Looking for SmartApp to Control Color of OSRAM Lightify Tunable Bulb

SmartApps & Automations
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Hello! I was wondering if someone has a SmartApp for my scenario. I’d like to control the color and dimmer of an OSRAM Lightify Tunable A19 bulb. The application I have is in a bedroom ceiling fixture. I would like to perform a Gentle Wake function in the morning, gradually bringing the bulbs up to full brightness and at a high color temperature. Then set the color low for the rest of the day and evening.

Currently I can control On/Off and dimmer level through a SmartApp, but not color temp. I have to manually go to the bulb control in my ST app and change the color there. Any ideas on how I could accomplish this?

FYI. I’ve been using ST for about a year, am currently using the V2 ST hub and an iPhone 6. I have the Lightify bulb paired and working correctly with my ST hub. I am not a developer, but have logged into the IDE and made simple adjustments.

Many thanks in advance for any help or direction.

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You can do this with Rule Machine.

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Thanks for the quick response!

Looks like RuleMachine will provide me a way to code my own solution. Not sure I have the time or energy to do that. Certainly there must be an existing ST SmartApp or perhaps a third-party iOS app (SmartRules?) that will allow me to accomplish this simple task?

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Did you give Rule Machine a good look?
It requires no coding other than copying and pasting.

It’s got a GUI for the phone where you click on a device you want and then tell it what you want to do and when.

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Thanks. I appreciate the second vote for RM. I’m going through some discussion threads and am seeing the number of folks using it. I’ll give it a solid read-through and try it out.

I’m surprised the SmartLighting SmartApp won’t recognize the OSRAM lamp type and provide the option of changing color along with on/off and dim. I guess I want to have my cake and eat it too. :cake:

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It’s been said that color temp is on the shortlist for the next update of SmartLighting, but those official apps can take a while to evolve.

If you’ve been in the IDE, then copying/pasting RM in there is definitely your best bet until then.

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Thanks. Good to know. That confirms an assumption I had.

I do have a Hue bridge and a number of Hue White extension bulbs working just fine with ST. But the $60USD price tag for each Hue color bulb gets expensive with a three-lamp ceiling fixture. Finding the OSRAM tunable white bulb appears to be a lower cost way to accomplish what I’m trying to do. I really don’t need full RGB lamps.