Can’t add new lights

[abplus]

Hi, weird problem going on.
I have 2 new colour ambience bulbs. When I added them to the hue app I come up against the 63 bulb limit so could only add one of the bulbs. Since then I have added a second bridge which appears to be working fine and paired perfectly with Indigo (I followed the instructions in a previous thread). I deleted the new bulbs and added them to the second bridge. Unfortunately, when I try to add them to Indigo the drop down device list is empty.

I have restarted everything a couple of times and I am updated to the latest versions of Indigo and the plugin.

Any ideas folks?

Thanks
Andrew.

[lalid]

I think this was mentioned before....But still not included in upgrade version 1.7.64

[abplus]

Thanks for the reply. I'm referring to the colour/ambience bulbs which are fully supported by the plugin. My problem seems to be that I can't add any new hue device at the moment.

Kindest regards,

Andrew.

[abplus]

Bit of an update - would love some help on this please.

Indigo is seeing the 2nd Hue Bridge and reading it fine:

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20 Jan 2022 at 17:45:03
   Reloading plugin "Hue Lights 2 1.7.64"
   Stopping plugin "Hue Lights 2 1.7.64" (pid 3722)
   Stopped plugin "Hue Lights 2 1.7.64"
   Starting plugin "Hue Lights 2 1.7.64" (pid 3729)
   Started plugin "Hue Lights 2 1.7.64"
   Hue Lights 2                    Loaded 2 lights.
   Hue Lights 2                    Loaded 2 groups.
   Hue Lights 2                    Loaded 10 scenes.
   Hue Lights 2                    Loaded 6 sensors.

And the plugin appears to behave normally:

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But no devices appear in the drop down, even though they have been read.

Screenshot 2022-01-20 at 17.49.51.png (247.53 KiB) Viewed 2527 times

Any ideas please?

Thanks,

Andrew.

[nsheldon]

Hi Andrew.

What kinds of lights are they? What does the information screen in the Hue app look like for the 2 lights that aren't appearing in the Hue Lights plugin? It's possible support for those lights hasn't yet been added to the Hue Lights plugin which would explain why they aren't appearing. Having the detailed information found in the Hue app will allow me to add support if that's the case.

[abplus]

Hi Nathan,

Thanks for your reply.

The box says colour/ambience and they are the standard mushroom shaped bulb, pretty much the first bulbs Hue released. I have others just like them around the house.

In the Hue app info it says:

Light Type: Hue color lamp

Model: LCA004

Software: 1.93.7

It feels like something has changed since reaching the 63 bulb limit on the first bridge. How that would affect the second bridge I have no idea, its just a feeling!

Thanks for any support you can give, it's driving me nuts - lol.

Kind regards,

Andrew.

[nsheldon]

Hi Andrew.

Thanks for the details. That model is new (or at least never requested before). I'll add support for that model in the next Hue Lights plugin release. You can add support yourself though, by adding that model ID to the "kHueBulbDeviceIDs" list in the supportedDevices.py file within the Hue Lights plugin. (Right-click on the Hue Lights.indigoPlugin and choose Show Package Contents, then go into the Contents then Server Plugin folders where you'll see the supportedDevices.py file. It's just a text file that you can edit with any text editor). You'll have to make that change yourself anyway on the Hue Lights plugin copy that you've made for your 2nd Hue hub, as any updates I release and you install won't change that 2nd Hue Lights plugin.

[abplus]

Amazing, thanks so much Nathan.

Its really odd, they look just like the others and even say colour/ambience on the box. Every day is a school day!

Kind regards,

Andrew.

[nsheldon]

Version 1.7.65 Posted

• Added support for another GLEDOPTO light strip controller
• Added support for another Osram garden light pole.
• Added support for another Hue color/ambiance bulb.
• Added support for another Hue outdoor wall color light.
• Added support for 2 new Hue color spot lights.
• Added support for 2 new Hue dimmable lights.

[nsheldon]

Version 1.8.0 Posted

• Added support for all light types without the need to update the plugin for every new model of light.
• Added support for multiple Hue Bridges.
• Added Plugins menu option to print device details to the log

Special thanks to forum user kw123 for providing the code to support these new features.