node-red-contrib-huebridge

A Philips Hue Bridge emulator to control any kind of lights (or other things for that matter).

This is a work in progress!

Linux: Run http server on port 80 as non-root user

Ref.: stackoverflow

sudo apt install libcap2-bin
sudo setcap cap_net_bind_service=+ep `readlink -f \`which node\``

Note 1: The Philips Hue app seems only to be able to connect to port 80.

Note 2: The above setcap command does not survive a reboot.

Installation

To install - change to your Node-RED user directory.

    cd ~/.node-red
    npm install node-red-contrib-huebridge

Nodes in this package

On/Off Light

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Dimmable Light

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Color Light

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Extended Color Light

Support colormode 'hs' (hue, saturation), 'xy' (CIE 1931 Chromacity) and 'ct' (color temperature).

Color Temperature Light

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Link Button

Enables pairing.

topic can be anything (i.e. the node does not use it).

payload can be anything (i.e. the node does not use it).

Manage

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Sensors

ZGP Switch (Hue Tap)

Emulate a Hue Tap with it's four buttons.

topic can be anything (i.e. the node does not use it). payload must be a number. Valid payload numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4.

ZLL Switch (Hue Wireless Dimmer Switch)

Not implemented.

ZLL Presence (Hue Motion Sensor)

Not implemented.

ZLL Temperature

Not implemented.

ZLL Lightlevel

Not implemented.

CLIP Switch

Not implemented as a node.

CLIP OpenClose

Not implemented as a node.

CLIP Presence

Not implemented as a node.

CLIP Temperature

Not implemented as a node.

CLIP Humidity

Not implemented as a node.

CLIP Lightlevel

Not implemented as a node.

CLIP Generic Flag Sensor

Not implemented as a node.

Notes

1. The timezone can be set using the Hue App but these nodes will always use the timezone setup on the server running Node-RED.

2. HomeKit interface is not implemented.

3. None of the remote access features will work.

4. The transfom node will handle transitions but it might not work very well. It does a transition calculation once every 100ms and that might simply be too much depending on your setup.

Examples

1. Red at 100% brightness (using hue, saturation - colormode 'hs')

topic = setstate
payload (JSON) = {"transitiontime":4,"on":true,"bri":254,"colormode":"hs","hue":0,"sat":254}

2. Green at 100% brightness (using hue, saturation - colormode 'hs')

topic = setstate
payload (JSON) = {"transitiontime":4,"on":true,"bri":254,"colormode":"hs","hue":21845,"sat":254}

3. Blue at 100% brightness (using hue, saturation - colormode 'hs')

topic = setstate
payload (JSON) = {"transitiontime":4,"on":true,"bri":254,"colormode":"hs","hue":43690,"sat":254}

4. White at 100% brightness (using hue, saturation - colormode 'hs')

topic = setstate
payload (JSON) = {"transitiontime":4,"on":true,"bri":254,"colormode":"hs","hue":0,"sat":0}

5. Off

topic = setstate
payload (JSON) = {"on":false,"bri":0}

6. On at 100% brightness

topic = setstate
payload (JSON) = {"on":true,"bri":254}

Copyright and license

Copyright 2018 Michael Jacobsen under the GNU General Public License version 3.