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Support for LIFX Light Bulbs? #68
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On the downside the LIFX bulbs are very expensive. Did you consider Yeelight (WiFi) as an alternative? Background: I am planning to provide a driver for yeelight, but currently there are no plans for LIFX unfortunately. |
I agree that the LIFX bulbs are expensive (especially if compared to non-smart bulbs), but not that much if compared to the (also expensive but quite popular) Philips Hue. Regarding the Yeelight (WiFi) you mentioned, I also read about them before as they are not as expensive, however they are also significantly less bright: Can you estimate how difficult it is to include LIFX into pimatic led-light (given the fact that the official API and an unofficial JS-libary are available)? Maybe I could convince you or somebody else to provide a driver for LIFX in the future... |
Well, give me some time to review. I found a page providing a "virtual bulb" - https://virtualbulb.lifx.co/ and some other projects alike. This makes it possible to test stuff without having the hardware in place. The library node-lifx also looks nice and easy to use. |
Any news on the lifx integration? |
Hi,
I'm thinking about buying a LIFX Light Bulb
https://www.lifx.com
Even compared to the latest 3rd generation of Philips Hue they got good ratings, see e.g. the latest report here https://www.cnet.com/news/smart-home-showdown-philips-hue-vs-lifx/
I especially like the fact, that I can start with just one bulb and need no extra bridge and the LIFX brightness is larger.
Unfortunately I didn't find any pimatic plugin that supports LIFX.
Could support for this LIFX device be easily included in this plugin? The official LIFX LAN API is provided here
https://lan.developer.lifx.com
and a Python implementation can be found here
https://github.com/mclarkk/lifxlan
and a Node.js implementation
https://github.com/MariusRumpf/node-lifx
Unfortunately I've no skills in programming CoffeeScript but maybe it is an easy extension that somebody can do. This would be highly appreciated, already many thanks!
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