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Sorry, don’t know how to contact you directly. I’m contactable via inthecentreofitall gmail.

I’m thinking of using those Chinly star light twinkle engines for my home theatre. I’m already using a flashed esp board to control some led light strips via HomeKit/homebridge, so I’ve got some knowledge of this.

Can I use your chinly-light-engine directly inside homebridge to control each light engine or do I need to set up something else that I then link back to my homebridge?

I know that the light engines use Bluetooth. I believe my existing esp controller board connects via Wi-Fi. Do I need to set up a Bluetooth bridge? I’d prefer to use dome sort of wifi to Bluetooth bridge because I don’t want my light engines dependent on the nearby desktop pc bring on. My Plex server is in another part of the house and controls everything from there.

Finally, does this code handle multiple light engines or do I simply map them together via the Chinly app?

p.s. I’m on Vancouver Island just in case you’re nearby!