I have 4 older fluorescent tube fixtures under my kitchen counter cabinets. The color temperature is fixed. The tubes are replaceable, but many have been failing, and I want to replace the fixtures.
Currently, they are controlled by a Z-Wave smart switch, and Yolink motion sensor, using HA automations. The frequent cycling is not appropriate for fluorescent tubes, and is causing them to die early.
One option I’m considering is going to non-smart LED tube fixtures, that should hopefully survive more power cycles.
Ideally, though, I would prefer smart fixtures that are always on the network, and controlled by Wifi, and with the ability to change color temperature, or color.
I have researched this a little bit, and I mainly see products from GE Light Sync. There is a Cync integration for HA that is reported to work with it. Unfortunately, like many smart devices, it depends on a cloud account. This is a no-no for me for permanent installation devices.
Edit: it looks like Cync now makes some Matter-compatible devices. They still require Internet to setup, but should work locally after initial setup. It’s not clear if all features are supported through Matter, though.
Amazon has many no-name Chinese smart light products, but I have no idea if any of them can work with HA or locally.
Has anyone else found a suitable product that doesn’t require cloud ?
I have some under counter lighting using BTF Lighting zigbee controllers from Amazon on some old Govee RGB strips where the Govee controller’s wifi had failed and they work just fine if you have zigbee available to you. You can pair the controller with other RGB/RGBW/RGBCCT LED strips you can find on amazon.
I am setup this way using govee lights only because the govee wifi in the govee controller failed so I replaced the integral controller so that I didn’t have to replace the strips. If I was starting fresh, I would not do it that way. I would probably pair the controller with a generic RGBW strip. But there are all sorts of strip options depending on what your desires are.
I settled on those GE Reveal. They work through Matter. I was able to provision them even when firewalled, as long as my phone and HA itself had public Internet. I could not update their firmware without temporarily unblocking their Internet access.
They are very bright, which is great. I am able to set the colors through Matter. The light show functions are not available through Matter, though, only cloud. But since these are solid color only, they can be emulated through HA automations still.