Manage Philips Hue Bulbs in Minutes Without Any Technical...

For people who have no technical knowledge but still want to manage Hue devices in a much more advanced way than what allows the hue app.

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Things used in this project

This tutorial allows you to manage Philips Hue bulbs in minutes without any technical knowledge using a graphical editor on a Raspberry Pi for free.

Here is the simple flow we will build with the graphical editor.

It allows to swith a bulb on and off and shows also how to set the color.

Go to http://theThingbox.io and download the SDCard image you can flash using the Etcher app (link)

Learn more in here.

Use your web browser to access the visual editor using the network name you gave in the setup process

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Click the right menu in the Node-RED web page.

Choose "Manage Palette" then "Install".

Type "ttb-huemagic" in the edit box and click the OK button.

Wait for the install

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We will build a simple flow for switching a Hue bulb on and off

First add a Hue Bridge node and then a Hue light node.

Edit them.

Learn more here.

From the "intent" palette, add open and close node.

Deploy, you can now switch your bulb on and off!

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Add a color node and edit it to set the color.

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Here is the final flow!