Sengled Smart LED bulbs

[JDRoberts]

@all4dom

I’m trying to find more info about hue bridge. What type of setup would that be?

It’s simple. Set up the bridge and bulbs following the Hue instructions. Then the bridge is discovered automatically by SmartThings, and any bulbs that you have attached to that bridge also get added at that time. The bulbs show up as individual devices in your things list just like any other bulbs. It’s Just that technically everything works better when they go through the bridge.

FAQ: Do I need the Hue Bridge/Hub to Use a Hue Bulb with SmartThings?

Yes. The only officially recommended way to use Hue devices with SmartThings is by using a Hue bridge. There are several reasons to use the bridge. Other Integrations There will be a number of other integrations available to you which you may want to take advantage of. Use of Hue Scenes you will be able to activate scenes created with the official Hue app, which at the present time offer many features not available in the smartthings scenes feature. Even just the ability to blink the lights. The easiest way to access scenes from the Hue app is through the following custom edge driver or IFTTT, but there are other ways as well. [ST Edge] Philips Hue LAN [BETA] (3rd Party Driver, Not ST Native) Not using the Bridge can mess up your zigbee network the most important really is …