Talking with homebridge

[Kazom]

Dumb question so how exactly do I get this started with home bridge? I added it as a platform in my config and I guess it see's it because it says the platform initializes, but then nothing. It doesn't show up in my home kit app. However if I manually change the power state of the bulb while home bridge is running it says "unknown packet type 118" which is what leaves me to believe that it can see it.

[charlesfracchia]

Once you've set the platform in the config.json file, you should see a few lines in the start up log that say something similar to:

[2/24/2020, 11:25:14 PM] Loaded config.json with 0 accessories and 1 platforms.
[2/24/2020, 11:25:14 PM] ---
[2/24/2020, 11:25:14 PM] Loaded plugin: homebridge-lifx
[2/24/2020, 11:25:14 PM] Registering accessory 'homebridge-lifx-bulb.LIFxBulb'
[2/24/2020, 11:25:14 PM] Registering platform 'homebridge-lifx.LIFx'
[2/24/2020, 11:25:14 PM] ---
[2/24/2020, 11:25:14 PM] Loading 1 platforms...
[2/24/2020, 11:25:14 PM] [LIFx] Initializing LIFx platform...
[2/24/2020, 11:25:14 PM] [LIFx] Fetching LIFx devices.
[2/24/2020, 11:25:14 PM] Loading 0 accessories...
[2/24/2020, 11:25:15 PM] [LIFx] Initializing platform accessory 'Light Name 1'...
[2/24/2020, 11:25:15 PM] [LIFx] Initializing platform accessory 'Light Name 2'...
[2/24/2020, 11:25:15 PM] [LIFx] Initializing platform accessory 'Light Name 3'...

Once you see that, the lights should appear as individual accessories in your Home app.

[Kazom]

Hey @charlesfracchia thanks for the help but this was still open from 2015 lol no worries I solved it a while ago