Osram just released a new line of zigbee light bulbs called Lightify. Temperature tunable white only. About $30 each. Here’s the kicker: the Hue bridge won’t pair with them, with or without ST. So either they’re not ZLL certified and don’t know the secret handshake (in which case ST might become able to pair even if Hue bridge can’t) or they’re using the no color temperature tunable device type instead of the no color dimmable device type. (ZLL has a lot of different bulb device classes. ) Or both of the above are true. Anyway, I wouldn’t expect them to work with ST yet, but if someone knows different, let us know. @tyler , is ST supporting all ZLL device classes, or just some? CNET has a detailed comparison with other brands. [image] Osram's Lightify LEDs might be the best smart bulbs yet With a killer color-tuning feature that you won't get from Philips Hue Lux or Belkin WeMo, Osram's new smart bulbs look like a smart play.

I tried what you said and it worked a treat. All lamps connected and working fine. My next question would be what would be a good repeater for these bulbs? 2 are at the back of the house and at the moment the hub is in the middle of the kitchen not in my stair cupboard. I think I need a repeater for them. I’ve read the osram bulbs themselves aren’t great repeaters as they drop data packets. Would a samsung power outlet do. Its not that I need a programmable outlet on the landing but I’ve a socket there that’s halfway between the back of the house at the hub. Am I better with a power outlet or should I put the Osram spots in the ceiling along the hall (which I might do anyway). Also how do you make the bulbs connect to the power outlet not the hub? Is there a good order to switch them on? Thanks Nik

Zigbee devices will choose their own repeaters, that’s one of the strengths of the protocol. :sunglasses: It’s based on a number of factors including signal strength. So generally they will choose the device that is closest to them as a repeater, whether that’s another bulb or a pocket socket. To get devices to update their neighbor tables, after you’ve added new devices, you can just take the hub off of power (including removing batteries if it has them) and leave it off power while leaving all the other devices on power. Wait for about 15 minutes and the zigbee devices will go into “panic mode” because they can’t find the hub. Put the hub back on power, and each zigbee device will rebuild its own individual neighbor table. This process can take a while, so you might not see improvements until the next day, but it’s the surest way to make sure that each zigbee device is using the most efficient path to the hub.

In a typical residential setting in the US or UK You’ll need a repeating device about every 12 m. Remember that the signal is Omni directional, so sometimes the closest repeater is on the floor above or below. If you have brick walls, wire lathing or aluminum foil backed insulation inside the walls, or foil wallpaper, then signal may have difficulty getting through the walls which will reduce range. Sometimes it’s just a matter of trial and error experimentation. https://support.smartthings.com/hc/en-us/articles/203061570-What-is-the-range-of-the-SmartThings-Hub-

Is there any smartapp design to work with Tunable white (not RGBW) lamps? For example some app which changes light color with a trigger or time?

I actually have the same need! A smart app that manage the color temperature would be great!

@claytonjn Circadian daylight is interesting app! I was expecting the app to have more parameter for adjustment, but still it is pretty good. Thanks!

Let me know in that thread what additional adjustments you would like added and I’ll look into it!

Hi all I just wanna give you all some short experience I have had lately. I have Osram bulbs over most of my house (both E27, E14 and GU10). Within the past 2 months I have had 4 E27 RGBW bulbs broken :frowning: 1 bulb got a black star shape on the inside of it as if the electronics exploded inside it. 1 bulb had the metal tip in the end, melting off, meaning brown iggy and very smelly stuff came out it (and this happened during my wife had a study meeting with people over, sitting right where this bulb was, what are the odds) 2 bulbs just went dead, not responding This has been very ennoying of course, returning them, getting replacements, update my CoRE rules with the new bulbs and so on. Other than that I’m happy with the bulbs :slight_smile: I just hope no more bulbs will brake on me :slight_smile: If I’m the only one with this, well, that’s on me :slight_smile: If others have had similar, it could be interesting to hear your experience

If this is not the right forum for this let me know, but when they say that the Osram Lightify will work with Alexa are they just talking about pairing it with ST and then adding it to Alexa as a authorized device? I think I saw that you are able to change the dim percentage, but it’s not working. Is there a different setup to do that?

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