h3nr1-g / ilcctl

Python package for iLCBuetooth light bulbs

ilcctl

Python package for iLC Bluetooth light bulbs

This project provides a Python3 package for controlling iLC Bluetooth light bulbs such as https://ilctech.myshopify.com/collections/lighting-1/products/ilc-bluetooth-bulbs-9w-e27 .

The code is tested on Python 3.5.

Installation

To install the current released version, on most Debian-based systems:

$ sudo apt-get install python3-pip libglib2.0-dev
$ sudo pip3 install ilcctl

On Fedora do:

$ sudo dnf install python3-pip glib2-devel

If this fails you should install from source.

$ sudo apt-get install git build-essential libglib2.0-dev
$ git clone https://github.com/h3nr1-g/ilcctl
$ cd ilcctl
$ python3 setup.py build
$ sudo python3 setup.py install

Commandline Interface

This package provides also a small commandline interface for shell based interactions with the light bulbs

$ ilcctl --help                                                                                                                                                                                                                             ⏎
Usage: ilcctl [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

Options:
  --help  Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  powerstate  Command for turning light bulb on and off
  sendcmd     Command for sending a raw byte sequence to the light bulb
  setcolor    Command for changing the color
  whitelight  Command for turn on warm white led with certain intensity

$ ilcctl powerstate <MAC_ADDR> <0|1>
$ ilcctl setcolor <MAC_ADDR> <HEX_COLOR>
$ ilcctl sendcmd <MAC_ADDR> <CMD>
$ ilcctl whitelight [--brightness <LEVEL>] <MAC_ADDR> 

License

This project uses code from the bluez project, which is available under the Version 2 of the GNU Public License.

The Python files are released into the public domain by their author, Henry Glueck.