Now I just tried with a single Hue bulb and it worked, so I tried with a Hue group and it also worked. Advice Needed – Routine for motion detected in dark conditions?? Hue lights randomly started flashing at varying speeds. However, you can also use your Philips Hue lights to make really cool flashing animations to step up your house party game. because of lights conditions)? Sounds like I’m at the mercy of research and internet support from like minded people. Lights would flash and then turn off. So, to counter this issue, you should move the light bulbs closer to the bridge. Sounds to me not necessarily related to smart bulb features but more related to standard LED circuitry like a bootstrap or other capacitor issue. I have never set my lights on a timer so I know that’s not the issue. My problem comes when the power flickers or fails for any length of time. If any of the light does not light, then you need to reconnect the bridge again. How many lights are turning on and off? It took a lot to get the system to work-hate to screw it up. I bought the White Ambiance starter kit with two bulbs and a dimmer switch. Google didn’t show anything when searching. If your lights are controlled by a hard-wired light switch (e.g. I have put the PIR routine during the day as “no action” when movement is detected. I have the Phoenix Table lamp I'm literally having to reduce my setup because of Hue's refusal to do the right thing and enable us to use more of their products. I had two lights on yesterday while cleaning. So far so good. I thought someone in the family was messing with me. Any ideas what to do next? Archived. The turn off function I used during the night also work during the day so whenever the was no movement for some time the pedant turns off 🙁, I had 3 bulbs that were constantly turning off by themselves. The only way to stop it is to turn the switch on the lamp off and turn it back on, often multiple times. Select Settings, then select Light setup. Does anyone know why my lights keep turning themselves on and off? Check the metal socket tab in … Or you can also solve this issue by placing a middle bulb between the bridge and the actual hue bulb. @Dash .. i have the same problem … please lemme know if you got the solution please, I have experienced the same problem, but I have figure out that the problem originated from my Hue PIR I’ve done everything possible but all to no avail. If so, replace the bulb. It sounds obvious, but sometimes you can flip the switch off without even thinking about it, and all of a sudden you have a problem. Viewing 15 posts - 1 through 15 (of 58 total), Copyright 2016 Huetips | All Rights Reserved |, How to Find My Hue Bridge ip Address & Assign Static, My Hue Bulb is not changing with my Scenes, major problem with routines 'routinely' being missed. Nat_urally 31/10/2020 18:16. If you have a fix for this, that would be great. I can see why the hub would leave a single light, that was cut from power by throwing a switch off and then later throwing it back on, would let the light stay on until told to turn it off. 1 Philips Hue Bluetooth smart lights work with all Echo smart speakers/displays. Browse our How to videos either in the Philips Hue app (you can find them in the Explore tab under 'How to videos"), or view all our videos on the Philips Hue YouTube channel. I just factory reset the bridge and set up everything from scratch. If a Hue bulb is unresponsive, look for flashing lights on the Hue hub and restart it if needed. Hacked? It started turning on in the middle of the night. What I don’t understand is how the hub does not recognize that every light, regardless of room it is in, turns on within a few seconds and not treat that as a restoration of power and return the light to their last known setting that the hub remembers. Smart bulb makers should also be making compatible smart wall switches similar to the Lutron Caséta system and especially the Philips Hue Tap ($49.95). Been about 12 hours and they are staying on. Open the Hue app on your smartphone or tablet, and make sure you can switch your lights On and Off using the switches on the right. There aren't any strips or lamps available with Hive, like there are with Philips Hue, but Hive does offer both a GU10 and E14 candle bulb, as well as B22 bayonet, on top of the standard E27 bulb. I ask again. Resetting Hue bulbs. This time I skipped that part. I have a remote dimmer and Siri activated. That means if it was off, it’s days off. If your Philips Hue bridge doesn’t work and you can’t find it with the original Philips Hue app you probably need to do a factory reset. There is one guy! 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