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Nova 1.7.0, published by Jasmine, is a lightweight command-line interface engineered to give Windows users script-level control over Govee-brand LED light strips. Positioned in the System Utilities / Hardware Automation category, the utility exposes every major device function—power, brightness, color, animated scenes, scheduling, and segmented-zone addressing—through a consistent set of typed commands that can be chained in batch files, PowerShell scripts, or third-party automation platforms such as Task Scheduler, AutoHotkey, and Home Assistant. Typical use cases include time-of-day color shifting for office ambience, synchronized mood lighting for gaming or film viewing, and large-scale commercial installs where dozens of strips have to be reconfigured simultaneously without manual interaction with the Govee mobile application. Because Nova keeps its entire state in plain text configuration files, integrators can version-control lighting presets alongside other infrastructure code, push changes through Git, and roll back instantly when needed. The tool discovers devices over both local Bluetooth 5 and Wi-Fi, queries their firmware capabilities, caches the metadata, and thereafter operates without further network calls, so routines remain responsive even in isolated VLANs. Version 1.7.0 refines the discovery handshake for the 2024 Govee strip lineup, adds a `--random` flag for dynamic party effects, and corrects an edge case where HSL values below 1 % were rounded to zero. Jasmine maintains two concurrent release branches—1.x for legacy Windows 10 environments and a 2.x stream that requires Windows 11 22H2 or newer—allowing administrators to standardize on the same feature set across mixed fleets. Nova is available for free on get.nero.com, with downloads provided via trusted Windows package sources such as winget, always delivering the latest version, and supporting batch installation of multiple applications.
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