avionmqtt 2.0.4

Bridge Avion Bluetooth mesh lights to MQTT/Home Assistant

avionmqtt

A python library to bridge between Avi-on based lights and Home Assistant using MQTT

support

This should support any devices that uses Avi-on's technology, including Halo Home and GE branded BLE lights (both discontinued, but both supported by Avi-on's cloud infra and mobile apps).

features

• creates lights for devices and groups in Home Assistant
  • supports creating meta lights such as for 'all', usefull for automation of color temperature
• supports changing brightness and color temperature
  • for:
    • individidual devices
    • groups
    • the entire mesh at once
  • color temperature can be set without turning on the light
• polls the whole network on startup to get the current state of each device
• updates Home Assistant whenever devices are updated externally

how to use

# if bluepy fails to compile, try installing libglib2.0-dev first (apt-get install libglib2.0-dev)
pip install avionmqtt
avionmqtt -s settings.yaml --log=INFO

service install script

See Running as a service.md for how to install this as a service using systemd.

settings.yaml

avion:
    email: [e-mail]
    password: ********

mqtt:
    host: mqtt_broker.local
    username: avion
    password: avion

devices:
    import: true
    # If set, include only these pids when importing devices
    include:
      - abcde...
      - bcdef...
    # If set, exclude these pids when importing devices
    exclude:
      - abcde...
      - bcdef...
    # If set, automatically adds all devices part of a group to the exclude list
    exclude_in_group: true

groups:
    import: true
    include:
    exclude:

# Controls if a single device, or one per light is created. Defaults to false.
single_device: true

# If you need to add additional overrides to dimmable or color_temp capabilities, then you can do so here.
# If new products are discovered to work with this library, create an issue on github so that it can be added in.
capabilities_overrides:
  dimming:
    - 123
    - 234
  color_temp:
    - 123

acknowledgements

This project would not have been possible without the original work done in https://github.com/nkaminski/csrmesh and https://github.com/nayaverdier/halohome

License

This project is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later (LGPL-3.0-or-later). See the LICENSE file for the full license text and details.