Some instructions on how to get Yeelight wifi bulbs and ceiling app working
create an Mi-account on Xiaomi.
First of all, you need to create an Mi-account on Xiaomi. With this account you will be able to connect to your bulb. It is needed to "activate" only once, after you will control it from your LAN.
install Yeelight app
Then you need to connect your Yeelight to your phone. With the instruction manual, there came a barcode with link to the app MiHome - don't use this. You will want to uninstall it (if you did install it) and use Yeelight app.
This Yeelight app is identiacal to MiHome, but has couple more options, one of them being to turn the "developer mode", which MiHome lacks. Developer mode means that you can use the Yeelight bulb with other devices and other software than Xiaomi's.
reset the bulb
After I installed Yeelight app, I had to reset the bulb. Yeelight wouldn't find it because it was already found by MiHome. Reset the bulb by turning it off and on for 5 times. Wait 2 seconds after each turn off/on. At the 5th on, it should start cycling colors and after the cycle is finished (several seconds) it should light in pure white color. This means the bulb was reset.
Add device in Yeelight app
Now, try searching for it from Yeelight app from your phone. It goes without saying that your phone should be connected to your WiFi. It will disconnect once, ask for a password to your WiFi, and then it will find the bulb. You will have the bulb in the list of devices.
Do this for all/any bulbs you have.
giving your bulbs static IP adresses.
Now. I suggest giving your bulbs static IP adresses. You can do this on your router. Just make a reservation for the IP the bulb was already given by your DHCP server.
OK, now you need to go to the Yeelight app and turn on the developer mode. This will make the light bulb controllable by other software than Xiaomi's.
After you install the YeeMee addon, enter the bulb IP adress into the settings, and go to testing and test the bulb. Test function should light the bulb for 3 seconds and turn it off.
create an Mi-account on Xiaomi.
First of all, you need to create an Mi-account on Xiaomi. With this account you will be able to connect to your bulb. It is needed to "activate" only once, after you will control it from your LAN.
install Yeelight app
Then you need to connect your Yeelight to your phone. With the instruction manual, there came a barcode with link to the app MiHome - don't use this. You will want to uninstall it (if you did install it) and use Yeelight app.
This Yeelight app is identiacal to MiHome, but has couple more options, one of them being to turn the "developer mode", which MiHome lacks. Developer mode means that you can use the Yeelight bulb with other devices and other software than Xiaomi's.
reset the bulb
After I installed Yeelight app, I had to reset the bulb. Yeelight wouldn't find it because it was already found by MiHome. Reset the bulb by turning it off and on for 5 times. Wait 2 seconds after each turn off/on. At the 5th on, it should start cycling colors and after the cycle is finished (several seconds) it should light in pure white color. This means the bulb was reset.
Add device in Yeelight app
Now, try searching for it from Yeelight app from your phone. It goes without saying that your phone should be connected to your WiFi. It will disconnect once, ask for a password to your WiFi, and then it will find the bulb. You will have the bulb in the list of devices.
Do this for all/any bulbs you have.
giving your bulbs static IP adresses.
Now. I suggest giving your bulbs static IP adresses. You can do this on your router. Just make a reservation for the IP the bulb was already given by your DHCP server.
OK, now you need to go to the Yeelight app and turn on the developer mode. This will make the light bulb controllable by other software than Xiaomi's.
After you install the YeeMee addon, enter the bulb IP adress into the settings, and go to testing and test the bulb. Test function should light the bulb for 3 seconds and turn it off.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yeelight.cherry&hl=en
https://www.yeelight.com/en_US/developer
https://www.yeelight.com/faqs/lan_control
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