From 09df7c6ac3196e6f220e1781f3d71c596ee2527b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Frantz <alex@alexav.gg>
Date: Sat, 2 May 2026 23:09:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] try to power on then set scene

---
 govee.py | 11 +++++++++++
 test.py  |  4 ----
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 test.py

diff --git a/govee.py b/govee.py
index ac5d6fc..5c4cd3a 100644
--- a/govee.py
+++ b/govee.py
@@ -48,6 +48,17 @@ class GoveeApi:
         await self.close()
 
     async def send_scene(self, scene_code: str):
+        power_payload = {
+            "msg": {
+                "cmd": "turn",
+                "data": {
+                    "value": 1  # 1 = on, 0 = off
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        self._send(power_payload)
+        time.sleep(0.5)
+
         segments = scene_code.split(",")
         for i, segment in enumerate(segments):
             payload = {"msg": {"cmd": "ptReal", "data": {"command": [segment]}}}
diff --git a/test.py b/test.py
deleted file mode 100644
index ee5acd3..0000000
--- a/test.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-import govee
-
-govee_api = govee.GoveeApi(device_ip="172.16.0.15")
-govee_api.send_scene("owABAgT/AGQMACr//+YAADb//8k=,o//QAAIDAwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAI4=,MwUKdwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEs=")
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