Type 6 MagicHome devices: behave like type 68?

[WSommerfeld]

I recently purchased a MagicHome-family RGBW LED strip controller (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QG7HCZG) and attempted to use it with the MagicHome node server (just started the 30 day free trial). 

"On" and "Off" worked but the other settings didn't work and I saw some "Unrecognized bulb type 6" errors.

Poking at the rgbled.py script it appears that the type 6 I have behaves similarly to a type 68 (things started working better when I edited the script to change "WWBULB=6" instead of "WWBULB=68"; setting dim levels and colors work properly now).

Any chance that support for this could be added to the official release?

 

[bpwwer]

Sure, it can be added.  Are you sure it's not more like RGBWSTRIP (type 37)?   Can you try setting that to 6 and see if it works?

 

[WSommerfeld]

36 minutes ago, bpwwer said:

Are you sure it's not more like RGBWSTRIP (type 37)?   Can you try setting that to 6 and see if it works?

 

I tried that one first - with RGBWSTRIP=6, the "Unrecognized bulb type" errors went away but the behavior didn't otherwise change (on/off worked; everything else I tried was ignored).

With WWBULB=6 I saw expected behavior from level sets, all of the "set effects" I tried, set color temperature,  brighten, and dim.  

[larryllix]

I recently purchased a MagicHome-family RGBW LED strip controller (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QG7HCZG) and attempted to use it with the MagicHome node server (just started the 30 day free trial). 
"On" and "Off" worked but the other settings didn't work and I saw some "Unrecognized bulb type 6" errors.
Poking at the rgbled.py script it appears that the type 6 I have behaves similarly to a type 68 (things started working better when I edited the script to change "WWBULB=6" instead of "WWBULB=68"; setting dim levels and colors work properly now).
Any chance that support for this could be added to the official release?
 

I wrote my own interface and had to update the firmware many times each time a new version of the bulbs came out.

Then white variations use a completely different level technique also.

I have them all compensated with patches now and they work well.

I can control up to 10 bulbs simultaneously on the fly with some ISY program code and 3 NRs. All software is contained inside my polisy.

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[bpwwer]

@WSommerfeld,

Added type 6 and pushed the update to the plug-in store.  It's now version 1.0.4

 

[WSommerfeld]

That did the trick.   Thanks!