# homebridge-beken > NOTE: requires python3 > > This plugin uses child_process to spawn a python script that does the actual > communication with the bulb using the bluepy library. Bluepy uses a binary > called bluepy-helper which should be run as root or given permission to > directly talk to the bluetooth stack. - a simple homebridge plugin that allows the control of a bulb that goes by many names: - Shada Led's light - iLedBulb - Beken LED - [here's](https://wiki.fhem.de/wiki/BEKEN_iLedBlub) the bluetooth protocol definition. - sort of stable