Philips Hue scenes do turn on but not turn off

[jvmaanen]

Hi,

My Philips Hue bridge has been added to Domoticz which runs on a Raspberry Pi. I can see the Groups, the lights and the scenes.

When I switch on a scene it works as expected, but when I switch off a scene nothing happens. When I switch a group on and off it works as expected.

How can I solve this?


Regards Jaap

[Ericv]

in the original Hue app a scene can be activated. Switching off is done by either activating another scene or by turning off all lights.
I would expect that this same approach must be done in Domoticz

[stlaha2007]

Jaap,

I've implemented groups for on/off grouped hue bulbs. And implemented a selector switch to 'walk' through the available on/off switches from the hue bridge. The levels are with the toggle command and off for the specific group.

This is the best working way possible.

[jvmaanen]

Thanks. I will try that.

[EdwinK]

Jaap,

I've implemented groups for on/off grouped hue bulbs. And implemented a selector switch to 'walk' through the available on/off switches from the hue bridge. The levels are with the toggle command and off for the specific group.

This is the best working way possible.

Can you explain hoe you've done this?

[stlaha2007]

To get you started, and not having all detail at hand...

In a few words....
-Add Hue bridge
-make scene through native app
results in new devices (need to have setting allow new hardware/devices enabled)
-Create Dummy type hardware
-add new switch type selector
-tab switches/edit selector switch
-fill url lines with http://domoticzip/json.htm.... see the json-api wiki!

Etcetera....

[EdwinK]

thanks. Will try this out tomorrow