Is there any Casambi Gateway available which integradtes with HA so that you do not have to constantly keep an iPad/iPhone running?
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Yes, use the casambi-ht-hass integration (search for lkempf in HACS, the creator) in combination with a ESP32 bluetooth proxy. This is a small device with a bluetooth receiver that you connect via ethernet (ideally PoE so that this one ethernet cable also powers the device), e.g. ESP32-POE - Open Source Hardware Board
Install the firmware on the bluetooth proxy (easy, see esphome.io) by connecting ito a computer.
In HA, add the Bluetooth integration and the ESP Home integration.
I have several Occhio lamps and this works very well. The only problem is that if you cut power to the lamp (wall switch), it is unavailable via HA. It takes approximately 20 seconds for it to become available again once power resumes. However, it happens that the entities remain unavailable even then. This is fixed by reloading the casambi integration in HA. So, ideally, electrical power is always on and the lights are controlled exclusively via HA, the Occhio app, or a wireless Casambi bluetooth wall switch.
The other option would be to use Atios KNX Bridge and hook it up to a DALI-Casambi gateway. Integration in Home Assistant works natively via Matter or HomeKit protocol. This way you have an officially supported integration by Casambi, that does not require any API keys.
Thanks very much! Both very god ideas.
Since I’m not too good with ESPs I’ll try the Atios/DALI solution first. Does this also work with the classic (instead of evolution) firmware of the lamps?
Wow. Given the price of the Atios bridge, I’ll stick with my refurbished iPhone S I paid 10x cheaper…
Hi, thanks a lot for the information. It works fine. However, I’m not able to adapt in HA the light from the top to the bottom and vice versa. I can controle 2700-4000K, dim 0->100, but not the top/bottom shine. Any idea? Thanks for your help.
I’ll check but I think this indeed a limitation. Even in the Occhio app it is this awkward slider
Do you have experience with this DALI bridge? I saw that these also exist in wireless form.
However, they are indeed very pricey (around 900 EUR) and DALI does not yet support light temperature/light color. I’m considering it but only if it really works very well. Because I don’t like that my main living room lights are now fully dependent on Home Assistant.
Did you try the DALI bridge or did you stay with the casambi-ht-hass integration?
For now I stayed with the hass integration indeed.
I have to say it’s shown itself to be quite stable.