Philips Hue FAQ

Anyone using Ikea bulbs with their Hue? I have a mixture of both Hue and Ikea. All work fine and control properly. However every few weeks the Ikea bulbs stop working - sometimes all together other times just one or two. All I have to to is unplug the bulb and put it back in and everything works fine again.

This is fine for me, I know what to do and it only takes a second. Unfortunately it's not fine for herself who gets annoyed every time this happens. Any ideas what is the problem here? My two simplest options are to a) get a divorce or b) replace the bulbs with hue. I will probably do b over a bit of tie as I have quite a lot of bulbs so it's an expensive switch.

Is there anything else I can do to fix or eliminate this completely in the meantime? Thanks a mill.

BoardsMember wrote: »

Is there any way to use a hue dimmer switch to turn on/off a tp link smart plug? I have a lamp with a weird bulb, I'd like to be able to turn it in/off with a smart switch that already controls hue bulbs in the room.

I ended up buying a couple of Innr Zigbee plugs that were really easy to add to my Hue app & set up, detail as follows:
- I plugged in the smart plug, it was discoverable on the Hue app as a Bulb rather than a Smart Plug (without entering serial number or anything);
- added the Bulb to a Room;
- edited Scenes for that Room to set the new Bulb to be on/off

That's it, now I can turn on the lamp using the smart switch that was already controlling the Scenes for the Room.

Obviously, no dimming capability on the Innr Zigbee plug.

FutureGuy wrote: »

Bought some White Ambiance GU10 a 4 for conservatory and 4 for the kitchen. Stupidly enough, didn’t know that recess lights come in varieties other than GU10 - the kitchen lights have two thin pins each (MR16).

What is the best solution here? An electrician to change fitting to GU10? An adapter (without losing functionality)? Another smart brand that is compatible?

You can swap the fittings to gu10 yourself, no more difficult than wiring a plug.

FutureGuy wrote: »

Thanks will look up a tutorial.

You will need to remove the transformer if fitted as LV bulbs will have one at each light.....

For the hue lamps you will need to get the 230v supply and make a new connection there for your GU10 tail ...

FutureGuy wrote: »

This looks to cover it?

https://youtu.be/RlZvrCR7cZE

Yeah that's basically it, just be careful pulling down the fitting as the springs can pull down chunks of the ceiling plasterboard with it, just in case you haven't removed these before, slowly and try and keep springs pushed away from plaster as best you can....

Looking at adding to Hue collection

Would hue gu 10 fit into below fitting

https://ibb.co/Vwygkvt

Have not taken out bulb to check but we've just moved into house and plenty of these bulbs around the house.

Have hue bulbs around house but no gu10 so looking at replacing them

Irish Gunner wrote: »

Looking at adding to Hue collection

Would hue gu 10 fit into below fitting

https://ibb.co/Vwygkvt

Have not taken out bulb to check but we've just moved into house and plenty of these bulbs around the house.

Have hue bulbs around house but no gu10 so looking at replacing them

have same ones in my kitchen, wont fit even the 3rd gen gu10 would be to long/large in width to held them properly in place as they would stick out, and that metal ring ensures extra tight grip to hold them in place as it goes quite few mm above to snap into holes.


you would want to get these fittings or simililar: https://www.amazon.co.uk/LED-Downlight-Fitting-Recessed-Bathroom/dp/B075MGN7RT/ref=sr_1_32?crid=I84UKCLGSVVS&dchild=1&keywords=gu10+light+fitting&qid=1587898989&sprefix=gu10+light+fi%2Caps%2C165&sr=8-32


but you still need to remove current fitting to see how much clearance you have above ceiling and then find right size as they come in couple different heights.

Irish Gunner wrote: »

Damn might leave it expensive enough to buy bulb as well as buying another part to fit them in

yes its a bit of investment depending how many you need but locally you can find those for around 10-15e/unit, once places open up.

Not having much luck with hue lights. Looks like my floodlight has died. Unreachable on the app, another bulb about 2 meters away. Power on and off from the main switch and no movement on it. Not ideal from a €150 fitting

NomadicGray wrote: »

Any ideas on this lads?

I got an email saying my Hue hub had been disconnected from my account and it hasnt worked since. All its status lights are on, its appearing on my home network, but no apps will connect to it or see it when I try a factory reset. I can also see the hub on meethue.com, it says its online
Ive tried it through the phone, tablet and pc

what way is your home network setup ? any switches etc ? or just default isp router, might be worth a shot plugging into different ethernet slot and doing factory reset on router- as if no devices see it seems like natural way to troubleshoot up the chain.


as dunno what router you might be using but worth a check even at router settings to see if its visible on home network, might give idea if it got toast somehow or smth else triggered for it to disconnect from network somehow.

