Updated : GE Link Bulbs - FINALLY getting ON status after manually turning on!

Devices & Integrations
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I am also having the issue of the bulbs failing to respond occasionally.My firmware is still at 000.011.00603. Is there anyway I can force the hub to update or do they have to push it directly?

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I noticed the other day that I havenā€™t had a bulb fail to respond to a command in awhile. Hopefully the recent firmware update resolved some issues with these bulbs. It had gotten to the point that I was afraid to buy any more of them.

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Hi guys, thanks for your work on this. Much appreciated

Iā€™m new to ST, and need some help getting this working. Iā€™ve created a new smart app and copied/pasted the code from Github into the app, but when I try to save the app I get this crazy error:

groovy.lang.MissingMethodException: No signature of method: script1423179286772156593416.metadata() is applicable for argument types: (script1423179286772156593416$_run_closure1) values: [script1423179286772156593416$_run_closure1@3ff7461]

Possible solutions: getMetadata(), getState(), setState(java.lang.Object), metaClass(groovy.lang.Closure)

I am copying the entire content and overwriting the entire content of the app. Anyone have an idea what I am doing wrong here? Thanks for your help.

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This is an updated Device Type, not a SmartApp. You may be copying into the wrong section of the IDE. Make sure youā€™re on the My Device Types tab.

Good luck!

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Thanks! That was it. Got it working. Thanks to everyone who contributed to this!

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A quick follow up. Its been 2 weeks since I got the 000.013.00013 hub firmware pushed to me. Prior to that I would have at least 2 or 3 of my Link bulbs fail to respond to on or off commands per day. Since the update I have had zero failures.

bc

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It seems my Link bulbs have become much more stable now too. I am relieved. Sorry I got so frustrated!

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Iā€™m having less failures, but not quite zero.

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I think I had one failure the other day.

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no failures, sometimes grouped lights have a little lag but still all turn on with in 5 seconds

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Sorry to hijack the thread, but I have been testing the Cree bulbs and they are much better then the GE Link.

And they give status update too and work with the ActiOn !

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@lmosenko, so do my GE bulbs, especially with the community device type (also used for the Cree). Can you provide more detail on ā€œbetterā€? Do they send an OFF status when manually turned off by a physical switch? Thatā€™s the only limitation of the GE bulb at this point. Have you tried the GE bulb with the device type in this thread?

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No, they donā€™t. Iā€™d be curious to hear the feedback @lmosenko too.

I modified the GE code for the Cree device-type and theyā€™re functionally the same bulb. Well, the Cree doesnā€™t support changing the OnOffTransitionTime attribute, so ā€˜on/offā€™ commands must use a default transition rate; so thatā€™s one plus for the GE.

I think the one advantage of the Cree is the diffused cover, so the light itself should be more pleasant and better dimming. I still need to go by HD and actually pick one up.

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Hi Scott. I have a GE Link and a Cree working at the same time in my basement and the Cree bulbs do provide much better lite dispersal as opposed to the GE Link. The status of the bulb does not report when the switch is physically cut. It did get the wifeā€™s approval off the bat. And has not misfired so far; as opposed to the GE Link which have and still are having misfires when turning on. Also, since you modded that code for everyone, (for me at least) I have added 4 to my 2nd floor and they all paired right away and work consistently.

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Iā€™ve been using this code for a while now. I must say that the only issues I run into with these bulbs (I have 13 of them) is when using the manual switch. They tend to not work randomly when you cut the power to them a few times.

However, my kitchen bulbs now run off a scene controller instead of a power switch. They have constant power and I simply created an ā€œoffā€ scene, ā€œonā€ scene, as well as two other scene configurations for my kitchen. The other three buttons have other scenes to control other areas of my house. Since Iā€™ve done this, theyā€™ve worked beautifully.

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It is now nice to control a Zigbee device with a Zwave button, it sure opens up the options nowā€¦ The ZWN-SC7 is really going to take the lead in this as a top multi-button wall-mounted remote device. Just wish we had something better on the hand-held side than an expensive 4 button minmote.

Would like to see HubV2 come with a multi-button handheld remote and an optional wall-mounted version.

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After reading all the above, it seems many are having trouble cause they add the GE Link Bulbs to switched sockets, thus cutting power from the bulbs Tx/RX and creating status issues when switch power is cut.

I think a great solution for an example like a large basement with mutiple rows of lights would be to remove the actual standard switch and hot wire so the sockets are always hot. Install the affordable GE Link Bulbs to each socket, inplace of the removed standard switch, install a ZWN-SC7 zwave scene controler which has 7 buttons that can be configured to turn the lights on to any configuration you want (ie row, cols, area, ect). The large button is also nice to turn all off.

Despite being a zwave device, via SmartApp the ZWN-SC7 buttons can be captured and are able to be processed to change of state of any or mutiple devices (zigbee included) with a press of a button.

http://thesmartesthouse.com/collections/switches/products/enerwave-7-button-scene-controller-zwn-sc7-z-wave

More ZWN-SC7 setup info at: ZWN-SC7 Enerwave 7 Button Scene Controller

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This is how I use it.

I have this setup for the buttons

  • Kitchen All On
  • Kitchen Dim (Only four lights on and dimmed)
  • Kitchen Morning (The GE Links are BRIGHT. So I use only 3 of the 7, specially in the morning)
  • Night Light. (Turns on light by front door and one light in the kitchen)
  • Hallway lights ON
  • Hallway lights OFF
  • Kitchen OFF on the big button.
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Thatā€™s what is nice, you can dream up any combination you likeā€¦ Highly configurable to any situation, now that @mattjfrank and the community got it working pretty solidā€¦

If you need another button, you can combine your Hallway buttons (#5 & #6) and use the toggle option on just #5, then it automatically just changes the current state to the opposite (on/off), this will leave #6 for something elseā€¦

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Only problem with this is when ST is down. How do you turn the bulbs off?