Discovered the Philips Hue API and have already made my life better. Now, with a single tap or voice command, my back yard in the desert is set for a perfect evening of floating in the pool. Pool heater and pump on. Colorful pool light enabled. Motion detectors deactivated. Entire outdoor lightning system set to a dynamic, colorful palette.

Note January 6, 2023 at 10:28 PM

Discovered the Philips Hue API and have already made my life better. Now, with a single tap or voice command, my back yard in the desert is set for a perfect evening of floating in the pool.

Pool heater and pump on. Colorful pool light enabled. Motion detectors deactivated. Entire outdoor lightning system set to a dynamic, colorful palette.

Jonathan's location at time of posting:

DesertSun

Stationary

-3.6 km/h

32%

Comments (2)

Zeb Palmer (Syringa Admin) via syringa.social

@jonathan in the slim chance you haven't looked into home assistant, I 1000% suggest you do. abstracts away all the various Hue, zigbee, zwave, and countless other APIs making everything seamlessly work together. I've got voice stuff that'll fire off scenes that include hue, zwave, zigbee, govee and esp32 devices -- all just magically work together.

Jonathan LaCour via Mastodon

@zebpalmer my setup is HomeKit, with both Homebridge and HomeAssistant, along with a small amount of custom code. Magic, indeed!
I’m using the Hue API to do a few things that aren’t supported by any of the standard integrations, but have it all wired up in Homebridge using custom HTTP buttons.

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