pimatic milight

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i tried since an hour to get the miliught plugin working.
i have add the plugin to the config:

    {
      "plugin": "led-light"
    }

and a device:

    {
      "id": "licht-flurtreppe",
      "name": "Flurtreppe",
      "class": "Milight",
      "addr": "192.168.0.50",
      "zone": 1
    }

but i always get this error message:

error [pimatic]: Error running "npm install pimatic-led-light"

and

11:27:25.880 [pimatic] warn: no plugin found for device "licht-kellertreppe" of class "Milight"!
11:27:25.884 [pimatic] warn: no plugin found for device "licht-flurtreppe" of class "Milight"!

i could not find any information wich plugin i should use, i have tried the search function but could not find anything usefull.

@p4co86 Most likely the plugin initialization failed. Do you see error messages in the log?

EDIT: See also https://github.com/philip1986/pimatic-led-light/issues/18

yes, this is the log

11:38:39.850 [pimatic] info: Installing: "pimatic-led-light" from npm-registry.
11:38:44.090 [pimatic, npm] info: http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/pimatic-led-light
11:38:46.117 [pimatic, npm] info: http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/node-milight-rf24
11:38:46.163 [pimatic, npm] info: http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/blinkstick/1.1.1
11:38:46.218 [pimatic, npm] info: http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash
11:38:46.253 [pimatic, npm] info: http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/cassert
11:38:46.277 [pimatic, npm] info: http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/color
11:38:46.310 [pimatic, npm] info: http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/iwy_master/0.2.2
11:38:46.322 [pimatic, npm] info: http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/node-milight-promise
11:38:48.070 [pimatic, npm] info: http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/callsite
11:38:48.464 [pimatic, npm] info: http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/color-convert
11:38:48.500 [pimatic, npm] info: http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/color-string
11:38:49.093 [pimatic, npm] info: http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/bluebird
11:38:49.399 [pimatic, npm] info: http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/serialport
11:38:51.038 [pimatic, npm] info: http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/color-name
11:38:52.443 [pimatic, npm] info: http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/usb/1.0.4
11:39:04.883 [pimatic, npm] info: http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/nan
11:39:04.922 [pimatic, npm] info: http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/usb-shyp-darwin-x64/1.0.4
11:39:04.950 [pimatic, npm] info: http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/usb-shyp-win32-x64/1.0.4
11:39:04.968 [pimatic, npm] info: http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/usb-shyp-win32-ia32/1.0.4
11:39:04.992 [pimatic, npm] info: http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/bindings-shyp
11:39:06.193 [pimatic, npm] info: WARN optional dep failed, continuing usb-shyp-win32-x64@1.0.4
11:39:06.205 [pimatic, npm] info: WARN optional dep failed, continuing usb-shyp-darwin-x64@1.0.4
11:39:06.212 [pimatic, npm] info: WARN optional dep failed, continuing usb-shyp-win32-ia32@1.0.4
11:39:08.417 [pimatic, npm] info: > usb@1.0.4 install /root/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic-led-light/node_modules/blinkstick/node_modules/usb
11:39:08.422 [pimatic, npm] info: > node shyp-blacklist.js win32-x64 win32-ia32 darwin-x64 || node-gyp rebuild
11:39:14.138 [pimatic, npm] info: make: Entering directory '/root/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic-led-light/node_modules/blinkstick/node_modules/usb/build'
11:39:14.155 [pimatic, npm] info:   CC(target) Release/obj.target/libusb/libusb/libusb/core.o
11:39:25.172 [pimatic, npm] info:   CC(target) Release/obj.target/libusb/libusb/libusb/descriptor.o
11:39:31.361 [pimatic, npm] info:   CC(target) Release/obj.target/libusb/libusb/libusb/hotplug.o
11:39:32.482 [pimatic, npm] info:   CC(target) Release/obj.target/libusb/libusb/libusb/io.o
11:39:35.610 [pimatic, npm] info:   CC(target) Release/obj.target/libusb/libusb/libusb/strerror.o
11:39:36.355 [pimatic, npm] info:   CC(target) Release/obj.target/libusb/libusb/libusb/sync.o
11:39:37.153 [pimatic, npm] info:   CC(target) Release/obj.target/libusb/libusb/libusb/os/poll_posix.o
11:39:37.847 [pimatic, npm] info:   CC(target) Release/obj.target/libusb/libusb/libusb/os/threads_posix.o
11:39:37.924 [pimatic, npm] info: ../libusb/libusb/os/threads_posix.c:24:0: warning: "_GNU_SOURCE" redefined [enabled by default]
11:39:37.928 [pimatic, npm] info: <command-line>:0:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition
11:39:38.441 [pimatic, npm] info:   CC(target) Release/obj.target/libusb/libusb/libusb/os/linux_usbfs.o
11:39:44.811 [pimatic, npm] info:   CC(target) Release/obj.target/libusb/libusb/libusb/os/linux_udev.o
11:39:45.117 [pimatic, npm] info: ../libusb/libusb/os/linux_udev.c:40:21: fatal error: libudev.h: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
11:39:45.121 [pimatic, npm] info: compilation terminated.
11:39:46.103 [pimatic, npm] info: libusb.target.mk:119: recipe for target 'Release/obj.target/libusb/libusb/libusb/os/linux_udev.o' failed
