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
- Opening a live view again after the previous one ended no longer waits for a picture that never comes.
- An expired eufy login is now reported instead of stopping Homebridge during a background refresh.
- A HomeBase that talks to the plugin without encryption now answers its settings and status.
- A doorbell that reports its own video quality no longer shows a camera quality setting it does not accept.
- A T8423 stays reachable after its guard mode is changed.
New devices
- Live view for the PoE E41 (T8P10) behind an NVR (T8N00).
- Live view for the SoloCam (T8162), the Indoor Cam (T8410) and the Video Doorbell (T8214) when attached to an NVR (T8N00).
- Spotlight on and off for the Wall Light Cam S4 (T86C1).
Under the hood
- Updates the eufy library to 0.6.0-beta.12 and takes the latest patch releases of the video connection library (#1226).