LIFX

Overview

This page is documenting the state of development of the LIFX bulb integration.

Status

LIFX White and LIFX Color bulbs as supported.

Command set: ON, OFF, DIM, SETCOLOR - working fime

Install package

sudo apt-get install agocontrol-lifx

Enable and start daemon

Then enable and start the daemon

sudo systemctl enable agolifx.service
sudo systemctl start agolifx.service

Agocontrol LIFX service configuration

Configuration for the agocontrol service goes into /etc/opt/agocontrol/conf.d/lifx.conf. Example:

[lifx]
API=Cloud
APIKEY=add_your_key_here

LIFX LAN interface

This interface is extremely experimental at the moment and should not be used except for development.

Installation

sudo apt install agocontrol-lifx

Dependency: LIFXLAN SDK - included in the agocontrol package.

Agocontrol LIFX LAN service configuration

Configuration for the agocontrol service goes into /etc/opt/agocontrol/conf.d/lifx.conf. Example:

[lifx]
API=LAN
NumLights=4     # The number of bulbs you have. By setting this, the discovery goes much faster
PollDelay=10    # Seconds between checking e.g. dim level