Patlite UDP Tower Light (Custom Integration for Home Assistant)

A custom Home Assistant integration to control Patlite network tower lights over UDP. This integration lets you switch tiers on/off, pick colors, enable flashing, and control buzzer patterns — all from Home Assistant.

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✨ Features

• Control up to 5 tiers of the Patlite tower
• Choose from 9 colors (Red, Amber, Lemon, Green, Sky Blue, Blue, Purple, Pink, White)
• Per-tier on/off control (as lights)
• Per-tier color selection (as selects)
• Flash switch
• Buzzer control
• Fully local: no cloud required
• Works with automations, scripts, dashboards, and voice assistants

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📦 Installation

Via HACS (Recommended)

1. Open HACS → Integrations → Menu (⋮) → Custom Repositories
2. Add this repository URL:

   https://github.com/xj42/patlite
   

   Category: Integration
3. Find Patlite in HACS and install.
4. Restart Home Assistant.

Manual

1. Copy custom_components/patlite/ to your Home Assistant config/custom_components/ directory.
2. Restart Home Assistant.

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⚙️ Configuration

1. In Home Assistant, go to Settings → Devices & Services → Integrations.
2. Click + Add Integration and search for Patlite.
3. Enter the host/IP address and port of your Patlite tower light.
   • Default port: 10000
4. Done! Entities will be created:
   • light.patlite_tier_1 … light.patlite_tier_5
   • select.patlite_tier_X_color
   • switch.patlite_flash
   • switch.patlite_buzzer

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🖥️ Usage Examples

Lovelace Dashboard

type: picture-glance
title: Patlite Tower
image: /local/tower.gif   # place your tower.gif in config/www/
entities:
  - light.patlite_tier_1
  - select.patlite_tier_1_color
  - switch.patlite_flash
  - switch.patlite_buzzer

Automation Example

alias: Alert on Motion
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.motion_hallway
    to: "on"
action:
  - service: light.turn_on
    target:
      entity_id: light.patlite_tier_1
  - service: select.select_option
    target:
      entity_id: select.patlite_tier_1_color
    data:
      option: Red
  - service: switch.turn_on
    target:
      entity_id: switch.patlite_buzzer

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🚧 Limitations

• Integration logos/icons on the Devices & Services tile use HA’s brands repo. Custom logos work in dashboards (/local/logo.png) but won’t appear in the tile unless merged into brands.
• Tested on firmware supporting UDP “Detailed Motion Control” (AB D 00 00 07 …).

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🙌 Credits

• Built by xj42
• Inspired by community discussions around Patlite UDP integration

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🛠️ Support

For issues, feature requests, or contributions, please open an issue.