[New Release] - SmartThings Philips Hue Edge LAN driver now supports additional Hue device types

Hey everyone!

We are adding support for the following Philips Hue devices to the existing SmartThings Hue LAN Edge Driver:

  1. Dimmer switch
  2. Tap dial switch
  3. Smart button
  4. Motion sensor
  5. Contact sensor
  6. In-wall switch module
  7. Smart plug
  8. Compound lights (Dymera indoor/outdoor light)

It’s easy to set them up! Add your Hue devices to your Hue bridge and you can control these devices in SmartThings right away by creating new routines and scenes, or joining existing automations. It has never been easier to control your home!

These devices are supported through both the LAN and Matter integrations. Support for the rotary function of the Tap Dial Switch is excluded in both integrations.

Release notes:

The following previously unsupported device types are now added to the Philips Hue LAN Edge Driver:

  1. Contact and Motion Sensors
  2. On/Off Lights and Smart Plugs
  3. 4-button remotes, such as the Hue Dimmer Remote and the Tap Dial
    We do not currently support the rotary portion of the tap dial with this change
  4. Single button remotes, such as the Hue Smart Button*
  5. Two-button remotes*
  6. Compound lighting devices, such as the Dymera indoor/outdoor light

*The Hue In-Wall Switch Module would be treated as a single or two-button remote as the REST API for this module is stateless, meaning that it does not map to on-off, but rather either a single or two-button remote.

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Well this is great and welcome news. It’s strange there was a platform migration with frustratingly less support for hue devices from the get go. Looks like I might be able to start using the official drivers again.

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This is great news! Thank you to the development team. Will be nice if Smartthings created the opportunity to handle dimming better in routines for when a dimming button is pressed.

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Great. I can use the temperature info in the Hue sensors now and put them in ActionTiles.
I saw the temperature from the Hue sensors already in Google Home. Nice.

In the past Hue didn’t always work very well, but everything is super now.

I certainly will use the options in the switch modules.
Thanks!

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I was very excited about this, however, my 4 button hue dimmer switches only worked for a while and then would not report switches 2,3 and 4 button presses. The button presses do show in the Hue app as pressed.

Removing the hue dimmer from the hue bridge and adding it back, solves the problem in SmartThings for a week or 2 and then it stops working again

I’ve logged a call with SmartThings Support which is being investigated. The In-wall Switch Module shows up in ST as a pushbutton irrespective of whether it was set up in the Hue app as a pushbutton or on/off rocker switch. This causes two significant problems:

  1. The available actions for the device in the ST app don’t make sense - e.g. you don’t “press” or “hold” an on/off switch, you can either switch it “on”, “off”, or toggle it (an action that elsewhere ST confusingly terms “Turn on or turn off”). So you can’t set up a routine that says “do this useful thing when the kitchen light switch is turned on”.

  2. The icon is incorrect

Additionally, the list of “Supported Devices” in the ST app still doesn’t show the Wall Switch Module.

ST support were very helpful so far and I’ve provided steps to reproduce. I’ll provide an update here if and when the support request comes to some conclusion.

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The issue with buttons 2, 3 and 4 of the Hue dimmer switch has been fixed with the latest driver update. Thank you, to the developers.

Still does not work for me - but I`m glad to find this info.

After my initial joy with the 4 button Hue dimmer switch now working, buttons 2, 3 and 4 presses do not work once again. I have reported this to SmartThings support without success.

@Vaishnavi_Devi , can you please ask the team to look at this?

I’ve already moved the dimmers under smarthings directly, moved to dedicated edge drivers for hue dimmer from Iquix.

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Hi, @Francois_Venter
Sorry for the delay, the engineering team mentioned this needs further investigation.

Can you help us collect he info below, please?

  1. Start listening to the driver logs
  1. Replicate the error of not being able to control the buttons
  2. Those events will be registered in the console, so, copy those results and send them to build@smartthings.com
  3. Then, submit your Hub logs by following these steps:
  1. In the Advanced Users app, enter the “Hubs” section
  2. Enter the corresponding Hub and click on “Dump Hub logs”
  3. Confirm the process by clicking on “Dump Hub logs” again in the pop-up.
  4. You’ll get a green box at the top confirming the Hub logs were requested
  1. Also, please open support access to your account:

Hi @nayelyz,
Thank you for reaching out. I have done all of the above and sent through the logs. The funny thing is that all 4 buttons work well every time the driver get updated for a few days and then , after a while, only the main button works.

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Thanks, @Francois_Venter! I received your email and created the report for the engineering team. Once I get more info, I’ll let you know.

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Hi @nayelyz,

Thank you very much. Looking forward to some positive news.

Just as a reference for the question in a post above, this was mentioned about the Hue In-Wall Switch Module:

Hi !

How do I install this driver om both my HUBs ? Is there a channel I need to enroll with ?

The driver is already on your hub. Go to “add device” using the plus sign at the top off the screen. Select “Partner Devices” and then “Philips Hue”. The process will start and ask you to press the Push Link button on top of the Hue bridge. It should then find the bridge and start adding it and the sub devices. After that, you can follw the same process for the second Hue bridge.

Thnx ! Worked perfect. I have a 3rd party integration like this, BlueYeti I think but will try this one :slight_smile: