Hi.
The instructions on the Vera website says to set GROUP to which bulb or want or ‘0’ for all. The problem is that there is no GROUP option in the advanced tab for the MiLightWhite device.
Any ideas on how to get all bulbs working? Or even better … are there any clear and concise instructions for setting up LimitlessLED with VeraLite?
BTW, I have the older bridge 2.0 but have just ordered the latest bridge 4.0 and RGBW bulbs.
Thanks!
The instructions on the Vera website says to set GROUP to which bulb or want or '0' for all. The problem is that there is no GROUP option in the advanced tab for the MiLightWhite device.
On the MiLightWhite plugin, the variable is called Zone instead of Group. I have amended the instructions.
[quote=“RexBeckett, post:142, topic:185697”]
The instructions on the Vera website says to set GROUP to which bulb or want or ‘0’ for all. The problem is that there is no GROUP option in the advanced tab for the MiLightWhite device.
On the MiLightWhite plugin, the variable is called Zone instead of Group. I have amended the instructions.[/quote]
Thanks!
I tried changing the variable for zone but it didn’t hold for some reason. It keeps reverting back to it’s original value.
Also… just so I’ve got this right … entering a ‘0’ should control all bulbs in the ‘group/zone’ and a number 1-4 will control individual bulbs?
Many, many thanks.
UPDATE - FIX
Just incase anyone else has this problem, the solution for me was to refresh the browser after entering the variable and clicking outside to commit the change.
Also, ‘0’ did eventually control multiple bulbs.
I’m glad to hear that you got it working. UI7 does have some issues with updating device variables. I find that if I refresh the browser, change a value and commit, reload Luup and then refresh again it works reliably.
Also... just so I've got this right ... entering a '0' should control all bulbs in the 'group/zone' and a number 1-4 will control individual bulbs?
MiLight White and RGBW lamps/controllers support four zones/groups. You can enroll multiple lamps in each zone/group. When you set a value of 1 - 4 in a MiLightXXX plugin’s Zone/Group variable, that is the zone/group that it will control. If you set it to 0, it will control all four zones/groups simultaneously.
Note that the zones for White lamps and the groups for RGBW are different. A single Wifi Bridge can control four White zones, four RGBW groups and a single group of RGB lamps - giving nine sets of lamps.
Thanks again. Much appreciated.
And last question. How do I create more than one device/group/set so I can control various groups of lights? e.g. I have set up the MiLightWhite app set up to turn on all lights (all groups) by setting the variable to ‘0’. Now I want to create another MiLightWhite instance/device/group/set with just the lounge room lights. I clicked the ‘Create another’ button which gave me another MiLightWhite instance/device/group/set but when I went to set the group/zone variable, it was missing.
Any instructions you can help me with please?
Thanks!
I clicked the 'Create another' button which gave me another MiLightWhite instance/device/group/set but when I went to set the group/zone variable, it was missing.
When you create a new device, you must set the IP address and port, restart Vera and refresh the browser page. Then you should find the Zone/Group variable.
I have set up the MiLightWhite app set up to turn on all lights (all groups) by setting the variable to '0'. Now I want to create another MiLightWhite instance/device/group/set with just the lounge room lights.
Just so you are aware, if you control the lights using a device with a specified zone, the all-zones device will not reflect the changes. This may not matter if you only use the all-zones device for simple actions like on/off. It will cause confusion if you use it to adjust brightness and/or any of the modes.
This is because the MiLight system uses a one-way communication path. If you want to control the zones/groups independently, I recommend using individual devices for all actions so that they can keep track of the current settings.
I’m using milight box V3 at bikes so we not have router and we are 7 have it in our bikes
and when we together we can’t connect to right box so we have to try so many times to connect to right box for each one
that why we needs to change it
thanks in advance for help
Connect a PC to the default SSID (milight). Open the built-in server through your browser (10.10.100.254/home.html) and log-in as admin password admin. Select AP Interface Setting then change Network Name (SSID) from milight to the name you want to use. Click Apply at the bottom of the block.
When you cycle the power to the bridge, it should use the new SSID.
thanks
but this the only interface I have , no more option (attached pic)
That is using the URL: 10.10.100.254/
Did you try: 10.10.100.254/home.html
yes I did
even 10.10.100.254/setting
it same interface
In that case it is behaving like a V4 bridge rather than V3. There is some information on [url=http://www.limitlessled.com/dev/]http://www.limitlessled.com/dev/[/url] about using AT commands to change V4 bridge settings. I haven’t tried it personally but it may help.
I will check it , Thanks
Hey Rex,
I programmed a new bridge v4.0 tool for windows 7/8/8.1 using .NET you can download it from the website page www.limitlessled.com/dev
[ul][li]You can set a static IP address [/li]
[li]Scan network for Bridges[/li]
[li]Get STA Wifi SSID[/li]
[li]Set Wifi Password[/li]
[li]Get Wifi Signal Strength.[/li]
[li]Remote restart the wifi bridge.[/li][/ul]
and more…
Can you please update the PDF doc in post #1 about it for v4 bridges. thanks.
