HUE OUT OF HOME CONTROL BLUETOOTH
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In this case you can create a room, assigning it a name and an icon.įinally you can connect your light, power it, and add it in the app via Settings | Light setup | Add light | Search. This will bring many discussions later, but for now let's assume you have the simplest scenario, i.e. Note: if you use HomeKit, you don't need to enable 'Out of home control', because this would be redundant.Īfter adding the bridges, the next step is to create the room(s) that will contain your lights. When later adding lights and accessories, be sure to select the nearest bridge.

If you have more than one bridge, keep in mind that each time only one is active. Immediately after installing the app, you need to add the bridge(s), from Settings | Hue Bridges | Add Hue Bridge.

HUE OUT OF HOME CONTROL DOWNLOAD

The next step is to download the Philips Hue app, available for both iPhone and iPad. Note that Hue bridges must be connected to your network via an Ethernet cable directly to your router and/or access points (something to consider in case you use a mesh system without output Ethernet ports and you need more bridges). In reality, my experience is a bit different: as the floors of my house are isolated rather well, I've found that I needed to buy multiple bridges: one for each floor where I have Hue lights. The idea is that if you have many lights at home, signals should flow more easily and ideally just one bridge should be enough. The maximum distance at which you can place a light from the bridge, or from another light that acts like a repeater, is not really documented. When you send commands, these are sent from the bridge to your nearest lights, and from these to the one they can reach, and so on. The second generation of Hue bridge can support up to 50 lights and accessories. For remote and HomeKit access, you still need the Hue bridge.

HUE OUT OF HOME CONTROL BLUETOOTH

There are indeed new bulbs including bluetooth connectivity, but still you need to be in the same room to control them not-so-remotely.

The Philips Hue light system needs one or more bridge(s) to remotely control your lights. I will follow with another post about other devices. In this post I will describe my experiences specifically with the Philips Hue lights. In the previous post I have described the first aspects to take in consideration when setting up a new smart home.

Hue out of home control