You will need to use an LED driver capable of 12V DC and most landscape lighting transformers are 12v AC. You can use an AC to DC converter as an alternative option. That said, what size is the gazebo? 24vdc is probably a better option for tape light as 12vdc is limited to about 16.5ft where 24vdc can hit around 60ft for a 1.5w/ft tape from a single side injection (if this is over your head no worries, ask away) And now the honesty moment : for the sake of ease, in a DIY environment. Just go with outdoor string lights. Everyone loves them in exterior environments and they weather better. Get the ones with replaceable Edison type bulbs and pick up 2200k, 2400k or 2700k bulbs for them (lowest watt you see available to you). Put them on an ELV+ dimmer with a neutral and you will be more than thrilled. Hope that helps. More on reddit.com

In thinking about what you wanted to accomplish, rolling up a waterproof strip in the awning probably isn't that big of a deal, but running the control wires may be. Where did you plan on having the controller? Because I am pretty sure you don't want to roll that up in the awing too and will want to install it inside somewhere.

With that said.... you can use a controller like this one and their hand held remotes. They are Zigbee based and if you only plan on having the two devices, you can bind them together without and type of automation hub or bridge. The will talk directly to each other via touch link. But if you plan on adding any more devices then you need a Hue Bridge because you will be creating a mesh network. If you do get a bridge, it can be unplugged and stored once the lighting and remotes are set up as the remote will send commands directly to the lighting. The Hue Bridge is not needed. So it's not like you have to have the bridge plugged in 24/7 for the lighting to work.

An advantage in going with Zigbee is you don't need line of sight for the remote to work which is common with the cheaper products you found on Amazon.

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BTF Lighting has decent strips in the Amazon/AliExpress stores. For RGBW you can get some SK6812 strips. Other options would be WS2812B (5V addressable), WS2811 (5V or 12V addressable), or WS2815 (12V addressable w/ data redundancy). They also sell controllers, but I don't have much experience with them as I make my own using ESP8266/ESP32 boards with WLED firmware flashed on them. Alternatively, you can use cheaper analog strips if you don't care that they're limited to one color at a time. For waterproofing, they make IP67 strips which are coated in silicone and then placed inside a separate silicone sleeve. IP65 is the same but doesn't have the added sleeve. IP30 are just bare strips. If you want a kit you can look into Govee. They have a huge selection of products. More on reddit.com

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