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.
Fixed
- A camera whose sound cannot be converted no longer restarts the conversion on every sound packet; video keeps playing (#1220).
- When a camera answers but sends no picture in time, the message now says so instead of asking you to check your network (#1219).
- A station that cannot be reached directly is now reached through eufy's relay, as the eufy app does.
New devices
- Live view for the standalone Video Doorbell C30 (T8224).
Diagnostics
- A diagnostics file now shows which part of the eufy connection failed at startup (#1217), when the doorbell video connection is refused (#1218), and each camera's picture size (#1222).