The LIFX protocol supports Set messages which are used to change metadata or the visual appearance of a device. These messages also return State messages like the Get messages do when you specify res_required=1.

Note however that if your Set messages changes the visual appearance of the light it is likely you'll get the state of the device before your change.

Device

SetPower - Packet 21

This packet lets you set the current level of power on the device.

Will return one StatePower (22) message



`level`: Uint16 If you specify `0` the light will turn off and if you specify `65535` the device will turn on.

SetLabel - Packet 24

This packet lets you set the label on the device. The label is a string you assign to the device and will be displayed as the name of the device in the LIFX mobile apps.

Will return one StateLabel (25) message



`label`: 32 bytes String The string you want to assign.

SetReboot - Packet 38

This packet will instruct the device to perform a reboot similar to if it had been power cycled.

SetLocation - Packet 49

This packet lets you set the location information on the device.

Will return one StateLocation (50) message



`location`: 16 Bytes `16` bytes representing a `UUID` of the location. You should have the same `UUID` value for each device in this location
`label`: 32 bytes String The name of the location.
`updated_at`: Uint64 The time you updated the location of this device as an epoch in nanoseconds.

SetGroup - Packet 52

This packet lets you set the group information on the device.

Will return one StateGroup (53) message



`group`: 16 Bytes `16` bytes representing a `UUID` of the group. You should have the same `UUID` value for each device in this group
`label`: 32 bytes String The name of the group.
`updated_at`: Uint64 The time you updated the group of this device as an epoch in nanoseconds.

Light

SetColor - Packet 102

This packet lets you set the HSBK value for the light. For devices that have multiple zones, this will set all Zones on the device to this color.

Will return one LightState (107) message



`reserved6`: 1 Reserved bytes
`hue`: Uint16
`saturation`: Uint16
`brightness`: Uint16
`kelvin`: Uint16
`duration`: Uint32 The time it will take to transition to the new HSBK in milliseconds.

SetWaveform - Packet 103

This packet lets you set the HSBK and Waveforms value for the light. For devices that have multiple zones, this will treat all the zones on the device as one.

Will return one LightState (107) message



`reserved6`: 1 Reserved bytes
`transient`: BoolInt See Waveforms
`hue`: Uint16
`saturation`: Uint16
`brightness`: Uint16
`kelvin`: Uint16
`period`: Uint32 See Waveforms
`cycles`: Float See Waveforms
`skew_ratio`: Int16 See Waveforms
`waveform`: Uint8 using Waveform Enum See Waveforms

SetLightPower - Packet 117

This is the same as SetPower (21) but allows you to specify how long it will take to transition to the new power state.

Will return one StateLightPower (118) message



`level`: Uint16 If you specify `0` the light will turn off and if you specify `65535` the device will turn on.
`duration`: Uint32 The time it will take to transition to the new state in milliseconds.

SetWaveformOptional - Packet 119

This behaves like SetWaveform (103) but allows you to keep certain parts of the original HSBK values during the transition.

Will return one LightState (107) message



`reserved6`: 1 Reserved bytes
`transient`: BoolInt See Waveforms
`hue`: Uint16
`saturation`: Uint16
`brightness`: Uint16
`kelvin`: Uint16
`period`: Uint32 See Waveforms
`cycles`: Float See Waveforms
`skew_ratio`: Int16 See Waveforms
`waveform`: Uint8 using Waveform Enum See Waveforms
`set_hue`: BoolInt Use the hue value in this message
`set_saturation`: BoolInt Use the saturation value in this message
`set_brightness`: BoolInt Use the brightness value in this message
`set_kelvin`: BoolInt Use the kelvin value in this message

SetInfrared - Packet 122

This packet lets you change the current infrared value on the device

Will return one StateInfrared (121) message

This packet requires the device has the infrared capability. You may use GetVersion (32), GetHostFirmware (14) and the Product Registry to determine whether your device has this capability



`brightness`: Uint16 The amount of infrared emitted by the device. `0` is no infrared and `65535` is the most infrared.

SetHevCycle - Packet 143

This packet lets you start or stop a HEV cycle on the device.

Will return one StateHevCycle (144) message

This packet requires the device has the hev capability. You may use GetVersion (32), GetHostFirmware (14) and the Product Registry to determine whether your device has this capability



`enable`: BoolInt Set this to false to turn off the cycle and true to start the cycle
`duration_s`: Uint32 The duration, in seconds that the cycle should last for. A value of 0 will use the default duration set by SetHevCycleConfiguration (146).

SetHevCycleConfiguration - Packet 146

This packet lets you set default values for a HEV cycle on the device

Will return one StateHevCycleConfiguration (147) message

This packet requires the device has the hev capability. You may use GetVersion (32), GetHostFirmware (14) and the Product Registry to determine whether your device has this capability



`indication`: BoolInt Set this to true to run a short flashing indication at the end of the HEV cycle
`duration_s`: Uint32 This is the default duration that is used when SetHevCycle (143) is given 0 for duration_s.

MultiZone

SetColorZones - Packet 501

Set a segment of your strip to a HSBK value. If your devices supports extended multizone messages it is recommended you use those messages instead.

