Thing-it-device-philips-hue NPM

thing-it-device-philips-hue

thing-it-node Device Plugin for Philips Hue Bridge to control Philips Hue Light Bulbs and Philips Hue Living Color Lamps.

This allows you to

control Philips Hue Bulbs and Lamps over the Internet,
define complex scenes, storyboards and timer controlled execution

by means of thing-it-node and thing-it.com.

Installation

Installation of NodeJS and thing-it-node

First, install nodejs on your computer (e.g. your PC or your Raspberry Pi).

Then install thing-it-node via

npm install -g thing-it-node

Initialization and Start of thing-it-node

The thing-it-device-philips-hue Plugin is installed with thing-it-node, hence there is no need to install it separately.

The Plugin supports Autodiscovery, hence you only have to create a directory in which you intend to run the configuration, e.g.

mkdir ~/hue-test
cd ~/hue-test

and invoke

tin init

and then start thing-it-node via

tin run

Install the thing-it Mobile App from the Apple Appstore or Google Play and set it up to connect to thing-it-node locally as described here or just connect your browser under http://localhost:3001.

Philips Hue Setup

Connect your Philips Hue Bridge to the same network as the thing-it-node Node Box you have configured above and install all lighting.

Then push the Link Button on the Philips Hue Bridge.

On the thing-it Mobile App or in the browser, confirm the registration of the Philips Hue Bridge.

thing-it-node will automatically add all Light Bulbs and Living Color Lamps to your thing-it-node Configuration and you will be able control these from the thing-it Mobile App immediately.

Mobile UI

The following screenshot shows the Node Page of the sample configuration:

Where to go from here ...

After completing the above, you may be interested in

Configuring additional Devices, Groups, Services, Event Processing, Storyboards and Jobs via your thing-it Mobile App.
Use thing-it.com to safely connect your Node Box from everywhere, manage complex configurations, store and analyze historical data and offer your configurations to others on the thing-it Mesh Market.
Explore other Device Plugins like Texas Instruments Sensor Tag, Plugwise Smart Switches and many more. For a full set of Device Plugins search for thing-it-device on npm. Or write your own Plugins.