[Bug] Phillips Hue E27 cannot change color about homebridge-z2m

[marius-se]

Update: Just tried to set up my second Phillips Hue bulb (same model, same firmware). This bulb doesn't work at all. Zigbee2MQTT log says No converter available for 'state' (ON) when I try to turn it on or off...

[itavero]

Does it work directly via MQTT to zigbee2mqtt?
It seems that it does not report all the right keys for the device in the status message.

[itavero]

I've also updated my zigbee2mqtt installation today. For me it still works. Have you tried sending the command manually to see if that works, @marius-se ?

[marius-se]

Ah sorry, I didn't have the time yet to check. Now I'm back. Give me a second...

[marius-se]

Changing the color directly via mqtt seems to work.
mosquitto_pub -t zigbee2mqtt/0x0017880108ac9e9e/set -m '{"color":{"r":255, "g":0, "b":0}}'
...et voilà my rooms turns red.

[itavero]

In the status MQTT message, do you also see a color property now?
I don't see it in the message you've shared before.
If it's not there then this plugin also won't know it exists right now (as mentioned in the read me).

[marius-se]

Yes, now it's:
zigbee2mqtt/0x0017880108ac9e9e', payload '{"brightness":254,"color":{"x":0.304580214170851,"y":0.31468018726472},"color_temp":140,"linkquality":44,"state":"ON","update_available":false}

Also the color controls appeared in my Home app after I manually changed the color via mqtt for the first time.

[marius-se]

Unfortunately, a downside is that the device must have published its data before the plugin knows how HomeKit could use it

Now I get what you meant with this line. Weird tho that it only sends the data after a manual mqtt pub.

[itavero]

I've seen it with some devices before, but indeed it is weird.
Not 100% sure if it's a configuration thing or some kind of glitch.

Luckily the latest version of zigbee2mqtt includes a newer API which can list the features/properties of a device via the new exposes field.
As mentioned in some other issues, this will make it easier for this plugin to show the right characteristics from the get go.
Hopefully I'll have some time to refactor some stuff and integrate this new field soon. Then I can remove that sentence from the read me file. 😉

[marius-se]

Awesome thanks! I have to say I'm really happy with the plugin. A couple of months earlier and I'd have had to switch to Hass (to use zigbee2mqtt)