smartbulbs-smartthings

Provides a smartapp, device handler and node.js server to manage yeelight bulbs

V3

Provides a smartapp, device handler and node.js server to manage yeelight and mipow bulbs. This release is much tidier, handles bluetooth and wifi bulbs. Also, handles IP changes of the bulbs

Installation

The yeelight bulbs must be set in developer mode (using settings in the yeelight supplied app )

Create Directory /var/opt/node (if it doesn't exist)

sudo mkdir /var/opt/node

Create user and group to run the process

sudo addgroup --system smartbulbs

sudo adduser --system smartbulbs --ingroup smartbulbs

sudo usermod -a -G dialout smartbulbs (Add user to dialout permission for usb and rfxcom)

getent group smartbulbs Check group created

id smartbulbs Check user created in the smartbulbs group

Download files from github

cd /var/opt/node sudo git clone https://github.com/davidcreager/smartthings-smartbulbs.git

Move files to correct directories

/var/opt/node/smartthings-smartbulbs sudo chown smartbulbs:smartbulbs /home/smartbulbs/

sudo cp /var/opt/node/smartthings-smartbulbs/smartbulbserver.service /etc/systemd/system/

sudo cp /var/opt/node/smartthings-smartbulbs/properties.json /home/smartbulbs/

sudo cp /var/opt/node/smartthings-smartbulbs/characteristics.json /home/smartbulbs/

sudo chown smartbulbs:smartbulbs /home/smartbulbs/properties.json

sudo chown smartbulbs:smartbulbs /home/smartbulbs/characteristics.json

Use systemctl to have server start after startup

sudo systemctl daemon-reload **sudo systemctl enable smartbulbserver

Start server and check status

sudo systemctl start smartbulbserver sudo systemctl status smartbulbserver

Todo

Polling vs subscribe behavior Sort out Settings that define how a bulb starts up Investigate Color dimming and scaling (may not be a problem)