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LIFX	Instructions on how to integrate LIFX into Home Assistant.	Button Light	Local Polling	0.81	true	lifx	true	binary_sensor button light select	integration	@bdraco @Djelibeybi	platinum	true

The LIFX integration automatically discovers LIFX lights on each network that is enabled in Home Assistant's network configuration. Suppose any of your LIFX lights are not automatically discovered. In that case, you can add them manually using the user interface by following the configuration steps below for each light you want to add:

{% include integrations/config_flow.md %}

Set state

LIFX lights allow a change of color and brightness even when they are turned off. This way, you can control the light during the day, so its settings are correct when events for turning on are received, for example, from motion detectors or external buttons.

The normal light.turn_on call cannot be used for this because it always turns the power on. Thus, LIFX has its own set_state service that allows color changes without affecting the current power state.

Service lifx.set_state

Change the light to a new state.

Service data attribute	Description
entity_id	String or list of strings that point at entity_ids of lights. Use entity_id: all to target all.
transition	Duration (in seconds) for the light to fade to the new state.
zones	List of integers for the zone numbers to affect. See Calculating zones to affect below for more detail.
power	Turn the light on (True) or off (False). Leave out to keep the power as it is.
...	Use color_name, brightness etc. from light.turn_on to specify the new state.

Calculating zones to affect

The LIFX Z and LIFX Lightstrip each have eight (8) zones per segment. You can connect up to ten (10) segments to a single controller, which results in a maximum zone count of 80.

The LIFX Beam has ten (10) zones per segment and one (1) zone per corner piece. You can connect up to eight (8) segments and two (2) corner pieces to a single controller, which results in a maximum zone count of 82.

All devices start counting zones at zero (0), which means the zone numbers for the zones attribute of the lifx.set_state service range from 0 to 79 for the LIFX Z and Lightstrip and 0 to 81 for the LIFX Beam.

Set HEV cycle state

You can control the HEV LEDs in LIFX Clean bulbs using the set_hev_cycle_state service. The service can start or stop a HEV (or "Clean") cycle either using the default duration configured on the bulb or for a custom duration specified when calling the service. Home Assistant will return or log an error if an incompatible bulb is specified when calling the service.

To determine whether or not a HEV cycle is currently running, Home Assistant exposes a Clean Cycle binary sensor for all HEV-enabled bulbs. This sensor can be used to trigger automations to occur when a HEV cycle starts or stops. To reduce network load, HEV cycle status is only checked every 10 seconds so this sensor may not update instantaneously.

Service lifx.set_hev_cycle_state

Service data attribute	Description
entity_id	String or list of strings that point at entity_ids of LIFX Clean bulbs.
power	Start a HEV cycle (True) or stop a cycle (False).
duration	Duration (in seconds) for the HEV cycle. The default duration of two hours (7200 seconds) is used if this attribute is omitted.

Light effects

The LIFX platform supports several software-controlled light effects and one hardware based effect. You can start these effects with default options by using the effect attribute of the normal light.turn_on service, for example like this:

automation:
  - alias: "..."
    trigger:
      # ...
    action:
      - service: light.turn_on
        target:
          entity_id: light.office, light.kitchen
        data:
          effect: lifx_effect_pulse

However, if you want to fully control a light effect, you have to use its dedicated service call, like this:

script:
  colorloop_start:
    alias: "Start colorloop"
    sequence:
      - service: lifx.effect_colorloop
        target:
          entity_id: group.livingroom
        data:
          brightness: 255
          period: 10
          spread: 30
          change: 35

The lifx.effect_move effect is hardware effect that is only available on LIFX multizone devices like the LIFX Z, Lightstrip or Beam. Note that if all the LEDs of the multizone device are set to the same color, the effect will not be visible. The effect can be stopped and started regardless of the power state of the device, but the default is to turn the device on when starting the effect. Set the power_on attribute of the lifx.effect_move service to false to override the default.

All the available light effects and their options are listed below.

Service lifx.effect_pulse

Run a flash effect by changing to a color and then back.

Service data attribute	Description
entity_id	String or list of strings that point at entity_ids of lights. Use entity_id: all to target all.
color_name	A color name such as red or green.
rgb_color	A list containing three integers representing the RGB color you want the light to be.
brightness	Integer between 0 and 255 for how bright the color should be.
period	The duration of a single pulse (in seconds).
cycles	The total number of pulses.
mode	The way to change between colors. Valid modes: blink (default - direct transition to new color for 'period' time with original color between cycles), breathe (color fade transition to new color and back to original), ping (short pulse of new color), strobe (light turns off between color changes), solid(light does not return to original color between cycles).
power_on	Set this to False to skip the effect on lights that are turned off (defaults to True).

