Cree to offer Zigbee LED smart bulb

Installed quickly and easily :smiley:

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Hereā€™s the code if anyone is curious.

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update the copyright notice to 2015?

Hah! Probably a good idea. Iā€™ll change that out tonight.

ha excellent timing - I just picked one up and it paired right away - confused I cam to check to thread only to see the device type was published hours ago.

works great! Love the defuser on these compared to the GE Link

I tried this and was able to get the bulbs to work. It also seems I needed to screw the bulbs into a light fixture that was closer to the Hub first. After I added the bulb to SmartThings, I moved it back to the bedroom which was further away and it still worked.

I must say the Cree Connected bulbs work quicker than the Connected by TCP ones.

Working great. Similar to the GE bulbs but a lot less heat.

Great work in the community getting this stuff out, even if its unofficialā€¦

Iā€™m not sure how to use the new Cree Bulb device type and/or code for my existing bulbs working on the previous code posted here based on the GE Link.

I tried two methods. One was the edit my bulb device to change the type to Cree Bulb. The other was the paste in the new code overwriting my custom device type.

In both cases, the bulb would not function to turn it on/off or dim. Am I missing something?

Did you pair it? Try reseting the bulb and re-adding it to the zigbee mesh.

Also, is power actually supplied to the bulb? ST canā€™t turn on the power, just turn on the light.

Well, the bulbs are already paired and working with the beta code. I donā€™t want to remove them and re-add them because then Iā€™ll have to update all the SmartApps that are currently using them. I just wanted to either change the device type, or paste in the new code to see how it worksā€¦but neither worked.

Steps:

  1. Copy the new code from Git-Hub.
  2. Go to the WebIDE
  3. My Device Types
  4. New Device
  5. ā€œFrom Codeā€ tab
  6. Past the code
  7. Save -> Publish to Self
  8. Go to ā€œMy Devicesā€ tab
  9. Open the Cree Bulb device and click on ā€œEditā€
  10. Change the ā€œType *ā€ to ā€œCREE Bulbā€
  11. Enjoy!

@Tyler as always, your are great help. Thanks.

@lkreeger Iā€™d hate for you to have to reset bulbs. You could try manually firing the configure function via the simulator in the IDE. Create the Cree Bulb devicetype from the new code and after publishing it for you stay in the IDE. On the right, start the simulator and choose one of your Cree bulbs to test. Then click configure to run that function. Test on/off/dim. Hopefully it works and you could repeat for your other bulbs.

Just in case: @Tyler can you help out Lawrence? Could this be related to the configure() function not being called when the new code is applied?

Cree integration is now official. Itā€™s on the ā€œworks withā€ list, which means ST support should be able to help if youā€™re using the official Smart Device Type.

Blog announcement:

@lkreeger
Iā€™m not sure I follow what the issue is. Are you trying to retype the device using the official device type? Wouldnā€™t you just go to the My Devices page on the IDE, click the device, click Edit and change it to our device type?

I just got my first pair of the Cree Connected bulbs but I canā€™t control them with the app. I didnā€™t mess with the device code though. Any hint on what I can try?

Edit: Iā€™m seeing events in the logs but the bulbs arenā€™t doing what the log is saying.

You might need a firmware update sent to your hub. Email support@smartthings.com and weā€™ll take care of you.

Thanks, I did about 45 mins ago.

@Tyler Yes, thatā€™s what I tried, but after doing so, the lights would not turn off/on or dim. Iā€™m assuming I was using the correct type. I found one called ā€œCree bulbā€ - hopefully it wasnā€™t some old type I created a while agoā€¦

Thanks for the firmware fix!

Can I pair this with a Aeon micro dimmer so when I change the dimmer the Cree bulb will follow?