11:39:46.107 [pimatic, npm] info: make: Leaving directory '/root/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic-led-light/node_modules/blinkstick/node_modules/usb/build'
11:39:46.120 [pimatic, npm] info: make: *** [Release/obj.target/libusb/libusb/libusb/os/linux_udev.o] Error 1
11:39:46.128 [pimatic, npm] info: gyp ERR! build error 
11:39:46.148 [pimatic, npm] info: gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
11:39:46.159 [pimatic, npm] info: gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:267:23)
11:39:46.162 [pimatic, npm] info: gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)
11:39:46.165 [pimatic, npm] info: gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:789:12)
11:39:46.181 [pimatic, npm] info: gyp ERR! System Linux 3.18.11-v7+
11:39:46.186 [pimatic, npm] info: gyp ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
11:39:46.190 [pimatic, npm] info: gyp ERR! cwd /root/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic-led-light/node_modules/blinkstick/node_modules/usb
11:39:46.193 [pimatic, npm] info: gyp ERR! node -v v0.10.24
11:39:46.202 [pimatic, npm] info: gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v0.12.1
11:39:46.206 [pimatic, npm] info: gyp ERR! not ok 
11:39:46.225 [pimatic, npm] info: http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/debug
11:39:46.229 [pimatic, npm] info: http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/optimist
11:39:46.233 [pimatic, npm] info: http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/sf/0.1.7
11:39:46.237 [pimatic, npm] info: http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/async/0.9.0
11:39:46.240 [pimatic, npm] info: http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/nan
11:39:46.244 [pimatic, npm] info: http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/bindings/1.2.1
11:39:46.251 [pimatic, npm] info: http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/0.7.1
11:39:46.255 [pimatic, npm] info: http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/wordwrap
11:39:46.259 [pimatic, npm] info: http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/minimist
11:39:46.359 [pimatic, npm] info: > serialport@1.7.4 install /root/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic-led-light/node_modules/node-milight-rf24/node_modules/serialport
11:39:46.363 [pimatic, npm] info: > node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build
11:39:47.431 [pimatic, npm] info: module.js:340
11:39:47.438 [pimatic, npm] info:     throw err;
11:39:47.441 [pimatic, npm] info:           ^
11:39:47.460 [pimatic, npm] info: Error: Cannot find module './pre-binding'
11:39:47.464 [pimatic, npm] info:     at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:338:15)
11:39:47.468 [pimatic, npm] info:     at Function.Module._load (module.js:280:25)
11:39:47.471 [pimatic, npm] info:     at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
11:39:47.473 [pimatic, npm] info:     at require (module.js:380:17)
11:39:47.476 [pimatic, npm] info:     at Object.<anonymous> (/root/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic-led-light/node_modules/node-milight-rf24/node_modules/serialport/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/lib/node-pre-gyp.js:38:16)
11:39:47.481 [pimatic, npm] info:     at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
11:39:47.484 [pimatic, npm] info:     at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
11:39:47.486 [pimatic, npm] info:     at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
11:39:47.489 [pimatic, npm] info:     at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
11:39:47.492 [pimatic, npm] info:     at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
11:39:50.172 [pimatic, npm] info: ERR! usb@1.0.4 install: `node shyp-blacklist.js win32-x64 win32-ia32 darwin-x64 || node-gyp rebuild`
11:39:50.179 [pimatic, npm] info: ERR! Exit status 1
11:39:50.183 [pimatic, npm] info: ERR! 
11:39:50.186 [pimatic, npm] info: ERR! Failed at the usb@1.0.4 install script.
11:39:50.190 [pimatic, npm] info: ERR! This is most likely a problem with the usb package,
11:39:50.193 [pimatic, npm] info: ERR! not with npm itself.
11:39:50.197 [pimatic, npm] info: ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
11:39:50.200 [pimatic, npm] info: ERR!     node shyp-blacklist.js win32-x64 win32-ia32 darwin-x64 || node-gyp rebuild
11:39:50.227 [pimatic, npm] info: ERR! You can get their info via:
11:39:50.230 [pimatic, npm] info: ERR!     npm owner ls usb
11:39:50.234 [pimatic, npm] info: ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.
11:39:50.237 [pimatic, npm] info: ERR! System Linux 3.18.11-v7+
11:39:50.240 [pimatic, npm] info: ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "pimatic-led-light"
11:39:50.247 [pimatic, npm] info: ERR! cwd /root/pimatic-app
11:39:50.250 [pimatic, npm] info: ERR! node -v v0.10.24
11:39:50.254 [pimatic, npm] info: ERR! npm -v 1.3.21
11:39:50.257 [pimatic, npm] info: ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
11:39:50.593 [pimatic, npm] info: ERR! 
11:39:50.603 [pimatic, npm] info: ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
11:39:50.607 [pimatic, npm] info: ERR!     /root/pimatic-app/npm-debug.log
11:39:50.611 [pimatic, npm] info: ERR! not ok code 0
11:39:50.685 [pimatic] error: Error running "npm install pimatic-led-light"

