Support for RGBW and White controllers with Firmware v5 about flux_led

[thomasdg]

Same here, it works to make my white only LED strip with v2.53.7173 work, but then the other controllers with v2.8.6457 stop working. Uninstalling the custom component enables the others again.

Been thinking: would it be an option to make this not replace the flux_led but really work as an independent platform, flux_led_fix or something like that? Then you could have 2 entries in the configuration.yaml, one for every type of controller. Or would HA not like it that way?

[GilDev]

It seems my RGBW lights have the same problem (cannot turn on) with or without your modification…

[AythamiEsp]

got the same problem here, still got firmware V2. Can't seem to get an update. Any tips?

[CorneliousJD]

Been thinking: would it be an option to make this not replace the flux_led but really work as an independent platform, flux_led_fix or something like that? Then you could have 2 entries in the configuration.yaml, one for every type of controller. Or would HA not like it that way?

This could be a possibility, it should be easy enough to edit the files to load as separate addin - you can try it and test, I don't have any other LED strips other than the one and this fix worked for me so I wouldn't be modifying it myself, but you can fork the repo and give it a shot, it shouldn't be too hard to try and test! :)

If you have success feel free to report back here so others can find it in the future perhaps.

Thanks!