I have now upgraded to the Homey Pro 2023 hoping that I would finally be able to also add both Philips Living Colors Iris (Gen2) lamps. I have re-installed the Philips Hue Zigbee (without bridge) app, but I still keep getting the same issue: I can add one lamp but when trying to add the second one I get the following error:
Even adding it as a Generic Zigbee device will result in the same error, and I am sure that this light has not been added yet! I have this Philips Living Colors Iris light:
Anyone who has a similar issue and have found a solution? @johan_bendz do you have any idea why the app is giving this error when trying to add the second Light?
The generic zigbee driver is very basic. It finds a light, adds it to Homey and that’s it. The unit should have separate pair buttons for each light, but no one will manufacture it like that.
It needs to be supported by an app (like Hue w/o bridge) to be able to use the unit as a multiple lights device.
Checked .. with me its every minute but empty data .. but not in the Graph itself … and the data in the graph is correct as i compare it with my wired sensor that is checking every seccond
Big puzzle
I am afraid this will not be solved eather .. i see no reponses from the app developer for months and last updat was 6 montha ago i think.
Not sure if this is still suported
Also bnought the aara lux sensor but that has a weird limittation in the how wide it measures ..
( example .. sunny from the left is 5000 lux … it crosses a ceratin point and the sun is more in front and the lux jumps to 20000 head on ) . The HUE one works perfectly … just need more intervals for my sunscreen ( 5 mins is not working for me )
its 2025 … i just need a BATTERY LU X SENSOR that is able to check a minimum of once every 15 secconds or something like that
I might be able to upgrade the sensor via a Hue bridge, to get the same results as you.
Out of curiosity: why do you need a lux update every 15 seconds. What do want to achieve?
Well .. i just want my sunscreen to go down and up when needed.
So i have a flow that starts a timer for 16 minutes when the LUX is above a certain point
As long as its sunny it resets the time .. when the timer is 0 it goes up
The problem is that 3 times checking in 16 minutes is way to low.
Especially when there are clouds
Then i often happens for example that when there are a lot of clouds .. its darker at the 5 minute intervals .. but sunny in between ( believe me happens more often then you think ) … so the suncreen goes up when it should stay down
Probably a 30 seccond interval could be ok also … but once every 5 mins is not usable for me
My windows are poiinted south .. so in summer i want the screen down ..
even its just 4 minutes of sun in the 16 minute timer
Like i said .. i have the aeotec multisensor ( wired ) on my shed.
Worked perfectly in my prvious house .. with same flow checking every sec.
But due to a house move and shades and plants i can not use it for my sunscreen.
I can place it on my roof just like the hue one .. but i do now want to drill holes there for the wire ( USB need to fit through ) .. so thats why i bought the battery Hue one.
I also have a aqara batteryone .. but that one measures with a weird angle .. not like the fish eye view of the HUE .. so also not working
So now i have 3 sensors that all 3 do not function for me ( measure lux on battery every 15 to 30 secs on my roof in all weather )
Well my aqara sensor does it on a “knoopcel “ … but is not for outdoors ( and the weird spiking like described )
Also … the Hue is now working for 2 or 3 years and still 100% in hue app (5 min interval ). So if i need to change every 4 months .. that is fine for me
This sensor runs on 2x AA (not AAA) batteries, lasting longer than a year.
I’d mount it in a transparant box outdoors.
I"ve several cheap Tuya ‘crap’ indoor lights and sensors hanging outside, protected from direct rain/snow, but not from humidity/sun/frost, for 4.5 years now NOT what I expected (one year tops).
So I’m pretty sure this sensor lives for several years outdoors in a box.
I don’t understand what you want with these intervals.
Most sensors work “event driven”:
Something changed > send event
Nothing changes for 30 mins > no events
Hi peter … i described above what i want
Please read
And sure … if the lux does not change its fine if it does not update even for a month
Lux change of the outside world is not a event … its dynamic and changes almost every second.
How does something know there is an event anyway ??
By CONSTANT measuring .. otherwise events are missed !
The problem is the lack of reporting what it constantly measures i supose
But I am not talking on that
I am talking IF LUX CHANGES i want to know faster then once every 5 minutes
If there is a cloud at 0 …. Sun at 1-2-3-4 …. And a cloud again at minute 5 …. Then the sunscreen goes up … despite the most part is sunny … that is how my HUE sensor failing.
With every 15-30 sec intervals this chance is WAY less
Again please read the above
I now have for €140 on sensors that all have disadvantages
The luxmeter measures the lux continuous, or almost continuous. Bases upon the difference of the lux since last message send to Homey, the minimal and maximal time between messages, the luxmeter decides to send the new lux value in a new message to Homey. That message can trigger a Homey event, depending on the conditions of the WHEN card used.
NOT what I expected (one year tops).
