Update for Homebridge v2.0.0-beta.29

[LutzRFrank]

Describe the bug
The plugin doesn't load in v2.0.0-beta.29

[7/3/2025, 9:26:08 AM] [FritzPlatform] Fritz-Box 6660 Cable (repeater): Adding Switch service
[7/3/2025, 9:26:08 AM] TypeError: Class constructor Service cannot be invoked without 'new'
at new Service.Switch (/homebridge/node_modules/homebridge-fritz-platform/src/types/custom.types.js:310:13)
at Accessory.addService (/homebridge/node_modules/homebridge/node_modules/hap-nodejs/src/lib/Accessory.ts:517:9)
at PlatformAccessory.addService (file:///homebridge/node_modules/homebridge/src/platformAccessory.ts:93:41)
at Accessory.getService (/homebridge/node_modules/homebridge-fritz-platform/src/accessories/router/router.accessory.js:28:32)
at new Accessory (/homebridge/node_modules/homebridge-fritz-platform/src/accessories/router/router.accessory.js:15:10)
at FritzPlatform.setupAccessory (/homebridge/node_modules/homebridge-fritz-platform/src/platform.js:191:9)
at /homebridge/node_modules/homebridge-fritz-platform/src/platform.js:163:14
at Array.forEach ()
at FritzPlatform.didFinishLaunching (/homebridge/node_modules/homebridge-fritz-platform/src/platform.js:158:22)
[7/3/2025, 9:26:08 AM] Got SIGTERM, shutting down Homebridge...
[7/3/2025, 9:26:09 AM] [FritzPlatform] An error occurred during polling router/characteristics!
[7/3/2025, 9:26:09 AM] [FritzPlatform] TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'getCharacteristic')
at Handler.get (/homebridge/node_modules/homebridge-fritz-platform/src/accessories/router/router.handler.js:96:66)
at Handler.poll (/homebridge/node_modules/homebridge-fritz-platform/src/accessories/router/router.handler.js:979:22)
at Timeout._onTimeout (/homebridge/node_modules/homebridge-fritz-platform/src/accessories/router/router.handler.js:25:27)
at listOnTimeout (node:internal/timers:588:17)
at processTimers (node:internal/timers:523:7)

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activate a master device, like FritzBox 6660

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[Espny92]

Does this plugin work with any Homebridge 2.0 version reliably?

[LutzRFrank]

reliably?? Not at all ...

[Uzlopak]

Well, what should i say... i started to refactor the code. I guess right now i am half way through.

Is there some opportunity to hand over the maintenance of this plugin?

[LutzRFrank]

I assume the original author could maybe - if still around.

But couldn't you create a fork of this project and keep the development up there?

[pfrasun]

Despite this plugin was refactored and fork for this plugin exists, I still have issues running it on the latest beta Docker container.
It looks like after an update all works fine, but changes to the config and restarts of the host machine cause numerous issues, plugin fails to start.
Maybe I did something wrong when installing the fork from the terminal command, but issue remains there. @Uzlopak could you be so kind as to publish the compiled fork plugin?

[kolorfilm]

Any news here? Final version of Homebridge 2 is out now. I would love if the plugin could be migrated to work with it. 🙌🏻

[LutzRFrank]

the clone of minhtuannguyen, to be found at https://github.com/minhtuannguyen/homebridge-fritz-platform works fine here on 2.0.1. You need to use

git clone https://github.com/minhtuannguyen/homebridge-fritz-platform.git cd homebridge-fritz-platform npm install sudo npm link # exposes the package globally sudo npm link homebridge-fritz-platform # in your homebridge user dir sudo hb-service restart

[kolorfilm]

the clone of minhtuannguyen, to be found at https://github.com/minhtuannguyen/homebridge-fritz-platform works fine here on 2.0.1. You need to use

git clone https://github.com/minhtuannguyen/homebridge-fritz-platform.git cd homebridge-fritz-platform npm install sudo npm link # exposes the package globally sudo npm link homebridge-fritz-platform # in your homebridge user dir sudo hb-service restart

this works, thanks for the hint.

I tried this first with latest HB 1 version and then hit the button in the home bridge ui. After that the plugin disappeared again and I had to run the clone + link etc. manually again. Do I need to to this after every HB update now? Any idea?
Thank you!

[LutzRFrank]

Didn’t try yet … shouldn’t be the case. Lets wait for the next HB betaAm 06.05.2026 um 22:05 schrieb Michael Päßler ***@***.***>:kolorfilm left a comment (seydx/homebridge-fritz-platform#352) the clone of minhtuannguyen, to be found at https://github.com/minhtuannguyen/homebridge-fritz-platform works fine here on 2.0.1. You need to use git clone https://github.com/minhtuannguyen/homebridge-fritz-platform.git cd homebridge-fritz-platform npm install sudo npm link # exposes the package globally sudo npm link homebridge-fritz-platform # in your homebridge user dir sudo hb-service restart this works, thanks for the hint. I tried this first with latest HB 1 version and then hit the button in the home bridge ui. After that the plugin disappeared again and I had to run the clone + link etc. manually again. Do I need to to this after every HB update now? Any idea? Thank you! —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[LutzRFrank]

