I have WIZ bulbs in the ceiling fixtures of my office at work. I use my phone to control the lights only on occasion, usually if I want to change brightness or color while I’m in the office. The rest of the time I control them with the basic wall switch (that means when the switch is off there’s no power and I can’t turn them on with my phone, but I don’t think my phone is capable of recognizing that they’re powered off). I’m setting up a Christmas tree in my office for the season, and I’d like to figure out a way for the Christmas tree to turn on whenever I turn on my office lights (ya know, cause lazy).
Short of changing the wall outlet to a smart one (not possible in my office), is there any way to connect these two systems?
What a smart plug work?
I use sonoff S31 smart plugs and flash them with esphome.
If those lights status is on, turn on the outlet.
Homeassistant automation or node red can do this.
Yeah this, use the trigger when wiz light goes from unavailable to online for the automation
Can you still change the wall switch?
No, it’s an office building and they won’t allow it.
Can you at least cover up the wall switch?