Starting with Homey - smart bulbs (Philips HUE)+light switch+fibaro dimmer?

[Jamie]

Its a long post, but the short answer to your question is ‘yes but depends’.

In regards to your original requirements.

@Ronald_N

• Switch my lights on/off with the corresponding (original) physical switch.
• Dim my lights with a separate remote or phone, but forcing the physical switches at a set brightness level
  (so you dont have to turn up the brightness in the morning).
• OPTIONAL replacement momentary switch (lets call this separate one the ALL-ON SWITCH) on the wall.
• Connect my sonos system with the living room switch (all-on switch), so that if the lights in the living room come on at initial entrance, my sonos starts playing.
• Getting RGBW bulbs integrated would be a bonus (setting color scenes via voice/app would be fine, no physical switch needed)

All of this, other than the RBGW is possible using the Fibaro switch/dimmer the dimmer2 can ever carry a second scene upon it so that you. can use another button to turn on/off sonos.

The interesting part is the RGB lights, there are a couple of things to know

1. Smart globes and power surges do not mix well. (ie turn on/off)
2. Smart globes and dimmers do no mix. (first hand experience)
3. While you were right about smart gloes returning to 100% when turned back on - this will be fixed in the next round of firmware by phillips. ie. In the very near future phillips hue will retain its state (color/dim) when turned on/off.

What was my solution to similar problems you faced?

Fibaro Dimmers on all wall switches, and then add some lamps for Hue/color.

Smart globes are cool, they really are, but smart switches/dimmers are by far more important- for all the reasons you have identified, but don’t under-estimate Btwvince message :

The sweetest thing is I can use it in combination with Homey and my girlfriend can just use everything with the wall switch like in the “old days”