# Philips Hue Dimmer Switch and Ceiling Lamp delay

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/philips-hue-dimmer-switch-and-ceiling-lamp-delay/37087>\
**Category:** Questions & Help\
**Tags:** app, zigbee, devices, flow\
**Created:** [November 8, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/philips-hue-dimmer-switch-and-ceiling-lamp-delay/37087 "2020-11-08T17:47:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thomas\_Buran](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/thomas_buran/32/107750_2.png) [@Thomas\_Buran](https://community.homey.app/u/Thomas_Buran)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/philips-hue-dimmer-switch-and-ceiling-lamp-delay/37087/1 "2020-11-08T17:47:43Z")

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Hello, I have a big problem with my Philips Dimmer Switch and Philips Ceiling Lamp which are connected to Homey through Philips app. I made flows for turning on/off, change temperature and dim.

Turning ON / OFF is relatively good, response time is approx 0.1-0.5 sec. Something wrong is when I try change temperature or dim.

I made some flows:

[Shared Flow | Homey](https://homey.app/en-us/flow/NxpWEm/) - when is lamp ON, “on button” changes “LampColor” + 0.25  
[Shared Flow | Homey](https://homey.app/en-us/flow/Og5WEm/) - when “LampColor” changes, set a temperature  
[Shared Flow | Homey](https://homey.app/en-us/flow/_ciWEm/) - when is “LampColor” more than 1, set it to 0 (it’s like loop)

Technically it works, but every 3rd button press it has delay approx 2-4 sec and this is a big problem. Especially when I try manage Dim values…it doesn’t work continually because of delay. I don’t know where is the problem and how solve it.

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**Author:** ![FKey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/fkey/32/14793_2.png) [@FKey](https://community.homey.app/u/FKey)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 6:11am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/philips-hue-dimmer-switch-and-ceiling-lamp-delay/37087/2 "2020-11-09T06:11:31Z")

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Dont think its related to your problem, but it can be your next problem…  
Logic is sometimes a bit off. This results in values like 0.749999999 iso 0.75  
Not sure if hue can deal with that, but many applications cant.

[Here](https://community.homey.app/t/a-volume-button-for-my-chromecast/9476) the solution for that (i use similar flows to control volume)