Any Philips Hue users here?

[jitterjames]

Nothing too crazy at the moment and I've hit a couple of stumbling blocks, plus other realities have been getting in the way so development has been more or less halted for the last couple of days.

Mostly I am hoping to work on scenes, and maybe some UI for editing groups, although this is really not critical since it can be done through actions.

I will also have a setting so you can tweak the default delay between commands sent to the bridge.  It seems that sometimes the bridge cannot keep up and some lights don't get their commands.  I don't know if hue will fix this, but in the mean time adjusting the delay might help some users.

I am also adjusting the rotate lights command to let you choose which lights will be rotated.  So for example if you wanted to swap two lights now, you will be able to do that.  And you can adjust the order of the lights to control the rotation...   I don't know how useful this will be for most people but I already use it sometimes to move a warmer light colour that I see in the dining room to the bulb near my TV.

[nime5ter]

One improvement that was added in the version of the plugin that was packaged in RC1 that I am happy with is within the plugin's light editor (i.e., when you click "Edit Lights" in the plugin settings).

Now I can experiment with different light settings, and when I get a light the way that I like it, drag and drop the parameter values directly into an action so that I don't have to worry about typos or not getting the details exactly right.

Plus, I can right-click /drag-and-drop light settings directly into my tree, which automatically creates a new command.

[jitterjames]

http://youtu.be/bfI9soKqBE4?list=PLbO9yOXGYy95U3LysPXn9KuVvhbPGJwfu

[Graves]

Was curious if this could work with the Milights? Its a phillips hue alternative.

[jitterjames]

If Milights work with Hue apps, then maybe.

Unless they have completely ripped off everything including the way the Hue bridge communicates with the outside world (the api) then it's not very likely.

[Graves]

http://www.philippinestuffs.com/milight-wifi-controlled-light-bulbs/   that is the link to most info on them.

[jitterjames]

These look the same as the wifiLights that mdsh is using.

http://voxcommando.com/forum/index.php?topic=1479.msg12944#msg12944

I helped mdsh put together some UDP commands so maybe you can ask him to post his final xml.

Unfortunately I don't have a copy of the xml.

[Casmo]

Hi,

When is the new version mentioned in the video above available?

Thanks

[Kalle]

The new Version 2.0.0.5 is available here:

http://voxcommando.com/downloads.asp
Or
http://voxcommando.com/forum/index.php?topic=1443.msg12499#msg12499

[Casmo]

Hi

I'm installing the newest version on a fresh windows install after a heartbreaking hard disk failure....
When trying to configure the hue plugin, I'm getting the error 'cannot find file c/vox/voxcommando'
Cannot see what the problem is....

[jitterjames]

It seems to be a problem with the bridge and the hue servers.  I am not sure if there is a way to solve this in software but when it happened to me, unplugging my bridge for 10 seconds and then plugging it back in fixed it right up.  If it happens to me again I will see if there is any other work around.

Basically the bridge stops behaving the way it is supposed to.  You are supposed to be able to visit https://www.meethue.com/api/nupnp to get info about connecting to your hue, and sometimes it just stops working.

[Casmo]

Thanks. I've reinstalled on my rebuilt machine now and I'm not getting the error in any case..

However, I can't seem to use the bundled hue commands (version 2.0.0.5) is there something else I need to do to enable?

Cheers

[jitterjames]

I don't know what you are trying to say.  Something other than what?

[Casmo]

Other than install 2.0.0.5 and start using them, because as I said, I can't.

[jitterjames]

"start using them"?

Sorry, if you can't tell me what you are actually doing, and what appears to work, and what does not appear to work, then I can't tell you if you missed a step.

If you can't take a minute to actually try to explain your situation to us, then don't even bother asking for help.