![]() ![]() I got suckered into buying the Hue Play bars when they were on sale at Best Buy before christmas, and using the gift card I got from that to buy some hue bulbs. For the price though I would consider it a gimmick and not a must have.ĭefinitely not a must have. I really like the Sync Box, it does some pretty good amibent lighting. I implemented the reboot command in the driver and reboot the Sync box every 3 days. Recently I stumbled upon the Hue Sync Box hanging up every 7 - 9 days. I don't need ambient lighting during the bright times of the day. I also turn on (video mode) the sync box when the TV turns on and the outside luminosity is below a certain threshold. ![]() I plugged my TV into a power reporting zigbee outlet and created a rule that puts the Hue Sync Box into passthrough (turning off the ambient lights) when the power falls to the TVs standby power consumption level. I disabled turning off the box when the TV turns off. If that's the case, I may need to adjust my settings. I didn't realize that the box wouldn't respond to network requests when in standby. Does the set intensity button not actually switch modes? So the Set Mode button is to switch between modes, while the set intensity button configures the intensity value for each mode. When you change the intensity value for a mode, I gather that it stores the new value for when it's in that mode? Passthru is always "off", but the other 3 can be changed from the default. Each of the 4 modes stores it's own value for intensity. Let me see if I understand what you're saying about mode & intensity. I'll have to play with it to try and figure out what's actually going on there.Īs I said, after I thought about the input names, it's not really a big deal unless you want to pull input control into a dashboard or something where it would be used regularly. I was thinking network/hubitat control would help work around that. Currently it powers off when the TV does, but it doesn't always seem to turn back on with the TV. Your contributions to the hubitat community have helped many people. Thank you for the response, and of course for sharing this and all of your other work in the first place. What is the difference between the Set Mode button and the Mode parameter of Set Intensity? Hopefully I'll get things set up once, and not have to go back into the device settings on a regular basis. I was also going to ask whether it was possible to pull the custom input names from the sync box, or at least to enter custom labels on the hubitat side, but on second thought that is probably not all that useful. Neither do I, but I did notice that the set input drop down offers options for input 1, input 2, input 3, and input 3. Next - I'm guessing you don't have 4 sources connected to your sync box. So, that brings me to my first feedback item - Would it be possible to add support for turning the box itself on and off? I was clicking the on and off buttons expecting to put the sync box in standby mode, and finally realized when the lights behind the TV went bright white for the second or third time that I was turning on and off the sync, not the box. It took me a couple of tries to get it registered & working, but I'm not sure if it actually didn't register at first, or if it was all due to my confusion. I did see once or twice that the Hue Sync Box just hang, but that was during development when I was polling that box from three different Hubitats every few seconds.īetter late than never, I just finally got around to setting up this driver. The ambiance lighting only comes on when the TV is on and the outdoor luminescence is below a certain value. I have a power outlet connected to my TV. Give it a try and let me know if it works for you.ĮDIT: Just as FYI, I use this driver to automate my ambiance lighting with the Hue Sync Box. This is not Hubitat, that is really the box. Please note, the Hue Sync Box responses are slow, like 2 - 3 seconds. ![]() Once linked, the driver will automatically update and you can communicate with the Hue Sync Box. Go to your Hue Sync Box and press the power button for 2 - 3 seconds until the light turns green.In the driver, press the "Register Hue Sync Box" command, the driver will now initiate the pairing.Turn your TV on (for some reason that is required during the registration).I would reserve the IP address for the box in your router Add your Hue Sync Box IP address (NOT the Hue Bridge, the Sync Box) in the settings and hit save.Add a new virtual device with this driver.Here is what you need to do to get it working: I still have to look why my CoCoHue integration doesn't work the way I want it. ![]()
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