Phillips Hue, Zigbee and Home Assistant

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peejayw

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#293224 7-Jan-2022 10:06

I am in the process of getting a Conbee 2 to use Zigbee on my Home Assistant. I currently have some Hue lamps controlled by the Hue hub and that is integrated into HA. I can also control my lamps using Google Assistant on a Google Max hub.

I believe I can control the lamps via the Conbee instead of using the Hue hub, if so can I remove the Hue integration from HA, remove the Hue hub from my network and still be able to control the lamps via the Google Hub?

Hope that all makes sense.

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Torquenstein

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#2844782 7-Jan-2022 11:15

I have 3 Hue bulbs and a dimmer switch and have never owned a hub. Worked pretty easily through ZHA just added the devices and it just worked. Although not sure if extra steps required to detach bulbs from hubs first?

I don't use google assistant/hubs so not sure if any extra setup required on that front.

peejayw

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#2844784 7-Jan-2022 11:18

Thanks for that, from what I have read, you have to detach the bulbs from the Hue hub first. I just dont want to lose the Google Assistant/ Hub Max function.

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#2844793 7-Jan-2022 11:43

I have had zero luck disassociating bulbs from a hue bridge, if anyone has had success with this please let me know

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#2844803 7-Jan-2022 12:27

To reset the bulbs, I had to use a Hue Wall Remote because I didn't have a Hue Hub.

Here's the instructions I used.

https://www.trustedreviews.com/how-to/how-to-reset-philips-hue-bulbs-with-and-without-a-bridge-4145209

I have a few Hue bulbs and remotes connected to my Conbee stick.

I used the NabuCasa with Google Assistant to get control of my home assistant lights via Nest Hub devices. You can do it without Nabucasa but I haven't tried.

https://www.nabucasa.com/config/google_assistant/

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peejayw

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#2845266 8-Jan-2022 12:54

nztim:

I have had zero luck disassociating bulbs from a hue bridge, if anyone has had success with this please let me know

I will be trying it as soon as my Conbee arrives so will post my findings. From what I have read so far, you just have to delete the bulb from the Hue app and the Conbee should see it straight away, fingers crossed.

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peejayw

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#2851085 15-Jan-2022 09:33

I have just installed the Conbee II, a very straightforward process in Home Assistant. Then I deleted each light from the Hue app and the Conbee then found them, after which I switched off the Hue Hub, all very easy.

I am having an issue when I try to specify the colour and brightness values of the bulbs in some automations I am setting up. This is probably due to my ignorance of the correct parameters to use. When I use Call Service/Light turn on, there are various parameters to use ie RGB XY Hue/Sat etc but they dont work for me, the only one that works is Color Name.

I have a list of all the Hue Lamp colour values if someone can tell me the correct format to use ie are they comma seperated or something similar?

Thanks.

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peejayw

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#2851153 15-Jan-2022 15:07

All sorted, thanks.

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