Following a Hue Bridge firmware upgrade on the 24th Feb all of my Hue bulbs have vanished from my Vera configuration, not just from the UI. I ran the Device List code and every Hue device has gone.
The Bridges are still there, but now when you press the On for the Bridge device in Vera it seems to send an All Lights On command to the Bridge.
I have tried to restore a backup from before the 24th but the devices are still missing.
I installed the AltHue plugin instead and changed the devices IDs of the ânewâ Hue bulbs that were added into Vera with the device ID numbers of what the bulbs were previously.
Luckily I was able to look up their original ID numbers in the Imperihome app.
This meant I didnât need to reconfigure all my PLEG logic or the Java HA Bridge software.
However any native Vera scenes that included the Hue bulbs I had to configure again as the Hue devices were just missing from those scenes.
Sounds like the whole issue is due to the Philips/Signify name changeâŠ
If someone can can fix it with such a minor edit on the user side it makes me wonder why thereâs no update for it.
Thanks for this âworkaroundâ. I will take a look at this later today. My concern is that unless the PlugIn is modified at source, each time there is a Hue firmware upgrade will the Hue bulbs vanish again and another few hours spent fixing it.
I downloaded the D_PhilipsHue2.xml file and edited the Manufacturer from Philips to Signify. I unplugged the Hue bridges so Vera did not see them, then restored a backup from the 23rd. I then uploaded the edited xml file. When the Luup engine restarted I git the âPlease wait, configuring z-wave devicesâ and then the hue lights vanished again
There must be some other file that is used that I missed. At the moment though this does not seem to work.
I changed the xml file to include Signify Netherlands B.V. as the manufacturer and for a moment I thought that had fixed it - then Vera did a reload and starting configuring devices and then they were gone (again). I have even tried deleting the whole âmanufacturerâ name and no luck.
I spoke to Vera support and they are receiving a lot of calls about the Hue bulbs vanishing since the hub firmware update. They are looking for a fix.
Unless someone much more clever than I can figure this, Iâll have to wait.
Well⊠I gave up and switched to AltHue plugin. Although I have to adapt several scenes. Which is for me also a good reason to use Reactor for this in stead of the limited scene capabilities of Vera.
Again an example that we luckily have a bunch of very capable external plugin writers. Much more capable and quicker than Vera team (sorry to say soâŠ). @amg0 and @rigpapa igpapa thanks again for you excellent plugins!
Yes. My Hue Bridge firmware upgrade failed on 24-Feb.
Thanks for the recommendations everyone. Sounds like ALTHUE or Reactor are options.
I am not terribly impressed with Philips Hue. The scenes are very limited.
I will not loose more time to check the old plugin and start with AltHue. If you are able to maintain the devices and want to preserve scenes (to some degree, since AltHue is using standard actions, while the official one goes for proprietary onesâŠ) you can
restore a backup
remove the embedded flag from the child devices (this should prevent a delete) before they get deleted
install AltHue
run a discovery
swap device ID, as previously shown
This will preserve scenes. If you are able to start from scratch, just do it and never look back. AltHue is very well maintained and itâs working with standard actions, so 100% compatible with mobile apps.
EDIT: and I wish it was possible for the community to flag a plug-in as not working and have the AppStore reflect this, to prevent new users not accessing the forum from installing non-working things and get frustrated. Thereâs a long list of scenarios like thisâŠ
Bit the bullet and moved over to AltHue - creating a second device as I need two Hue Bridges. It took a press of the button on the Hue Bridges and a couple of Engine Reloads to get things working, but all devices in and working and added back into the scenes.
As soon as my Vera is working again ( I updated to the latest firmware and canât connect to Vera at all anymore) I will try this. Do you happen to know if it is also possible to adjust the colorloop speed?