Service lifx.effect_colorloop

Run an effect with colors looping around the color wheel. All participating lights will coordinate to keep similar (but not identical) colors.

Service data attribute	Description
entity_id	String or list of strings that point at entity_ids of lights. Use entity_id: all to target all.
brightness	Number between 0 and 255 indicating brightness of the effect. Leave this out to maintain the current brightness of each participating light.
period	Duration (in seconds) between starting a new color change.
transition	Duration (in seconds) where lights are actively changing color.
change	Hue movement per period, in degrees on a color wheel (ranges from 0 to 359).
spread	Maximum color difference between participating lights, in degrees on a color wheel (ranges from 0 to 359).
power_on	Set this to False to skip the effect on lights that are turned off (defaults to True).

Service lifx.effect_move

A harware-based effect available on LIFX multizone devices that creates a movement animation of the colors currently set on the device. The direction and speed of the animation are controlled by the speed and direction attributes. You can change the colors of the effect while it is running using the lifx.set_state service.

The effect will not be visible if all LEDs on the device are set to the same color and is ignored by unsupported devices.

Service data attribute	Description
entity_id	String or list of strings that point at entity_ids of multizone lights.
speed	Duration in seconds for the effect to travel the length of the device (min: 0.1s, max: 60s)
direction	The direction in which the effect will travel, either "right" or "left" (default: right)
power_on	Whether to turn the light on before starting the effect (optional, default: true)

Service lifx.effect_stop

Run an effect that does nothing, thereby stopping any software or hardware effect that might be running.

Service data attribute	Description
entity_id	String or list of strings that point at entity_ids of lights. Use entity_id: all to target all.

Infrared brightness

Home Assistant will automatically create an Infrared Brightness configuration entity for LIFX Night Vision bulbs. Changing the state of this entity will change the brightness of the LEDs on the bulb.

Buttons

The LIFX button platform creates two buttons for each LIFX device.

Identify button

The Identify button will flash the bulb three times at maximum brightness then return the bulb to the state it was in prior. Successful identification requires the bulb to be powered on and already configured in Home Assistant.

Restart button

The Restart button triggers the bulb to restart in exactly the same way as a physical power cycle, which makes it ideal for triggering a new DHCP request from the bulb.

HomeKit Accessory Protocol

Most LIFX devices support Apple HomeKit via the HomeKit Accessory Protocol (HAP). If a LIFX device has not already been added to HomeKit natively using an Apple iOS or macOS device, it can be paired with Home Assistant using via the HomeKit Controller integration which uses HAP.

This enables the use of LIFX devices in Home Assistant that are not supported by the LIFX integration. See below for specific details on controlling LIFX Switches.

The LIFX integration currently has to poll the device every few seconds, as opposed to using the HomeKit Controller integration, which offers push updates, encrypted communications, and significantly less network traffic.

Discoveries from control protocols that are not desired can be ignored in the UI. LIFX devices that support HAP will be discovered by both methods if they have not been added to native HomeKit using an Apple iOS or macOS device. It is possible to set up control of the device in Home Assistant using both protocols simultaneously by configuring both the LIFX integration and the HomeKit Controller integration for the same device.

LIFX Switch

The LIFX integration does not support the LIFX Switch. However, the HomeKit Controller integration can be used instead for LIFX Switch running firmware 3.90 or higher. Follow the LIFX documentation to obtain a HomeKit code prior to integrating the Switch with Home Assistant as it will be needed during the process.

When using the HomeKit Controller integration, each button on the LIFX Switch is discovered as a stateless switch and will not appear as an entity in Home Assistant. Relays that are configured as wired to non-LIFX devices will appear as normal switches in Home Assistant.

Troubleshooting Discovery

Lights

LIFX and HomeKit based discovery of LIFX bulbs relies on Home Assistant having a network interface connected to the same subnet as your LIFX bulbs. If you use a segregated IoT network to which Home Assistant is not directly connected, use the manual configuration method documented above to bypass discovery.

If you have multiple network interfaces, ensure that the interface connected to the same subnet as your LIFX bulbs is enabled in Home Assistant's network configuration.

Switches

If your switch is not automatically discovered or you get a "Cannot add pairing as device can no longer be found" error during the config process, reboot your LIFX Switch as they only broadcast HomeKit compatibility for 15 minutes.