Has anyone seen anything like this for landscape lighting and added to home assistant. Not sure if there is a ESP option or some other gateway SMART HUB-150 - System | in-lite Outdoor Lighting
I have sent a email to in-lite and this is there answer it is in dutch. Maybe google translate.
So I think it is possible to make a connection with Bluetooth. But I’m not a programmer.
I’m interested too!
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Je vraagt ons naar de mogelijkheden om ons in-lite systeem te koppelen aan een domotica systeem.
In ons assortiment hebben wij de SMART HUB-150. Deze transformator werkt via de in-lite app. Je maakt contact met de SMART HUB-150 via Bluetooth. Op die manier kan je in de in-lite app je lichtzones en routines instellen en bedienen.
In het najaar van 2022 brengen wij de SMART BRIDGE op de markt. Met behulp van dit accessoire kan je de in-lite app koppelen aan verschillende domotica systemen. Hierdoor maak je de koppeling tussen het Bluetooth systeem van de transformator en het internet en is het bereik om verbinding te kunnen maken stabiel en vergroot.
We beginnen met Google Home, Apple Home kit en Alexa Amazon. In een tweede fase zullen hier ook systemen zoals KNX en Creston bijkomen. Dit zal vermoedelijk in 2023 gaan plaatsvinden. We zullen in de toekomst blijven ontwikkelen, zodat er ook koppelingen met andere domotica systemen kunnen plaatsvinden. Ook kan je verschillende domotica systemen koppelen in een ander domotica systeem: Zo kunnen bijvoorbeeld Bush-Jaeger producten in Google Home en in Alexa Amazon worden toegevoegd.
Mocht je nog twijfelen om de SMART HUB-150 aan te schaffen; doe het zeker. Je kunt tijdelijk gewoon gebruik maken van de in-lite app via Bluetooth. Op een later moment kan je de SMART BRIDGE toevoegen. Ook zullen wij op het gebied van SMART nog veel meer SMART producten op de markt gaan brengen die werken via de SMART HUB-150. De investering hierin is dan ook zeker de moeite waard.
Thank you. That’s a better response then I got in Canada. There is hope then possibly.
I’m not a programmer either and this unit is at a remote friends location who I really can’t bug to play. Will keep looking and maybe something will come soon.
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i don’t now of it can be use for home assistant. i have not buy it. price is like hell some as the smart hub-150
Perfect, will look into - dont think there is a hurry on my friends side but nice to see some movement
Is there some progression on a integration of in-lite ble app?
I thought of directly controlling in-lite ble device through a ble dongle from home assistant
I looked into the .apk file of the app for the ble uuid en services for controlling te relais, do i need some encryption code?
Maybe someone has an update on this topic ?
I read in the iOS app update v3.11.0: “in-lite is now ready for the future with Matter! Update the SMART BRIDGE and take advantage of the new Matter integration”. On the in-lite site, there’s a Matter manual (but it doesn’t give a lot of info sadly)
The website of In-lite states that it works with Home Assistant combined with Matter. Anyone who tried this combination yet?
https://in-lite.com/nl/blog/matter
Just came here to rant a little about In-Lite and mostly warn other home automation enthousiasts to stay away from this brand. Their lights are nice but overpriced and the integration with Home Assistant is nonexistent unless you want to use a bridge which does not even seem to support local communication.
I got In-Lite installed by a gardener and since I read it was smart I assumed it would integrate with Home Assistant. Once again assumptions are the mother of all f#ck ups. So all of this is completely to blame on myself.
The mediocre app only connects through Bluetooth and doesnt work half of the time. You can create simple routines within the app but I would hardly call this smart nowadays. For true home automation integration you need to buy a bridge which acts as a Bluetooth proxy but direct and local integration with Home Assistant seems to be lacking. This bridge is now €189 (which is €50,- more than earlier this year). while it’s functionality can also be achieved with a €5,- ESP-32 running ESPHome. From a client perspective looking for simplicty, local integration and a environment friendly solution (not another bridge) this is just wrong.
I asked In-Lite if they have any plans to allow direct Bluetooth communication but you can guess the answer. There I said it, it’s not gonna change anything for me but perhaps I helped someone else make the same mistake.
Hey together,
as I also don’t feel like buying a separate box for an unreasonable price. I created a custom integration for home assistant. Bear with me, it is my first integration for home assistant, but I am sure with your help in testing all will be good.
So far I tested it with the HUB-150 but it should also work with HUB-75.
You need to login with your account during setup to retrieve the encryption key that is used to encrypt the bluetooth communication.
The communication between Home Assistant and the hub is done completely local using bluetooth. The key needs to be retrieved once using the cloud.
Please use the Issue Tracker in Github to give feedback and feature requests. Currently the three (and I think it is two for HUB-75) light switches for HUB-150 are shown as entities in Home Assistant and can be controlled using bluetooth.
Looking forward to the feedback and happy testing!
Bennet
Hey!
I have been following this thread for a while, I also tried to make some reverse engineering on it without success.
Found your post yesterday and I just installed the integration, it was flawless!
Everything works as expected, the 3 lights show up, with the names I had setup in the app, the current status is also visible, props to you! You just made all my ideas, about automating things in the garden, possible.
I would advise however to the owners of the system to never update the firmware in case in-lite decides to pull a fast one and prevent this workaround.
Thank you!
Thanks @LuisMAlmeida! Love to hear that it works for you.
Please let me know if anything is not working or you have any suggestions for improvements!