Philips Hue Lighting - owners thread

[shep1001]

Getting annoyed with my Hue ecosystem. twice in the past couple of weeks I have been woken in the early hours of the morning when all the lights turned on. Tried changing the Zigbee channel & it has done the same again. Anybody know what the fix is?

[ecsrobin]

JimbobVFR said:

theboyfold said:

Thanks, I've managed to do it using Alexa

Excellent, does that give you scenes though or just control of the lights grouped together in the Amazon app? If that method does what you need fair enough but I'm not sure it's a scene the way l understand them

In Alexa I can say bedtime, it says good night, switches off the TV turns off the living room lights turns on the hall and bedroom lights to a warm colour at around 30/40% brightness.

So certainly possible to say warm house and it will turn your lights to a warm white at the levels you needed.

[JimbobVFR]

shep1001 said:

Getting annoyed with my Hue ecosystem. twice in the past couple of weeks I have been woken in the early hours of the morning when all the lights turned on. Tried changing the Zigbee channel & it has done the same again. Anybody know what the fix is?

Sounds like a powercut to me. The behaviour of hue bulbs is that if you cut the power they will turn on when power is reapplied.
I've got a routine setup on my bridge that will turn them back on again but there's still a delay while the bridge reboots before they switch off again after a powercut.

[dickymint]

shep1001 said:

Getting annoyed with my Hue ecosystem. twice in the past couple of weeks I have been woken in the early hours of the morning when all the lights turned on. Tried changing the Zigbee channel & it has done the same again. Anybody know what the fix is?

Stop talking in your sleep

[shep1001]

dickymint said:

Stop talking in your sleep

Last time we had a bbq with the neighbours, we got talking about home automation technology such as Hue/Nest/Evohome/Alexa & the like. Pissed up at 3am some of the other guests were shouting through our letterbox trying to get the house to do stuff.

[ecsrobin]

shep1001 said:

dickymint said:

Stop talking in your sleep

Last time we had a bbq with the neighbours, we got talking about home automation technology such as Hue/Nest/Evohome/Alexa & the like. Pissed up at 3am some of the other guests were shouting through our letterbox trying to get the house to do stuff.

[Rollin]

I don't know if this is a misprice or not, but they seem cheap for outdoor Hue lights.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07BXT7VHT/ref...

[dickymint]

Rollin said:

I don't know if this is a misprice or not, but they seem cheap for outdoor Hue lights.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07BXT7VHT/ref...

That is cheap......................

https://www.dmlights.co.uk/philips_hue_lily_outdoo...

[Scott W]

Rollin said:

I don't know if this is a misprice or not, but they seem cheap for outdoor Hue lights.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07BXT7VHT/ref...

I saw these advertised at this price earlier in the month and took a punt on ordering them. Just fitted them in the garden this weekend and there was no change in the price so if you are after them I would definitely order them quick before they go back to the £275/335 prices we've seen recently.

[dickymint]

Scott W said:

Rollin said:

I don't know if this is a misprice or not, but they seem cheap for outdoor Hue lights.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07BXT7VHT/ref...

I saw these advertised at this price earlier in the month and took a punt on ordering them. Just fitted them in the garden this weekend and there was no change in the price so if you are after them I would definitely order them quick before they go back to the £275/335 prices we've seen recently.

Nice - what type lamps are they?

[theboyfold]

JimbobVFR said:

theboyfold said:

Thanks, I've managed to do it using Alexa

Excellent, does that give you scenes though or just control of the lights grouped together in the Amazon app? If that method does what you need fair enough but I'm not sure it's a scene the way l understand them

I can group any lights that I want and set them up as a 'scene' then I tell Alexa to activate that scene, so it works well enough for what I need.

[Rollin]

Scott W said:

Rollin said:

I don't know if this is a misprice or not, but they seem cheap for outdoor Hue lights.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07BXT7VHT/ref...

I saw these advertised at this price earlier in the month and took a punt on ordering them. Just fitted them in the garden this weekend and there was no change in the price so if you are after them I would definitely order them quick before they go back to the £275/335 prices we've seen recently.

The product code would make them white and colour. I assume that WACA means white and colour ambience?
As you say, price elsewhere is around £270.

[dickymint]

Rollin said:

Scott W said:

Rollin said:

I don't know if this is a misprice or not, but they seem cheap for outdoor Hue lights.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07BXT7VHT/ref...

I saw these advertised at this price earlier in the month and took a punt on ordering them. Just fitted them in the garden this weekend and there was no change in the price so if you are after them I would definitely order them quick before they go back to the £275/335 prices we've seen recently.

The product code would make them white and colour. I assume that WACA means white and colour ambience?
As you say, price elsewhere is around £270.

I'll hit the buy button if they're GU10's

[Oakey]

I'd hazard a guess the bulbs aren't replaceable and they're a sealed unit.

[Scott W]

They are indeed completely sealed units so you cannot see what type of connection they are. They do look very similar to the GU10s when you look down on the bulb though.

[dickymint]

Scott W said:

They are indeed completely sealed units so you cannot see what type of connection they are. They do look very similar to the GU10s when you look down on the bulb though.

For that reason .......... i'm ooott

[nellystew]

Don't know if this is the right place but.......

Can I get an a Echo Dot to control both Hue bulbs (through a bridge) and a TP Link smart plug?

Atm I have a group set up in Alexa Smart Home skills with 3 smart plugs and want to start adding Hue bulbs to it.

[ecsrobin]

nellystew said:

Don't know if this is the right place but.......

Can I get an a Echo Dot to control both Hue bulbs (through a bridge) and a TP Link smart plug?

Atm I have a group set up in Alexa Smart Home skills with 3 smart plugs and want to start adding Hue bulbs to it.

Yes. Just create it in the Alexa app. Create a new routine, here’s mine:

[nellystew]

ecsrobin said:

Yes. Just create it in the Alexa app. Create a new routine, here’s mine:

Brill ty

[dxg]

Do my eyes deceive me? Are UK-shaped light switches coming?

https://youtu.be/E1RSyhastWc?t=2m41s