Philips Hue Lighting - owners thread
Discussion
Origin Unknown said:
I'm installing lights for the front door with Hue GU10s. I want the lights on to come on at dusk, turn off at a certain time, but turn back on upon motion for X minutes.
Will the Philips Hue Outdoor Motion Sensor with a "scene" do this?
Not sure you even need a scene? Just set that bulb to come on at the times you mention, and then also pair it with the motion sensor and set according to what you want? Will the Philips Hue Outdoor Motion Sensor with a "scene" do this?
UTH said:
Origin Unknown said:
I'm installing lights for the front door with Hue GU10s. I want the lights on to come on at dusk, turn off at a certain time, but turn back on upon motion for X minutes.
Will the Philips Hue Outdoor Motion Sensor with a "scene" do this?
Not sure you even need a scene? Just set that bulb to come on at the times you mention, and then also pair it with the motion sensor and set according to what you want? Will the Philips Hue Outdoor Motion Sensor with a "scene" do this?
Scenes could be useful though as you could have different ones depending on what happens. A dimmer scene for the timed part and a full brightness one for motion.
When you program the motion sensor you can choose the option to return to previous state rather than off to make it work together
When you program the motion sensor you can choose the option to return to previous state rather than off to make it work together
Zed Ed said:
Fairplay to Hue; some very prompt no quibble customer service and a speedy delivered replacement item.
New replacement 1.5m rail has smaller holes in it, which is good, but still the same slightly odd round washer set. Anyway it works.
Perifo very lovely btw ( need to fit the rail covering trims and wind in the power supply cable but almost done)
Would love to see more pics of this. I am flitting between doing a track system like this or going for either the new Datura (disc light with separate controllable up/down segment) or one of the Centris range (which pairs a long linear lamp with some position-able spots). But I do have quite low ceilings in the upper rooms so I am thinking a Centris might look too "heavy".New replacement 1.5m rail has smaller holes in it, which is good, but still the same slightly odd round washer set. Anyway it works.
Perifo very lovely btw ( need to fit the rail covering trims and wind in the power supply cable but almost done)
Edited by Zed Ed on Friday 22 March 21:14
Does anyone know whether it's possible to set up user permissions for a single room only?
I'd like to put some lighting in my boys' bedrooms and allow them to control scenes etc, but not be able to start messing about with other rooms.
Is this possible with the standard Hue app, or is there a third-party that supports this?
I'd like to put some lighting in my boys' bedrooms and allow them to control scenes etc, but not be able to start messing about with other rooms.
Is this possible with the standard Hue app, or is there a third-party that supports this?
option click said:
Does anyone know whether it's possible to set up user permissions for a single room only?
I'd like to put some lighting in my boys' bedrooms and allow them to control scenes etc, but not be able to start messing about with other rooms.
Is this possible with the standard Hue app, or is there a third-party that supports this?
No idea if that's possible in the app, but one option might be to get one of these for each room so they have control of their room but nothing else (guess that means you'll need to delete their access to the app) I'd like to put some lighting in my boys' bedrooms and allow them to control scenes etc, but not be able to start messing about with other rooms.
Is this possible with the standard Hue app, or is there a third-party that supports this?
https://www.johnlewis.com/philips-hue-smart-dimmer...
option click said:
Does anyone know whether it's possible to set up user permissions for a single room only?
I'd like to put some lighting in my boys' bedrooms and allow them to control scenes etc, but not be able to start messing about with other rooms.
Is this possible with the standard Hue app, or is there a third-party that supports this?
I don't think you can with the Hue app - could you use a physical switch instead? That allows control over one light and is portable, but obviously not accessible on the phone.I'd like to put some lighting in my boys' bedrooms and allow them to control scenes etc, but not be able to start messing about with other rooms.
Is this possible with the standard Hue app, or is there a third-party that supports this?
Otherwise I think you'll be peering into the Smartthings or Home Assistant rabbit hole...
