nicdumz / devdeck-hue

Plugin for DevDeck (Elgato Linux controller) which allows controlling Philips Hue lights.

DevDeck - Philips Hue integration

Philips Hue light controls for DevDeck.

Installing

Simply install DevDeck - Hue into the same python environment that you have installed DevDeck.

pip install devdeck-hue

You can then update your DevDeck configuration to use decks and controls from this package.

Controls

• toggle.Toggle

  Can be used to toggle on/off a Philips Hue lamp.

• brightness.Increase

  Can be use to increase light brightness by a static amount.

• brightness.Decrease

  Can be use to decrease light brightness by a static amount.

One-time setup

The phue module which is used under the hood requires a one-time pairing with the Hue bridge, once. Easiest way to do this is:

python3 -m phue --host 192.168.1.42

Where --host is the IP of the Hue bridge.

Configuration

Example configuration:

decks:
  - serial_number: ABC123
    name: devdeck.decks.single_page_deck_controller.SinglePageDeckController
    settings:
      controls:
        - name: devdeck_hue.toggle.Toggle
          key: 0
          settings:
            host: 192.168.1.23
            light_id: 4
        - name: devdeck_hue.brightness.Increase
          key: 1
          settings:
            host: 192.168.1.23
            light_id: 4
            step: 20
        - name: devdeck_hue.brightness.Decrease
          key: 1
          settings:
            host: 192.168.1.23
            light_id: 4
            step: 20

light_id is the light ID from the hue bridge. A simply way to list connected lights by id is to run the following Python snippet:

python3 -c 'import phue; b=phue.Bridge(); b.connect(); print(b.get_light_objects(mode="id"))'