Since my last post the integration is now up to v0.11.0, new features include:
Segment Zone Naming - Assign custom names to segment zones on each device with a visual grid editor for intuitive zone configuration
Device triggers for HA automations - Aqara lighting devices now appear in the Home Assistant automation UI device trigger selector, enabling native trigger-based automations of features
Interactive Visual Segment Selection for segment patterns and sequences
XY Color Picker Modal - with color history swatches
Dynamic SVG preset preview thumbnails - Presets now display dynamically generated SVG thumbnail previews showing the actual color pattern
Now, can anyone with a T1 LED Strip confirm that the dynamic scenes don’t transition between colors and instead “jump” from one to the other? I think its an issue with the strip rather than this integration but want to know if others see the same. Thanks
Yes, they will that’s a hardware limitation of the T1 Strip unfortunately, it doesn’t support hardware colour transitions, and its brightness transitions are rather jerky too.
Great work, thanks! T1 strip with ZHA here.
Now I can set the correct length for my T1 strip and the RGB-coloured scenes are now also working on the extension!
I was hoping for smooth brightness transition, but from a previous post I gather that’s a hardware thing with this strip.
Thanks. Yeah it seems to be a firmware limitation with the T1 Strip, even the Aqara Home app doesn’t do smooth colour transitions outside of effects. The device ignores transition commands and I haven’t been able to find a manufacturer specific custom attribute that can do them. I could increase the fire rate of the software transitions but it risks flooding the Zigbee network and they’ll never be truly smooth.
Version 1.1.0 adds solar and schedule-based adaptive circadian CCT sequences, capability-aware light adaptation for any Home Assistant light, and a new more comprehensive override detection system.
Circadian Adaptive CCT Sequences
Schedule steps use fixed times (12:00) or sun-relative times (sunrise+30, sunset-60)
Solar timeline maps elevation to time using sinusoidal sun trajectory with real sunrise/sunset positions
Automatic interpolation between steps on a 24-hour cycle
Dual-track timeline preview showing color temperature and brightness with step markers
Software-Interpolated Transitions
Cubic easing (ease_in_out_cubic) for natural-looking transitions
Adaptive interval scaling: shorter intervals for quick transitions, longer for extended sequences
Improved support for non-Aqara lights in dynamic scenes and CCT sequences
Software transition opt-in for non-Aqara lights via device config panel
Capability profiles classify lights as full-color, CCT-only, brightness-only, or on/off-only
Service calls adapted at runtime using XY-to-CCT conversion and color temp clamping
Context-based override detection with per-attribute control for solar and schedule sequences
Detects overrides from service call data before state changes arrive
Context-only detection replaces grace window system
Per-attribute change detection with hardware drift tolerance
Non-HA drift detection for changes made outside Home Assistant
Bare turn-on adaptation fills unspecified attributes with solar/schedule values
Per-attribute pause indicators in frontend
Improvements
Proactive adaptation: immediate value application on resume and turn-on
Per-preset auto-resume delay
Turn off light end behavior for dynamic scenes
Skip first step in loop for CCT sequences
Added Power Nap CCT sequence preset
Selective user preset exports
Bug Fixes
Loop N Times count field in Scenes tab
Signed URL preset export with selective filtering
Preset export using signed URL WebSocket command
Auth errors on API calls
Active presets panel not updating after activation
last-half, first-third, last-third keywords to parse_segment_range
Segment patterns not restoring off state when stopped
Color restore when activating from an off state
CCT sequence not affecting T1 Strips in RGB mode
CCT editor loop count field not showing when loop mode is count
Zone selector event leak
start_dynamic_scene service not finding built-in presets
loop_mode value mismatch between frontend editors and backend schema
Hi, thank you for this integration. Recently I’ve switched my T1 LED strip from aqara m2 hub to HA via ZHA to use this integration.
First versions were quite bugy, now I am using the latest 1.1.0 version which seems to be much better.
I would like to create some segment sequence but struggling to set any white color (color temperature), there are only RGB.
Is it even possible to do so?
Thanks, the T1 Strip doesn’t support segment addressing on the CCT LEDs, only the RGB LEDs, it’s a hardware limitation. I guess I could expand the colour picker to make RGB versions of CCT temperatures, I’ll put it on the todo list. In the mean time you could use a tool like this to make conversions and enter the RGB values into the text input fields.
