Philips HUE Light Shutoff/on

[#1]

Based on authentication into a location/area or the leaving of this area, automatically turn on or off the HUE light bulbs in that area

AH contributor: sethfiermonti

Specifications

• Technology Integration

  Philips HUE Light Shutoff/on

• Cloud Deployment

  On Premise

• API Documentation

  http://www.developers.meethue.com/documentation/core-concepts

Administration -> External Servers -> Endpoint Context Servers
Select Server Type	Generic HTTP
Server Name	<Your integration name>
On-Premise based URL		http://<bridge IP address>
Username	<Your username>
Password	<Your password>

Administration -> Dictionaries -> Context Server Actions
Action Tab
Server Type	Generic HTTP
Server Name	<Select your integration name>
Action Name	<Describe the action>
HTTP Method	PUT
URL	http://<bridge IP address>/<user name>/lights/1/state
Content Tab
Content-Type	JSON
Content	{on} {off} {"bri":42}

Tips & Tricks

See website for more cool things like changing color of the lights even! {"bri":42} <-- controls brightness (can make brighter or darker depending on circumstances - i.e. - more than X users in an auditorium for X time, then dim the lights!)

[#2]

Great post!

[#3]

Always have been a sucker for room automation..  Great idea and really simple!

[#4]

Went through the motions of doing this. Pretty cool post. Thanks! Here's some notes to speed things up for others.

URL would be as follows http://hue_bridge_ip/api/qVPLx2Ye5Mw14Mky/lights/1/state  where qVPLx2Ye5Mw14Mky is the secret created by your ios or android device. grab wireshark and sniff this out.

JSON content would look like this for ON  {"on":true} and this for OFF {"on":false}

Use the hue debug page to help you diagnose. at http://hue_bridge_ip/debug/clip.html

Cheers

[#5]

For me it works with this settings in CPPM 6.5:

Endpoint Contect Server

- Server Name: <Your IP>

- Server Base URL: http://<YourIP>

No Userid or Password !

Context Server Action

- URL: /api/newdeveloper/lights/1/state

-Content: JSON   {"xy_inc":[0.1,-0.1]}   (to change colour)

Cheers

Reinhard