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  @Emil hi it worked for me with some syntax change replacing - with :
  so just change D7:E2:G3:XX:XX

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  @bobbyh Not sure, but that would be really useful for me!

• Developers

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  TL;DR: If you use Home Assistant, getting programmatic access to Flic Twist events is doable.

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  https://youtube.com/shorts/vk94HH6OKEI?si=wHioNnW3-7Nc5gYW

  This video shows using the twist events to switch pandora radio stations. Each of the 25 clicks on the twist is a station.

  These instructions are my best recollection of setting it up and not what actually happened. If you run into something that isn’t right, I’m happy to update this post or answer a question.

  ALSO: If you know of a simpler way to work programmatically with the Flic Twist, please let me know! This was born from me wondering if it would take less time to do this than to keep checking this forum to see if the Twist SDK was available yet.

  Have Home Assistant: I use Home Assistant OS on a Raspberry Pi 4. Add Matterbridge: Install Matterbridge to connect Flic devices with Home Assistant. Follow the setup to get a QR code and register your devices in the Flic app under “Providers -> Matter.” Matterbridge expos
  https://github.com/t0bst4r/matterbridge-home-assistant-addon?tab=readme-ov-file Configure a Virtual Light: Install the Home Assistant File Editor.
  https://github.com/home-assistant/addons/blob/master/configurator/DOCS.md Edit configuration.yaml to add a virtual light. Example configuration: light: - platform: template lights: album_dial: friendly_name: "Album Dial" level_template: "{{ states('input_number.album_dial_brightness') | int }}" value_template: "{{ is_state('input_boolean.album_dial_switch', 'on') }}" turn_on: - service: input_boolean.turn_on target: entity_id: input_boolean.album_dial_switch - service: input_number.set_value target: entity_id: input_number.album_dial_brightness data: value: 255 turn_off: service: input_boolean.turn_off target: entity_id: input_boolean.album_dial_switch set_level: - service: input_boolean.turn_on target: entity_id: input_boolean.album_dial_switch - service: input_number.set_value target: entity_id: input_number.album_dial_brightness data_template: value: "{{ brightness }}" 4. Restart Home Assistant. Your virtual light (album_dial) should appear in the Matterbridge logs. 5. Link Flic Twist to Virtual Light: In the Flic app, go to your Twist settings -> Brightness -> Link to album_dial. Turning the dial now adjusts the brightness.

  Optional: Use MQTT for Custom Events

  If you want to integrate with the Flic Hub or other systems, publish MQTT events from Home Assistant:

  Install Mosquitto Broker: Add the Mosquitto addon in Home Assistant. Set up Automation: Edit automations.yaml to publish events to MQTT: - id: publish_album_dial_to_mqtt alias: Publish Album Dial State to MQTT trigger: - platform: state entity_id: light.album_dial action: - service: mqtt.publish data: topic: home/album_dial/switch payload: > { "state": "{{ 'on' if state_attr('light.album_dial', 'brightness') | int > 0 else 'off' }}", "brightness": "{{ state_attr('light.album_dial', 'brightness') | int }}", "timestamp": "{{ now().timestamp() | int }}" } retain: true Restart Home Assistant: You should now see MQTT events in the logs or an MQTT client like MQTT Explorer.

  Flic Hub Integration Example

  If you want to work with the Flic Hub, you can subscribe to these MQTT events:
  1. Start a Flic Hub Project: Use flic-hub-sdk-mqtt-js.
  2. Subscribe to MQTT Events: Example main.js script:

  var mqtt = require("./mqtt").create("HOME_ASSISTANT_IP", { port: 1883 }); mqtt.on("connected", function () { console.log("Connected"); mqtt.subscribe("home/album_dial/switch"); }); mqtt.on("publish", function (pub) { console.log("Received: ", pub.message); // Example: const message = JSON.parse(pub.message); }); mqtt.connect();

  Hope this helps someone!

• Flic Mac Client

  A space for discussions about the Flic Mac Client

  Flic Mac Client - Plugins
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  I got fed up with the way that Apple and the BBC refuse to play nice. I want to stream BBC radio stations through my HomePod. So I set up a flic to auto stream the radio from my mac to the HomePod. The steps are:

  Open the BBC radio station URL in Music (e.g. itls://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_two/bbc_radio_two.isml/bbc_radio_two-audio=320000.m3u8) and add it to a playlist (e.g. "BBC Radio 2") Create a folder within plugins called PlayRadio2. Within that folder create an AppleScript called Radio2.scpt tell application "Music" play playlist "BBC Radio 2" set airPlayDevices to (get name of AirPlay devices) --returns a list of names set current AirPlay devices to AirPlay device (item 2 of airPlayDevices) --sets device to item 2 of list end tell Also create a config.json file containing { "pluginName": "Radio2", "pluginDescription": "Starts Playing Radio 2 and streams to HomePod Mini", "protocolVersion": 1, "actions": [ { "actionName": "PlayRadio2", "fileName": "Radio2.scpt" } ] } Reload plugins and off you go...
• Flic Hub

  Discussion about Flic's latest product

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  It was a brand new hub that had unfortunately not yet been processed from the factory logs. It is now done and you can go ahead updating the firmware.

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