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UTH said:
No idea if that's possible in the app, but one option might be to get one of these for each room so they have control of their room but nothing else (guess that means you'll need to delete their access to the app)
https://www.johnlewis.com/philips-hue-smart-dimmer...
That's probably my backup option - I know it allows you to cycle through a number of pre-defined scenes, but doesn't give as much control / not as much fun for them.https://www.johnlewis.com/philips-hue-smart-dimmer...
option click said:
UTH said:
No idea if that's possible in the app, but one option might be to get one of these for each room so they have control of their room but nothing else (guess that means you'll need to delete their access to the app)
https://www.johnlewis.com/philips-hue-smart-dimmer...
That's probably my backup option - I know it allows you to cycle through a number of pre-defined scenes, but doesn't give as much control / not as much fun for them.https://www.johnlewis.com/philips-hue-smart-dimmer...
option click said:
Does anyone know whether it's possible to set up user permissions for a single room only?
I'd like to put some lighting in my boys' bedrooms and allow them to control scenes etc, but not be able to start messing about with other rooms.
Is this possible with the standard Hue app, or is there a third-party that supports this?
Someone else asked that on the previous page - I wondered if Bluetooth the relevant lights might work, but I;m not sure. There are some other suggestions.I'd like to put some lighting in my boys' bedrooms and allow them to control scenes etc, but not be able to start messing about with other rooms.
Is this possible with the standard Hue app, or is there a third-party that supports this?
Sheepshanks said:
option click said:
Does anyone know whether it's possible to set up user permissions for a single room only?
I'd like to put some lighting in my boys' bedrooms and allow them to control scenes etc, but not be able to start messing about with other rooms.
Is this possible with the standard Hue app, or is there a third-party that supports this?
Someone else asked that on the previous page - I wondered if Bluetooth the relevant lights might work, but I;m not sure. There are some other suggestions.I'd like to put some lighting in my boys' bedrooms and allow them to control scenes etc, but not be able to start messing about with other rooms.
Is this possible with the standard Hue app, or is there a third-party that supports this?
Just thought I'd flag up that Amazon are having another Prime even thing.
Most of it is absolute junk - seem to be clearing out the warehouses for the holiday season.
However, there are some decent savings on Hue kit available. Timing is good for me, as I had my first bulb fail a couple of weeks ago after about six years of solid work. It didn't didn't throw the breaker but still managed to stop any other Hue bulb on that circuit working. Very strange.
Most of it is absolute junk - seem to be clearing out the warehouses for the holiday season.
However, there are some decent savings on Hue kit available. Timing is good for me, as I had my first bulb fail a couple of weeks ago after about six years of solid work. It didn't didn't throw the breaker but still managed to stop any other Hue bulb on that circuit working. Very strange.
What’s the latest on the 50 light bridge limit.
Going to replace my garden lights with some Hue ones which will take my total to 60 lights or so.
What is best practice for dealing with this; saw some web comments on Philips upping the limit, but not sure what happened to that.
Grateful for any insight.
Going to replace my garden lights with some Hue ones which will take my total to 60 lights or so.
What is best practice for dealing with this; saw some web comments on Philips upping the limit, but not sure what happened to that.
Grateful for any insight.
Zed Ed said:
What’s the latest on the 50 light bridge limit.
Going to replace my garden lights with some Hue ones which will take my total to 60 lights or so.
What is best practice for dealing with this; saw some web comments on Philips upping the limit, but not sure what happened to that.
Grateful for any insight.
I have 3 hubs…I think you can go up a bit on 50Going to replace my garden lights with some Hue ones which will take my total to 60 lights or so.
What is best practice for dealing with this; saw some web comments on Philips upping the limit, but not sure what happened to that.
Grateful for any insight.
You can only control one hub when you are out of your own wifi network. You have to choose which one. You can swap them but it makes managing them a bit harder than it should.
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