Controll zigbee via mqtt?

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Hey guys :wave:

In my home setup I am running loads of zigbee, simple because I like the protocol and speed.

I am thinking to add a led strip under my tv cabinet (3.5 / 4 meters in total) which needs to be individually addressable, but I want it to bee zigbee. I know it isn’t around, yet. But is there a way to control it over zigbee?

I want it to be a part of my other zigbee rgb lights and be all cool with tv image and such. But one giant 4 meters of light in one color is just sad.

Zigbee2mqtt or any other setup?

Currently I’m using conbee2 controller with deconz . Hue essentials for the light sync with audio/video.

Thanks!

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I haven’t seen any individually asdressable ZigBee led controller yet, looked around a bit with no luck. I have read somewhere that data size needed to carry these information continuously over zigbee limit. Do not remember where it was.

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Any other solution you van think of?

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Existing wifi based solutions as wled? Have you checked on them?

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Have built a few of those in the past, with wemos and various other boards like regular esp8266. Do like them, actually have one running for my 3d printer. I wanted something zigbee though. But unfortunately companies havent really cared to implement properly.
Thanks for your ideas

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But do you update running led sections over home assistant using zigbee or just sending ‘scene/program code’ over zigbee and esp takes care of managing individual sections of led?

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I don’t understand your question. I dont have any running with zigbee. Addressable ledstrips in my home are the ones with wifi controllers

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ah, got it, I thought you built some of those running with zigbee. clear :slight_smile:

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I wish my man, I wish

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On the other hand, given that you have experience with esp, you can try;

  • use esp as brain of led driver
  • use zigbee to communicate between HA and ESP
  • store some pre programmed programs inside esp
  • set program name over zigbee
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Could work, but still doesn’t use the light synchronize like this, but the whole room: Sync (Entertainment) on your phone or Android TV - Scenes, Effects, Entertainment - Hue Essentials Community

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For future reference the solution:

It allows for a virtual bridge which houses wifi enabled devices