* All on (Main lights at full brightness and side lights on) * Dim room (TV Time + Main lights on low dim settings)
* TV Time (dim side and back lights on, main lights off) Using my LightwaveRF app I’ve setup a few “moods”: I’ll just run through setting up one here, but the need to do this multiple times is one of the motivators for keeping it as simple as possible. Unfortunately MyHarmony doesn’t let you assign custom sequences to a device setup so I need to add my lighting sequences to my variouus Harmony activities. This is a really an easy way to send number strings to the Pi because the number buttons/commands on the remote get turned by Flirc into number key presses and the Ok button of the remote gets translated to the Enter key. The Flirc is also loaded with the kodi profile. I have the Raspberry Pi setup as a device in MyHarmony using Brand: Raspberry Pi and Device: Kodi because it’s a simple profile that both the Harmony One and Flirc understand. There are other ways of interpreting the IR commands, but this was a super simple one! Then I wrote a little python program that listens to the incoming commands from the Flirc USB Infrared receiver.
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I decided to use a Raspberry Pi 3 (now with Wifi and Bluetooth built in!) to do the lightwave udp packets and Flirc to interpret the IR signals and convert them into simple text commands. I’ve got a Logitech Harmony One remote control, because it allows you to setup custom sequences and controls my TV, DVR box and sound bar. I use LightwaveRF devices to control my main lights (2 dimmers) and various side-lights and screen backlights, I’ve also got a LightwaveRF Link hub which allows the Lightwave’d lights to be controlled by app, but also by simple UDP packets. When I pause I want the main lights to come up a little and when I play I want main lights to turn off again 🙂 My setup When I watch TV or streaming video I want the main lights to go off and the side/back lights to come on in my living room. I’ve recently got into home automation and so thought it would be fun to integrate my smart lighting with my media centre and remote control. Howto: Controlling LightwaveRF lights with a Raspberry Pi, Flirc and Logitech Harmony One IR remote
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