seneca-lifx

A plugin for Seneca

This plugin will expose actions to control LIFX lights.

Install

Since Seneca and this service are built on top of Node.js you will need to have it installed. To install run the following:

npm install seneca
npm install seneca-lifx

Quick Example

Make sure you have already done the install steps to get the seneca and dependency modules in your working folder.

var seneca = require('seneca')();
seneca.use('seneca-lifx');

function lighton() {
    console.log('Get a list of lights');
    // Send the action to get a list of all lights on the network
    seneca.act({role: 'lifx', cmd: 'lights'}, function(err,result){
        if (err) return console.error(err)
        
        // Get the first light in the list
        var id = result.answer[0].id;
        var name = result.answer[0].name;
        console.log('Turning the ' + name + ' light on');
        
        // Send the action to turn the light on
        seneca.act({role: 'lifx', cmd: 'light_on', id: id}, function(err,result){
            if (err) return console.error(err)
            console.log(result);
            // Give the plugin time to send the command to the light before shutting down the process
            setTimeout(exit, 3000);
        });
    });
}

function exit()
{
    process.exit(1);
}

// Give the plugin time to initialize the communications to the LIFX lights before doing something with the lights.
setTimeout(lighton, 5000);

Actions

ACTION: role:lifx, cmd:lights

Gets a list of all the lights on the network.

ACTION: role:lifx, cmd:light_on, id:d073d511b1fd

Turns on a light.

• id: This can be the IP, LIFX Unique ID, or the name of the light

ACTION: role:lifx, cmd:light_off, id:d073d511b1fd

Turns off a light.

• id: This can be the IP, LIFX Unique ID, or the name of the light

ACTION: role:lifx, cmd:color, id:d073d511b1fd

Changes the color of a light.

• id: This can be the IP, LIFX Unique ID, or the name of the light
• hue: This is the hue setting of the light (0-360)
• saturation: This is the saturation setting of the light (0%-100%)
• brightness: This is the brightness setting of the light (0% - 100%)
• kelvin: Optional setting for the color temperature (2500 - 9000)
• duration: Optional setting to fade the color over time to the new setting (milliseconds)

Roadmap

These are a few items I think this module could use to make it more useful. I don't have any plans on when the following will be done or in what order.

• Track the up/down time of a LIFX bulb
• Add support for setting the label of a LIFX bulb
• Add unit tests and enable the Travis CI tests and code coverage