Just tested going to the latest 0.2 beta. No issue - they plugin stays activeAm 06.05.2026 um 22:05 schrieb Michael Päßler ***@***.***>:kolorfilm left a comment (seydx/homebridge-fritz-platform#352) the clone of minhtuannguyen, to be found at https://github.com/minhtuannguyen/homebridge-fritz-platform works fine here on 2.0.1. You need to use git clone https://github.com/minhtuannguyen/homebridge-fritz-platform.git cd homebridge-fritz-platform npm install sudo npm link # exposes the package globally sudo npm link homebridge-fritz-platform # in your homebridge user dir sudo hb-service restart this works, thanks for the hint. I tried this first with latest HB 1 version and then hit the button in the home bridge ui. After that the plugin disappeared again and I had to run the clone + link etc. manually again. Do I need to to this after every HB update now? Any idea? Thank you! —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[Espny92]

Hi there! Could someone please help me to install this fork - step by step - since I was only ever using the plugin section within home bridge for plugin installing.
Would I have to delete the old plugin and migrate to home bridge 2.0 first?I saved my fritz plugin config on my desktop so I could copy / paste to the new plugin.
Any help highly appreciated!

[LutzRFrank]

Yes, you have to remove the old plugin - but save the config somewhere - and upgrade to homebridge 2.0 first. The next steps need to be done in a terminal window. I just pasted on my Raspberry Pi terminal but checked the homebridge location first to put the plugin into the correct place and loaded it into a /temp directory. (Using ***@***.***:~$ which homebridge /usr/local/bin/homebridge ***@***.***:~$ cd /tmp git clone https://github.com/minhtuannguyen/homebridge-fritz-platform.git cd homebridge-fritz-platform npm install sudo npm link cd /var/lib/homebridge sudo npm link homebridge-fritz-platform sudo systemctl restart homebridge Klone nach 'homebridge-fritz-platform'... remote: Enumerating objects: 4814, done. remote: Counting objects: 100% (431/431), done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (64/64), done. remote: Total 4814 (delta 386), reused 374 (delta 362), pack-reused 4383 (from 2) Empfange Objekte: 100% (4814/4814), 12.33 MiB | 7.23 MiB/s, fertig. Löse Unterschiede auf: 100% (3096/3096), fertig. added 352 packages, and audited 353 packages in 30s 70 packages are looking for funding   run `npm fund` for details 26 vulnerabilities (9 moderate, 12 high, 5 critical) To address issues that do not require attention, run:   npm audit fix Some issues need review, and may require choosing a different dependency. Run `npm audit` for details. added 1 package, and audited 3 packages in 15s 1 package is looking for funding   run `npm fund` for details found 0 vulnerabilities npm notice npm notice New major version of npm available! 10.9.7 -> 11.13.0 npm notice Changelog: https://github.com/npm/cli/releases/tag/v11.13.0 npm notice To update run: npm install -g ***@***.*** npm notice removed 120 packages, and changed 1 package in 13s 1 package is looking for funding   run `npm fund` for details)The linking took some time Am 07.05.2026 um 08:32 schrieb Espny92 ***@***.***>:Espny92 left a comment (seydx/homebridge-fritz-platform#352) Hi there! Could someone please help me to install this fork - step by step - since I was only ever using the plugin section within home bridge for plugin installing. Would I have to delete the old plugin and migrate to home bridge 2.0 first?I saved my fritz plugin config on my desktop so I could copy / paste to the new plugin. Any help highly appreciated! —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[Espny92]

Thank you for getting back to me so quickly! I am running home bridge on a mini PC with Win11 on Hyper-V.

But I am already struggling with this:

put the plugin into the correct place and loaded it into a /temp directory. (Using @.:~$ which homebridge
/usr/local/bin/homebridge
@.:~$ cd /tmp

Next up, will I need to execute those steps below at once or one after another?

cd homebridge-fritz-platform

npm install

sudo npm link

cd /var/lib/homebridge

sudo npm link homebridge-fritz-platform

[kolorfilm]

This is what I did on my Raspberry PI HB:

ssh pi@<RASPBERRY_PI_IP>

cd /var/lib/homebridge

git clone https://github.com/minhtuannguyen/homebridge-fritz-platform.git

cd homebridge-fritz-platform

/opt/homebridge/bin/npm install

rm -rf /var/lib/homebridge/node_modules/homebridge-fritz-platform

ln -s /var/lib/homebridge/homebridge-fritz-platform \
/var/lib/homebridge/node_modules/homebridge-fritz-platform

sudo systemctl restart homebridge

Because Homebridge may remove local symlinks after updates/restarts, I additionally added a small ExecStartPre systemd script to recreate the symlink automatically before Homebridge starts again.

One important note:
The fork currently expects Node 18/20/22. The official image may already use Node 24, which can produce EBADENGINE warnings.

[LutzRFrank]

I just pasted it as one block - that runs one command after another.
But you can easily paste the commands in the proper sequence manually, checking each result individually