Petkit Yumshare Solo (Gen 1)

The Petkit Yumshare Solo is an automatic pet feeder with a built-in camera. In addition to scheduled feeding, it provides live video streaming, motion detection, pet detection, and eating detection. Localkit exposes all these features as Home Assistant entities via MQTT.

Installation

Localkit is installed through the Provisioning entry in the Web UI navigation. Once provisioning has succeeded, you are asked for a script — run the install script from the serial shell (see Physical Access), because telnet is not available until it completes:

wget -qO- http://tool.localkit.io/scripts/d4h/2.0.0/install | sh

To remove Localkit again:

wget -qO- http://tool.localkit.io/scripts/d4h/1.0.0/uninstall | sh

Once the script has finished, the feeder restarts and telnet is enabled. You can then log in with the credentials listed under How to connect.

Supported Features

• ✅ Manual feed trigger
• ✅ Feeding schedules
• ✅ Camera control (enable/disable)
• ✅ Live stream (RTSP)
• ✅ Snapshot capture
• ✅ Motion detection
• ✅ Pet visit detection
• ✅ Eating detection
• ✅ Night vision
• ✅ Microphone
• ✅ Food level warning
• ✅ Desiccant tracking
• ✅ Volume control
• ✅ Sensitivity tuning
• ✅ Bluetooth Proxy

Actions (Buttons)

These appear as Button entities in Home Assistant.

Name	Description
Feed	Dispenses one portion of food immediately
Take Snapshot	Captures a photo from the built-in camera

Sensors (Read-only)

These appear as Sensor entities in Home Assistant under the diagnostic category.

Name	Technical Name	Unit	Description
Device Status	device_status	—	Current working state: IDLE, WORKING
Error	error	—	Active error: food_empty, door_closed, or null
IP Address	ip_address	—	The device's local IP address
Bowl	bowl	—	Current bowl status as a numeric code
Hertz	hertz	—	Camera frequency setting (50 or 60 Hz)
Next Desiccant Change in Days	durability_in_days	d	Days remaining until the desiccant packet should be replaced

Binary Sensors (Read-only)

These appear as Binary Sensor entities in Home Assistant under the diagnostic category.

Name	Technical Name	Device Class	Description
Move Detected	move_detected	motion	true when movement is detected in front of the feeder
Pet Detected	pet_detected	motion	true when the camera identifies a pet
Eat Detected	eat_detected	—	true when the camera detects eating behavior
Door	door	—	true when the food tray door is open
Infrared	infrared	—	true when the infrared night vision is active

Snapshot

The most recent snapshot taken appears as an Image entity in Home Assistant.

Name	Technical Name	Description
Snapshot	last_snapshot	The latest image captured from the camera

Camera Stream

The camera feed can also be pulled directly as an RTSP stream:

rtsp://<device-ip>:8554/stream0

Replace <device-ip> with the device's local IP address. The stream can be used in any RTSP-capable client — for example go2rtc or VLC — or added to a Home Assistant dashboard as described in Camera Streams.

Switches

These appear as Switch entities in Home Assistant under the config category.

Name	Technical Name	Default	Description
Refill Alarm	food_warn	On	Sends a notification when the food hopper is running low
Child Lock	manual_lock	Off	Locks the physical buttons on the device
Camera	camera	On	Enables or disables the camera module
Microphone	microphone	On	Enables or disables the built-in microphone
Night Vision	night	Off	Switches the camera to infrared night vision mode
Timestamp Display	time_display	Off	Overlays the current time on the camera image
Move Detection	move_detection	On	Enables motion-triggered detection and alerts
Pet Visit Detection	pet_detection	On	Enables AI-based pet recognition
Pet Eat Detection	eat_detection	On	Enables detection of eating behavior
Voice for Food Dispensing	sound_enable	On	Plays a voice prompt when food is dispensed
Voice Prompt	system_sound_enable	On	Enables system voice guidance and status announcements
Pet Tracking	smart_frame	Off	Automatically frames and follows the pet in the camera view

Select Controls

These appear as Select entities in Home Assistant under the config category.

Name	Technical Name	Options	Description
Feed Amount	amount	10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50	Portion size per dispense in grams

Number Controls

These appear as Number entities in Home Assistant under the config category.

Name	Technical Name	Range	Step	Default	Description
Volume	volume	0–9	1	4	Speaker volume for voice prompts and dispense sounds
Move Sensitivity	move_sensitivity	1–9	1	1	Sensitivity of the motion detection (1 = least sensitive, 9 = most sensitive)
Pet Visit Sensitivity	pet_sensitivity	1–9	1	3	Sensitivity of the pet recognition AI
Pet Eat Sensitivity	eat_sensitivity	1–9	1	3	Sensitivity of the eating detection AI
Desiccant Durability	desiccant_durability	0–90	1	30	Expected lifespan of the desiccant packet in days. Used to calculate the next change reminder.

Feeding Schedules

The feeder supports time-based feeding schedules. Each schedule entry defines a time of day and a portion amount. Schedules are stored in dedicated schedule tables and processed by Localkit to trigger feed actions at the configured times.

Physical Access

Soldering required

Unlike the Gen 2 models, the Yumshare Solo offers no telnet access out of the box. The device must be opened and a serial connection soldered to gain a shell.

To access the device:

1. Open the device casing to expose the PCB.
2. Connect an FTDI adapter to the serial pins.
3. Use a terminal to establish a serial connection and gain shell access.

Soldering

The main PCB is located behind the camera. The back piece of the camera needs to be unscrewed to access the board. The connector is not soldered, and the PCB is coated. You need to scratch the coating off, or remove it with acetone.

Once the cable is soldered, power on the feeder and wait until you are prompted for a password.

How to connect

Once telnet is enabled, connect to the device over telnet:

1. Connect to the device via telnet: telnet <device-ip>
2. Log in with user root and password while(&P.