I’m using Homey 2023, which works great for most of my smart home setup. However, I’m struggling to integrate my outdoor lighting system from Nordlux Smart. Here’s my current setup:
The challenge is that Nordlux Smart devices only officially integrate with Google Home, Alexa, and their own app. I’ve also read a few threads, including on Reddit, where people tried to integrate Nordlux with Home Assistant but without success.
My main goal is to use these lights in Homey Flows alongside my other lighting systems. Unfortunately, it seems impossible to integrate Nordlux Smart directly.
My questions:
Can Homey trigger devices in Google Home?
If so, could this be a workaround to indirectly control Nordlux devices?
Is it possible to “mod” the Nordlux Smart Bridge to enable integration with Homey?
Perhaps by using APIs, reverse engineering, or other advanced techniques?
Are there any creative solutions or third-party tools that could help?
Additional Context:
I’m open to building custom scripts, using APIs, or setting up advanced integrations if needed. If there’s any documentation or examples on how to approach this, I’d be happy to dive in.
It’s quite frustrating not being able to include these lights in my existing Flows, so I’d appreciate any advice or ideas. If someone has successfully integrated Nordlux Smart into Homey or any similar platform, I’d love to hear how you did it!
While it doesn’t seem to be avaliable for Home Assistant, and Github.com doesn’t show any interesting repo, it’s probably not popular or ‘too challenging’ to add.
I really appreciate the example about using Homey to trigger devices in Google Home—that’s definitely something I’ll explore further. It might be a workaround for getting my Nordlux Smart devices to play nicely with my Homey setup.
Regarding the possibility of modding the Nordlux Smart Bridge, I’ve been digging into this as well. Like you mentioned, it seems there’s not much available for Home Assistant or on GitHub, which suggests it might be too niche or too challenging for a broader community effort right now. There’s an interesting thread on the Home Assistant forum discussing similar challenges: Nordlux Smart Light Products - Home Assistant Forum.
To address this issue long-term, I’ve sent feedback directly to Nordlux, asking them to create a Homey app, expose an API for developers, or even add Matter support to their gateway. I strongly encourage everyone else who wants better integration with Nordlux products to do the same. The more feedback they receive, the more likely they are to act on this request. You can reach Nordlux directly through their contact page: Nordlux Contact Page.
In the meantime, I’ll keep exploring the Google Home connection to see how far I can push it for my automations.
Let’s work together to make this happen—every request counts! If anyone finds a better solution in the meantime, please share it here.
I wanted to share an update regarding my progress. I managed to get my Nordlux Smart lights to work using a virtual button in Homey and Google Routines. It’s a great workaround, and I’m quite happy with the results so far!
That said, my Nordlux lights use a Bluetooth Mesh system, which introduces some challenges. My lights are set up around my fence, with 8 lamps on each of 3 sides, making a total of 24 lights. Occasionally, when I run the routine, 1 or 2 lamps fail to turn on or off. This issue isn’t exclusive to Homey and Google—it sometimes happens even when I control the lights directly from the Nordlux app.
I suggested Nordlux implement an acknowledgment system to ensure all devices confirm their status in the Bluetooth Mesh network confirm their status to avoid discrepancies. However, I’m not sure if there are better ways to share these types of suggestions or if others have additional ideas on how Nordlux could address this issue.
Hello. I use also products from Nordlux. Their Smart lights are based on SIG Bluetooth Mesh. Maybe it would be possible to use some development boards from NordicSemiconductors (NRF52DK) to join into BT Mesh network and control it from this provisioned device. For this it is needed the NetKey and AppKey from provisioner app (Smart light app). But those info are missing in the app. Maybe ask nordlux developpers to display those keys in the app.
