JowiHue Plugin for HS4

[w.vuyk]

Release 4.0.8.1 October 2022

• Solved an issue with creating the Extra device voor Groups
• Solved an issue with the event condtions
• Solved an issue with ending animaions
• Solved an issue with groups holding removed lights

[w.vuyk]

Release 4.0.8.2 November 2022

• solved an issue with the Hue sync box when it is controlled from another device
• Solved an issue on JowiHue acion when controlling a group
• updated the JowiHue action to resolve a dependency on the HS device reference.
• Improved preventing the plugin to restart
• same low battery warnings were repeated too often, solved

[w.vuyk]

Release 4.0.8.3 November 2022

• Major: Plugin restarts should happen a lot less frequent.
• Setting brightness to 0% in JowiHue action for groups should put the lights off (lights are functioning fine)
• for Groups the RGB feature was not set correctly.
• Enabled compatibility with the Philips Hue Festavia Christmas lights (including the sparkle effects on the extra feature)

For everyone experiencing a regular restart of the plugin it is advised to move to this release.

[w.vuyk]

Release 4.0.8.4 December 2022

• Solved an issue with updating the device features for lights and groups not updating anymore
• Solved an issue with updating the old version LightGroups on Philips Hue bridges - these will nog be updated once per 30 seconds (these still need polling)

[w.vuyk]

Release 4.0.8.6 Januari 2023

• Corrected updating light devices when using the xy mode
• some temperature sensors report a large jump (-100) in the values from time to time (often a signal that batteries are going down). These jumps will no longer update the feature.
• Corrected an issue with the sensitivity setting not displaying on certain sensors.
• final preparations done to include JowiHue actions and triggers in HS search results
• solved an issue with lights being added to the plugin in an incomplete way, causing the plugin restarting after some time.
• Solved an issue with finding and repairing Philips GEN1 bridges
• Solved a change for light devices showing features twice
• solved an issue with the refreshtimer for Philips Hue bridges
• The value setting for lightlevels was always showing "xx Lux" even when the setting for Lux conversion was disabled.
• Solved an issue where creating devices for a light on a Philips Hue bridge started using the new API ID. If you have lights throwing errors in the log, you need to delete the device as HS device and restart the plugin.

[w.vuyk]

Release 4.0.8.7 Februari 2023

• Improving color control on xy values
• Restoring response of CT and Sat values on group devices
• Improving control on IKEA color light
• Reviewed color calculations in the plugin
• RGB device is now showing the chosen color that should be a close match to the setting of the light.
• Preperations for the 4.2.17.0 version of HS4

I will be working for the next versions on making the Hue and Sat features for optional. Currently control though the RGB is stable and as more and more brands are moving away from Hue color control, it is going to be better to not rely on these controls anymore. As said, this will be optional, but also default for new installs in the near future.

Also in the near future, the naming convention of the plugin will change, to better conform to the HS4 expectations of the name for a device and the functional name for the features (eg device:Room light, features: On/Off Dim, CT, RGB, Hue, Sat --- or device: Sensor living room, features: Motion, Lightlevel, Battery, Temperature.

Feel free to post questions on this in the forum?