While they all could be controlled with WLED to some extent, only some could take advantage of WLED’s extensive library of built-in effects. In a post, Glen takes a detailed look at the 100W version of Ustellar’s GemBand set of six RGBW smart flood lights. It’s a little different than other sets but they can be controlled with WLED with one pretty big caveat.
These floodlights are available in both a 40 W set and at 100 W set. Both sets function similarly with a power supply, a wireless controller built into the first light, and then five more daisy chained lights that are controlled by the first light. The 40 W set uses a 24 V power supply and the 100 W set uses as 48 V power supply.
As long as you’re willing to use only five of the six lights from the set, have a controller supporting the set’s supply voltage, and can live without using most of the built-in effects, either of these light sets can be used with WLED. Since WLED does not support arbitrary channel reordering, the built-in effects are nearly useless but the lights can still be controlled over the network.
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