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# homeassistant-beken
-this used to be a homebridge plugin, but i switched from using homebridge to
-homeassistant because homeassistant has way more functionality. you can still
-get the homebridge plugin from
-[npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/homebridge-beken) or by running `sudo npm i
--g homebridge-beken`, and the code for that plugin is in the releases section
-on this repo, though i don't intend on updating it anymore.
-
-> installation *should* work with hacs, though i just `git clone` it into my
-> `custom_components` directory because homeassistant is already janky.
-
- a simple homeassistant plugin that allows the control of a bulb that goes by
many names:
- Shada Led's light
@@ -18,4 +8,10 @@ on this repo, though i don't intend on updating it anymore.
- [here's](https://wiki.fhem.de/wiki/BEKEN_iLedBlub) the bluetooth protocol
definition.
- sort of stable
+- does require manual bluetooth pairing using `bluetoothctl` (or similar) on
+ the device running homeassistant
+> The following command was in a separate file, I don't remember if it was a
+> temporary fix or is still required: `sudo setcap
+> 'cap_net_raw,cap_net_admin+eip'
+> venv/lib/python..../site-packages/bluepy/bluepy-helper`