Hi all. I recently bought a Philips hue smart plug to control a lamp.
I quite quickly realized that it was more complex than I thought.
Not only did I need to install the DIYHue add-on to simulate a Hue bridge, I also needed to download the Philips Hue app, or some 3rd party app called Hue essentials, to connect the smart plug (via the DIYHue bridge add-on?) to the home assistant?
I don’t want to install any app from Philips.
Also it didn’t work.
Isnt there a way to simply control a bulb or plug from the home assistant, running on a Raspberry pi, without having to install any corporate bullshit?
Sorry for the swearing. Im just frustrated that this all turned out to be so complex.
A little late to the party, but yes, I can confirm that Hue bulbs can be controlled directly over zigbee. You will need a zigbee radio if you haven’t already bought one (£20-ish).
They literally just appear like a zigbee device inside that integration.
You may need to reset them before they will pair.
I forget the pattern, but iirc it’s on 2s, off 8s, repeated until you see an acknowledgement flash.
Sometimes, you’ll get one that takes forever, then the next bunch will just hop right on.
I have several Hue hubs I still need to offload, as I sometimes buy the combo packs that include another hub.
I also found that the response time was a lot quicker over direct zigbee than farting around with Signiant/Philips’ API.