Lights

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Intro

With zendō, you can control all your lights, including smart light bulbs, smart wall switches, smart dimmers, and smart relays.

You can turn lights on and off, adjust the dimming level, and monitor the battery level of the portable lights in the Batteries section of the app.

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Place your lights on the floorplan

Lights are an essential part of every smart home, and a room often has multiple lights.

To ensure a seamless user experience, we recommend setting up a group on Home Assistant to control all the lights in a room. This can be done by setting up the Home Assistant group as a Room Accessory. If you’re using Philips Hue, Home Assistant will automatically expose the Hue room/zone, which you can use as the Room accessory for the room.

Having a group as the Room accessory is crucial for quick and easy control. You can simply turn off all the lights in the room with a single touch of a button.

However, there may be lights in a room that you want to control individually. In such cases, you can use Pins to achieve this. Simply place the Pin where the lights are located in the room.

Here are some examples of how Pins can be used for lighting:

• Task lighting, such as on a desk or a read light next to a chair or sofa
• Bedside table lights
• Kitchen under-cabinet lights

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Setting the mood

Controlling every single lightbulb in a room is tedious, and smart home is supposed to be… well, smart. Instead of focussing on controlling each light, think about how you use the room. Set up scenes or automations in Home Assistant to set the mood in the room that fit your lifestyle.

Here are some examples of mood scenes:

• Wake up: Get the best start to your day with wake-up lighting designed to help you wake gently and feel more refreshed
• Work from home: Need to focus? This automation helps you concentrate and stay productive
• Housekeeping/cleaning: Sometimes, you just need a bright light to focus on the ironing
• Relax: When your day is done, it’s time to wind down
• Party: Celebrate every occasion, big and small, in style
• Sleep: Help you fall asleep. Lights transition to a warm tone and dim. Drift off to sleep as the lights slowly dim
• Meditate: Help put both your mind and body to rest

Once you’ve set up the scenes/automations, you can link them in the “Moods & Presets” section for each Room accessory.

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Supported lights

Almost all lights supported by Home Assistant work with zendō.

We’ve tested the following speakers:

• Philips Hue
• Ikea
• Aqara

If your light is not working correctly, please get in touch.