# \[APP\] Philips Hue - Transform the way you experience light **URL:** \ **Category:** Apps\ **Tags:** app, official\ **Created:** [August 17, 2018, 12:36pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79 "2018-08-17T12:36:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![mapulu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@mapulu](https://community.homey.app/u/mapulu)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 12:35pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/26 "2019-04-10T12:35:16Z")
The poll interval is exactly 5 seconds. “const POLL\_INTERVAL = 5000;” [https://github.com/athombv/nl.philips.hue/blob/master/lib/Bridge.js](https://github.com/athombv/nl.philips.hue/blob/master/lib/Bridge.js) (5000 ms = 5s) ---
**Author:** ![Rocodamelshekima](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rocodamelshekima/32/8209_2.png) [@Rocodamelshekima](https://community.homey.app/u/Rocodamelshekima)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/27 "2019-04-10T17:56:28Z")
> [@Osorkon](#): > > Is it possible to connect more than one hue bridge to homey? Yes, that is possible\ > [@Osorkon](#): > > how long is the polling interval an can this be adjusted manually? Can u give a reason for adjusting that? For giving commands to the lights there is no polling time. It’s just for devices like the Tab. A polling time of less then 5 seconds CAN stress ur Homey. Tryed it with 1 second and that didn’t last very long. Also tryed 3 seconds and must say, that lasted a little bit longer. But maybe u have another reason for doin so? ---
**Author:** ![Osorkon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/osorkon/32/43026_2.png) [@Osorkon](https://community.homey.app/u/Osorkon)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/28 "2019-04-10T18:22:19Z")
> [@Rocodamelshekima](#): > > Yes, that is possible\ THX > [@Rocodamelshekima](#): > > For giving commands to the lights there is no polling time. I know that. > [@Rocodamelshekima](#): > > It’s just for devices like the Tab. Or a Motion Sensor or a Dimmer Switch, that means for all sensors. That’s the reason why I am asking. Because with the delay up to 5 s it’s make no sense to use a Motion Sensor witch is paired with the hue bridge in the Flows. ---
**Author:** ![Rocodamelshekima](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rocodamelshekima/32/8209_2.png) [@Rocodamelshekima](https://community.homey.app/u/Rocodamelshekima)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 6:26pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/29 "2019-04-10T18:26:27Z")
> [@Osorkon](#): > > make no sense to use a Motion Sensor witch is paired with the hue bridge in the Flows. That will be correct. U can adjust the file @mapulu just gave u and CLI install [the app](https://github.com/athombv/nl.philips.hue/tree/44fbeb8020d56a9a583dc2151967a001de889ab5) But be aware of the possible stress ur giving Homey with it! ---
**Author:** ![Ruud\_Verrijk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ruud_verrijk/32/903_2.png) [@Ruud\_Verrijk](https://community.homey.app/u/Ruud_Verrijk)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 6:02am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/30 "2019-04-24T06:02:42Z")
The latest Philips Hue app 4.0.4 crashes almost every day. It is installed on a Homey Pro with the latest stable firmware. I did not find similar issues in the forum. Am I the only one? I workaround with the restart app flow, but reliability could be improved ---
**Author:** ![Caseda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/caseda/32/138695_2.png) [@Caseda](https://community.homey.app/u/Caseda)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 10:48am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/31 "2019-04-24T10:48:57Z")
What does the crash say? (you can see the message by opening the app and clicking the crash text) We can’t read minds, so hard to say what could be wrong I have not seen any crash ever since I updated the app. ---
**Author:** ![Ronny\_Belllmann](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ronny_belllmann/32/10659_2.png) [@Ronny\_Belllmann](https://community.homey.app/u/Ronny_Belllmann)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/32 "2019-04-24T13:56:26Z")
Hello, philips hue app constantly crash es,attached diagnostic report. 5e060335-3213-4d76-bcbf-f2c2fdf2045a ---
**Author:** ![zigvespa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/zigvespa/32/7788_2.png) [@zigvespa](https://community.homey.app/u/zigvespa)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 2:24pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/33 "2019-04-24T14:24:06Z")
I have random Hue app crashes as well on a Homey Pro since the last update. Before the update, never a problem. ---
**Author:** ![Caseda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/caseda/32/138695_2.png) [@Caseda](https://community.homey.app/u/Caseda)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/34 "2019-04-24T14:58:13Z")
Only athom can read these logs, that’s why I gave an small explanation how to see the crash log yourself ---
