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@ -6,20 +6,18 @@ This code is not yet production-ready. Most of the work goes into reverse
engineering the original firmware and coming up with ways to re-implement
a device firmware based on ESPHome.
The main focus for now lies on driving the LED circuitry, to make sure that
the light quality meets that of the original firmware. While I thought this
would be the easy part, it turned out to be quite a beast, since driving the
LEDs is quite different from a regular RGBWW-style light.
The light functionality is getting close to completion. After this, I will
work on implementing the front panel buttons. The hard work for this was
already done: reverse engineering the protocol that is used to talk to the
main board. Therefore, finishing up the firmware should not take much time
once I get to this point.
With those two out of the way, we can move towards a stable release of the
Till now, the main focus was driving the LED circuitry, to make sure that the
light quality meets that of the original firmware. This was a hard nut to
crack, but I am happy to announce that this code has been completed.
Therefore I will now continue on implementing the front panel buttons.
The hard work for this was already done: reverse engineering the protocol
that is used to talk to the main board. Therefore, finishing up the
firmware should not take much time from here on.
Once the front panel is working, we can move towards a stable release of the
firmware. I have some more ideas to work on, but those can and will be
extensions to the stable release code.
extensions to a finalized first stable release.
## Is it safe to install this firmware on my device?
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## Installation
Create a folder named `custom_components` in the folder where your
device's yaml configuration file is stored. Then clone the the Github
repo into a subfolder `yeelight_bs2`. For example on the command line:
Create a folder named `custom_components` in the folder where your device's
yaml configuration file is stored. Then clone the the Github repo into a
subfolder `yeelight_bs2`. For example on the command line:
```
# mkdir custom_components
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```
Then add the required configuration to your device's yaml configuration file.
For an example file, take a look at `doc/example.yaml` in this repository.
For an example file, take a look at [doc/example.yaml](doc/example.yaml) in
this repository.
On a Rapsbery Pi with HomeAssistant and ESPHome as a plugin, the directory should be:
On a Rapsbery Pi with HomeAssistant and ESPHome as a plugin, the directory
should be:
/config/esphome/custom_components/yeelight_bs2/
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. . . .
```
See [doc/FLASHING.md](doc/FLASHING.md) for hints for opening and flashing the light.
See [doc/FLASHING.md](doc/FLASHING.md) for hints for opening up the device and
flashing its firmware.
## Issue: the device keeps losing its connection to Home Assistant


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substitutions:
name: bedside_lamp
friendly_name: Bedside Lamp
transition_length: 750ms
transition_length: 1s
# Use your own preferences for these components.
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master1: master1
master2: master2
default_transition_length: ${transition_length}
# You can use any effects that you like. These are just examples.
effects:
- random:
name: "Slow Random"
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- random:
name: "Fast Random"
transition_length: 3s
update_interval: 4s
update_interval: 3s
# The device uses two I2C busses.
i2c:


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