Milight Version 6

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FYI: Milight has released a new version of its bridge controller and new RGBWW/CW bulbs which provide support for full colour mode and white mode with adjustable colour temperature. The bulbs use quality LEDs from Samsung.Another big plus is the new version 6 protocol is bidirectional and provides error detections! So, the new version 6 is getting much closer to the features other (more expensive) lightning systems provide

http://www.limitlessled.com/shop/wifi-bridge-v6/
http://www.limitlessled.com/shop/rgbw-ww-cw-light-bulb/

Unfortunately, the new protocol is rather complex and it will take some time to support it as part of Pimatic. I have just received the new bridge controller and started experimenting with it.

See also https://forum.pimatic.org/topic/1889/new-plugin-for-milight-pimatic-milight-reloaded

sounds great, where did you get the bulbs / bridge? Is there a german reseller who sells v6?
I’m thinking of replacing my Milight v5 bulbs

shipping is really expensive when ordering from the linked page.

@benbeton I have bought the bridge from http://www.led-trading.de/ which is located close to my place. The bulbs are difficult to get at the moment.

You may also want to check Aliexpress or similar

New iBox controller with integrate RGBW light.
https://de.aliexpress.com/item/Newest-MiLight-WIFI-2-4G-Wireless-iBox1-LED-Controller-WiFi-Hub-for-all-Mi-Light-LED/32751420850.html?spm=2114.010208.3.2.rWuSzo&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_6_10065_10068_10084_10083_10080_10082_10081_10060_10061_10062_10056_10055_10037_10054_10033_10059_10032_10099_10078_10079_10077_426_10103_10073_10102_10101_10096_10052_10050_10051,searchweb201603_8&btsid=7a97a1da-2b1a-49a2-bf86-5dac71d3da69

New RGBWWCW bulb
https://de.aliexpress.com/item/NEW-MiLight-2-4G-Wireless-E27-8W-RGBWW-Color-Temperature-Dimmable-2-in-1-Smart-LED/32626019053.html?spm=2114.010208.3.29.b1UVLJ&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_6_10065_10068_10084_10083_10080_10082_10081_10060_10061_10062_10056_10055_10037_10054_10033_10059_10032_10099_10078_10079_10077_426_10103_10073_10102_10101_10096_10052_10050_10051-10050,searchweb201603_8&btsid=871c6d9e-c03b-44f9-8966-757429e5030a

Hey folks,

I want to start with milight to control some rgb stripes.
Is this a good starter kit?

1 stücke mi-licht 2,4g rgbw fern milight rgb controller 3 stücke 1 stücke mi licht wifi controller set
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/32574912079/32574912079.html
(from AliExpress Android)

I need one hub for 4 controller, right?

Regards

@n3ro said in Milight Version 6:

Is this a good starter kit?

Price-wise it is a good deal. Note, however, this kit contains the old version of the hub. If you want to upgrade to full-colour control later on it is better buy the new hub and get the other part seperately. It is possible to combine legacy bulbs and strip controllers with the new hub without problems.

NB, there is no full-colour strip controller available yet. Personally, I am very happy with the 256 colours plus 20 brigthness values. Milight provides, but obviously other light systems like Hue can render more colours. Full-colour gives you the ability to choose from 16.7 million colour values though not necessarily distinguishable.

I need one hub for 4 controller, right?

Yes. Via the hub your’re able to control 4 channels individually. According to the docs it is possible to pair 100+ lights per channel.

damn, i bought 4 bulbs and the bridge v5 some weeks ago

@mwittig said in Milight Version 6:

@n3ro said in Milight Version 6:

Yes. Via the hub your’re able to control 4 channels individually. Accordings to the docs it is possible to pair 100+ lights per channel.

Ah okay i could control 4 different color seance but up to 100 devices (RGB Stripes) on any of the 4?

ah okay this would be a great combi:

https://de.aliexpress.com/item/2-4G-4-Zone-Wireless-RF-Touch-Remote-4pcs-RGBW-LED-Controller-group-control-WiFi-Adapter/32513994219.html?scm=1007.13339.33317.0&pvid=1ad85210-d78c-47a6-aab5-d0fdbfbdd3b1&tpp=1&detailNewVersion=&categoryId=200001057

@n3ro said in Milight Version 6:

ah okay this would be a great combi:

Yes. That’s a good choice. The new hub with integrated LED light is a nice gimmick. You can see it as a 5th channel which you can control individually. I am planning to use it as an indicator when new e-mails or messages arrive. There is also a version of the hub without the integrated LED light, but it seem to be out-of-stock at the moment.

Pimatic support for milight version 6 should be ready before Xmas.

@n3ro said in Milight Version 6:

Ah okay i could control 4 different color seance but up to 100 devices (RGB Stripes) on any of the 4?

Yes. This is stated in the V4 Wifi Bridge User Guide which have been compiled by LimitLess LED, which is one of the major distributors in Europe. See section 3.3 on page 7, http://www.limitlessled.com/download/LimitlessLED_Wifi_Bridge_v4_Instructions_March2014.pdf

@garnett said in Milight Version 6:

damn, i bought 4 bulbs and the bridge v5 some weeks ago

Well, maybe this is not too bad. The new bulbs are more expensive and depending on the usage scenario the “full colour” aspect is not that important. Note, you can also use the legacy bulbs with the new bridge just in case you wish to upgrade at a later point.

@mwittig very nice!

Witch DC 12v power supply do you prefer for rgb stripes?
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/32577493459/32577493459.html

And one more question:
Is the 4 area limitation with bulbs like this to?
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/32354496254/32354496254.html

Regards

@n3ro said in Milight Version 6:

Is the 4 area limitation with bulbs like this to?

Yes. It goes a little bit beyond that if you use different types of bulbs as each bulb type uses a different control command set. Say for example, you assign a WW/CW bulb and a RGBW bulb to a zone then you can switch these two bulbs individually. In other words you have 4 white zones and 4 rgbw zones. In practice this has little relevance, I think.

Maybe the limitation to 4 zones is about to disappear with the next version of the bridge. I have seen a note which states version 7 of the Wifi bridge will be released in 2017 which is talking about “unlimited zones”, whatever this is meant to be. For the time being, a work around is to use multiple bridges.

http://www.banggood.com/E27-6W-RGBW-14-LED-450LM-LED-Spotlight-Dimmable-Bulb-lamp-85-265V-p-971552.html?rmmds=search

its on sale

@n3ro said in Milight Version 6:

its on sale

That’s the “old” version. It can also be used with the new bridge, but you can only choose between 256 colors.

The new full colour bulb can be found here for example
https://de.aliexpress.com/item/8W-2-4G-MiLight-Wireless-E27-RGBWW-Color-Temperature-Dimmable-2-in-1-Smart-LED-Bulb/32725607812.html?spm=2114.010208.8.23.iGSOqH

short question, is it at the moment possible to control the new v6 hub ?
I guess not? Got mine today and played around a bit with the android app.

@leader21 said in Milight Version 6:

Got mine today and played around a bit with the android app.

The work on the base library is progressing quickly. Work on pimatic plufgin will follow shortly after

See https://github.com/mwittig/node-milight-promise/issues/7

@mwittig Hey, is there any progress on the plugin so far?
Is there any way I can help maybe?

@FrostedKiwi As you can see I have completed the base line work on node-milight-promise. Apart from this I have drafted a quick and dirty integration milight-reloaded which works reasonably well. The next step is to write a driver for pimatic-led-light. I am planning new release for both plugins before end of Feb.

Time is running by and end of feb is comming soon. So any update on the new version of the plugin?