**Author:** ![RTimmer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rtimmer/32/591_2.png) [@RTimmer](https://community.homey.app/u/RTimmer)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 12:32pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/35 "2019-04-25T12:32:18Z")
4.0.5 was just released, may fix issues with Homey Pro(?) ---
**Author:** ![KonradWalsh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/konradwalsh/32/147_2.png) [@KonradWalsh](https://community.homey.app/u/KonradWalsh)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/36 "2019-04-25T13:04:42Z")
according to the changelog/GitHub all that was changed were icons and a driver name ---
**Author:** ![Bram](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/bram/32/104322_2.png) [@Bram](https://community.homey.app/u/Bram)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 1:15pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/37 "2019-04-25T13:15:58Z")
We are still looking into the issues some users are having with the latest update. Please contact ([support@athom.com](mailto:support@athom.com)) with an app log + a detailed description what the exact issue is. This will help us a lot with troubleshooting this issues 🙂 Thanks in advance! ---
**Author:** ![TKroon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tkroon/32/9504_2.png) [@TKroon](https://community.homey.app/u/TKroon)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/38 "2019-04-25T18:34:22Z")
When will the Hue app support “duration” for “activeer een scene”. It is supported for brightness… ---
**Author:** ![Caseda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/caseda/32/138695_2.png) [@Caseda](https://community.homey.app/u/Caseda)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 8:12pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/39 "2019-04-25T20:12:03Z")
“activate scene” is just 1 single signal to the bridge of **in the bridge** defined scenes. homey can’t send duration to those, even if we wanted it, as Philips just doesn’t have that for scenes unless you add those in the scene itself (so in the bridge itself). ---
**Author:** ![TKroon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tkroon/32/9504_2.png) [@TKroon](https://community.homey.app/u/TKroon)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 8:26pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/40 "2019-04-25T20:26:09Z")
Hmm too bad. Maybe create a scene with 1% brightness, then make a loop with every second +1% brigtness. It only doesn’t solve the transition between scenes. ---
**Author:** ![Rob\_Verboven](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rob_verboven/32/9879_2.png) [@Rob\_Verboven](https://community.homey.app/u/Rob_Verboven)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 10:39pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/41 "2019-04-25T22:39:38Z")
I also have an issue since 4.0.4 and 4.0.5 did not solved it either. Is there a possibility to fallback to an earlier version without issues? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Thornton](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_thornton/32/5109_2.png) [@Peter\_Thornton](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Thornton)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 9:59pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/42 "2019-04-26T21:59:59Z")
Same problem here. 4.0.5 did not fix the problem. Have to restart the Hue app one a day. ---
**Author:** ![Busta999](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/busta999/32/10053_2.png) [@Busta999](https://community.homey.app/u/Busta999)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 8:22am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/43 "2019-04-27T08:22:57Z")
Yes I have two attached now and operating, I suspect multiple could be attached… ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_van\_der\_Hijden](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/mark_van_der_hijden/32/9209_2.png) [@Mark\_van\_der\_Hijden](https://community.homey.app/u/Mark_van_der_Hijden)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 8:49am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/44 "2019-04-27T08:49:13Z")
I’ve got three Hue bridges (type 2) connected to Homey. Works fine. Changing polling Interval I know nothing of. ---
**Author:** ![Flight777](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/flight777/32/2129_2.png) [@Flight777](https://community.homey.app/u/Flight777)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 8:41am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79/45 "2019-04-29T08:41:43Z")
Also have alot of issues with Homey not able to control Hue lights anymore since the last app update, have been struggling the whole weekend ☹ I’ll try and send a log shortly. [Previous page](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79.md?page=1) [Next page](https://community.homey.app/t/app-philips-hue-transform-the-way-you-experience-light/79.md?page=3)