Questions tagged [bridge]

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How can I dim or turn off the light of the Philips Hue bridge itself?

I have a Philips Hue bridge 2.0 in the bedroom. At night the blue light from the Philips Hue bridge itself is way too bright for a bedroom. How can I dim or turn off the light of the Philips Hue bridge itself? Is it possible with settings or do I…
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Can Philips Hue bulbs run schedules while the bridge is off?

I understand I need the Philips Hue Bridge to control Philips Hue lights. Let's say I set everything up and configure a light to go on/off on a schedule (turn on light in evening, turn off in morning). Then I disconnect the Bridge (unplug/power…
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Can't connect Philips Hue Bridge with network

I have installed the Philips Hue Light Starter Kit (Bridge + 2 White Lamps). Yesterday this worked well and I could control it via App or Alexa. Today the Hue Bridge disconnected from network and I'm not able to reconnect it. I restarted my…
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Philips Hue Bridge resets to factory default after power loss

My problem is the following: I've set up my Philips Hue Bridge and everything works great. After a power failure, the bridge comes back to life but it appears to be reset to factory default settings. I also receive an email from meethue.com: "your…
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How to connect these different smart home devices?

Somehow I ended up with a mix of smart home devices. What hub/bridge/connector device should I use to connect the ones below? My devices: Google Home Google Home - Mini Xiaomi (Mijia) Gateway v.2 EU-Version Osram smart socket Ikea TRÅDFRI remote…
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mosquitto - bridging options for remote client identifier

From mosquitto.conf, the following options (among many others) exist for bridging. connection name This variable marks the start of a new bridge connection. It is also used to give the bridge a name which is used as the client id on the …
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Use HomeLink button in car to toggle light controlled by smart switch

A few months ago, I bought a 2023 Honda Civic with built-in trio of HomeLink buttons. I don't have a garage, but I do have a front porch light I'd love to be able to toggle on and off from inside the car on the driveway using one of those buttons…
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How to connect the bridge node of painlessmesh to AWS IoT Core to publish message via MQTT?

Background: I am trying to work with two ESP8266 nodes using the painless mesh. Until now the painless mesh worked fine. At next level i made one of the node as bridge or root node. My intention here now is that the root node should fetch the data…
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