accessory. Take a screenshot of your automations before you start.
4. Your existing eufy settings are not reused
You set the plugin up again from scratch: log in, and configure it in the Homebridge UI.
5. Back up before you touch anything
In the Homebridge UI: Backup / Restore → Download Backup.
6. If your home depends on this working, wait a little
Version 4.7.2 still works today and is not going anywhere. Try this beta somewhere a camera going
dark is annoying rather than a problem.
But read the next point before deciding to stay on it.
7. Version 4.x is no longer being worked on
All maintenance from here goes to 5.x only. No fixes, no new devices, no eufy changes followed on
4.x — it is frozen at 4.7.2 and stays installable, nothing more. If eufy changes something on their
side that breaks 4.x, it will not be repaired.
So staying on 4.x is fine for now, and it is not a long-term plan.
New
- Live view and siren for cameras connected to a HomeBase S1 Pro (sdk#345, sdk#364).
- Talkback works on cameras whose speaker needs AAC-ELD audio (#1160).
Fixed
- The connection to eufy recovers when it could not come up at startup (sdk#377).
- The plugin stops logging in again and again once eufy asks for a captcha or a 2FA code (sdk#432).
- Smoother live video timing (sdk#368, sdk#423, sdk#392).
- More reliable connections to some cameras and stations (sdk#391, sdk#393, sdk#394, sdk#407, sdk#426).
- A stopped HomeBase alarm no longer shows as triggered (sdk#425).
- Snapshots that came out broken on some cameras now show (sdk#409).
- Device fixes: the T8210C shows as a doorbell, T8E00 and T8P00 PoE cameras as wired, the T8E00 and the Baby Monitor E21 (T8354) get pan/tilt, the T8134 no longer offers a pan/tilt it does not have, the E330 Pro spotlight switches, the S350 turns on and off (sdk#358, sdk#438, sdk#376, sdk#430, sdk#431, sdk#406, sdk#321).
- No more warning about the indoor motion sensitivity on some sensors (sdk#405).
- Diagnostics record whether talkback reached the camera (#1182).