tweason
December 15, 2017, 7:15pm
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You might consider Ikea TradFri as well. I have been really happy with mine. I have not tried the new color ones. But the color temperature ones are rock solid.
Bulb:
Device Handler:
Here is a device type that I’ve written/copy pasted from other device types, I’m not sure if everything is the way it’s supposed to be but it works as I want it to.
I’ve written it so that it changes the color temperature when dimming the light, it makes it behave a bit more like a traditional bulb.
There is a preference section were users can edit the following
Enable/disable level and color temperature linking
Set a delay between level and color temperature change
Choose whether to show a generic color name such as “Relax” or a kelvin temperature such as “2300 K”
Color temperature at the lowest brightness level
Color temperature at the highest brightness level
Works:
TRADFRI bulb E27 WS opal 980lm
TRADFRI bulb E14 WS opal 400lm
TRADFRI bulb GU10 WS 400lm
Untested but should wor…
Pairing Directions: (Follow VERBATIM)
Adding IKEA Trådfri to SmartThings
Here are step by step instructions for adding an IKEA Trådfri bulb to SmartThings for the first time. Thanks to EDVALD EYSTEINSSON and others, we now have a wonderful device handler that allows better color temperature control over IKEA Trådfri bulbs than the Ikea Gateway or Steering Remote currently allows.
Once the bulb(s) are added to the SmartThings hub, you can also use up to two IKEA Trådfri devices to control one or more bulbs and still maintain control by the SmartThings Hub. Those instructions follow.
Adding IKEA Trådfri bulb device handler to SmartThings
Sign-in to the SmartThings developer API at https://graph.api.smartthings.com/
Choose My Device Handlers at that top, then click the green Create New Device Handler button on the right
Sel…
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