Yeah, I agree, it would be really nice to have API access. Itās nice that the bulbs on the lightify hub all turn on and off at the same time, rather than with SmartThings / Amazon Echo where they turn on and off in sequence. Drives me crazy.
This is frustrating. Iād like to see ST be able to update firmware. It seems I need to reset the bulbs about once a month. I did somewhat automate the reset process with this CoRE piston:
Anyone else have trouble getting Osram bulbs to update? I have a hub and got that updated, but it wonāt update the bulb Iām testing. Itās on version 01020316 and shows that 01020492 is available, but when I update it tries for a while and then just stops. I used these at the last house and they werenāt very reliable so I want to get them updated (I have 5) so I can redploy in the new house. If nobody has any ideas, can someone point me towards their customer service email address? I canāt seem to find that either on their website.
Similar happened to me when I tried updating mine last time. I have 8 bulbs and it took at least a couple days to get them all done, they just kept failing and starting over, but eventually they finished.
I pulled out a 2nd one and I realized it was on an older version and did update to 01020316 but then failed when trying to go to 01020492. So something in that 2nd update it doesnāt like.
It took about 30 minutes per bulb for mine to update. I found they had to be near the Osram Hub to update without any issues. If they were not within 15 feet of the Osram hub, I was not able to update them. The other thing I noticed was that the Osram app does not update the firmware status update unless it was closed then restarted.
Does anyone know how to check a device (lightify bulb) how it was turned on.
Every day I come home that one bulb is always on. I only have the bulb in one smart app and amazon echo.
Iām still not sure if the problems youāre observing are related to the contents of the FW update, to changes in the mesh caused when the hub was temporarily offline during the FW update or something else. I know you already have a support ticket but anyone else having problems should be sure to file a support ticket as well.
Also just a heads up that we do plan on releasing the 01020492 FW for many of the Osram products in our next major hub firmware release. I canāt say when that will happen except that it wonāt be before the end of the year. Still, if you were considering getting an Osram hub just for firmware updates you may be able to buy something a little more fun/useful instead.