Automation - Lifx colour palettes
Intro
This accessory will apply a colour palette on your Lifx Z light trip.
The list of palettes must be stored on a file. The plugin will pick a random palette from the file every time you turn on the switch. If you want to apply always the same palette, create a json file with only one palette.
Palettes file
Example:
The JSON file must contain an array of objects. Each object will be a palette.
Format of each palette object:
Attribute | Required | Description | Example |
---|---|---|---|
name | Yes | The name of the palette | Random 1 |
url | No | A link to the original palette (if any) | https://website.com/palette |
author.name | No (default: unknown ) |
The name of the author of the palette | John Doe |
author.url | No | An attribution link, if any | https://webside.com/author |
palette | Yes | An array of HEX colour codes, starting with "#". You can have as many colours as you like, the palette will be spread across the zones of your Lifx Z strip. The max number of colours is the number of zones of your light strip (24 in the config example). | ["#ff0000", "#bb0000"] |
You can find an example file in this repo under palettes.json
. This file contains the top palettes from COLOURlovers.
Config
Example config.json:
This accessory will create a switch. Turning on the switch will apply a random palette to your Lifx Z light trip. The switch will turn off automatically after 1 second.
The switch has the following properties:
Name | Description | Example |
---|---|---|
Author | The name of the author of the current applied palette | John Doe |
Palette | The name of the current applied palette | Random 1 |
Fade in | To be used instead of the main Power switch . It will pick a random palette and fade-in the lights. |
Switch |
Note: some properties are not compatible with iOS Home app, use Elgato Eve app instead.
Configuration options
Attribute | Required | Usage | Example |
---|---|---|---|
name | Yes | A unique name for the accessory. It will be used as the accessory name in HomeKit. | Living Room Light |
light.ip | Yes | The IP address of the light (this plugin does not currently support autodetect) | 192.168.1.26 |
light.mac | Yes | The MAC address of the light (this plugin does not currently support autodetect) | d0:00:00:00:00:00 |
light.zones | Yes | The number of zones of your lightstrip (this plugin does not currently support autodetect) | 24 |
standardMode.brightness | No (default: 100 ) |
The brightness to be set when turning on the main switch | 65 (% brightness) |
fadeInMode.brightness | No (default: 100 ) |
The brightness to be set when turning on the fade-in switch | 100 (% brightness) |
fadeInMode.transitionDuration | No (default: 1 ) |
The number of seconds to fade-in the light when turning on the fade-in switch | 180 (seconds) |
palettesFile | Yes | The path of the palette file (relative to the Homebridge current working directory) | ./palettes.json |
Credits
Big thanks to @futomi for the support in improving the Node Lifx lan
module.