Lifx not lighting up sometimes about ad-automoli HOT 8 CLOSED

Thanks! I will check this :)

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Diagnosed this further, this seems to happen the first time the lights turn on after the brightness has changed. If I manually turn them off and then on again or if I wait for automoli to turn the lights off then next time they turn on they light up.
This also happens if I change the brightness manually and then next time automoli tries to turn the light on with the brightness setting that's set in automoli the light won't light up.
I didn't realize this at first as I have quite a long timeout set for that specific light, so while I was frustratingly trying to figure out why the light didn't work the light was never turned off by automoli.

Perhaps this issue is due to the fact that the lifx bulbs, unlike others support setting the brightness and color/temperature without turning the lights on? Even though it looks to be the exact opposite.

The LIFX bulbs allow a change of color and brightness even when they are turned off. This way you can control the light during the day so its settings are correct when events for turning on are received, for example from motion detectors or external buttons.
The normal light.turn_on call cannot be used for this because it always turns the power on. Thus, LIFX has its own service call that allows color changes without affecting the current power state.

(Taken from: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/lifx/ )

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Can you please check if this still occurs with current master? :)

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if theres still an issue, we can reopen :)

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Hi.
Sorry I didn't get a chance to test this earlier... I just did some testing today with the update and unfortunately it still behaves exactly the same as before!

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Is there any info/logs I can provide to help you diagnose this further?

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Yes!
Could you please set the debug_log option to true (possible for a single room) and then show the relevant part (+- 1-2min). This shows some additional output, the variables involved and their current values and such stuff... maybe you even can spot the problem yourself then 😁

According to your research... If I understand the lifx way correctly, it could help to use two calls, the first to set the brightness/color and the second on to actually turn it on?
(or more strict: using two calls should just needed if brightness/color differs from the values from the last time the bulb was on, but that's just theory... two calls everytime wont hurt either...)

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ok, closing for now but reopen is no problem ;)

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