Knowledge Base

Philips Hue is a smart lighting system used for controlling lights, LED strips, lamps, switches, and lighting scenes.

ComfortClick can integrate with Philips Hue to control Hue devices directly from bOS. This allows users to turn lights ON or OFF, adjust brightness, change colors, activate scenes, and include Hue lighting in automation logic.

After the Hue system is connected, Hue devices can be used in visualization, schedules, scenes, alerts, and custom tasks, just like other connected devices in the project.

Philips Hue integration is useful when clients want flexible decorative lighting, color control, or easy retrofit lighting without additional wiring. It can be combined with KNX, sensors, schedules, and other ComfortClick integrations to create a complete lighting experience.

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HUE Settings

bOS Hue device enables communication with the Philips Hue hub and bOS. To connect to the hub use the Discovery button and bOS will search the local network for the HUE hub and IP address will be automatically filled.

Discovery

User can then configure network settings. For a reliable connection between bOS Server and Hue hub, it is advisable to set the fixed IP for the Hue hub. The Add Lamps button obtains all Hue light bulbs connected to the hub. bOS will automatically list all lamps under the Lamps subnode. To login into the HUE bridge, first the main hub button must be pressed, after that, press the login button and hue will generate a username and the connection is established.

Color Light

Color Light node represents the Hue lamp connected to the system. The Hue Light Number defines the address of the lamp. User can change the lamp color, using Color in Values tab, the user can also change the brightness, temperature and of course turn the lamp on/off. 

All the functions and values under each HUE lamp can, of course, be used in the configuration to control and manipulate the lamp according to the environment and/or current scene. Every lamp needs to be powered on before controlling the color or temperature. Changing settings before turning the lamp on will not affect the lamp.

By selecting the Color function, full color wheel will appear allowing us to control the color of the lamp. Dragging and dropping the lamp into the visualization and selecting the color function will automatically create a colorPicker, where the clients can change the color of the lamp in the bOS Client.

Color Temperature Light

Similar to HUE Color Light,  Color Temperature Light allows us to control the HUE lamp by turning it on/off, changing the brightness, but instead of tweaking the color of the lamp, we can adjust the color temperature. From cold to warm colors. Especially useful for creating human centric light where color temperature is crucial.