# LIFX - Alternative connections to Homey? (MQTT/web/other?) **URL:** \ **Category:** Devices\ **Created:** [April 26, 2019, 11:19am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lifx-alternative-connections-to-homey-mqtt-web-other/12322 "2019-04-26T11:19:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pandaym](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/pandaym/32/9126_2.png) [@pandaym](https://community.homey.app/u/pandaym)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 11:19am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lifx-alternative-connections-to-homey-mqtt-web-other/12322/1 "2019-04-26T11:19:13Z")
Hi guys, Since the official LIFX app([link](https://apps.athom.com/app/com.lifx)) uses cloud, it is unfortunately too slow to be useful in many cases. Therefore I would like to find another way to integrate my LIFX Z Lightstrip with Homey. Anyone out there that could maybe help make this reality? Any amount of help is appreciated, be it either suggestions on what direction to go with it, to helping create it. Since I am no developer, and have extremely limited experience with everything from MQTT to APIs, before I try to do anything myself, it would be great to know where to focus my effort. I have a Synology NAS running (among other things) Home Assistant, that I use as a dashboard. Through the excellent MQTT hub. Adding my Lightstrip to Home Assistant controls the strip perfectly, with instant response. If needed, I can run something on the NAS to help integrate it with Homey. I have found some integration examples that might be able to reveal a quick solution: [LIFX LAN Protocol](https://lan.developer.lifx.com/) [Python 2.7 command line controls](https://github.com/petrklus/lifx-simple) [Home Assistant integration](https://www.home-assistant.io/components/lifx/) [SmartThings NodeJS webservice](https://github.com/SmartThingsCommunity/example-lifx-nodejs-web-connector) [LIFX MQTT](https://github.com/lzalewsk/rpi-lifx-mqtt/blob/master/lifx_mq.py) [Home Automation Bridge](https://github.com/bwssytems/ha-bridge) [Node-RED HTTP API nodes](https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-red-contrib-lifx-api) [Node-RED LAN Protocol nodes](https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-red-contrib-lifx2) ---
**Author:** ![Luke\_Fairbank](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/luke_fairbank/32/28694_2.png) [@Luke\_Fairbank](https://community.homey.app/u/Luke_Fairbank)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 10:10pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lifx-alternative-connections-to-homey-mqtt-web-other/12322/2 "2019-04-26T22:10:47Z")
This is all you need. It won’t do effects though but I just do lifx API calls for that. You can also run both apps if you want. > **[bvdbos/com.sasteren.lifx-local](https://github.com/bvdbos/com.sasteren.lifx-local)** > > controlling Lifx with Homey over local network. Contribute to bvdbos/com.sasteren.lifx-local development by creating an account on GitHub. ---
**Author:** ![pandaym](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/pandaym/32/9126_2.png) [@pandaym](https://community.homey.app/u/pandaym)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 10:33pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lifx-alternative-connections-to-homey-mqtt-web-other/12322/3 "2019-04-26T22:33:29Z")
I believe I read somewhere it is not compatible with newer products like the Z strip? ---
**Author:** ![niXta](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/nixta/32/16215_2.png) [@niXta](https://community.homey.app/u/niXta)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 9:20pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lifx-alternative-connections-to-homey-mqtt-web-other/12322/4 "2019-10-17T21:20:04Z")
Hi, New Homey Pro user here! Just want to chime in, the LIFX Cloud API is not slow. It is less than 300ms usually, everything included. See here: [http://status.lifx.com](http://status.lifx.com) When I use the LIFX app with a cellular connection, I get response times of less than 0,1s. The problem is the app, and not the API. It seems to be inefficiently coded. ---
**Author:** ![Shakesbeard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/shakesbeard/32/15112_2.png) [@Shakesbeard](https://community.homey.app/u/Shakesbeard)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 10:06pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lifx-alternative-connections-to-homey-mqtt-web-other/12322/5 "2019-12-13T22:06:24Z")
Had the same problem with performance. So I am rewriting the LIFX Lan Driver with the new SDK at the moment. Looks promising so far. Already supports more than the past versions. ---
**Author:** ![Shakesbeard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/shakesbeard/32/15112_2.png) [@Shakesbeard](https://community.homey.app/u/Shakesbeard)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lifx-alternative-connections-to-homey-mqtt-web-other/12322/6 "2020-07-09T19:00:42Z")
Oh, forgot to update this thread. Solution is there: > **[LIFX (LAN)](https://homey.app/en-us/app/com.sdn.lifx-lan2/LIFX-(LAN)/)** > > Unleash the colors on your LAN