Soffit rgbw strip lighting advice (UK)

[ptsere]

Great thread! I learned a lot by reading this.

Question: can the fibaro controller work with the philips hue hub? can i add this to my existing hue setup?

[Cobra]

Unfortunately not on its own
The hue bridge is not a full home automation controller and uses the Zigbee protocol rather than Z-wave which the Fibaro uses.
We are using the smartthings hub to control these which is capable of both protocols.

[Titch]

thanks for the thread
i have read and tried this maybe im missing something
but i can not figure out how to get the rgbw to set a colour when motion is detected
what i want is button/motion to turn on lights whith whichever colour i set for that time of day
or alternativley
button to sett normally white and a routine called bathtime to set a colour at a preset level

any clues fellas ?

[fido]

You are a little bit vague Gareth, when you say button do you mean a button in St like a virtual switch or do you mean a real physical button ??

If you can give us the use case scenario maybe we can understand what you see as the obvious, i just cant get my hear round what you want need

[Titch]

Apologies.
I have the controller and a physical button or a motion sensor. Ie:not virtual.
But when it triggers or is pressed it will not set the colour.

Ideally what I want is to have white when motion or button is pressed.
And a routine to set it as colour.

Hope this helps

[Cobra]

Gareth
if you just want the RGBW to respond to a switch and give you a certain colour then you can try this smartapp:

CobraVmax/SmartThings

and in case you need help installing, have a look here:

FAQ: An Overview of Using Custom Code in SmartThings

So you're new to SmartThings, you asked a question, and someone suggested "custom code" as an answer. Or you were browsing the forums, and you found something that sounded like it would be perfect for what you wanted, but again, "uses custom code." What does that mean, how hard is it to do, and what's the difference between a "SmartApp" and a "Device Type Handler"? (Note: the official terminology has changed a couple of times. "device type handler," "device handler," "DTH," and "device type" all mean the same thing, and you will find all these terms used in the forums.) SECTION I: SMARTAPPS AND DEVICE HANDLERS: WHAT THEY ARE SmartAPPS: Tiny Programs to decide what a specific device should do when, or to collect the information from a specific device SmartApps, including the var…

An alternative would be to use webcore:

webCoRE Community Forum

[Titch]

ta i had just installed that code, so will play now and see what i can achieve

thanks

[Cobra]

Gareth
This app was written to use the following DHT for the Fibaro.

codersaur/SmartThings

[Titch]

yep alredy playing with that
just needed it to trigger colours when a switch or motion was senced.
time to play

[Cobra]

There are a couple of apps I have written for the Fibaro using this DTH.
Have a look here when you have finished playing with that one

CobraVmax/SmartThings

[Titch]

i think i have intalled all of yours now. but simple steps first. routine for the good ladies bathtime would be good, them i can kit out the kids bedrooms etc etc etc ooo will the fun ever stop

[Cobra]

I hadn’t thought about Kids’ bedrooms…

I wonder if I could write one to dim over a period of time… i.e start at one level of brightness then dim and finally off over a few minutes…
That might be fun

[Titch]

i like the idea of a on when they walk in, then dim down to turn off when it is sleeping time
i have them set to go off on the main bulb at a certain time but a wind down would be great
or alternatively a “WAKE” up when it gets to a set time, set police flashing or storm lol

[Cobra]

I have something similar I wrote for my Kitchen lights (not fibaro)
When you walk into the room they are on 100% and the plinth white leds come on…
After motion stops the plinth lights go off but the Hue bulbs go down to 20% to give a warm glow

[fido]

The fun stops when you try to add a new lighting routine whilst the mrs is yapping at you… you accidentally hit "remove " at the bottom in red and then in a panick to save your complicated routines hit “remove” again in the confirmation box !!!

Aaarrggghhhhhh

[Titch]

qu: this app doesnt show all of my switchs or contacts ?
i have a zwave door switch but it doesn’t show up ?

[Cobra]

Gareth did you get this working for you?
Which switches/contacts don’t show up and in which section/app?

[bobbles]

Apologies for going off topic, but has anybody tried using the Fibaro RGBW module on the Hue extension strip. I have a spare 2m extension strip and this might be a way to utilise it.

[ptsere]

Hi @Cobra

I believe that I have successfully installed the DTH, but I am not 100% sure. Is there anyway to check this?

I followed the instructions on this link , but I am not confident about “Part Three” step “4”
When I select from the drop down menu, there are 2 options with the exact same name.

In my ST app, I now see these options

which i believe (but i am not sure) were not there before.

Is there any way to check if I have done this correctly?

[Cobra]

The fibaro should be able to use any RGBW strip providing the voltage is 12-24v dc if you can connect it
You might need to swap,wires around to get the colours to match