I just got some Hue bulbs this week, and need some advice on the best way to use them for notifications. I tried searching, but couldn't find a similar thread.
I have about a dozen Z-Wave HSM200 sensors. I use their little LEDs for notification when certain events occur. For example, when any door is open, I change all the HSM200s' color to green, when water has been flowing longer than a certain amount of time, I change their color to blue, when the security alarm is armed, yellow, etc.
I'd like to do something similar with the Hue bulbs. So, if a door is open, change the bulbs' color to green and when the door is closed, change the bulbs back to whatever state they were in before the door was open (so, if a bulb was off before the door was open, turn the bulb back off, but if another bulb was on with a certain color/state setting, change that back to the same color/state it was in).
What is the best way to do this with the Hue bulbs and the JowiHue plug-in? Set a scene or animation when the triggering event occurs? When the triggering event is done (e.g. the door is closed again), then how do I change the bulbs to whatever state they were in earlier (some bulbs may have been off earlier, so I want them to go back off, while other bulbs may have been on, so I want them to stay on but go back to whatever color setting they had before the door was open)?
I have about a dozen Z-Wave HSM200 sensors. I use their little LEDs for notification when certain events occur. For example, when any door is open, I change all the HSM200s' color to green, when water has been flowing longer than a certain amount of time, I change their color to blue, when the security alarm is armed, yellow, etc.
I'd like to do something similar with the Hue bulbs. So, if a door is open, change the bulbs' color to green and when the door is closed, change the bulbs back to whatever state they were in before the door was open (so, if a bulb was off before the door was open, turn the bulb back off, but if another bulb was on with a certain color/state setting, change that back to the same color/state it was in).
What is the best way to do this with the Hue bulbs and the JowiHue plug-in? Set a scene or animation when the triggering event occurs? When the triggering event is done (e.g. the door is closed again), then how do I change the bulbs to whatever state they were in earlier (some bulbs may have been off earlier, so I want them to go back off, while other bulbs may have been on, so I want them to stay on but go back to whatever color setting they had before the door was open)?
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