Govee LAN Lights

Version 0.39

Controls up to 20 Govee Wi-Fi lights directly over your local network - power, brightness, RGB colour and white colour temperature - with real two-way feedback (each light reports its actual state back). Runs entirely on the local LAN - no cloud account, no internet, and no Govee API key required.

1. Set up each light

For the driver to control a light it must be on your 2.4GHz Wi-Fi and have LAN Control turned on:

- In the Govee Home app, open the device.

- Connect it to your 2.4GHz Wi-Fi (not Bluetooth-only).

- Open Device Settings and turn ON "LAN Control".

- Give the light a fixed/reserved IP address in your router (recommended).

2. Add the lights to the driver

Automatic (recommended): In Integration Designer, right-click the driver and choose "Discover Govee Devices". It scans the network, fills in Max Devices, each light's IP and a friendly name. Each slot is pinned to the light's unique ID, so running Discover again never reorders your slots or drops a light that was switched off.

Manual: Set Max Devices, then enter each light's Name and IP under the Device 1..20 tabs.

2a. Naming your lights / which light is which

Govee does not broadcast the friendly name you set in the app over the local network, so after Discover each light is named by its model (e.g. "Govee H612A") - not "Bedside Lamp". To work out which physical light is in which Device slot and give it a proper name:

- Easiest - Identify from Integration Designer: with the driver selected, open Driver Utilities (or right-click the driver) and choose "Identify a Light (flash it)". Pick the Device number and that light blinks bright white a few times - right from your PC, no panel button or running processor needed. So you can flash each slot while you are naming it.

- The same Identify is also available at run time (from a panel button, a macro, the web dashboard's identify button, or the debug console).

- Then open that Device's tab in Driver Properties and set its Name to something meaningful (e.g. "Bedside Lamp", "Kitchen Strip"). Your manual names are always kept - running Discover again never overwrites them.

- You can also cross-check by IP Address (matches the IP shown for the device in your router) or by Device ID (the unique ID under "Device Identity", matches the light's ID in the Govee app's device info).

- Tip: give each light a fixed/reserved IP in your router so the slot, IP and physical light stay aligned.

3. Supported models

Any Govee Wi-Fi light with the "LAN Control" toggle works for power, brightness, colour and white colour temperature. (A few TV-backlight models have no LAN toggle and cannot be controlled locally.)

Hardware-tested: H612A (RGBIC Strip), H6022 (RGBWW Bulb), H7025 (String Lights), H6159 (RGBIC Strip), H705E (Permanent Outdoor Lights).

Top 20 popular models with the full built-in scene library (plus dozens more that share the same effects):

- H6159 - RGBIC Strip Light

- H6110 - RGB Strip Light

- H6144 - RGBIC Strip Light

- H61E1 - RGBIC LED Strip Light 2

- H619A - RGBIC Pro Strip Light (16.4 ft)

- H619C - RGBIC Pro Strip Light (32.8 ft)

- H61A0 - RGBIC Neon Rope Light

- H6172 - RGBIC Outdoor Strip Light

- H705E - Permanent Outdoor Lights Pro

- H705A - Permanent Outdoor Lights

- H7060 - Outdoor Spot/Flood Lights

- H6072 - Lyra RGBIC Floor Lamp

- H6076 - RGBIC Floor Lamp

- H6052 - RGBICWW Table Lamp

- H6008 - RGBWW Smart Bulb (A19)

- H6003 - Smart LED Bulb

- H6046 - RGBIC TV Backlight

- H6047 - DreamView Gaming Light Bars

- H6601 - Envisual TV Backlight

- H70C2 - Curtain Lights

Other LAN models still get their core scenes, and any model can trigger a scene by code. If a light's scene name or list does nothing, its Scene sysvar shows why (for example "No scenes for <model>").

4. Wiring buttons and feedback (tags)

Add each Govee light to a room as a "Govee Device" source. Then drop the standard Lighting tags onto your buttons/sliders - the matching command AND its two-way feedback variable both wire automatically:

- Light On / Light Off / Light (toggle)

- Light Level (brightness slider), Light Up, Light Down

- Light Red Level / Light Green Level / Light Blue Level (sliders)

- Light Red Up/Down, Light Green Up/Down, Light Blue Up/Down

- Light Temperature Level (white slider), Light Temperature Up, Light Temperature Down

Up and Down buttons step the value each press, so holding them ramps smoothly.

5. Groups and All Lights

All Lights: Drop a Light On / Light Off / Light Level tag onto a whole-house button to control every configured light at once (great for an "All Off" button).

Groups: Under the Groups settings, set Group Count, then name each group and list its device numbers (e.g. 1,2,3). The Group On/Off/Toggle/Brightness/Colour/Temp functions then act on just that group. Group feedback variables (Any On / All On) are provided for each group.

6. Effects

Fades: Fade To Brightness / Colour / Colour Temp ramp a light smoothly over a chosen number of seconds. All Fade and Group Fade ramp many lights together - ideal for cinema dimming.

Identify: Blinks a light bright white a few times then restores it, so you can tell which physical fixture a slot is during commissioning.

7. Snapshots and Copy

Snapshots: Save Snapshot captures the on/off, brightness, colour and temperature of every light into one of 8 slots (saved on the processor, survives reboots). Recall Snapshot restores them all at once - perfect for scene presets like "Movie" or "Dinner".

Copy Light: Copies one light's full state onto another.

8. Circadian (auto colour temperature)

When enabled, the driver gently shifts the white colour temperature of the target lights by time of day - warm in the evening, cool at midday - updating every 15 minutes. Choose All Lights or a single group as the target. It only affects lights that are on. Turn it off if you want to set custom colours.

9. Web dashboard (Web Object)

The driver hosts a browser dashboard on the processor (default port 9064). Bind a Web Object to it or open it in a browser:

- http://[processor-IP]:9064/ - full dashboard (all lights, All bar, group chips)

- ...:9064/?light=2 - just one light (per-light widget)

- ...:9064/?group=1 - just one group's lights

- ...:9064/?light=2&mode=button - a single light as a bare button

- ...:9064/?light=2&mode=invisible - a transparent tap-target to overlay on your own button

Each tile has a power toggle, colour picker, and brightness and white sliders. The settings cog lets you theme it and rescan for devices.

10. Scenes

Govee's built-in light scenes (Sunset, Aurora, Rainbow, Fire, Forest and the rest) are supported, and they run entirely over your local network - no cloud account and no API key. Drop the Scene tag onto a list widget: it fills with the selected light's scenes grouped under the same categories as the Govee app (Natural, Festival, Life, Emotion, plus any seasonal or promo categories), in the same order. Tap a scene to activate it on that light. Category header rows (shown as [ NATURAL ] etc.) are labels only - tapping one does nothing. You can also set a scene by name or by code from a macro.

The scenes available depend on the light model (the driver carries each model's own scene list), and a small number of the very newest effects may not be listed yet.

Still cloud-only (not included): RGBIC per-segment colour (different colours along one strip), music / mic mode, and the gradient/nightlight toggles are not part of this driver. They exist only in Govee's CLOUD API, whose terms prohibit using it inside a paid third-party driver even if each user supplies their own key (we confirmed this with Govee). This driver stays 100% local, which keeps it compliant, faster, and working with no internet. For whole-room "looks" (Movie, Dinner, Relax) you can also use Snapshots (section 7) and Circadian (section 8).

11. Licensing

The driver runs as a 120-minute trial without a key. To license it permanently, enter the licence key issued for this processor under the Licence settings.

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