YahueV2 (Yet another Hue app, using Hue API v2)

[Sankotronic 2,370]

10 minutes ago, jgab said:

v0.2.33 should fix it!
If it works, I would recommend to set sseWatchdog back to 0...

 

I refreshed QA Dist manager, but latest version is still 0.2.32 which is installed.

Have you already published 0.2.33?

 

[Sjakie 156]

Jan is it possible to have in the QA

76/80 selected

 

or

80 devices

76 selected

[Sankotronic 2,370]

Jan,

 

v0.2.33 installed and qvar sseWatchdog is set to 0.

[jgab 2,647]

41 minutes ago, Sjakie said:

Jan is it possible to have in the QA

76/80 selected

 

or

80 devices

76 selected

You could have all selected... why? problem?

[Sjakie 156]

It's easy to see that all are selected instead of scrolling down to see if all are selected.

I just saw I was 2 pieces missing to select.

 

[Sankotronic 2,370]

Hi Jan,

I try to find what is variable hueMinGap used for? To what value settings can be used?

 

[jgab 2,647]

2 hours ago, Sankotronic said:

Hi Jan,

I try to find what is variable hueMinGap used for? To what value settings can be used?

 

It's the time in ms when commands are paced. We try to avoid to send more than 10 cmd/sec - so default for hueMinGap is 100.
If the hub is still overrun we double it, to back-off, etc. When cmds go though we set it back to 100ms..
The quickVar allow us to set another base/min value for it. I guess if you have other QAs/VDs sending cmds to the same hub it can make sense to increase the value.

If you have 20 lights that you set the state for when your automation QA starts up, the hue hub will not be happy.
Yahue tries to play nice and pace the commands, but if other QAs/VDs also sen commands, it may not help.

[Sankotronic 2,370]

Hi Jan,

 

thanks for the explanation what variable hueMinGap is used for. So, I can add this variable to Yahue variables tab and set it to 100 that is default settings. Is there a way I can see if I need to increase value of this variable?

[jgab 2,647]

34 minutes ago, Sankotronic said:

Hi Jan,

 

thanks for the explanation what variable hueMinGap is used for. So, I can add this variable to Yahue variables tab and set it to 100 that is default settings. Is there a way I can see if I need to increase value of this variable?

If it frequently starts to increase throttling, you see warning messages like
WARNING: hue PUT 429, throttling to Xms

then it can be worth increasing it a bit. 
It will automatically increase the value if it gets 429 from the hub, but if it always do it it may e better to set a larger hueMinGap value

[Sjakie 156]

jan,

v2.33

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Edited April 28 by Sjakie

[jgab 2,647]

1 hour ago, Sjakie said:

jan,

v2.33

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It's a strange room or zone missing anything that can be turnedOn or dimmed...?
What zone is it and what devices does it have?
Can you press "dump" in the UI and PM me the resource list logged?

[Sjakie 156]

Jan, It has nothing to do with your Yahue but I noticed that HC3 is switchting light on >> Hue app shows light is on>> result lamp is't on!

I am on the new bridge.

[jgab 2,647]

13 hours ago, Sjakie said:

Jan, It has nothing to do with your Yahue but I noticed that HC3 is switchting light on >> Hue app shows light is on>> result lamp is't on!

I am on the new bridge.

The light is on with 1% ?

Edited May 5 by jgab

[Sjakie 156]

In HUE app around 70% in HC3 I did't check will do next time.

I ad a wallplug so I can easy restart Hue bridge if it will help?

Edited May 5 by Sjakie
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[Sjakie 156]

Jan:

In HUE app around 70% in HC3 I did't check will do next time.

I ad a wallplug so I can easy restart Hue bridge if it will help?

 

This behavior I see only by non Hue lights.

fa in kitchen I have Rexel & IKEA brand.

If selected a color out of scope of those brands it will not react properly. Scenes in Hue take over from other (Hue) zones.

[Sjakie 156]

Jan,

v0.2.33

I am wrong with:

"If selected a color out of scope of those brands it will not react properly. Scenes in Hue take over from other (Hue) zones."

It's more in your direction "The light is on with 1%"

Hue app shows light off!

Light isOn.

HC3 shows in Debug light:isOn

Hue app does't show 1% > see picture.

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Edited May 7 by Sjakie
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[Sjakie 156]

Jan, what I don't understand this happens also with HUE Ambiance spot. 

Bathroom never gave a problem but since yesterday something changed light is not switching on. Bathroom QA is't changed for weeks.

[Sankotronic 2,370]

My experience is that mixing different types of lights from different manufacturers on Philips HUE has its disadvantages due to different ranges for color temperature and colors. I overcame this problem by making or changing HUE scenes using original HUE app and using exclusively those HUE scenes to control my lights.

 

Also, I use mostly room/zones and have individual control only for plugs and HUE Festavia string light. Where different type of lights are used like color and dimmable, I separate them to two zones.

[Sjakie 156]

I understand what you wrote.

My rooms/zones are now all the same brand no mixture off brands.

Where the problem is I have no clue I have my support from Jan.

Why there is a difference in on/off between HC3 and Hue bridge? This I never notice with the old Hue bridge and HC3???

In the previous Yahue it was working fine.

Now I have some difficulties to overcome.

Purchase Ikea was budget driven and I was thinking to replace them with Hue. A lot of money to spent now for something what was working is not convincing me right now. Also going back to the old Yahue is not a smart idea.

Btw yesterday I added scenes in HUE app today they  are gone????

 

 

Edited May 8 by Sjakie

[jgab 2,647]

1. If the lights are lights that you physically turned off with a switch (so they loose connection with the Hue hub)
I have released 0.2.35 that behaves better with lights that are disconnected.

2. Otherwise I suspect that the websocket stream crash.

Do you see any warnings/error in the log?
You can try to set quickAppVar sseWatchdog to 300.  This will start a new web socket if there is no traffic for 5min.
This means that the light will sync after 5min... if this works, you can lower the value to 60 to get a sync after 1min.
If this is the reason, it may be that you have a flaky local Wifi?

If it doesn't work, the problem is elsewhere.

3. It could be that the hub gets flooded with commands. Then you can set the quickVar hueMinGap to 200 and see if that helps. This will send commands at a lower pace to the Hue hub, hopefully not overflowing it

Edited May 8 by jgab