Hi there,
Got an LED strip, and a Zigbee controller. If I set the color temperature to 2000, fine. Set it to 1000, no change from 2000...
My Innr bulbs appear to use the RGB LED's to push the color temperature wider, but neither of the Zigbee LED strip controllers I have will do the same thing.
Is there a way to force it? I want to use the red LEDs along side the WW LEDs when trying to make it a deeper warm color
Looks like it's controller dependent however?
Thanks
Yes, it depends on the controller and the driver to manage that. So if the device doesn't support it it's not possible.
can you link to your product somewhere so specs can be seen? I recently implemented RGBWW strips and had trouble with the control of the CT as well. I get errors in certain situations.
More specific to color controls - few, if any leds do 0-9000 on the ct range. If you rip the ct driver open hubitats' public driver is capable but won't take a bulb down below what the bulb is reporting its range is. Is it accurate? no idea. but 2250 is my low and 6670 is my high. I did a writeup on CT a long while back, describing the differences between the color names and ranges of HE, Amazon and Google as well as the wiki.
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Neither of these controllers will let you use RGB LED's at the same time as the WW LED's, it's just one or the other.
I like the cool white LEDs during the day and a very warm white in the evenings, the LED strip that I have though is just not very warm with the warm white LEDs alone.
Never had this problem with INNR, but the problem is INNR strips only have one white color on them and are just not very bright. Would love to have my warm white LED's accompanied with a little bit of red to push down the colour temp
I have the 2nd one and i have asked the team to make a driver which splits the W from the RGB but not had anything yet.
@Biggsyboi the Gledopto controller is a 1ID controller meaning it can only control the RGB or the CCT LEDs at one time. Choosing and RGB setting turns the CCT LEDs off. Choosing a CCT setting turns the RGB LEDs off. I haven’t fully researched the BTF-LIGHTING controller, but I expect it is also a 1ID controller. This is a physical limitation of a 1ID controller, not a driver issue.
I use the Gledopto 2ID controllers. I run all of my Zigbee lights through my Hue hub because there isn’t a 2ID driver available yet for Hubitat. I can also create some very nice color schemes for me with no effort on my part. When I connect the 2ID controllers to Hue, each physical device shows up as two devices, one RGB the other CCT.
Be sure when you are designing the installation of any strip lighting from components to pay attention to the electrical limitations of the controller. The Gledopto controller can support 6A on any individual channel (color), but only 15 A total. If you plan to have RGB and CCT on simultaneously be certain you can’t overload the controller. Watch carefully the length of strip you are powering. It is very easy to get 15A of LEDs in a RGBCCT strip.
Thanks for that super clear explanation, Wayne!
Since there's no 2ID Driver for Hubitat, I'm guessing I would need 2 controllers to achieve the same job
Technically yes, if you want to stay completely within Hubitat, you will need two controllers.
I would be hesitant to do so, because, due to how it would have to be setup, it could conceivably back feed power from one controller to the other. That could ultimately damage one or both controllers.
In all honesty, setting up a Hue hub and integrating it with Hubitat is easy and it works well. It is easier to me than setting up two controllers on each strip. I was going to stay strictly within Hubitat, but in the end using a Hue hub was just too easy and it gave me the functionality I wanted without a lot of hassle. I have 9 RGBCCT GLEDOPTO RGBCCT controllers running through my Hue Hub. It just work too well for me to consider connecting them to Hubitat any other way.
Whichever path you choose, have fun, and let us know how it turns out. 
Thank you, sir!
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