Philips Hue

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Philips Hue

The Philips Hue driver is an invisible server component with the possibility to control lights from the Philips hue range.

The available lights are read from the Philips Hue Bridge. The commissioning of the system must first be carried out on the manufacturer's software.

 

Data points of the component

Name

Type

Function

Advanced diagnostics

Input

(De)Activates the extended debug output. Attention: Diagnostic or Debug - outputs are only for error case. Please use only with consultation of the support team! These can significantly affect the performance of the service when used

Request Configuration

Input

If this input is triggered, displays information about the configuration group, and the bridge is queried.

Dynamically

Folder

In the Folder dynamically, the outputs are available for the lights. These are divided into groups, lights, sensors and scenes.

Info

Folder

Here, all information about the Philips HUE Bridge output.

Set Response

Output

Here is the response to a transmitted command is issued. The output is used for the diagnosis in the case of incorrect circuits in the bridge.

Debug Status output

Output

Here, the status outputs of the Hue Bridge as a raw data is output. The output is used for the diagnosis in the case of incorrect circuits in the bridge.

Debug Status output (formatted)

Output

Here, the status outputs of the Hue Bridge formatted output. The output is used for the diagnosis in the case of incorrect circuits in the bridge.

Driver On/Off

Bi-directional

Drivers on or off.

Connection State

Output

If the connection is successful, the bridge is an ON signal is output.

 

Properties of the component

Name

Standard

Function

Lights

0

Opens the import window for the lamps. With "Import" the lamps connected to the Bridge are imported. "Color Support" shows whether the lamp is a colored or a white lamp.

Sensors

0

Opens the import window for the sensors. Imports the stored sensors.

Groups

0

Opens the import window for the groups. Imports the stored groups.

Scenes

0

Opens the import window for the scenes. Imports the set scenes. The displayed ID is generated by the system.

Server [IP]

127.0.0.1

Set the IP address of the Hue-Bridge here. When using the device name, please note that it must not contain any spaces.

Controlling lamps individually with group command

 

If activated, the individual lamps concerned are controlled separately when a Group On command is given.

Ignore brightness for switched off lamps

X

This prevents lamps from being switched on when the value at the "Brightness" input changes.

Feedback on bidirectional data points

 

Output feedback on the bidirectional data point or only on the status output.

Timeout [ms]

3000

If there is no response from the bridge, the communication is aborted after this time.

Update interval [s]

10

The current values of all lamps are read out from the Hue Bridge at the set interval.

Color change delay [x100ms]

0

Delay time for sending between two color commands.

Driver On/Off

 

Switches the driver On or Off

 

When importing, individually for the lights/sensors/groups and scenes data points in the folder "Dynamic" is created.