@p4co86 Make sure you have libudev-dev installed on your raspi before installing the plugin as indicated by the aforementioned issue #18. To repair your installation the following should work:

sudo apt-get install libudev-dev
cd pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic-led-light/
sudo rm -rf node_modules
sudo npm install

Hope, this helps

EDIT: Of course, you also need to restart pimatic!

ok, this works but when i try to change the color i get “color is not defined”

@p4co86 This is a known bug. A bug fix is already available but has not been released yet. See https://github.com/philip1986/pimatic-led-light/pull/25

EDIT: For the time being you can fix it locally by replacing the file “devices/milight.coffee” with https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mwittig/pimatic-led-light/master/devices/milight.coffee

now when i try this with rules, i got the following error message:

error [pimatic]: rule test error executing an action: setColor is not defined 13:55:50

@mwittig said:

@p4co86 Make sure you have libudev-dev installed on your raspi before installing the plugin as indicated by the aforementioned issue #18. To repair your installation the following should work:

sudo apt-get install libudev-dev
cd pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic-led-light/
sudo rm -rf node_modules
sudo npm install

Hope, this helps

EDIT: Of course, you also need to restart pimatic!

I have the same problem, i´ve done exactly what you have written, but still with no success:

error [pimatic]: Cannot find module ‘/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic-led-light/node_modules/node-milight-rf24/node_modules/serialport/build/serialport/v1.7.4/Release/node-v11-linux-arm/serialport.node’

the plugin is succesfull installed and i can dim the led and change the color. just with rules it would not work.

is there a anywhere some fix so i can fix the setcolor issue with rules? can someone pleas help?

error [pimatic]: Error loading device Leds: Invalid config of device Leds: #/zone: Should have type number, was: string

remove the
" ",
this should work:

...
"zone": 2,
...

@p4co86 said:

is there a anywhere some fix so i can fix the setcolor issue with rules? can someone pleas help?

I have just double-checked this. With my development fork rules work fine.

set led1 to corn flower blue

However, I have noticed that the timing of commands is perhaps too agressive. Note, the milight box only provides an one-way UDP-based (unreliable transport) service interface. So, there is no way of checking whether or not a command has succeeded. Apart from reliabilitiy problems on the RF-connection between the milight box and the bulbs theres also a small chance of UDP packet loss thanks to the Wifi connection of Milight Box. I have changed the timings in the development fork to mitigate this.

all work fine for me, my post was for @zwada
milight is working very good with setcolor etc.

only thing i have noticed, when i dimm the bar to 0 the lights are still on. it looks like a dimmelevel of 20% but i thing they should be off. or am i wrong.

whats about the colorpicker change thing. or make the dimmbar under the on/off button because in vertikal mobile the dimmbar is very small.

this has been fixed by removing " ",
thank you

hey all, i have some questions/improvements.

First, i have two milight controller wich i can controle (zone1, zone2) and one to controle both(zone0), when i now turn on zone 0 all lights are on. but the zone1 and zone2 in pimatic are still off, same when i dim zone0, the lights are dimming but the interface in the gui reacts just in the zone0 gui.

second, when i change a color, the color just changes when i click into the color hue. but when i use the milight app, i can press and move over the color hue and the colors are change in real time(hope you know what i mean). same for the dimmer, i want to pull the dimmer from 0 to 100% and the lights is dimm in real time. actually it dimms to a value when i release the dimmbar.

EDIT: The state is also not stored after a restart!

it would be nice someone could implement that feature.
thanks guys!