Connecting to Phillips HUE

[fcostazini]

HI! i'm trying to connect to my Phillip hue bridge but i have no clue on how to achive this.
I found there is a Rest API but i don't know how to use it.

Any help?

[jkandasa]

@fcostazini

Note: URL should point your Philips HUE bridge IP.

Kindly refer this for detailed implementation. https://github.com/mycontroller-org/mycontroller/issues/328

[fcostazini]

Thanks! but i don't have that option. Justa MySensors and Sparkfun. Maybe i have an older version? i downloaded from the home page. Should y git clone the master repo?

Thanks again and EXCELENT JOB!

[jkandasa]

@fcostazini Use the SNAPSHOT version

[fcostazini]

@jkandasa THanks! i'll try it right away

[fcostazini]

@jkandasa The philip hue gateway is up and running but i can't add any sensor. I mean i can't find or autodetect any. should i add them manually? in that case, how?

[jkandasa]

@fcostazini I guess sensors will be added automatically. @Fraid can guide in detail.

[fcostazini]

Got it!

For future references: First, the IP address of the philip Hue should include the protocol: "http://192.168.86.201", second, you should generate a new user for philip hue (with any app like postman) like this: First, press the sync button on the philip hue bridge
post -> url: http://192.168.86.201/api" -> body: raw -> {"devicetype":"philipseHueauthorizedUser xyz"} . This will get you a new user. That's the user you should use.

That's it.

Thanks!!!

[fcostazini]

The problem now is that i can't create an operation for the lights to turn them ON or OFF. Toggle is working just fine. Any sugestion?

[jkandasa]

@fcostazini What is the issue are you facing?

[fcostazini]

@jkandasa When i create an operation with Toggle, the lights work like a charm. But if i try with ON or OFF nothing happend. In the log i see it says:

 [org.mycontroller.standalone.message.McActionEngine:145] Not supported opration! OperationTable for sensor variable:[On]

[jkandasa]

@fcostazini Kindly use 0 for OFF and 1 for ON as a payload.

[fcostazini]

@jkandasa It's working! Thanks. it would be great to have a simple tool to create massive operations. Like "create all ON operation for selected Binary sensors" or something like that.

Thanks again!