Will return one StateMultiZone (506) message

This packet requires the device has the Linear Zones capability. You may use GetVersion (32), GetHostFirmware (14) and the Product Registry to determine whether your device has this capability



`start_index`: Uint8 The first zone in the segment we are changing.
`end_index`: Uint8 The last zone in the segment we are changing
`hue`: Uint16
`saturation`: Uint16
`brightness`: Uint16
`kelvin`: Uint16
`duration`: Uint32 The amount of time it takes to transition to the new values in milliseconds.
`apply`: Uint8 using MultiZoneApplicationRequest Enum

SetMultiZoneEffect - Packet 508

Start a multizone Firmware Effect on the device.

Will return one StateMultiZoneEffect (509) message

This packet requires the device has the Linear Zones capability. You may use GetVersion (32), GetHostFirmware (14) and the Product Registry to determine whether your device has this capability



`instanceid`: Uint32 A unique number identifying this effect.
`type`: Uint8 using MultiZoneEffectType Enum
`reserved6`: 2 Reserved bytes
`speed`: Uint32 The time it takes for one cycle of the effect in milliseconds.
`duration`: Uint64 The time the effect will run for in nanoseconds.
`reserved7`: 4 Reserved bytes
`reserved8`: 4 Reserved bytes
`parameters`: 32 Bytes This field is 8 `4` byte fields which change meaning based on the effect that is running. When the effect is `MOVE` only the second field is used and is a Uint32 representing the DIRECTION enum. This field is currently ignored for all other multizone effects.

SetExtendedColorZones - Packet 510

This message lets you change the HSBK values for all zones on the strip in one message.

Will return one StateExtendedColorZones (512) message

This packet requires the device has the Extended Linear Zones capability. You may use GetVersion (32), GetHostFirmware (14) and the Product Registry to determine whether your device has this capability



`duration`: Uint32 The time it takes to transition to the new values in milliseconds.
`apply`: Uint8 using MultiZoneExtendedApplicationRequest Enum Whether to make this change now
`zone_index`: Uint16 The first zone to apply `colors` from. If the light has more than 82 zones, then send multiple messages with different indices to update the whole device.
`colors_count`: Uint8 The number of colors in the `colors` field to apply to the strip
`colors`: 82 Color structures The HSBK values to change the strip with.

Relay

SetRPower - Packet 817

Set the power state of a relay on a switch device. Current models of the LIFX switch do not have dimming capability, so the two valid values are 0 for off and 65535 for on.

Will return one StateRPower (818) message

This packet requires the device has the Relays capability. You may use GetVersion (32), GetHostFirmware (14) and the Product Registry to determine whether your device has this capability



`relay_index`: Uint8 The relay on the switch starting from `0`.
`level`: Uint16 The new value of the relay

Tile

SetUserPosition - Packet 703

Allows you to specify the position of this device in the chain relative to other device in the chain.

You can find more information about this data by looking at Tile Positions.

This message has no response packet even if you set res_required=1.

This packet requires the device has the Matrix Zones capability. You may use GetVersion (32), GetHostFirmware (14) and the Product Registry to determine whether your device has this capability



`tile_index`: Uint8 The device to change. This is `0` indexed and starts from the device closest to the controller.
`reserved6`: 2 Reserved bytes
`user_x`: Float
`user_y`: Float

Set64 - Packet 715

This lets you set up to 64 HSBK values on the device.

This message has no response packet even if you set res_required=1.

This packet requires the device has the Matrix Zones capability. You may use GetVersion (32), GetHostFirmware (14) and the Product Registry to determine whether your device has this capability



`tile_index`: Uint8 The device to change. This is `0` indexed and starts from the device closest to the controller.
`length`: Uint8 The number of devices in the chain to change starting from `tile_index`
`reserved6`: 1 Reserved bytes
`x`: Uint8 The x co-ordinate to start applying colors from. You likely want this to be `0`.
`y`: Uint8 The y co-ordinate to start applying colors from. You likely want this to be `0`.
`width`: Uint8 The width of the square you're applying colors to. This should be `8` for the LIFX Tile and `5` for the LIFX Candle.
`duration`: Uint32 The time it will take to transition to new state in milliseconds.
`colors`: 64 Color structures The HSBK values to assign to each zone specified by this packet.

SetTileEffect - Packet 719

This packet will let you start a Firmware Effect on the device.

Will return one StateTileEffect (720) message

This packet requires the device has the Matrix Zones capability. You may use GetVersion (32), GetHostFirmware (14) and the Product Registry to determine whether your device has this capability

Note: The Sky effect is only supported on LIFX Ceiling, running firmware 4.4 or higher



`reserved0`: 1 Reserved bytes
`reserved1`: 1 Reserved bytes
`instanceid`: Uint32 A unique number identifying this effect.
`type`: Uint8 using TileEffectType Enum
`speed`: Uint32 The time it takes for one cycle of the effect in milliseconds.
`duration`: Uint64 The time the effect will run for in nanoseconds.
`reserved2`: 4 Reserved bytes
`reserved3`: 4 Reserved bytes
`skyType`: TileEffectSkyType only used on `SKY` effect
`reserved4`: 3 Reserved bytes
`cloudSaturationMin` 1 Bytes only used on `SKY` effect when using `CLOUDS` (recommended default is 50)
`reserved5`: 3 Reserved bytes
`reserved6`: 24 Reserved bytes This field is currently ignored by all firmware effects.
`palette_count`: Uint8 The number of values in `palette` that you want to use.
`palette`: 16 Color structures The HSBK values to be used by the effect. On the `MORPH` effect this is used as the palette for generating the effect. With the `SKY` effect, the indices specified in TileEffectSkyPalette dictate how each color will be used.