Philips HUE

[anton-johansson]

Mess around with Philips HUE. Investigate what is needed and how the protocol works (I assume it's over WiFi, and no controller is needed, but this needs to be checked). What device(s) do I need to try it out?

There seems to be an OK Java SDK available:

• GitHub
• Maven (released to Maven via Syncleus)
• Documentation
• Getting started

[anton-johansson]

After some searching, the above SDK seems to be deprecated.

Here is an updated one. It's a closed source one, but it's better than nothing. The HUE API is public, so if the SDK does not meet the demands, a custom one can always be built.

Getting started guide

[anton-johansson]

Potential start package:

• Philips HUE Bridge
• Philips HUE Bloom

[anton-johansson]

Philips HUE seems to use the Zigbee protocol. If possible, it would be much better to utilize that directly and skip the Philips HUE Bridge. Can hopefully use a product like this and a Java library like one of these:

• zigbee4java (Seems awfully dead)
• zsmartsystems (Looks like a replacement for zigbee4java, looking at the main contributor)

[anton-johansson]

If we use Zigbee directly, the HUE Bridge above would be replaced with Telegesis USB Zigbee Transciever Module.