LIFX in f.lux? How do I set it up?
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When i start my computer (windows 10) f.lux connects with my lifx bulbs and changes their color accordingly to the time of day. But this only happens on startup, after that the bulbs don't synchronize anymore, they just stay with the same color and brightness that doesn't change over time.
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@herf Hi, as per the original requester, I would also like to know how to link my LIFX lights to the f.lux software? I also see there is a checkbox to use LIFX lights, but it doesn't seem to do anything. Could you kindly advise?
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@rpmillar Currently I think it supports the "v2" protocol - do you maybe have one of the original lamps? It also needs to have broadcast access on the LAN (since it talks to all the lights), some routers could block that.
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@herf Thanks very much for that. I have 8 brand new LIFX Mini Day & Dusk lights which just arrived from Amazon, and which work great via my Alexa devices. So I assume these support the "v2" protocal you've mentioned. As for "breadcast access on the LAN", how do I enable that? I don't see any settings in f.lux that relate.
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is this a windows only thing? where can I find this checkbox? I jsut got some Lifx bulbs and would love to try this
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@alexhughes312 yes it is currently Windows-only.
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@arkadiusz said in LIFX in f.lux? How do I set it up?:
When i start my computer (windows 10) f.lux connects with my lifx bulbs and changes their color accordingly to the time of day. But this only happens on startup, after that the bulbs don't synchronize anymore, they just stay with the same color and brightness that doesn't change over time.
I have this exact same problem. I have lifx light strips and different models of the globes. They all work fine when starting up the program but in order for them to update constantly like the hue globes/led strips do the program must be closed and re-opened...
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@tech2urdoor thanks we will check it out
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I'm also having these issues, sometimes it works the whole day, others only on start up. Is the F.lux smartlighting control logged somewhere?
Thanks
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@sampa82 Also on the release version (4.104)
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Can I ask why this is windows only? There's a lot of people who use macs who would like to use this feature. In fact I would be willing to pay for the app. However, I don't want to buy a windows computer. I've actually been waiting a while for flux for a long time (years) to improve the app on macs to include this feature and it hasn't happened yet.
Do I need to look for an alternative app that does stuff like this on macs (not even sure if one exists)? I'm aware that flux has had disagreements with apple about the use of the app on iPhones, but seems there's nothing from apple that is holding you back from making flux's mac app more complete.
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@herf I'm still experiencing this issue where I have to restart f.lux to get it to update my LIFX light colors. Thanks.
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I'm having problems with LIFX as well. I just got my LIFX mini day & dusk and set it up. I can control it with the Windows app, with the Android app, but not with f.lux. I do all of this without using the LIFX cloud thing (so LAN only).
They're all in the same LAN and subnet as my PC that runs f.lux.
I don't get why this wouldn't work?
Router is FRITZ!Box 7490
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@tech2urdoor said in LIFX in f.lux? How do I set it up?:
@arkadiusz said in LIFX in f.lux? How do I set it up?:
When i start my computer (windows 10) f.lux connects with my lifx bulbs and changes their color accordingly to the time of day. But this only happens on startup, after that the bulbs don't synchronize anymore, they just stay with the same color and brightness that doesn't change over time.
I have this exact same problem. I have lifx light strips and different models of the globes. They all work fine when starting up the program but in order for them to update constantly like the hue globes/led strips do the program must be closed and re-opened...
So has anyone managed to find a solution for this? I have LIFX bulbs and I'm experiencing the same issue.
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I see that the lifx lights support is still green, but it's a start!
It would be interesting to be able to discover the available lights although it is not necessary.
But it would be very nice to be able to decide to affect only some of the lights by name and not all as it happens now or even to indicate their group and how we want the effect of temperature control of the lights if instead of changing directly we want something softer using a scene that makes the transition over a longer period of time from one tone to another automatically and smoother, so f.lux would only have to launch a broadcast only once to the bulbs every day to have a perfect transition every time.Python help on how to do it
https://github.com/mclarkk/lifxlan
