LIFX for Home Assistant (built-in integration)

About

LIFX is a built-in integration that controls LIFX smart lights over the local network. It adds light entities along with a clean cycle binary sensor, a signal strength sensor, and selects for infrared brightness and theme. Several actions run firmware-based effects, including flame and morph on Tiles or Candle, move on Z, Lightstrip or Beam, and sky on Ceiling lights. Other actions cover color loop and pulse effects, stopping a running effect, painting a theme or custom palette across lights, and setting color and brightness. Another action controls the HEV LEDs on a LIFX Clean bulb. Devices are found automatically on the network and added through the UI, or entered by host.

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Supports

Works locally Talks to your devices on your own network. No vendor cloud in between.
Set up in the UI Add it in Settings, Devices and services. Nothing to download.
Found by itself Home Assistant spots it on the network and offers to add it.
Updated with Home Assistant Ships and updates with every Home Assistant release.

Provides

Lights
Sensors

Setting it up

Home Assistant usually finds it on the network and offers to add it. It can also be added by hand under Settings, Devices and services.

Connect

HostThe hostname or IP address of your LIFX device.
Serial numberThe twelve-character serial number printed on your LIFX device. On its own, it is resolved by broadcasting to your network.

Choose a device

DeviceThe discovered LIFX device to add.

Change the connection

HostThe new hostname or IP address of this LIFX device.

Texts from Home Assistant's source code, Apache License 2.0.

Entities

Binary sensorsClean cycle
SelectsInfrared brightness, Theme
SensorsRSSI

Actions

Color loop effectRuns an effect with looping colors.Fields: Brightness value, Brightness, Change, Period, Power on, Maximum saturation, Minimum saturation, Spread, Transition
Flame effectStarts the firmware-based Flame effect on LIFX Tiles or Candle.Fields: Power on, Speed
Morph effectStarts the firmware-based Morph effect on LIFX Tiles or Candle.Fields: Palette, Power on, Speed, Theme
Move effectStarts the firmware-based Move effect on a LIFX Z, Lightstrip or Beam.Fields: Direction, Power on, Speed, Theme
Pulse effectRuns a flash effect by changing to a color and back.Fields: Brightness value, Brightness, Color name, Cycles, Mode, Period, Power on, RGB color
Sky effectStarts a firmware-based effect on LIFX Ceiling lights that animates a sky scene across the device.Fields: Cloud saturation maximum, Cloud saturation minimum, Palette, Power on, Sky type, Speed
Stop effectStops a running effect.
Paint themePaints either a provided theme or custom palette across one or more LIFX lights.Fields: Palette, Power on, Theme, Transition
Set HEV cycle stateControls the HEV LEDs on a LIFX Clean bulb.Fields: Duration, Enable
Set stateSets a color/brightness and possibly turn the light on/off.Fields: Infrared, Power, Transition, Zones