lightwaverf-home-assistant-platform

Integration of LightwaveRF switches and lights with Home Assistant (HASS) as a platfrom

It's very crude, but does work. It's been working for me for several years with the 1st generation of LightWave kit. I have not tested this with the newer (2nd gen) Lightwave products.

Caveat

This code may show your devices in the Home Assistant UI, but it may not be able to control the lights for you. The code speaks directly to your Lightwave WiFi Link. Obviously, if you don't have a WiFi Link, then this isn't going to work for you.

Installation

Adding the Lightwave Component to Home Assistant

The lightwave files needs to be placed in the installation directory of Home Assistant. For me the final directory looks like

/custom_components/light/lightwave.py
/custom_components/switch/lightwave.py
/custom_components/lightwave.py

There are instructions to follow on the instructions on the home-assistant website. If you need help, let me know.

Adding LightwaveRF to your configuration file

Now that the component is installed you will need to add the setup to you configuration file.

lightwave:
    host: ip_address

Where ip_address is the ip address of your LightwaveRF hub

To add Lightwave lights in the light section add:

light:
  - platform: lightwave
    devices:
      R1D1:
        name: Room one Device one
      R1D2:
        name: Room one Device two
      R8D3:
        name: Room eight Device three

To add Lightwave switches in the switch section add:

switch:
  - platform: lightwave
    no_registration: true
    devices:
      R1D1:
        name: Room one Device one
      R1D2:
        name: Room one Device two
      R8D3:
        name: Room eight Device three

Each device requires an id and a name. The id takes the form R#D# where R# is the room number and D# is the device number.

The first use of a switch or light will try to register with the WiFi Link hub. If the hub has not been registered a message on your WiFi Link asking you to pair the device. You have 12 seconds to push the button on the WiFi Link to accept this. Once done, you should be able to control your lights via Home Asssistant. This only needs to be done once only if the hub has not been registered.

Acknowledgement

Thanks to Chirag Desai for paving the way to getting this component done.