Z Strips Becoming Unrespnsive about ha-lifx-beta

[Djelibeybi]

Yeah, there is a bug in the beta that means it sometimes won't reconnect at all. Try hitting the Reload option on the Integrations page, that should kick things in the right spot.

[robchandhok]

Ah. This makes sense, I just had the same behavior (could see the responses in the DEBUG log entries from the Z strip, but never because "available" in HA).

If there is something I can do to help debug, let me know!

[Djelibeybi]

As I mentioned in another issue, the plan is to deprecate/remove this beta once the switch bypass logic has been merged upstream and released in a non-beta version: home-assistant/core#67726

If you don't have any LIFX Switches, I recommend removing this LIFX Beta to see if the core integration works for you now. They have made a few improvements upstream that has had an impact on stability (at least for me).

[robchandhok]

Thanks very much - I see your point. Will the core implementation allow for adjusting the settings/timeouts? That turns out to be critical. I will try the core implementation (I'm on the very latest and beta usually) in a few days. Really appreciate your response and work on this.

[Djelibeybi]

They currently don't, but I also don't think my beta exposes them effectively either. If more folks test the updated core integration, that would allow for more core-specific modifications in future.

[narc792]

As I mentioned in another issue, the plan is to deprecate/remove this beta once the switch bypass logic has been merged upstream and released in a non-beta version: home-assistant/core#67726

If you don't have any LIFX Switches, I recommend removing this LIFX Beta to see if the core integration works for you now. They have made a few improvements upstream that has had an impact on stability (at least for me).

The core integration is much worse for me still than the beta for my Z Strips. I can barely get a day without the strips becoming unavailable on the latest core release.

[Djelibeybi]

Do you have multiple NICs active on your Home Assistant server? If so, you may want to set a specific NIC instead of relying on the default automatic selection. If you're using wifi: connect a LAN cable to see if that helps.

[narc792]

Single NIC on a home assistant blue. Connected via Ethernet. I don’t have any LIFX devices in my other home that runs a Pi4 to test on that right now either.

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[Djelibeybi]

Huh. I have no idea what's causing your problem, to be honest. There should be very little different between this addon and the official one and I can't think of anything that would cause that problem.

[robchandhok]

The Z strips are definitely problematic, on my network as well. I did "pin" one to a specific Unifi AP, and that made it stable. I still have one (that they just sent me a replacement for) that I could not onboard as well.

Does the official codeline allow you to change the timeouts? That's the only thing I feel is missing versus your addon.

[Djelibeybi]

I don't believe it does, but the way this addon does it doesn't work that well either, I've discovered.

[Djelibeybi]

This should be resolved by home-assistant/core#70458 when it is merged to the core.