LIFX Controller

What is this library?

WebSockets-based LIFX Controller software.

For an example use case, look at ./app.js.

Installation

npm

npm i @smart-home-services/lifx-controller

yarn

yarn @smart-home-services/lifx-controller

Custom Configuration

WebSocket Server

To configure the Webpack listener, you have 3 options available to modify in your ./localConfig.js:

module.exports = {
  // ... other config options ...
  hostname: 'raspberry-pi.local',
  port: 36001,
}

LIFX HTTP API Token

Go to LIFX's cloud settings page and create a new token for your app. This will go in your ./localConfig.js as:

module.exports = {
  // ... other config options ...
  lifxApiToken: 'YOUR_LIFX_API_TOKEN',
}

Custom Options for lifx-lan-client

In ./projectConfig.js or ./localConfig.js, add a property lifxLanClient as an object and its options as properties on that object.

module.exports = {
  lifxLanClient: {
    debug: true,
    messageHandlerTimeout: 2000,
    resendMaxTimes: 3,
  },
}

Testing

Toggle Group

To test toggling a group, load up a browser, and go to about:blank.

Then paste this into the devtools console:

webSocket = new WebSocket('ws://localhost:3000', 'v1')
webSocket.onmessage = console.log
webSocket.onerror = console.error
webSocket.onclose = console.info
webSocket.onopen = () => {
  console.log('READY')

  webSocket
  .send(
    JSON
    .stringify({
      sceneName: 'My Scene Name',
      type: 'REQUEST::TOGGLE_SCENE',
    })
  )
}

You can have the WebSocket client reconnect when the app is reloaded by pasting this code instead:

restartWebSocket = () => {
  webSocket = new WebSocket('ws://localhost:3000', 'v1')
  webSocket.onmessage = console.log
  webSocket.onerror = console.error
  webSocket.onclose = () => setTimeout(restartWebSocket, 5000)
  webSocket.onopen = () => {
    console.log('READY')

    webSocket
    .send(
      JSON
      .stringify({
	      sceneName: 'My Scene Name',
	      type: 'REQUEST::TOGGLE_SCENE',
      })
    )
  }
}
restartWebSocket()

API Overview

Under Construction

• actionsBlacklist
• groups
• lifxNetwork
• lights
• scenes

API Docs

Under Construction