Questions tagged [philips-hue]

Philips Hue is a personal wireless lighting system using lightbulbs with multi-colored LEDs.

The Philips hue lightbulbs can be controlled directly via ZigBee Light Link or via the SmartBridge provided with the hue Starter Kit, which supplies a RESTful web-interface.

Philips has launched an official Hue website:

The documentation:

Various APIs are available:

There is an official hue Developers forum:

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PHP - How to convert RGB color to CIE 1931 color specification

I am creating my own PHP based application where i want to change RGB color into xy format of CIE 1931. How can i convert my RGB color specs to the CIE color space?
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How to create "scenes" with the philips hue API

Does anybody know how Philips implemented "scenes" in their hue api? With an app you can select an image and move every bulb to a color pixel and change the intensity. All lamps can have different colors and brightness levels and everything is saved…
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SSDP (UDP) on Windows Store applications (.NET)

I am trying to implement a basic SSDP (UDP) broadcast/listener for a Windows Store application using C#. I have found that Windows.Networking.Sockets contains the DatagramSocket class which is what I need to use for UDP networking. However, my…
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EventSourceHttpClient never exits

I'm trying to create some stuff on my Philips-Hue installation, using Symfony. I'm able to control my lights, get motion sensor,... But all is working with GET requests. This is a very bad idea ;) API provided by Philips comes with Events endpoint,…
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convert RGB color to XY

I have using RUCKUS API for changing color of lamp and I need to convert color from RGB to XY to call an API. I have tried this code: 1) Get the RGB values from your color object and convert them to be between 0 and 1 function rgb_to_cie(red,…
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C# Hue Bridge PUT sending OK response. No API response

SO I've searched around and even asked on the neigh dead official forums. I've searched here but the responses are years old and oft contain dead links. I'm simply trying to toggle a light in my house. I've auth'd via the debug tool already and…
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Hue API remote Basic Authentication

I'm having issues using the Basic Authentication method for the Hue remote API. When POSTing to https://api.meethue.com/oauth2/token?code={code}&grant_type=authorization_code with the built Authorization-header I get this response: { "fault": { …
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Control Philips Hue Bulbs with Indoor Geofencing

for a study project, I have to find out if it's possible to control Philips Hue bulbs indoor based on geolocation. Philips Hue allows for geofencing via GPS, for example if you leave the house or return, but is it somehow possible to increase the…
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how to detect power cycle on philips hue bridge?

How can I detect power outage on bridge? I tried using CLIP sensor daylight's lastupdated object and checked it against none but it does not help. As per meet hue description of 'lastupdated' object, it should none. "Last time (based on /config/utc)…
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How do I use Philips Hue "ddx" and "stable/not stable" operators

I'm trying to expand the actions of a Philips Hue Tap Switch by recognising multiple slow and fast presses. Philips API mentions the "ddx" and "stable" operators but has no detail. Does anyone know where they are fully spec'd?
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Philips Hue - is it possible to press the button on the hue by code

I was wondering if it was possible to perform a webrequest to call the button which let you connect the phone with the hue? Thanks in advance.
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Philips Hue REST api/nupnp : the answer is empty

I just want discover the IP address of my bridge and I have some problems with www.meethue.com/api/nupnp In fact, yesterday, when I made my request, I had got an answer like this: ["id":..., "internalipaddress":...] All worked great. But, this…
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Check runtime on hue bulbs?

Are there any way to check how many hours a philips hue bulb have been used? First use, and number of cycles? Would think this is recorded somehow. I need to check a set I bought as new, but I suspect it's been used :) also it would be interesting…
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Is it possible to detect if Philips Hue light is unplugged?

I need to somehow record, when the light is unplugged. The bridge seems to return the 'last recorded' value. If the light was 'on' before unplugging, it still returns 'on', even after it is unplugged. Absolutely nothing seems to be changing in the…
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Convert XY Values to RGB

I am using the Android Philips Hue SDK and I am currently having an issue with converting the light bulbs XY value to RGB. I have looked at this code provided in a forum on Philips Hue website and the code has been provided by someone from Hue…
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