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cp2004 / OctoPrint-WS281x_LED_Status

Add some RGB LEDs to your printer for a quick status update!
https://plugins.octoprint.org/plugins/ws281x_led_status
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[Request]: A way to control the lights from Homeassistant #203

Closed sendorm closed 1 year ago

sendorm commented 1 year ago

What would you like implemented?

The current octoprint integration of homeassistant using mqtt supports many features. Such as, starting stopping pausing prints, making a connection, turning printer power on/off, getting the ETA, print duration, sensor temperatures etc. There is also a great card which creates a unique user interface for octoprint. One thing missing is the ability to turn on/off the connected leds.

Why should this be implemented?

It would be great to be able to turn on/off the leds connected to octoprint from homeassistant. And if using the mqtt integration the leds will just appear on homeassistant.

cp2004 commented 1 year ago

I'm not sure what I would need to do to support this, and I don't really want to add specific things like this to the plugin - it's a lot for me to maintain for something I wouldn't use. If the home assistant integration allows you to send gcode commands to the printer, take a look at the @ commands that can be sent like gcode to control the LEDs.

https://cp2004.gitbook.io/ws281x-led-status/documentation/host-commands

sendorm commented 1 year ago

I think it would be better to ask the homeassistant integration developers for this. Thanks for leading me to the right direction. Yep it works: 

  - service: mqtt.publish
    data:
      topic: octoPrint/hassControl/commands
      payload: "@WS LIGHTS_ON"

Your octoprint instance must be connected to the printer for this to work though.