TCS3472 Illuminance Measurement

[ss41812]

Hello,
I'm using the TCS3472 sketch developed by Dan Ogercheck.
I successfully have this sketch running with an icon on the Hubitat dashboard.

Questions:

• It appears only the Illuminance Value is exposed and displayable on the Dashboard. Is there a means to expose and act on the RGB Values?
• The TCS3472 devise has a bright white LED to detect / measure an object's color components. This white LED is on all the time. Is there a means to turn on/off this white LED with the 8266?

Thanks,

[aaiyar]

Tagging @ogiewon

[ogiewon]

@ss41812

I'm using the TCS3472 sketch

Truth be told, I believe that sketch may have been developed by the SmartThings user who helped to add support for the TCS34725 to ST_Anything/HubDuino years ago. I recall there was a user who wanted to monitor the color temperature of the outdoor light and then try to replicate that inside his house using RGBW smart bulbs.

@ss41812

It appears only the Illuminance Value is exposed and displayable on the Dashboard. Is there a means to expose and act on the RGB Values?

I do not believe there is any native RGB tile for the Hubitat dashboard. You might be able to use custom Attribute tiles to display each of the RGB values.

@ss41812

The TCS3472 devise has a bright white LED to detect / measure an object's color components. This white LED is on all the time. Is there a means to turn on/off this white LED with the 8266?

Looking through the Adafruit Arduino Library for the TCS34725, I do not see any option to control the white LED.

[ss41812]

With help from my neighbor, who is also a Hubitat enthusiast, I was able to expose the individual RGB values and display on the Dashboard. I modified the TCS3472 Groovy code on my system.
See image below (assuming it loads). I added lines 36 thru 40.

[ogiewon]

@ss41812

With help from my neighbor, who is also a Hubitat enthusiast, I was able to expose the individual RGB values and display on the Dashboard. I modified the TCS3472 Groovy code on my system.

Thank you for the improved code! I have updated my GitHub repository with your changes and attributed credit to you for the change.

DanielOgorchock/ST_Anything/blob/master/HubDuino/Drivers/child-illuminancergb-sensor.groovy

Thanks!