dalec
June 28, 2016, 8:07pm
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Not at all. As @schapper05 mentions that isn’t the “official” way but Hue bulbs have been connecting directly to SmartThings since mid-2014 and that is the same line ST said back then. Check out @JDRoberts excellent post here.
The Phillips hue bulbs originally use the ZLL (Zigbee light link) profile. They use this profile to communicate with the Hue bridge, which in turn can communicate with a SmartThings hub over the local area network. In this setup the hub does not speak directly to the bulbs. This is the only setup which is officially supported by SmartThings.
Most brands of zigbee bulbs can be individually reset through a “blink method” where you power the bulb on and off in a specific pattern, and then it will reset itself. Phillips chose not to offer that for their smart bulbs, perhaps because they were concerned about children playing with the light switch and accidentally resetting a bulb to factory specifications.
SmartThings does not use the ZLL profile. Instead, it uses the ZHA ( zigbee home aut…
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