homebridge-remote-ledstrip-plugin

Raspberry Pi GPIO based analog LED Strip plugin for Homebridge

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homebridge-remote-ledstrip-plugin
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Raspberry Pi GPIO based LED Strip plugin for Homebridge
Originally inspired by GiniaE/homebridge-gpio-ledstrip and manfredipist/homebridge-gpio-rgb-ledstrip and base plugin taken from suhajda3/homebridge-rgb-ledstrip
Installation
  1. Install Homebridge on your host
  2. Install this plugin npm install -g homebridge-remote-ledstrip-plugin (on the host)
  3. Run sudo pigpiod after installing the pigpio library and Python (on slave)
  4. Optionally install Homebridge Config UI X
Hardware
Follow David Ordnung's tutorial on how to connect your LED Strip to the Rapsberry Pi's GPIO pins.
Configuration
Configuration sample:
```
"accessories": [
  {
    "accessory": "RgbLedStrip",
    "name": "Bedroom LED Strip",
    "rPin": 17,
    "gPin": 22,
    "bPin": 24,
    "led-slave": "192.168.178.38"
  }
]
```
Fields:
  • "accessory": Must always be "RgbLedStrip" (required)
  • "name": Can be anything (required)
  • "rPin": GPIO pin that is used to set red value (required)
  • "gPin": GPIO pin that is used to set green value (required)
  • "bPin": GPIO pin that is used to set blue value (required)
  • "led-slave": IP of the client directly controlling the strip (required)

Contributing

Feel free to open an issue (or even better, send a Pull Request) to contribute. Contributions are always welcomed! 😄