Eufy Camera Integration

Feature Requests
1186

Thanks, I modified the camera.py and now I have the entities show up!
Added a picture element card and can view last motion. What card I need to add to get the live streaming? Also I found a bunch of WARNING like below, searched this post and there are a few reporting but didn’t find how to solve it.

WARNING (MainThread) [eufy_security.camera] Unable to process parameter "1056", value "1"
1187

Please do me/us a favor and read this thread once from the beginning, esp. the beginning as there was more or less only this integration, we are currently talking about. You have already seen, that the answer are there on the example of the loop.

  • The warnings and some errors are there and that’s it
  • You have to define scripts to start and stop the stream and some (as I) have to refresh the view.

So if you want, you can have scripts like this

kamera_garten_an:
  alias: Kamera Garten an
  sequence:
  - service: camera.turn_on
    data: {}
    entity_id: camera.garten
  mode: single
  icon: mdi:video
kamera_garten_aus:
  alias: Kamera Garten aus
  sequence:
  - service: camera.turn_off
    data: {}
    entity_id: camera.garten
  mode: single
  icon: mdi:video-off

and glance cards like this

  - type: picture-glance
    title: Kamera Garten
    entities:
      - entity: script.kamera_garten_an
      - entity: script.kamera_garten_aus
    camera_image: camera.garten
    camera_view: live

If you click on this card, you will see the last motion picture in big. If you start the stream (perhaps reload the view, pull to refresh, f5, …) and click again, you will have the stream. Most probably it deactivates after some time, or you use the stop stream to save the battery afterwards.

But again, please read this thread. Everything, what I have described has been described more than once before.

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1188

got it, thank you for your time!

1189

Nobody who can explain that?

1190

The IO Borker for rest commands (changing the state of Eufy cams)
The ha-eufy-security for streams but the Add-on become oldier according to what I understood (but it works for me)

The last of brodpat would permits to do all like in the Eufy application I think, but works is in progress…

It’s just what I understood because quite newby with my Eufy’s cams.

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1191

Yeah, for the moment there 3 possibilities
the io broker like u mentioned
the ha eufy security which is old
and the addon from MaxW

But i think there’s a 4th one in making using websocket… (thatswhy i asked to explain to be sure i’m not misunderstood)
The websocket method will be based on the same library which bropat uses…
Then there could come an official addon/integration from home assistant i think, which will make all the other 3 possibilities unnecesary (again, if i’m correct)

SO question is, am i correct?

1192

I think you are. The websocket opens up a path to a native home assistant integration / addon. Unclear how close / far away this is though.

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1193

wait for Bropat on the “4th one”. its experimental/in-dev. It should be the ultimate solution, but we should wait for him, on his own schedule to release if he’s going to

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1194

Thanks for the summary, very helpful!

1195

Ur welcome

1196

Yes of course

1197

Hi. I’m about to buy a new doorbell and thinking of getting the Eufy 2k Battery one. Before I do can anyone comment on how well this integrates with HA? Any recommendations which of the integration options is best (iobroker or MQTT bridge)? Is it responsive, etc?
Thanks!

1198

Did anyone successfully integrate this camera (eufy 2K pan & tilt) with home assistant ?

If so, I would like to know how! :slight_smile:

1199

Yes. Hacky but it works for most things.

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1200

“well” is relative. There’s a good client library out there now for controlling the devices but there’s no good python implementation. It’s being worked on, so for now the options are as you say iobroker or the MQTT bridge. Both are pretty responsive IMO but they are limited by the devices being in the cloud.

1201

Thanks. I’ve ordered one so I guess I’ll soon find out how well it performed :slight_smile:

1202

is RTSP finally available on the Eufy doorbell then?
I like the resolution of the eufy, but no RTSP would be a deal breaker for me.
I want to replace my faulty Hikvision DS-KB6403-WIP Doorbell and looking for a camera that’s wired, with RTSP and a way to get the doorbell press event into HA, local storage and no subscription.
The other camera I’ve got my eyes on is potentially the Ezviz DB1.

Thoughts or advice?
I’m in the UK with a budget of up to £200

1203

No. And I wouldn’t expect to ever see that.

What you’re after imo is a bit of a unicorn. I’ve yet to find one that’s good and does rtsp/is local.

1204

Thanks, I do like myself a bit of a unicorn for lunch :laughing:
I managed pretty much everything with the Hikvision (wired (at least by power), RTSP, local storage, I capture the doorbell button press event via tasker on a spare tablet).
The issue with that doorbell is that its design renders it useless at night (the IR LED reflect on the outer plastic lens) and when it rains it’s blurry as hell.
I’m also getting too many wifi disconnections.
The Ezviz DB1 would at least provide a proper PIR for motion to better trigger person detection via TensorFlow, but I do like the eufy’s built-in person detection.
How quickly does the last motion snapshot get generated? I guess I could live with this as a drawback if I can at least catch the button press event relatively quickly…

1205

To HASS? Pretty quick. Couple of seconds. Haven’t really ever timed it.

Edit: ACTUALLY i take that back. I think what it does is it waits until after the motion event is over and THEN generates the snapshot. I may be wrong.

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