Turn on/off lights on Unifi APs

lights.sh

#!/bin/bash
  
# Variables 
result=""
count=0
log=/data/logs/lights.log
private=/home/pi/.firewalla/config/post_main.d/pass.txt
dir=$(dirname "$0")
user=$(cat $dir/lights.txt | grep user | cut -f2 -d "=" )
baseIP=192.168.0
lightpath=/proc/gpio/led_pattern
days=150 # this saves 30 days of logs based on 2 APs turned on/off 2x/day
sleep=10


# test for input 
if [ -z "$2" ]; then
	echo "Two parapeters are required: last three digits of IP and [0|1] in that order. For example:\n\n" $(basename $0) " 100 1"
	exit 1
fi

ip=$1
# These are the "friendly" names of the APs so the logs are more readable.
if [ "$1" -eq "100" ]; then
	AP="Bedroom AP"
elif [ "$1" -eq "101" ]; then
	AP="Living room AP"
fi

ask=$2
if [ "$ask" -eq "0" ]; then
	state=OFF
elif [ "$ask" -eq "1" ]; then
	state=ON
fi

logClean () {
	echo "$(tail -n $days  $log)" > $log
}


logClean 

cont ()
{
/usr/bin/sshpass -f $private ssh $user@$baseIP.$ip \
	"echo '$ask'>$lightpath" && command=$(echo $(date +"%a %b %d %H:%M:%S") $AP: $state ); echo $command
	echo "waiting $sleep seconds to test..."
	sleep $sleep
}

testit ()
{
result=$(/usr/bin/sshpass -f $private ssh $user@$baseIP.$ip \
	"cat $lightpath")
	count=`expr $count + 1`
}

while [ "$ask" != "$result" ]; do
	cont
	testit
done

if [ "$result" -eq "0" ]; then
	result="OFF"
elif [ "$result" -eq "1" ]; then
	result="ON"
fi
echo $result
echo $command | tee -a $log
echo $(date +"%a %b %d %H:%M:%S") [Result] $AP: $result \($count\) | tee -a $log
echo ================================== >> $log

logClean 

Save to /data and set permissions.

cd /data
# save file with your favorite editor (nano or vi)
sudo vi lights.sh
sudo chmod a+x lights.sh

• Note you have to set the ips of your APs. Best if they have fixed addresses.
• Requires you install sshpass on Firewalla.
• Credentials are stored in an external file (private=/home/pi/.firewalla/config/post_main.d/pass.txt) Put your ssh password for your APs on a line by itself.
• Set "user" to the name of your AP username.
• To make this reusable, I pass two inputs: The last 3 digits of the AP IP and "0" (off) or "1" (on).
• set baseIP so that it has the common IP for both APs up to the last 3 dgits.
• fire this off using cron (~/.firewalla/config/user_crontab). Note after you edit user_crontab you have to restart Firewalla for it to take effect. see https://crontab-generator.org/ for help with the cron syntax. Making a mistake can cause issues with Firewalla.

8 20  * * *  /data/lights.sh 100 0
6 6   * * *  /data/lights.sh 100 1
10 22 * * *  /data/lights.sh 101 0
6 6   * * *  /data/lights.sh 101 1

I moved the Unifi username to a local file (defaults to same directory you run the script from lights.txt

user=unifi username here

Important note: tell your controller you want the LED lights on. I saw that if they were off on the controller I could turn them on, but they might turn off unexpectedly. Telling the Controller leave them on seems to allow this method of controlling them on a schedule.