@thegibertchan Do you need beta testers to help speed things up?
Cheers,
David
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I thought it was about time to give everyone a heads up on my progress on the Hue Connect I have been working on.
I still have some code cleanup to do but I am pushing it out for people to test and tell me what they think of it. Its built off of the newer version of the hue connect that i could find in the shared smartapps and looks like it has many of the updates.
- Hue lights and groups
- Polling has been fix for both lights and groups
- Can add more lights and groups after setup
- Transition time of fade time has been added to apps and groups with capability āTest Capabilityā (I would like to make a āTransition Timeā Capability with smart things soon.)
- you can do light.on() or light.on(10) for a 10 second fade etcā¦
All of the code is on my github: https://github.com/zpriddy/SmartThings/tree/master/Hue%20SmartApps%20and%20Devices
Please make sure to use the āzp_hue_groups_and_lights_connect_new.groovyā for the newest version.
Also I welcome all feedback and if anyone would like to contribute to the code, please feel free to contact me.
Thank you!
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Iāve got a bunch of Hue bubs I want to add but canāt until this bug is fixed. Very frustrating.
The smart app that i listed above should fix that problem. Just keep in mind you will also have to use the devices i created.
Do you think the less than a week is likely?
QA is testing it this week. Will provide updates if I catch anything.
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@thegibertchan are you goings using my hues for testing as 13 hues got turned on by a single hello home on 2 consecutive days which is a world record perhaps? 
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Hi there, can we please get an update on when the new version will be available? Thanks.
The update is live. This is an old thread 
Its not an old thread. The update did nothing to solve my inability to add a Hue Bridge or Hue bulbs. Its been 4 weeks since one of STās updates broke my system. Iāve been in constant contact with support since then. Now, not only do I not have any Hues connected, but my motion sensors and multi sensors donāt work either.
Iām so frustrated with STās inability to resolve an issue that it caused to a perfectly working setup.
@infofiend Do you have an orphaned hue bridge in your set up? I have tested removing and adding both my bridge and bulbs. I was also able to add GE Links earlier in the week, which I was unable to on the previous device type. I removed the @zpriddy device type as well.
Have you contacted support? We discovered a bug that was causing an error while removing the bridge. The update fixed the bug but bridges removed before this were not completely deleted.
OK, thanks. So please tell me about the update. Did my Smartthings Labs āHue (Connect)ā become magically updated all on its own? Or do I need to initiate some action to make the update happen? Thanks.
It gets updated on it own there is nothing you have to do.
Yes, I have an orphaned hue bridge. It has been the culprit all along. I have also contacted ST support and have been in contact with them for over 3 weeks - although I havenāt heard back from support in several days. The new update does not remove the old Hue Bridge, so I am unable to add a new one. I am unable to remove device type for old hue bridge because IDE says that it is still running. The old hue bridge only shows in IDE log when I attempt to add new hue bridge.
Bummer, then I donāt have good results to report. Because when I visit the āHue (Connect)ā app and start bulb discovery, the app says āBulb Discovery Started!ā, and shows the circular progress indicator every few seconds. But it never finds any bulbs, even after working for many minutes. It shows the 13 bulbs that Iāve had for quite some time, but it does not find the new one. Yes, the new one is very close to the Hue hub, and it is switched on.
I know how to use the ide (http://graph.api.smartthings.com), and to look at the Live Logging page. It appears that there is information that scrolls by every time a scan is done. I havenāt studied it yet but will do so. Is there something I should look for in there to see whatās wrong? Thanks.
Was the bulb added to the hue bridge first right? Basically the ST Hub request a list of bulbs to the Hue Bridge so distance doesnāt matter if you see the bulb in your Hue setup.
Yes, it was added in Hue properly.
But since I wrote the last note things are working now. So please disregard. Thanks.
Reviving this thread after a month. Meanwhile I grabbed 7-8 more Luxās since they were on sale. The total count is 20 now and it appears now Philips Hue Integration is slightly better now as pairing was a breeze and absolutely no issues for the 7 new bulbs. First added it to Hue and then opened Hue connect which found all the new bulbs within couple of seconds.
Also, looks like the hues and family are now showing the correct state when polled by ST at āsomeā interval and that point it shows the correct state even though the action was not taken from within ST and even if they were manually turned on/off. Its not instant but it does get the correct status in couple of minutes.The performance has improved too. Although some bulbs donāt turn on/off at times even though in a small batch.
Overall an improvement definitely and going the right wayā¦
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I am just going to pitch in hereā¦ I have about 18 Bulbs and 12 groups and have been running my version of Hue Connect with groups and bulbs for the last few months with no problems. If people are interested in it please tell me and Iāll push an update from the most recent update of the smartthings code. [If i dont hear anything back i probably wont do an update because I am not having any issues]
-> SmartThings removed my links to my github because they had a few people contact them for support when removing a Hue Group -> This must be done via the web interface by removing a deviceā¦ It is not written into my codeā¦ But with positive feedback I might work on itā¦ And possibility see if @juano2310 is able to review some of the code.
Please let me knowā¦