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Philips Hue is a personal wireless lighting system using lightbulbs with multi-colored LEDs.

The Philips hue lightbulbs can be controlled directly via ZigBee Light Link or via the SmartBridge provided with the hue Starter Kit, which supplies a RESTful web-interface.

Philips has launched an official Hue website:

The documentation:

Various APIs are available:

There is an official hue Developers forum:

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RGB to Philips Hue (HSB)

I'm making a musicplayer in Processing for an assignment for school. The Philips Hue lights will make some corresponding visual effects. I wanted to make the visuals kinda unique for each song. So I fetched the cover art (using LastFM API) of the…
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.NET Portable Class Library and UDP support

I am writing a C# library for the Philips Hue Lights. I am trying to write the base API wrappers in the .NET portable set that way I can re-use this library for various platforms such as Windows 8/RT/WP. The API itself is all over HTTP using REST,…
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Control Philips Living Colors using PC

is there a way (hardware/software-combination) that I can use to control one or more "Philips Living Colors" lamps using a PC - e.g. a USB-stick that acts as the "remote". This way i could control the lamp through software (e.g. a web-app - over…
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Phillips Hue: How to restore previous state of bulb when using electric switch?

I have a number of Philips Hue bulbs at home, but they are only used pretty much like classic on/off-no-color light bulbs today, mainly because I do find electric switches more useful than pulling out my iPhone or correct HueTap just to turn the…
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How to connect backend service with philips hue bridge remotely?

I'm looking to write a philips hue service that needs to allow users to register their hue bridge with my service. This service would change the color of bulbs based on an event. I'm aware that I can use IFTTT but in this scenario, I'd like to not…
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Performing a UPNP scan is not returning the Philips Hue Bridge

I am trying to implement my own UpNP scan, it is mostly working, and to prove that it's not me I have a windows program that allows you to send packets and see what response comes back. I am sending a packet to 239.255.255.250 on port 1900 and I am…
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Issue with PHILIPS HUE APPLE SDK

I have just written Five lines of code and the app crashes. I check many times but i am unable to track the bug in code. I Have added the framework..No warnings No Errors but why the damn app crashes: #import "ViewController.h" #import…
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Philips hue, convert xy from api to HEX or RGB

I am making a web interface to manage my hue lamps, but i am struggling when it comes to color handling.. The api of the lamps provides me the x and y coordinates from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIE_1931_color_space But not the z value. I think i…
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Using Philips Hue with Port Forwarding

I am working on Android project that utilises that Philips Hue SDK. I've implemented some of the functionality so that I can successfully control the lights but I am also trying to make the app control the lights when the user is away from home. I…
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Listen to raw bluetooth keyboard data

I need to listen to the raw commands/keypresses that a bluetooth keyboard sends to my device and if possible, prevent them from 'propagating' to the rest of the system. Basically, I've written something with Node.js and coffee-script that receives…
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Philips Hue Android SDK Checking for Sunset

I am working on an app that uses the Philips Hue SDK. I want to perform an action if after sunset. It looks like there is a sensor on the bridge that can return true or false if the user is currently under daylight. I'm finding the documentation is…
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Responding to Hue events?

I'd like to respond to events from a ZGP (Tap) switch. From what I read in the API documentation, I'll have to poll by routinely GETing the sensor and looking for a buttonevent in the state description. Certainly there's a better way. Has anyone…
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RGB to CIE color conversion

As I said before (RGB to Philips Hue (HSB)) I'm still not giving up my hopes for converting a simple RGB value to a value Philips Hue will accept. The official App for iPhone and Android allows you to select a color from a random photo and the Hue…
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Get data from Hue in realtime

I'm checking the hue API and I'm wondering if I understand it correctly that the motion sensor is able to switch lights on directly via the "rules", but it is impossible to get notified via the bridge about changes? My scenario is that I would like…
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Supplement Natural Light as the sun goes down each day with Philips HUE Motion Sensor (and integrated light sensor) Without Motion

I recently fitted out my home office with Philips HUE bulbs and a Philips HUE motion sensor that has a builtin light sensor. I was hoping that I could get up the Philips HUE Motion Sensor (with light sensor) to supplement light in the office as the…
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