# Lightning control

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/lightning-control/14432>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [May 31, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/lightning-control/14432 "2017-05-31T19:02:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![vgagnon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/71e660/32.png) [@vgagnon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vgagnon)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/lightning-control/14432/1 "2017-05-31T19:02:05Z")

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Hello, I was wondering if any of you as ever control lightning. I put Ignition in a restaurant and I need to control the dimming. I use Insteon but I have a few problem with LED. I’m searching something that will be compatible with every type of light.

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![zackscriven](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/zackscriven/32/7213_2.png) [@zackscriven](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zackscriven)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/lightning-control/14432/2 "2017-05-31T19:11:35Z")

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For lighting control you can communicate to the Insteon Hub using their Rest API using Ignition’s built in functions like system.net.httpGet or system.net.httpPut. Other lighting systems can be connected in a similar fashion.

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**Author:** ![vgagnon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/71e660/32.png) [@vgagnon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vgagnon)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/lightning-control/14432/3 "2017-05-31T20:34:35Z")

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Yes I already communicate with Insteon. The problem is that the dimmer as some problem with a few light and I’m trying to find an alternative for the dimming that can be compatible with LED. Any suggestion?

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**Author:** ![vgagnon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/71e660/32.png) [@vgagnon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vgagnon)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/lightning-control/14432/4 "2017-06-05T19:41:23Z")

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Nobody has ever control lightning with Ignition?

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**Author:** ![accyroy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/accyroy/32/3386_2.png) [@accyroy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/accyroy)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 6:59am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/lightning-control/14432/5 "2017-06-06T06:59:50Z")

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I find that home automation systems communicate really well with all the lighting suppliers with little effort, so I’d use [http://home-assistant.io](http://home-assistant.io) as the hub to control the lighting and then MQTT to have ignition and home-assistant communicate with each other. It might seem a complex solution but this would get lots of connectivity, reasonably easily into ignition.