Automation - Lifx colour palettes

Intro

This accessory will apply a colour palette on your Lifx Z light trip.

The list of palettes must be stored on a file. The plugin will pick a random palette from the file every time you turn on the switch. If you want to apply always the same palette, create a json file with only one palette.

Palettes file

Example:

[
  {
    "name": "Giant Goldfish",
    "url": "https://www.colourlovers.com/palette/92095/Giant_Goldfish",
    "author": {
      "name": "manekineko",
      "url": "https://www.colourlovers.com/lover/manekineko"
    },
    "palette": [
      "#69d2e7",
      "#a7dbd8",
      "#e0e4cc",
      "#f38630",
      "#fa6900"
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Random 1",
    "url": "https://www.colourlovers.com/palette/629637/()",
    "author": {
      "name": "sugar!",
      "url": "https://www.colourlovers.com/lover/sugar%21"
    },
    "palette": [
      "#fe4365",
      "#fc9d9a",
      "#f9cdad",
      "#c8c8a9",
      "#83af9b"
    ]
  }
]

The JSON file must contain an array of objects. Each object will be a palette.

Format of each palette object: | Attribute | Required | Description | Example | |-----------|----------|-------------|---------| | name | Yes | The name of the palette | Random 1 | | url | No | A link to the original palette (if any) | https://website.com/palette | | author.name | No (default: unknown) | The name of the author of the palette | John Doe | | author.url | No | An attribution link, if any | https://webside.com/author | | palette | Yes | An array of HEX colour codes, starting with "#". You can have as many colours as you like, the palette will be spread across the zones of your Lifx Z strip. The max number of colours is the number of zones of your light strip (24 in the config example). | ["#ff0000", "#bb0000"] |

You can find an example file in this repo under palettes.json. This file contains the top palettes from COLOURlovers.

Config

Example config.json:

{
  "accessories": [
    {
      "accessory": "AutomationLifxColourPalettes",
      "name": "Lifx Z Colour Palette",
      "light": {
        "ip": "192.168.1.26",
        "mac": "d0:00:00:00:00:00",
        "zones": 24
      },
      "standardMode": {
        "brightness": 65
      },
      "fadeInMode": {
        "brightness": 100,
        "transitionDuration": 180
      },
      "palettesFile": "./palettes.json"
    }
  ]
}

This accessory will create a switch. Turning on the switch will apply a random palette to your Lifx Z light trip. The switch will turn off automatically after 1 second.

The switch has the following properties:

| Name | Description | Example | |------|-------------|---------| | Author | The name of the author of the current applied palette | John Doe | | Palette |The name of the current applied palette | Random 1 | | Fade in | To be used instead of the main Power switch. It will pick a random palette and fade-in the lights. | Switch |

Note: some properties are not compatible with iOS Home app, use Elgato Eve app instead.

Configuration options

| Attribute | Required | Usage | Example | |-----------|----------|-------|---------| | name | Yes | A unique name for the accessory. It will be used as the accessory name in HomeKit. | Living Room Light | | light.ip | Yes | The IP address of the light (this plugin does not currently support autodetect) | 192.168.1.26 | | light.mac | Yes | The MAC address of the light (this plugin does not currently support autodetect) | d0:00:00:00:00:00 | | light.zones | Yes | The number of zones of your lightstrip (this plugin does not currently support autodetect) | 24 | | standardMode.brightness | No (default: 100) | The brightness to be set when turning on the main switch | 65 (% brightness) | | fadeInMode.brightness | No (default: 100) | The brightness to be set when turning on the fade-in switch | 100 (% brightness) | | fadeInMode.transitionDuration | No (default: 1) | The number of seconds to fade-in the light when turning on the fade-in switch | 180 (seconds) | | palettesFile | Yes | The path of the palette file (relative to the Homebridge current working directory) | ./palettes.json |

Credits

Big thanks to @futomi for the support in improving the Node Lifx lan module.