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MiLight Plugin for HomeSeer HS4 Manual

Introduction

Thank you for using the MiLight Plugin for HS4! This plugin can be used to locally control MiLight LED

lights via one or more MiLight W-Fi controllers. Please see Requirements for more info.

This is my second plugin for HS4. My other plugin is the Horizon Remote Plugin.

I have tested this plugin thoroughly, but if you find bugs anyway, please let me know.

Requirements

To use this plugin, you will need the following:

- HomeSeer HS4. The plugin has only been tested on Windows, but there is no reason why it

should not work on Linux.

- A MiLight Wi-Fi controller and at least 1 light (a bulb, downlight, LED strip controller & strip,

etc.). Other compatible systems should be LimitlessLED, AppLamp, EasyBulb, FutLight,

AppLight, LEDme, Dekolight Rocket LED, s.LUCE, iLight, iBulb, Kreuzer, Home-Wize,

ThorFire, SureCart. This list was composed with information collected from various internet

sites. Please let me know if you think any brand does not work, so I can remove it from the list.

Also, for this reason I strongly recommend to make use of the trial period before you buy the

plugin.

- The controller has to be connected to the same Local Area Network (LAN) as your HomeSeer

system. Follow the manual of the Wi-Fi controller to connect it to your Wireless LAN, if you

haven’t done that already.

- You will need to know its local IP (IPv4) address. It’s useful if you can make sure the IP will

not change in future, for instance by fixing it. See you router manual on how to do this.

Installation

1. Install and activate the plugin like any other plugin. If you’re new to HS4, here is how:

• Go to your HomeSeer Web Control page.

• Use the Plugin dropdown and choose Add.

• Use the (2

) Search bar, or scroll to MiLight Plugin.

• Choose Install.

• In Plugins > Installed use the toggle to turn on the plugin.

2. Configure:

• Go to Plugins > MiLight Plugin > Add Wi-Fi controller.

• Follow the steps:

o Enter the IPv4 IP address of your MiLight Wi-Fi controller and choose Continue.

o Select the combination of version, number of zones and command set that

matches your setup.

• Please check the settings you entered, as the next step can create up to 10 devices and

94 features(!). Then to confirm chose Create Devices.

• In the background the IP address you entered will be checked to make sure it is a valid

IPv4 address (no typos, etc.). If it’s not valid, the devices/features will not be created. This

process will NOT check if there is an actual MiLight Wi-Fi controller behind the IP address.

Also, this process checks to make sure that devices or features with the same version/IP

combination do not already exist.

• In the next step you can either go back ‘home’ (Devices page) or to the Log, in case you

want to check if everything went well.

Summary of content (5 pages)

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MiLight Plugin for HomeSeer HS4 Manual Introduction Thank you for using the MiLight Plugin for HS4! This plugin can be used to locally control MiLight LED lights via one or more MiLight W-Fi controllers. Please see Requirements for more info. This is my second plugin for HS4. My other plugin is the Horizon Remote Plugin. I have tested this plugin thoroughly, but if you find bugs anyway, please let me know. Requirements To use this plugin, you will need the following: - - HomeSeer HS4.
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Noteworthy • • • • • • • • • The IP address can not (yet) be modified. If you changed the IP, please make a new configuration. There is no config (.ini) file. You can add as many Wi-Fi controllers as you want. You can add a Wi-Fi controller more than once, if the command set is different. This is also how you add controls for the bridge light. You can modify the names and locations of the devices and features as much as you want. They will keep working. For instance, instead of Zone 1, 2, 3, etc.
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Presets & Macros The plugin does not support macros by default, but there are a few things you can do to make life easier: Presets If you’ve figured out which setting works for you for any of the slider features, you can add extra buttons so that you don’t have to remember the value and you can easily set the value in one go. Preset example Say you figured out that 4600K is the perfect setting for Zone 2 for dinner.
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Create a virtual device (from the Devices page + in the right top corner). Then create one or more features with unique macro names and values. Now go to Events, add a new event (+). Name the event group, for example MiLight Macros. Then add a New Event (+), name it (in this case Movie Time. Set the trigger to your Virtual button (Movie Time). Then set all the features to the values you wanted: Artificial extra zones The Wi-Fi controllers are not actually quite limited to 4 (or 8) zones.
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Support If you have a question or want to report a bug, please use the dedicated sub-forum on https://forums.homeseer.com/ Changelog Version 1.0.0.3 1.0.0.2 1.0.0.1 1.0.0.