Thanks. It’s a pity that it doesn’t support also dedicated white LEDs for segments which is my main color preset. I wanted to created something like 7 minutes timer so each minute 1 segment would change the color but the rest of the segments stay on the same white color.
I was trying to use the RGB values field and I am not sure if it is bug but when I want to manualy put e.g. these numbers 255 167 88, 255 is OK, 167 will automatically change to 156 and 88 change to 89. Then clicking on the arrows for B color to adjust it, it changes the number for G colors as well at the same time
And one more thing: there is e.g. a Dash effect. Is it possible to customize it? Like change the direction? I also tried to create such effect via segments but it is so laggy and not so fluent.
I’ll have a look at the numbers. In regard to the dash effect, the effect types run on a hardware level, you can only change the colours, speed and brightness, altering the direction or other things is not possible.
Hi, I have a T1 led strip connected via ZHA. All of the effects work perfectly from the frontend panel of this integration. However, the standard entity card only shows the RGB and temperature pickers but not the effects drop down:
I thought this integration exposed the built in light effects to populate the effects drop down? I’ve checked the logs but I couldn’t see any error messages. Please let me know if I have misunderstood or missed any troubleshooting steps.
Hi, I’ve updated the ZHA quirks to expose more effect attributes for native HA control, but it doesn’t seem possible to get the effect type list into the native HA light control card when using manufacturer specific attributes in ZHA quirks, it being a limitation of how ZHA builds light entities. If you want the effects to appear there you’ll have to switch to Z2M. The expanded attributes will be in the next beta release which should be out towards the end of the week.
Thanks so much for the quick response! Ok, that’s an annoying limitation of ZHA, I appreciate the explanation. I guess I will start looking into switching to Z2M.
Be aware though that still only effect type can be included in the standard HA light entity card, defining effect colours and such from there just isn’t possible.
Version 1.2.0 of Aqara Advanced Lighting is now out, and introduces audio-reactive lighting for dynamic scenes, a Lovelace preset favorites card, the ability to hide build-in presets, and a major codebase refactor for maintainability. It also adds CCT slider support in the color picker, allows CCT-only lights in dynamic scenes, and selected Favorite lights now persist across reloads and devices.
Audio-Reactive Lighting
Dynamic scene changes can now be synced to music through an ESPHome audio sensor
This new feature works in tandem with cheap off-the-shelf ESPHome devices flashed with a custom firmware that analyses environmental sound and outputs a variety of sensors such as beat detection and amplitude to Home Assistant, which this new feature then translates into music reactive dynamic scenes. It can work with any pre-existing dynamic scene preset by overriding the transition and hold time settings.
Initial firmware builds for 4 cheap off-the-shelf ESP32 devices are included, the M5Stack Atom Echo ($13/£13), M5Stack Atom Echo S3R ($15/£15), Waveshare ESP32-S3 Audio Board ($18/£18), and M5StickC Plus2 ($20/£20). These can be flashed with the custom firmware using a simple, no specialist ESP32 knowledge is needed. The firmware can also be adapted to any ESP32 device with a microphone.
Audio-reactive lighting mode with ESP32-based on-device audio analysis
New ESPHome sensor integration
Responsive audio overrides
On-device audio mode opt-in for T1 Strip non-Aqara devices with built-in music sync functions
12 new audio-reactive presets
Preset Favorites Lovelace Card
A new dashboard card for quick access to your favorite presets
Aqara Preset Favorites card for Lovelace dashboards
Active preset highlighting with toggle behavior
Hide and restore built-in presets
Hide/restore built-in presets you don’t use
Dynamic Scenes & Color Picker
CCT-only lights now supported in dynamic scenes via XY-to-CCT conversion
CCT slider added to the color picker panel
Improvements
Favorite light and entity selection added to user persistent storage
Replace externally paused text with color-coded entity chips
More ZHA attributes exposed for native HA controls
Pause solar/schedule sequences on new preset activation instead of stopping
Unify auto-generated icons to circular style
Fixes
Eliminate forced reflow during drag in transition curve graph
RGB input fields snap back
Off-state restoration for stopping presets on lights with segments
Align solar/schedule CCT timeline labels with bar markers
Solar/schedule sequence restarts for lights in on-state during HA reboot
