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Description
In this article, you will learn how to add Philips Hue to your Home Center.
First, you have to set up your Philips Hue devices. Check out Philips Hue website for more details.
Requirements
- FIBARO Home Center Lite/2.
- PC or Mac with the network connection,
- Philips Hue Bridge and lights.
Step-by-step guide
- Log in to your Home Center.
- Select Plugins from the top menu.
- Click Available on the left sidebar.
- Use the search bar on the right. Search: hue and click Install.
- Click Free.
- Click Add.
- Go to the Advanced tab.
- Click Search. Home Center should find your Philips Hue Bridge. If Home Center couldn’t find your device, check IP address of your device in Philips Hue mobile app and enter it manually.
- Click Save icon.
- Press button on the Philips Hue Bridge.
- Click Create user. Wait 30 seconds.
- Click Start search. Wait 60 seconds for lights to be added.
- Select Your House from the top menu.
- Go to the Unassigned section.
- Now you can test your Philips Hue setup and make some unique scenes.
Available Lua commands
Philips Hue plugin allows to control Hue lights in Lua scenes. It adds following commands:
- fibaro:call(ID, “changeHue”, VALUE) – changes the hue of bulb with selected ID to VALUE between 0-65535.
- fibaro:call(ID, “changeSaturation”, VALUE) – changes the saturation of bulb with selected ID to VALUE between 0-255.
- fibaro:call(ID, “changeBrightness”, VALUE) – changes the Brightness of bulb with selected ID to VALUE between 0-255.
- fibaro:call(ID, “turnOff”) – turns off bulb with selected ID
- fibaro:call(ID, “turnOn”) – turns on bulb with selected ID
- fibaro:getValue(ID, “bri”) – returns value of brightness for bulb with selected ID
- fibaro:getValue(ID, “ct”) – returns value of color temperature for ambiance bulb with selected ID
- fibaro:getValue(ID, “hue”) – returns value of hue for bulb with selected ID
- fibaro:getValue(ID, “on”) – checks if bulb with selected ID is turned on
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