Philips Hue support

dibe

Hello dear forum,

I have a few questions regaring the Philips Hue App. Maybe someone can help with these. I don't have a Homey yet but I am considering buying one.

1. Mostly I am looking to use bridge-saved scenes. I am assuming that the app can do this
   
2. All of the bulbs that I have connected to the Philips hub are actually Osram lights. Does that created problems, considering that I would usually use the scenes in the bridge? My assumption is that the bridge is controlling the lights rather than Homey, right?
3. I have a total of 25 lights in the system, all Osram. Again I would not expect problems using the bridge-scenes.
4. Does Homey know what scene is currently active, even if this was done via some Hue App?
5. Can Homey also directly control individual (Osram) lights, even when they are connected to the bridge rather than Homey.
   
6. Can Homey detect when bridge-connected Philips tab or switch deviceds are operated?
   

Thanks for any help.
Dirk

TedTolboom

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bvdbos

Well, don't have HUE myself but afaik Osram works with HUE (5, 2, 3), scenes work with HUE (1, 3) and the status of devices is polled every 7.5 seconds (4, 6).

Unfortunately it's not possible to get a instant message on Homey when a HUE-switch is pushed but fortunately direct Zigbee control is on the verge of arising in Homey... Then you can choose which way you want to manage your HUE's.