ShawnW Posted November 7, 2022 Posted November 7, 2022 Hi All! Long time ISY user - recently bought a Polisy and soon want to finally dive in. My first real need is to create/deploy a colour-changing light (form currently non-specific) that will "report" to me in my home various states of my system - such as Red Light will mean that not all doors are locked or closed (Green Light if they are), and probably Orange to report motion in one of my garages. I'd like recommendations on both the light brand/product and obviously also on an existing PG3 Node Server for such to link with my current ISY. The only one I know of is obviously Hue, but i've heard they're expensive, need their hub, etc. - i will use them if voted up, but I'd rather experienced people point me to the best all-round product & node server. THANK YOU !! Shawn
Bumbershoot Posted November 7, 2022 Posted November 7, 2022 1 hour ago, ShawnW said: Hi All! Long time ISY user - recently bought a Polisy and soon want to finally dive in. My first real need is to create/deploy a colour-changing light (form currently non-specific) that will "report" to me in my home various states of my system - such as Red Light will mean that not all doors are locked or closed (Green Light if they are), and probably Orange to report motion in one of my garages. I'd like recommendations on both the light brand/product and obviously also on an existing PG3 Node Server for such to link with my current ISY. The only one I know of is obviously Hue, but i've heard they're expensive, need their hub, etc. - i will use them if voted up, but I'd rather experienced people point me to the best all-round product & node server. THANK YOU !! Shawn I've been doing precisely this with LiFX bulbs for some time. They're WiFi, so no hub is necessary. There's been a report that a recent firmware update to the bulbs broke the interaction with the LiFX node server, however, though it should always be possible to control them with Network Resources. There are also MagicHome and Kasa node servers available, so you have plenty of WiFi controlled choices available to you.
larryllix Posted November 7, 2022 Posted November 7, 2022 I use Magichome bulbs. These are also known as LEDenet, fluxnet and a few other names, all with compatible cell apps.They have built in animations including several different folour flashing nodes that don't require code in ISY to make them flash.I have written my own bridging software thar sits on my polisy but network resources can also operate them.Sent from my SM-G781W using Tapatalk
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