Osram/Sylvania Lightify (it works)

This morning I got busy and moved my 16 Cree and GE Link bulbs over to the Philips hub. Other than a little difficulty getting a couple of them to pair, no problems. Now I just need to re-configure the Hue integration and re-do a bunch of RM rules. Hopefully I’ll see an improvement in the reliability of those bulbs.

I have to report, though, that the OSRAMs (A19, BR30, 5/6" recessed tunable white (RT56 TW 65 01), and the 5/6" recessed RGBW (RT56 RGBW 65 01)) do not pair with the Hue v1. This is true with both the old versions of the F/W that they had, and the new ones that they now have after I updated them.

Also, there is definitely a way to set the power-on color and level in the Lightify App. Unfortunately, when you reset the bulb in order to get it to re-paired with the ST hub, those settings are lost. With the new F/W the RT56 TWs come on full at the highest temperature color when powered-on. Very bright and blue and obnoxious, IMHO. Kinda disappointing. The BR30s, A19s, and RT56 RGBWs come on full bright, but at the other extreme of color.

I spent a bunch of time today updating OSRAM F/W (30+ bulbs x 10 min/bulb!), in the hope that these bulbs will behave better with the newer code. For the record, here’s what I saw with respect to OSRAM bulb firmware versions (as of 4/30/16):

Bulb ------ Old F/W -- New F/W .... ------ ........ - ........ A19 ------- 01020205 - 01020451 BR30 ------ 01020314 - 01020414 RT56 TW --- 01020157 - 01020481 RT56 RGBW - 01020318 - 01020436

I did not try to pair the Commercial Electric recessed units with the Hue hub.

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