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Cync LAN

Local control of Cync / C by GE smart lighting — no cloud, no internet required. Home Assistant runs a small TCP/TLS server that your Cync devices connect to instead of Cync's cloud, via a DNS override at your router.

Main repository: https://github.com/Proxy-alt/cync-lan


Setup

Page What it covers
DNS The one hard requirement. Per-router guides for Pi-hole, AdGuard Home, OPNsense, Omada and dnsmasq.
Installation Installing the integration, the Docker/MQTT add-on, or plain Docker Compose.
Troubleshooting Start here when something does not connect or a device is missing.
Tips Practical notes from real deployments.

Going deeper

Page What it covers
Debugging Setup Capturing packets and reading the debug logs, for reporting a bug usefully.
Firmware Versions Reading device firmware versions, and why upgrading is discouraged.

Why some documentation is not here

The protocol research lives in the repository, not the wiki, and that is deliberate. Those documents are cited from source comments over a hundred times, they are mirrored across three release branches by a CI check that fails on drift, and their claims carry evidence tiers (confirmed / plausible / not found) that are worth reviewing in a pull request rather than editing in place.

These pages are editable

Router UIs change, and there are more router models than anyone can own. If a step here is wrong or missing for your hardware, correcting it directly is genuinely useful — that is why the setup guides live in a wiki and the protocol research does not.

Bugs and feature requests still belong in issues; questions and "did this work for you" reports fit discussions.

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