Fellow users of the Hikvision doorbell add-on, we have some wonderful news for you!
It is with great excitement that me and and @pergolafabio announce a new version of the Hikvision Doorbell add-on: 3.0.0-beta.1.
Since there are some big changes under the hood, we have decided for now to release it as beta, to help test out the changes before an official release. We gladly ask anyone interested to test this new version by installing it in their Home Assistant instance, to help us iron out the last remaining bugs.
This release contains some breaking changes to the configuration options, the sensors and the input commands. These changes were necessary to enable the new features (as well as more to come!).
The addon has been completely rewritten, to more easily add new features and integrations in the future (did someone say MQTT integration? ;) ).
Here are the main changes (if you are interested, take a look at the full release notes for all the juicy details):
- Change the name of the addon to Hikvision Doorbell
- Handle multiple doorbells
- Customize the name of each doorbell
- Automatic discovery of doorbell type (indoor or outdoor) upon connection
- Configurable system logs (to help in troubleshooting and diagnosing problems)
- Improved documentation for both end users and developers
- Changed the format of input commands to:
<command> <doorbell_name> <optional_argument>- The name of the doorbell must be specified as part of the command
- Changed the sensors created inside HA:
- The doorbell name is part of the sensor name
- Sensors are initialized to
offon startup - Sensors are
binary_sensors
- Run the addon as a standalone Docker container, for Home Assistant installations without supervisor. (this feature is considered experimental and still to be appropriately tested. Feedback is welcome!)
Glad to hear you are exited! ;) We have detailed the installation instructions in a document just for you!
NOTE: Bear in mind that when installing the Beta version, it will co-exist with your current version of the add-on, managing a different set of sensors inside HA.
You feedback is very welcome! If you have any doubt, would like to report a bug or to simply chime in, please have a look at the Github Issues page and drop us a note!