Option to switch on/off lights on plugin start/stop

[jazz1138]

I would like for the plugin to turn on/off my bulbs when the plugin starts/stops. Ideally you could set this to either all or just a group of lights. It could also be linked in with the custom dim/undim brightness/colors settings or if these are unset just use the hue's default settings.

This makes sense especially if you have a dedicated set of bulbs just for your HTPC.

[cees-elzinga]

Hi jazz1138,

i don't fully understand the question. could you explain it a bit more?

you would like your bulbs to be turned on when XBMC starts?
or when playback starts?

[jazz1138]

I would like it to turn on all bulbs or a group of bulbs when the plugin/xbmc starts.

At the moment you have to turn on your lights before playback otherwise the amblight function won't work. Having to turn on my Home Theatre lights is a bit of a hassle as the android remote need's to connect to wifi and usually crashes a few times before you can eventually turn the lights on.

Alternately an option to force amblight even if your selected lights are switched off would be good.

[vincent1983]

Dear Cees,

Do you think it would be possible to add to this addon the possibility to switch lights on and off
When giving a Pulse on the gpio ports of the rasberry? This way you wont need a second pi.
And my pi is always on.

Best regards
Vincent Noach