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page	Blinkstick Light	Instructions on how to setup Blinkstick lights within Home Assistant.	2015-10-08 10:00	true	false	true	true	blinkstick.png	DIY	0.7.5	Local Polling	/components/light.blinksticklight/

The blinkstick platform lets you control your Blinkstick lights from within Home Assistant.

{% linkable_title Setup %}

To use your Blinkstick, you need to allow the access to the device for non-root users.

$ sudo blinkstick --add-udev-rule

{% linkable_title Configuration %}

To add a Blinkstick to your installation, add the following to your configuration.yaml file:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
light:
  - platform: blinksticklight
    serial: BS000795-1.1

{% configuration %} serial: description: The serial number of your stick. required: true default: 640 type: string name: description: Name of the stick. required: false type: string default: Blinkstick {% endconfiguration %}