homebridge-lifx-plugin

LIFX plugin for Homebridge.

This is the first lifx plugin that officially supports adaptive lighting ☀️ | 🌑

A plugin that automatically adds Lifx bulbs on the network to the Homebridge instead of tediously registering the lights individually via homekit.

This plugin will be updated regularly in the future, because I see it as a small heart task and use it personally.

The reason to create this plugin was the use of several published already existing lifx-plugins for homebridge and the anger struggeling with lifx and homekit. Unfortunately, all the plugins I tested slowed down homebridge so I couldn't access my devices from outside my network. This plugin should fix that problem and add some extra functionality

Also, lights that were not connected to the power were marked as "not responding". This plugin automatically sets the status of these lights to offline as soon as the light can no longer be reached.

I appreciate anyone who would like to use my plugin and welcome comments of any kind.

Of course, sometimes no error is left out, so forgive me if you might have problems and stay tuned. Updates will follow as soon as possible!

💡 Features

Adaptive Lighting
Different dim settings for brightness, color and On/Off
Addind lights automatically
Addind lights individually
Exclusions for individual bulbs
Default route for different NICs

🚀 Quick Start

1. Installation

npm i homebridge-lifx-plugin

or use the awesome Homebridge Config Ui X plugin

2. Setup

To make sure your bulbs are automatically detected, enter your correct broadcast address in advanced settings. If you don't know what broadcast address means, have a look at this comment.

You can retrieve your broadcast address with the following command:

Windows

ipconfig

Mac/Linux

ifconfig

All settings can be configured in the Homebridge Plugin Settings GUI

All options can be found under Settings

3. Enjoy 😎💡

All Lifx bulbs accessible on the network will be added to your homekit automatically. So go outside, configure your lights, create scenes and automations. Enjoy your life🧘

⚙️ Settings

General

Title	Name	Type	Value	Default	Description
Platform Name	`name`	`string`	any	"Lifx Plugin"	Display name of the platform, to be seen in the log
Enable Auto Discover	`autoDiscover`	`boolean`	true/false	true	Discovers bulbs by broadcasting
Duration	`duration`	`integer`	0...∞	0	Time to fade on/off in milliseconds
Brightness Duration	`brightnessDuration`	`integer`	0...∞	300	Time to fade in milliseconds for changing brightness
Color Duration	`colorDuration`	`integer`	0...∞	300	Time to fade in milliseconds for changing color

Bulbs

Adding bulbs separately is useful for networks where broadcasting is not possible or if you do not want the plugin to discover all bulbs automatically. If autoDiscover is enabled the separately added bulbs are not added a second time.

Title	Name	Type	Value	Default	Description
Name	`name`	`string`	any		Name for recognizing the bulb
Address	`address`	`string`	ip		IP address of the bulb to be added separately

Excludes

You can now create exceptions for your bulbs that should not be registered with broadcasting

Title	Name	Type	Value	Description
Name	`name`	`string`	any	Name for recognizing the bulb
Address	`address`	`string`	ip	IP address of the bulb to be excluded
ID	`id`	`string`	id	Serial number of the bulb to be excluded

Advenced Settings

Title	Name	Type	Value	Default	Description
Default Route	`default`	`string`	ip	0.0.0.0	Default route address to bind the udp connection to
Broadcast Address	`broadcast`	`string`	ip	255.255.255.255	Broadcast address of your network to detect bulbs automatically
Offline Tolerance	`lightOfflineTolerance`	`integer`	1...∞	3	A light is offline if not seen for the given amount of discoveries
Handler Timeout	`messageHandlerTimeout`	`integer`	100...∞	45000	In ms, if not answer in time an error is provided to get methods
Resend Packet Delay	`resendPacketDelay`	`integer`	50...∞	150	Delay between packages if light did not receive a packet
Resend Packet Max Times	`resendMaxTimes`	`integer`	0...∞	3	Resend packages x times if light did not receive a packet
Update	`updates`	`boolean`	true/false	true	Disable if you don't want the plugin to check for updates

Example Configuration

💡 Autodiscover

{
   "name": "Lifx",
   "duration": 0,
   "brightnessDuration": 300,
   "colorDuration": 300,
   "broadcast": "255.255.255.255",
   "lightOfflineTolerance": 3,
   "messageHandlerTimeout": 45000,
   "resendPacketDelay": 150,
   "resendMaxTimes": 3,
   "debug": false,
   "autoDiscover": true,
   "platform": "LifxPlugin"
}

🔧 Manually Added Bulbs

{
   "name": "Lifx",
   "duration": 500,
   "brightnessDuration": 500,
   "colorDuration": 500,
   "broadcast": "255.255.255.255",
   "lightOfflineTolerance": 3,
   "messageHandlerTimeout": 45000,
   "resendPacketDelay": 150,
   "resendMaxTimes": 3,
   "debug": false,
   "autoDiscover": false,
   "bulbs": [
         {
            "address": "192.168.178.20"
         }
   ],
   "platform": "LifxPlugin"
}

📝 ToDo

✅ Officialy supported on

LIFX A19 Night Vision
LIFX A19
LIFX Z
LIFX Mini White
LIFX BR30 Night Vision
LIFX Original
LIFX Colour 1000
LIFX GU10
LIFX Mini Day & Dusk

All other bulbs could be supported, but without guarantee. If you find something that does not fit yet open an issue, I will take care of it

🔍 Tested on

LIFX A19 Night Vision
LIFX A19
LIFX Z
LIFX Mini White (by 7RDR7)
LIFX BR30 Night Vision (by 7RDR7)
LIFX Original (by andyvirus)
LIFX Colour 1000 (by andyvirus)
LIFX GU10 (by L0T8)
LIFX Mini Day & Dusk (by L0T8)

calvarium/homebridge-lifx-plugin