Can only turn on and off in Homekit

[Captain-Greybeard]

Hi, I found Steve228uk's tutorial on how to control a cheap LED-strip in Homekit and thought that looks easy... I followed the tutorials on how to install Homebridge and MagicHome on my Raspberry Pi 3. And I got so far as adding Homebridge in Homekit.

My problem is that I can only turn the light on and off in Homekit, I can't change colors or dim. basically the same problem as in this thread: https://github.com/steve228uk/homebridge-magichome/issues/21

I bought one of these on eBay: https://www.amazon.co.uk/BRIGHTINWD-Waterproof-Adapter-Controller-Control/dp/B01KURKY1M/ref=as_li_ss_tl?s=lighting&ie=UTF8&qid=1477334331&sr=1-1-spons&keywords=wifi+led+controller&psc=1&linkCode=sl1&tag=stephradfo-21&linkId=73e8ae2f3e8346608b97715874f1571f

The controller turned out that the controller is GRB and my LED-strip is RGB, could that be the issue? Also in the MagicHome app the colors green and blue are swapped so maybe the controller is RBG.

Thanks in advance

[Zacknetic]

Paste your config file

[Captain-Greybeard]

I'm a real newbie when it comes to Linux and stuff like this so don't laugh too hard at the config file :)

{ "bridge": { "name": "Homebridge", "username": "BB:39:3D:F3:CE:31", "port": 51827, "pin": "015-60-283" },

    "description": "An example Homebridge config for MagicHome.",

    "accessories": [{
            "accessory": "MagicHome",
            "name": "Trappan",
            "ip": "192.168.1.130",
            "setup": "RGB",
            "purewhite": false
    }]

}

[Captain-Greybeard]

It was "RGBWW at first but I had the same problem.

[Zacknetic]

I think I see the issue. Driving home now to look at my own config.

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It was "RGBWW at first but I had the same problem.

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[Zacknetic]

There shouldn't be a problem if that's your only part in your setup. That config looks fine.

As for the GRB issue, did your controller come with a remote? If so, the colors can be fixed by running a one time fix using the remote.

Confirm that homebridge is running from THAT particular config.json. If you are running homebridg as a service, it will use a config.json from a different location. Don't worry, setting it us as a service is another step so if you dont know what I'm talking about, chances are that it's irrelevant.

[Captain-Greybeard]

The config.json file is located in the homebridge folder. accessories config.json persist (when I run ls)

I just followed this guide: https://github.com/nfarina/homebridge/wiki/Running-HomeBridge-on-a-Raspberry-Pi and start homebridge manually on my Raspberry (it runs Rasbian Stretch if that matters)

The controller did come with a remote, I'll see if I can find how to fix the GRB issue.

Thanks for taking the time :)

[Zacknetic]

It's something like

turn the lights off with the power button on the controller while holding the red button press the power button keep doing this until the colors work correctly

[Captain-Greybeard]

I found it :)

Anything else on the other problem?

[Captain-Greybeard]

I think I solved it, I went back to guides on Homebridge-Magichome and saw that you could use "RGBW" and that worked. I can dim and change colors now, I'll have to test it more tomorrow but I think that did the trick.

Thanks alot for help :)

[Captain-Greybeard]

It works now, I couldn't change the colors on the controller. I found something on Google but that and your tip didn't work. I'll just rewire the cable from the controller.

[Zacknetic]

Or, instead you could use my iteration of flux_led.py which allows for GRB configurations. Bit it would require replacing 2 files.

[Captain-Greybeard]

Ok is there a guide I could use? Like a said, I'm a real newbie when it comes to Linux and such.

[Zacknetic]

I will write you one later today. For now, don’t snip those wires.

[Captain-Greybeard]

Hi, have you gotten around to write that guide?

[toshibochan]

If the controller is RBG: Setup to RGBW and purewhite to false

If the controller is RGBW Setup to RGBW and purewhite to true