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Control light without 3rd party app (mander.xyz)
submitted 6 days ago by KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world
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Hi all. I recently bought a Philips hue smart plug to control a lamp.

I quite quickly realized that it was more complex than I thought.

Not only did I need to install the DIYHue add-on to simulate a Hue bridge, I also needed to download the Philips Hue app, or some 3rd party app called Hue essentials, to connect the smart plug (via the DIYHue bridge add-on?) to the home assistant?

I don't want to install any app from Philips.

Also it didn't work.

Isnt there a way to simply control a bulb or plug from the home assistant, running on a Raspberry pi, without having to install any corporate bullshit?

Sorry for the swearing. Im just frustrated that this all turned out to be so complex.

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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Confirmed. I have a simple USB zigbee hun and use zigbee2mqtt and it all works. You do need to also purchase the hur remote to reset the bulbs though if they've already been paired to a bridge, but even if you need it it's zigbee too so you then just have a remote

[–] possum@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

AFAIK you don’t need the remote, there’s a combination of turning the bulbs on/off a couple of times to reset them, and then you can add them using touchlink. The process is a bit tedious, but it works.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I think I tried that, few years ago now, and just couldn't get the timing right.

[–] brisk@aussie.zone 1 points 4 days ago

In my experience a toddler can get the bulbs back into pairing mode reliably, whether you want it or not