Lifx Switch HomeKit

Hardware
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Hello Home Assistant Community,

I’m currently facing challenges with integrating my LIFX switch into HomeKit, particularly with buttons 1 and 2. Despite configuring these buttons to control non-LIFX devices, they’re unresponsive in HomeKit. I’m curious if anyone has had success in a similar setup. However if I leave it setup as Lifx Device in the switch settings the buttons in homekit work.

Additionally, I’m actively working with LIFX support to resolve this issue. Here’s a brief overview of the troubleshooting steps we’ve taken:

  1. Network Compatibility: Checked for compatibility issues with my Google Nest router, considering switching to a dedicated 2.4 GHz network for the switch.
  2. Cloud Connectivity: Ensured the switch is online in both the LIFX app and the cloud.
  3. Reset and Reconfigure: Followed steps to reset the switch and the router, and reconfigure the setup.
  4. HomeKit Integration: Attempted to remove and reintegrate the switch from HomeKit to address connectivity issues.
  5. Device Diagnostics: Sent diagnostic data to LIFX support for further analysis.

The current state of lifx support is they think its cause my google wifi router has 2.4 and 5 bands merged and they want me to split them as the switch will go between the two. which is quite frustrating and means i have to get another wifi router

Despite these efforts, the issue with buttons 1 and 2 remains unresolved. I would greatly appreciate any insights or experiences you might have with a similar setup in HomeKit.

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I’m not sure if this is still unsolved for you, but I faced very similar problems and solved them by integrating all LIFX devices directly into Home Assistant and exposing them to HomeKit from there. This not only works much more accurately but also opens a new level of functionality that wasn’t possible with the Apple integration.

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I actually just installed them all again the other day and I’m closest setting them up

thanks for this

So you add them via IP the switches to home assistant and then what do you do?