The Soma-equipped bedroom blind also is set to raise when the Lifx lights come on in the morning. The lounge lights ( four) fade in when Homekit detects I am arriving home, and my lounge room Soma blind (also on Homekit) raises to 80% open.
#Lifxstyle add light code
When my cleaners come on a Saturday afternoon, all the lights come on fifteen minutes before arrival (they have a code for the Schlage Sense front door lock- operates only between 430-630pm). They are on a 60 second fade in to daylight 100%. I use my Bedroom lights to wake me in the morning as I'm sensitive to light. Usually with the lights, switching on and off from the wall restores wifi, but very occasionally I have to do a resynch which is where HomePass comes in handy. I agree with the hassle factor of re-entering Homekit numbers, especially when the lights are installed in the ceiling! So once and once only, I entered their numbers and designations (eg Office 1, Office 2, Bedroom 1, Bedroom 2, Lounge 1,2,3 4) in an app called Homepass ( ) which allows for easy retrieval in the event of loss of connectivity. They connect to a TP Deco mesh system (M9+3M5s), as it's a long narrow house. I have 15 LIFX downlights which each use a two point prong to plug into the roof based electrical loom (Aussie plugs), replacing the inexpensive downlights which came with the building. No, for me, give me bulb or strip to connected directly to HomeKit - safe and simple. Plus, why add all that complexity and room for error and problems - and every additional connection creates that. I am curious to see if those issues wouldn’t happen with bulbs that don’t require a bridge and I’d likely lean toward Lifx.
That said, I do have some issues with the Hue bulbs and I think they are bridge related. It took me much less time to add those 30 devices than it did to add 4 iDevices units. Between the 2 of them that’s just over 30 bulbs and switches I didn’t need to add individually, a huge time saver. That means I only needed to add the code for the bridge and all of their respective devices almost immediately were added to Home. That means finding them and their HomeKit code, adding the code to Home, naming it, assigning a room and building all the Automations again. The two times I had to reset Home were a real pain. I have Hue, Lutron, iDevices and Honeywell products. If/when you do you’ll realize how nice products that require a bridge are. You must never have had to reset the Home app.
#Lifxstyle add light upgrade
I have a lamp with these edison style bulbs so I might upgrade them at some point, too.
Ive been very happy with the brand so far. Not needing a bridge is a huge plus in my book, too.
#Lifxstyle add light software
After some growing pains and some software updates they have been very reliable. I went with LIFX because when I want my room well lit I want it well lit. LIFX bulbs, at least when I researched extensively, were the brightest smart bulbs on the market.
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