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Facts about the Philips Hue Bridge

Hue Terminology

Screenshots from the Alexa App

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Screenshots from Alexa's Help Menu

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Comparison Table
Field Names Colored Bulb White Bulb
     
Device Name Multi Desk Lamp
Connected Via Philips Lighting Philips Lighting
Description Extended color light Dimmable light
Type Light Light
Color Capabilities Color, Color Temperature None

Screenshots from the Hue App

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Routines tab

New Routine in Amazon Alexa App

  1. First I tapped my Amazon Alexa App from my phone
  2. next I tapped the "pancake" button to the left of the "Home" in the header
  3. the Create Routine "Add" button is displayed, the circle with the plus sign in it
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Another new routine in Amazon Alexa App

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Learning about Scenes inside the Amazon Alex App

  1. First I tapped my Amazon Alexa App from my phone
  2. next I tapped the "pancake" button to the left of the "Home" in the header
  3. The "Smart Home" page is displayed with the focus on the "Devices" tab
  4. the Discover Scenes "Add" button is displayed, the circle with the plus sign in it
  5. There were no new scenes found, so I selected "Get help connecting"
  6. the Help screen says connect Smart Home scenes via Skills.
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What did we learn ...

From the Philips Hue App ...

  1. Select the Philips Hue app from your device.
  2. Select an already existing Room
  3. The screen displayed has two tabs, Lights & Scenes
  4. you can either select an exiting scene or press the Plus button to add a new scene
  5. This gives you a submenu of
    1. Current light settings
    2. Picture Scene
  6. selecting "Current light settings" displays a New Scene screen with the keyboard ready to name it.

Trying to get the screenshots, here's what's happened.

  1. I selected the Phillips Hue app from my device
  2. I selected an already existing room named "Living Room", hence, the first screenshot
  3. The screen displayed has two tabs, "Lights" and "Scenes", "Lights" had the focus, hence, the second screenshot
  4. Upon pressing the "Scenes" tab, displayed are three already existing Scenes, and the Plus button, hence, the third screenshot
  5. pressing the Plus sign gives you a submenu of (I was not able to capture the screen with the submenu)
    1. Current light settings
    2. Picture Scene
  6. selecting "Current light settings" displays a New Scene screen with the keyboard ready to name it. (I was not able to capture the screen with the keyboard)
  7. So I typed "Scene One" into the "New scene" dialog box and then tapped "Save", hence, the fourth screenshot
  8. Tapping Scene One only allows me to adjust the brightness, hence, the fifth screenshot displaying brightness near zero percent
  9. I adjusted the percent to 75 and saved it, thus the next screenshot
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"From other apps" option - inside the Hue App

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Explore tab

Settings tab

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a Video article

Explore tab, Log in to My Hue

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There is a Hue Account

hue info

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Screenshots from IFTTT

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Adding Dot to an existing system.

Prepare to Rename several Lamps

Issues

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