Cheers,
Hamish.
-LimitlessLED.
Screenshot of App:
Thanks, Hamish, the tool works very well. I have updated the documentation.
Rex
[quote=“LimitlessLED, post:89, topic:185697”]the latest information on the wifi bridge 4.0 is on www.limitlessled.com/dev
we have disabled the web admin to reduce support calls. and setup is all done through DHCP and the milight appstore app now.
if you want a static IP, then go to your wifi router DHCP settings, and set a MAC address fixed IP. or tick the “fixed IP” in the dhcp table list on some routers.
Cheers,
Hamish.[/quote]
I know this is an old request, but the web interface offered many beneficial features. I have 3 bridges with this interface and 2 without - and there are no binaries out there to flash. Can you please provide a link to the binary with the latest (final) web interface enabled firmware?
I have tried the purported firmware binary
…but to no avail.
I like the idea of changing the default username and password from an easily guessed one… I also like the idea of changing the network parameters settings, although I’m not sure if there’s really a benefit to any of those changes. 
At the very least, could you post a link to the latest binary since I have two different firmware versions and no way to change any of them.
there is no firmware available sorry “binary with the latest (final) web interface enabled firmware”.
[quote=“fredpery, post:132, topic:185697”]First post, here goes…
I recently bought some of these bulbs to use with OpenHAB but have found some useful info on this thread so though I’d share a few things I’ve found out. I have read the entire thread but apologies if I repeat anything that’s already been said.
I was having major problems with the WiFi bridges (I have 2 of the newer v4 models and they both displayed the same behaviour) dropping off the network (losing pings). They would connect fine and solidly respond to a constant ping after a reboot for anything from a few minutes to a few hours but would always eventually drop off. I tried pretty much everything I could think of; joining them to their own SSID, with and without encryption, different physical APs, G+N, no N, all to no avail.
Eventually I decided to open the box up and see what was going on inside. Once I’d identified the wifi part of the bridge and figured out how it communicated with the radio that sends the commands to the bulbs I found this page that describes driving the radio directly from a Raspberry Pi UART. My intention was to do similar but replace the wifi module with a hard wired Ethernet connection so it did exactly the same job and, crucially, worked with the existing plugin yet had a reliable wired connection.
While searching for the specs of the wifi module (the High Flying HF-LPT100), I found the manufacturer’s firmware and as I was going to be removing the module anyway, decided to give it a go and flash it to the milight bridge. Happily, this was the solution to my original problem! No more dropped pings on my normal WiFi network.
As an added bonus, the original firmware restores the ability to set a static IP address/gateway/DNS etc. This, presumably will remove the ‘phone home’ feature too as it is now running stock firmware but I have not confirmed that yet.
The original app also still works which is useful for testing etc.[/quote]
I’m having the exact same problem. Received my V4 hub 5 days ago.
It works fine after plugging it in, but after a minutes it times out most of the ping. I did a ping test and had about 72% packet loss after 200 pings.
Reconnecting the power solves it for a while… My router wifi is an Asus RT-AC66u.
This isn’t useable with any other thing than the RF remote. I really wish that there was a bridge with an ethernet option (or ethernet only).
After flashing the firmware, how do you reset it you want to connect to an other wifi network? Or are you stuck to that SSID/password combination?
Yes we found that too in about 10% of homes due to bonjour and dhcp packets being broadcast with certain bytes in it, that would put the wifi bridge into a state where it thought the rest of the packet was still coming, and would look like a freeze until the packet header timed out. We have fixed that now. if you send an email to support at limitlessled we will send you a free replacement latest wifi bridge for you to test, you can keep the other one without sending it back. We are aiming for a very stable wifi bridge, and need feedback on our latest bridges. Our testing shows no faults and no lags. happy to send out latest bridges for anyone to try, might be good also so that you have a spare one you can use for ethernet to uart, and one for wifi.
UPDATE: JULY 2015 we had Zero reports of our LimitlessLED Wifi Bridge v4.0 freezing nor timing out. All replacements sent out have solved 100% of issues for our customers.
-Hamish.
Hello Hamish,
my MiLight WiFi Bridge V.4 doesn’t work properly. I can connect to the milight WLAN. Start the setup of STA via Web Frontend or via APP and connect to the bridge. Everything is fine but after a while (sometimes minutes, sometimes hours) I can’t connect the bridge anymore neither by the APP, nor by the Frontend.
After disconnecting from power and reconnect everything works fine again (for a while).
Is there a possibility to solve this issue by updating the firmware or changing someting?
Unfortunately I didn’t found a solution in the web so far.
Thanks in advice
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