Milight sells 2.4 GHz remotes* for quite cheap (~$12) which can be used to control Milight bulbs*. They also make in-wall panels* that do the same thing. These work quite well, but if you’re using something like HASS, you’ll end up with stale state. For example, if you turn lights on with the remote, that […]
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Securing HomeAssistant with client certificates (works with Safari/iOS)
I recently moved from SmartThings to HomeAssistant. One of the things I didn’t have to think about too much with SmartThings was how to authenticate all of my connected devices (laptops, phones, tablets, etc.) with my HA platform. I wanted to find a good balance between security and convenience with HomeAssistant. HomeAssistant makes it easy to secure your […]
Reverse engineering the new Milight/LimitlessLED 2.4 GHz Protocol
My last post went over an ESP8266-based wifi gateway for Milight/LimitlessLED bulbs. This supports a few kinds of bulbs that have been around for a couple of years (e.g., this one). About a year ago, newer bulbs and controllers started showing up that used a different 2.4 GHz protocol. This introduced some scrambling that made […]