Limitations

This module is at the moment limited to consuming sensor data, device details, device configurations and states. The front LED can be controlled but buttons requires you to programm them by yourself.

No support for setting timers and schedules.

Requirements

You need to have Python 3 installed.

• dingz device

• Network connection

• Devices connected to your network

You need to know the IP address of the devices. Please consult your router documentation to get this information or use the dingz CLI tool.

Installation

The package is available in the Python Package Index .

$ pip install dingz

On a Fedora-based system or on a CentOS/RHEL machine which has EPEL enabled.

$ sudo dnf -y install python3-dingz

Module usage

Every unit has its own web interface: http://IP_ADDRESS .

See example.py for detail about module.

How to operate shades / dimmers

d = Dingz("ip_address_or_host")
# Fetch config, this has to be done once to fetch all details about the shades/dimmers
await d.get_devices_config()

# Fetch the current state of the lights/vers
await d.get_state()

# Get details about shade
shade_0 = d.shades.get(0)
print("Blinds: %s Lamella: %s" % (shade_0.current_blind_level(), shade_0.current_lamella_level()))

# Operate shade
shade_0.shade_down()

# Turn on light
d.dimmers.get(2).turn_on(brightness_pct=70)

CLI usage

The package contains a command-line tool which support some basic tasks.

$ dingz discover

License

python-dingz is licensed under ASL 2.0, for more details check LICENSE.