ESPurna/MySensors RGB Lights

Guest

I have an easy question. Did mysensors plugin support V_RGB messages?

mwittig

@swen said in MySensors Plugin and RGB Lights:

Did mysensors plugin support V_RGB messages?

No

Guest

Hm ok that’s bad. Is there another way to control a RGB strip? Following options to control the strip:
A) Arduino
ESP12E
C) Raspberry Pi

Option C was really bad. Resource wasting. I would like option A) maybe option . Is there a way to control the strip with esp easy? Something like that?

Did anyone have some experience to share with me?

DDNRN

I use an selfmade mysensors-arduino RGBW lighting of my kitchen, running about a year now w/o any problems.
So far I remember it was a bit tricky to sent right messages and use it in arduino and it’s still not perfekt because of missing methods in pimatic.
I have to find it and will send the info here later.

DDNRN

I’m using class: DummyLedLight as UI control/switch and detect its changes with rules.

This myledlight gives you .color ; .power ; .mode ; .brightness props to act with.

dim myledlight1 to 50% and after 2 minutes set myledlight1 to #FF4010

When detecting changes in some rules I sent custom messages from this “myledlight1” to the mysensors device like this:

When 
 $myledlight1.color changes  
Then 
send custom "V_VAR1" nodeid: "13" sensorid: "2" cmdcode: "$myledlight1.color"
.. or  $myledlight1.brightness changes ..
send custom "V_PERCENTAGE" nodeid: "13" sensorid: "0" cmdcode: "$myledlight1.brightness"
.. or   $myledlight1.power changes ..
send custom "V_STATUS" nodeid: "13" sensorid: "1" cmdcode: "$myledlight1.power"

Arduino with mysensors is using codes like this:

...
MyMessage dimmerMsg(CHILD_ID0, V_PERCENTAGE);
MyMessage onoffMsg(CHILD_ID1, V_STATUS);
MyMessage rgbMsg(CHILD_ID2, V_CUSTOM);
...
...
if(message.type == V_VAR1){
    rgbHex = message.getString();
    decodeColorString(rgbHex);      //parser seperating strings ..
  }
..

Don’t wonder, ther is no pimatic device for this RGBW mysensors, it’s info is just sent as raw codes to “nowhere” …

Guest

I found a script in mysensors forum. This script use RGBW and this command comes from MQTT…

https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/6765/rgb-led-strip

Otherwise… I have an ESP15E… You can flash this with esp easy… There are some china bulbs out there and this kind will be flash with esp easy. Maybe this is a way for integration into my network. And now how can pimatic send messages then to esp easy.

Another project:

https://community.home-assistant.io/t/how-to-inexpensive-10-us-wifi-rgb-bulb-that-works-with-home-assistant/14735

I have enough ESP12E laying around and i can use this kind to control the light… But i want more… Sunrise, Sunset, Clouds or Thunderstorm with lighting.

Guest

OK, i flashed an ESP12F with ESPUrna and i can controll my RGB stripe now via Web-Interface. Did somebody know the best way to controll ESPUrna now via pimatic?

There are someways: MQTT or HTTP API

Via MQTT i found only a dimmer…

Edit: Edit the main thread title

Guest

Is there a color picker plugin for pimatic???

I think there where also a way via REST API from ESPurna. API accept colors like #FF0000.

leader21

No sorry, there’s no such plugib as far as I know.

Guest

Hmmm… Seems to be pimatic is not the best solution for RGB Lichts.

Ok thanks for your help…