@jeanna-h I still would recommend Lifx in case you don't want any hubs, since Lifx has a built in wifi chip. Flic communicates with the Lifx bulb without the Lifx app, so it will still work if you shut it down.

Other lights that work with Flic than the one we support directly go through for example Alexa or IFTTT.

@klaas it's not something we have a direct integration with. You will need to write an integration using our sdks or so.

We could maybe give better help if you provide more details.

@mp not sure exactly what you mean here. You say that both interfaces take the same ip address but having two ip addresses is an issue?

What happens is that each interface will get an own ip address. This is how it always is when a device has multiple interfaces. When the hub makes for example an http request, it will use the interface that the kernel determines currently is the best one. If one interface gets disconnected, it will use the other one.

How would you like it to work instead?

@Emil that was an easy enough solution. Thank you very much for the quick and good response!

@Emil thanks for getting this to work. Much appreciated ?? Is this a running problem for anyone purchasing a new kit? Not ideal for those who are not familiar with forums. But its all working as intended now. Thanks

Did you ever get this figured out? I'm trying to do the same thing.

We simply use the protocol described at https://lan.developer.lifx.com/docs/communicating-with-device over UDP.

We have some LIFX lights at the office and sporadically have noticed they stop responding to UDP packets, but still respond to packets from their cloud (probably TCP). In that case they start working again after "rebooting" the light, i.e. toggling the power.

@stef-bulcke
I too had to resort to the scissor (or needle-nose pliers) trick on my Flic 2's to get them open. I'm not sure if this is a manufacturing tolerance problem or something else, but none of mine have come open "easily" as depicted in the documentation/videos.

@jf Hi!
Could you describe at which step it failed? Did the RPi discover the Flic at all?

I don't have a RPi at hand but just tried with Kubuntu and did not see any issues.

Also to make sure, did you add it by going to System Settings -> Hardware -> Bluetooth -> Add new device?

@samjay I had the same issue, I removed the hub from Apple Home, then reset the Flic Hub, then went through the entire process of setting up the hub and then setting up the Flic button. It now works as expected.

@ColCustard Hi! This issue should now have been fixed in the latest version of the Flic app for iOS!

@na51hog Hi!

This issue has finally been resolved by SmartThings, authenticating should now work again!

Sorry for the inconvenience!