Mi-Light controller for Mysensors

[Cliff Karlsson]

Ok, I think I found a clue :), S_CUSTOM seams not to be supported by domoticz so I changed it to "gw.present(0, S_RGBW_LIGHT);"
So now everything looks ok with a RGB selector and everything. But I still can only turn on and off the bulb and am not able to dim or set colors. So I guess there is some more serious witchcraft going on thats over my head.

[ted]

@Cliff-Karlsson

The milight uses a speical command, it is not likely to be compatible with the standard RGB light module in domoticz. The information about the milight protocol can be found here: https://hackaday.io/project/5888-reverse-engineering-the-milight-on-air-protocol

I used openhab to assemble the command string for S_CUSTOM. Using the S_CUSTOM, you can control as many bulb as you want (by using different remote ID field in the milight protocol), although I only have 1 bulb. The node receives the milight protocol in plain ASCII string and convert the string to HEX before sending it out to the bulb. Hope this helps.

[Cliff Karlsson]

Ok, thanks for the help but it seams that I will have to use the standard-wifi bridges for now until someone smarter than me fixes the domoticz support.

[Łukasz Kostrzewa]

Thank You for this solutin. Everythin works great but...

I was able to pair with one bulb but I I do not know what to do to pair with others?

Any idea?

Best regard

[ted]

@Łukasz-Kostrzewa
Each bulb is associated with a particular 'remote ID'. Bulbs having the same remote ID will repond to all commands having the same remote ID. Therefore, you can simply pick a different(or the same) remote ID to pair with a second bulb, and the second bulb can be controlled separately(or simultaneously) with the first one. I have not tried it but that should work according to the mi-bulb protocol.

[Łukasz Kostrzewa]

Thax for reply

But I don't understand :(
I don't have Milight bridge and I paired one Milight bulb to Dummy switch I have in my Domoticz My sensors.
And this works great but there is only one dummy switch.
When I add to arduino code one more (gw.present(0, S_LIGHT);) in Domoticz there is another Dummy switch but it controls the same lights then the first one. I don't know how to add (I don;t know it is possible) a second dummy to control another bulb without milight bridge.

[Łukasz Kostrzewa]

Hi Ted

I understand now:)
I changed remote id to diffrent values but now my first dummy switch paired to my first bulb doesn't work.
I need to have another arduino to control another bulb?
Best regards

[Łukasz Kostrzewa]

Another question...
Is there possibility to add to this code another one to control DHT11 temp and humidity sensor (from my sensors library)
I wanted to have 2 thing in one:)
Best regards

[ted]

@Łukasz-Kostrzewa
The way I'd suggest is to modify the program to add more switches, each switch uses a different remote ID. Alternatively, you can use your controller to generate the necessary command string (with custom ID specific to the bulbs you want to control) and send it to the custom node as an ASCII string. The custom node will relay whatever command it receives to the bulbs.

[Łukasz Kostrzewa]

Thx for answer

I am noob in programming. Maybe You can post an example how to modify the code?

Best regards

[alexsh1]

Excellent project! I have implemented reversed engineering for (1) some switches (2) LightWaveRF sockets. I tried to implemented Mi-Light with Mysensors but I having spent some time I decided to just buy a WiFi hub ($7) as it is natively supported in Domoticz.

Mi-Light is an excellent product price wise compare to Philips Hue

[Łukasz Kostrzewa]

Hi

Anyone have idea how to modify the code to pair domoticz to more than one bulb?
With actual code I am able to ON/OFF only one bulb :(

Any idea?

Best regards

[Łukasz Kostrzewa]

Anybody?

[Cliff Karlsson]

I would also like this to work with domoticz but as I lack the skills nececary I am now waiting on the next RFlink firmware witch is adding the feature of controlling mi-lights.
I still think that the node/repeater as descripbed in this topic would be better but as I have no options the RFlink is better than using the standard milight bridge an any way.

I have added a NRF24L01 PA to my RFlink gateway and am hoping that the range will cover my whole house.

[Łukasz Kostrzewa]

Thx for info
Best regards

[Łukasz Kostrzewa]

I have new problem.
I paired wrong bulb and now I can't unpair it.
How to do that?
Best regards

[Iraklis Kourtis]

Hi Ted,

Your project looks really amazing and I think it is exactly what I was looking for.
I want to change my lighting at home. I am thinking of adding 8 LED strips that will be controlled by 2 x 4 Mi-Light remote controls and 2 x wifi bridges. As I would like to still be able to use the wall switches to turn them on/off I was thinking of using your solution. Do you think it will be feasible with your project? Also is there a way to reduce the wifi bridges to 1 instead of having 2?

Thank you for this great project!

Iraklis

[ted]

@Łukasz-Kostrzewa
sorry for the delay. you need to send the unpair command right after turning on the light. see https://hackaday.io/project/5888-reverse-engineering-the-milight-on-air-protocol

[ted]

@Iraklis-Kourtis
The controller is all you need to control the lights. It does not need wifi bridge

[CrankyCoder]

Has this been converted to 2.0?

Also, to build the controller for this i don't need anything special other than the arduino + nrf24l01 correct? I am VERY interested in this