paolotremadio / homebridge-hue-scenes

Define scenes in a file and apply them to your Philips Hue lights

Philips Hue Scenes

Why this plugin

• Easily describe scenes in JSON format.
• Use scenes to manipulate every property supported by the Hue REST API.
• Alias lights by nicknames, so you can replace a bulb on your Hub without having to change all the scenes.
• Support for groups of lights, so you can reduce the copy&paste if you want to apply the same settings to multiple lights.
• Pick a random scene.
• Easily backup your scenes (they are on file, in JSON).
• Easily share your scenes (they are on file, in JSON).
• Go over the 100 scenes limit set by HomeKit. You can have as many scenes as you like.

Config

Example config.json:

{
  "accessory": "HueScenes",
  "name": "Living room",
  "bridge": {
    "host": "192.168.1.10",
    "username": "ABCDEFC872NAD&"
  },
  "scenesFile": "livingRoomRandomScenes.json"
}

This accessory will create a Switch for every scene. Turning on a switch will apply the Scene. There's also a Switch to pick a random scene.

Configuration options

Attribute	Required	Usage	Example
name	Yes	A unique name for the accessory. It will be used as the accessory name in HomeKit.	Living Room Scenes
bridge	Yes	IP and Username for your Philips Hue Hub	n/a
sceneFiles	Yes	A file describing your scenes	n/a

Scenes file

See example.json

homebridge-hue-scenes's Issues

Possible to export scenes from bridge as JSON for this?

I wondered - would it be possible to build fading and colour changing scenes in something like the Hue Lights app, then export them from the bridge as JSON to use with this instead (and thus trigger fading scenes in Homekit)