Philips Hue Lighting - owners thread

[Digger]

Oakey said:

I have the new hub, 2 white bulbs and I've connected two living colours. All works great, I can communicate with Hue remotely when away from home, however, I cannot get IFTTT to work. It's been authorised in MeetHue, I see it in the list of apps, the bulbs all appear on IFTTT when creating recipes but whenever I test nothing happens. Anyone have a solution?

When you "Test Recipe" nothing actually happens with the lights, for me anyway. Hopefully when you activate the recipe they should work.

I have a few recipes set up which include, On at Sunset, and Flash when a txt is received.

[Oakey]

Digger said:

When you "Test Recipe" nothing actually happens with the lights, for me anyway. Hopefully when you activate the recipe they should work.

I have a few recipes set up which include, On at Sunset, and Flash when a txt is received.

Funnily enough I just logged in to IFTTT and checked the one I set up to blink a light when it rains. It actually worked which surprised me, unfortunately when trying to test that one again and other recipes nothing is happening again.

[Digger]

Don't you have any windows?!

Might prove more reliable.

[Oakey]

That's just the one I was testing, the aim was to have it turn on the lights at sunset, etc but nothing ever triggers. I've had a successful test three times but it's not consistent.

[Digger]

Just wondering. Once you've set up ifttt, go in to your Hue app, Settings, My App, does it still say you're logged in to my Hue?

[Oakey]

It is. Sometimes I turn the recipe off in IFTTT then turn it back on and run a test and it works. Then nothing happens again.

[Digger]

Activate the one with flashing lights for a txt message and send yourself text messages. Leave at least a couple of minutes after receiving your own txt.

[MrOrange]

My IFTTT "lights on a dusk" recipe had recently failed to work so maybe there is a recent problem connecting IFTTT to Hue

[Oakey]

Apparently the latest firmware locks out third party bulbs

[Magic919]

It's more that you can't add any further 'untested' third party bulbs.

[Magic919]

My dimmer has just arrived. Nice piece of kit.

[marctwo]

Magic919 said:

It's more that you can't add any further 'untested' third party bulbs.

Great timing. I just tried to add some Osram Lightify bulbs

[Magic919]

Osram mention it on their website. Hopefully it'll get sorted. It'll be that or hacked firmware.

[murphster]

Do these lights still work if the wifi is down? I.e can I just get them to turn on like a conventional light? Or is this just a downside to using these types of lights?

Edited by murphster on Monday 28th December 07:45

[Magic919]

If you turn off and on their power source, they come on. In theory the Hue dimmer will still work, but I haven't tested it. You could also control them via the app or website using mobile data.

[murphster]

Magic919 said:

If you turn off and on their power source, they come on. In theory the Hue dimmer will still work, but I haven't tested it. You could also control them via the app or website using mobile data.

Perfect - Thanks!

[Mattt]

If the wifi is down - i.e. Your home broadband then the bridge won't have connectivity either to the app/website.

[DSLiverpool]

Just picked up a B22 starter pack for £59 (3 bulbs) from Currys - looking forward to having a play with it.

How do I know if its the latest bridge or not its round with 3 leds

[GuyW]

DSLiverpool said:

Just picked up a B22 starter pack for £59 (3 bulbs) from Currys - looking forward to having a play with it.

How do I know if its the latest bridge or not its round with 3 leds

The old Bridge is round, the newer homekit compatible one is square.

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[DSLiverpool]

Ta - I have an old one but for the price the bulbs were worth it, its for one room and I was going to buy wifi plugs until I saw this.