[2.3.4.123] Homekit - Inovelli Bulbs & Light Strips as Dimmers instead of RGBW Bulbs

[Sebastien]

@gopher.ny, the Homekit app sees Inovelli Bulbs (LZW42) and Light Strips as dimmers instead of RGBW Bulbs using Hubitat’s Custom Drivers. Is this something that can be corrected?

[gopher.ny]

The built-in driver for LZW42 (Inovelli Bulb Multi-Color) shows up in the right section of HomeKit integration for me. Is this a different driver?

[Sebastien]

Yes, I’m using Inovelli’s community driver - that is likely the difference…?

Inovelli Light Strip LZW45

[greenall]

I found this as well. Had to switch to the built-in driver for it to work

[Sebastien]

I just realized that I gave you the Light Strip driver - for the bulb, I am using the same driver you are for 3 of mine, and the one that doesn’t work is using Inovelli’s driver. So the issue looks like it is linked to their community driver.

[gopher.ny]

The driver should have these capabilities to show as a RGBW light in HomeKit integration:
[ 'Color Control', 'Color Temperature', 'Switch', 'Switch Level', 'Light', 'Color Mode' ]
or
[ 'Color Control', 'Color Temperature', 'Switch', 'Switch Level', 'Bulb', 'Color Mode' ]

[Sebastien]

Yup! They were both missing Bulb/Light. I added Bulb to the LZW42 bulb and Light to the LZW45 Strips drivers and it fixed the issues.

@ericm, could the Light / Bulb capability be added to the LZW42 and LZW45 drivers at some point to make them compatible with Homekit?

[ericm]

Either of those will work? Does it make a difference which one?

[Sebastien]

I used “Bulb” for the LZW42 and “Light” for the LZW45 and they both work, so I would say no difference.

[ericm]

I've added the light capability to both. Hopefully that fixes the issue.

[Sebastien]

Thanks!