BoardsMember wrote: »

I ended up buying a couple of Innr Zigbee

Yep .. they're a good job. And they are 13A rated. If I recall correctly, the Hue equivalent is only rated 300W.

Irish Gunner wrote: »

Looking at adding to Hue collection

Would hue gu 10 fit into below fitting

https://ibb.co/Vwygkvt

I have similar fittings in the bar. I'd say you be struggling to fit 3rd gen, but 4th gen will fit. Ikea Trådfri will also fit, but can't be got in color, when it's GU10.

Now .. here's the culprit: it's real tight. I was fighting getting the darn things in there.

In the end, I pulled the fitting out (it's just held in there with two spring loaded clips, that tilt, fitted the bulb in the fitting and then pushed the whole shebang back up together.

Otherwise you'll be hours at it getting that metal retention spring to sit tight.

/M

NomadicGray wrote: »

Any ideas on this lads?

I got an email saying my Hue hub had been disconnected from my account and it hasnt worked since. All its status lights are on, its appearing on my home network, but no apps will connect to it or see it when I try a factory reset. I can also see the hub on meethue.com, it says its online
Ive tried it through the phone, tablet and pc

I had a problem last night where my app would only connect via the cloud even though I was on the same network as the hub. Resetting the app solved it for me but it's still behaving erratically.

vintagecosmos wrote: »

Wouldn't be a first generation hub by any chance?

Second I think, the more square one, says 2.1 on the bottom.


I plugged it directly in to the router and still nothing, no app seems to see it, though the meethue website still sees it online.
Ill try a factory reset and a 3rd ethernet cable directly plugged in to the router when I can.
I am missing my ambiance

Marlow wrote: »

2.1 is the newest, so no problems there.

Also, if the meethue website says, it's online, then your cable should be ok. What lights are lit ?

Might just be the matter of resetting the app and then pairing it back up with the hub.

/M

All 3 lights are on, so it looks business as usual from the outside. Ill try resetting all the apps first anyways, will do no harm

OU812 wrote: »

Anyone got Hue outdoors? I'm re-doing the back garden and am sorely tempted, but the price is a hard sell with the wife against more traditional lighting.

Buy ordinary fittings that take the led lamps... Much cheaper.

Marlow wrote: »

Yep .. they're a good job. And they are 13A rated. If I recall correctly, the Hue equivalent is only rated 300W.



I have similar fittings in the bar. I'd say you be struggling to fit 3rd gen, but 4th gen will fit. Ikea Trådfri will also fit, but can't be got in color, when it's GU10.

Now .. here's the culprit: it's real tight. I was fighting getting the darn things in there.

In the end, I pulled the fitting out (it's just held in there with two spring loaded clips, that tilt, fitted the bulb in the fitting and then pushed the whole shebang back up together.

Otherwise you'll be hours at it getting that metal retention spring to sit tight.

/M

Thanks will look whenever this thing that everyone speaks of passes

punisher5112 wrote: »

Yes I understand that but some fittings are pretty much the same...

As in E27 lamp holder ones and such.

You still won't get the same result nor longetivity.

/M

hi folks, looks like i have bricked my second bridge, i was messing around with somethings and the access point it was connected to rebooted unexpectedly and once again i cannot get it to connect to my network, have factory reset, tried different cables, different switches but its no dice, its beyond annoying.

dont know if anyone has ever successfully got one working again? network light is on even when theres no ethernet cable attached, when cable is attached it doesnt show up on the network nor will it connect to the internet.

failing a solution does anyone had a bridge to sell??

Home Assistant and Hue

With Philips dropping support for v1 bridges, it is a matter of time when Amazon and Google will completely drop support for those v1 bridges too.

Home Assistant - a home automation software - currently leverages emulation of v1 hue bridge to allow local integration with Google Assistant and Alexa... This functionality is going to stop working soon I am afraid.

I would like to implement new emulation layer - but don't have an actual Hue. I am thus looking for someone with Philips Hue Bridge v2 willing to execute a few curl commands from time to test how actual Hue works. It shouldn't take longer than 10-15 mins (at the first iteration at least ) and no unique information (like mac addresses or serial numbers) would make into the emulation layer.

Contact me on PM if you're willing to help out.

Thanks in advance