I installed HA and got a basic configuration going with nothing but Wink as I havea Wink 2 hub that takes to all my bulbs, switches, garage doors.
I have a few Lightify RGBW bulbs as well as an LED strip.
The LED strip reports fine in HA and I can control its hue, however the bulbs are reported as color temperature changing bulbs not hue bulbs so I can’t adjust their color only their temperature.
Anyone else can help me to see what I need to change to allow them to change hue? Thanks!
Do they allow for color control in the Wink app? Maybe check to make sure they are showing as the correct model.
I have a Lightify GardenSpot string running direct through my Wink hub (no Osram hub) and they are interpreted correctly in HA and I can control their RGB colors.
Yes, I can control them from Wink just fine. And as I said the LED strip comes through fine into HA as well just like your garden strip. However the bulbs show up as adjustable whites not RGBWs.
Actually I take it back. Now my TV strip does not show color either, it only shows up as a changeable white. Weird! I have no idea what determines how they show up in HA.
Usually the Wink component just gets the device roster from the API connection. Are you familiar with Wink@Home?
It’s a web interface for Wink PubSub - it looks basically like the Wink app, but it’s a great troubleshooting tool. I use it if a state on a device gets stuck or not reporting properly to see how PubSub sees it directly. You have to log in with your Wink credentials, but it’s safe and can be trusted.
I’d be interested as a troubleshooting step to see how they appear in Wink@Home and if the color picker works. Based on what you find, we may be able to go further.
Yup, I am familiar with that page and things look OK over there. I can set color for either of my bulbs with no problems.
OK, let me tag in @w1ll1am23. He’s the dev that worked on Wink support in HA and really did an awesome job of tightening things up as well as adding new features. He may have some insight on to how this is happening.
(A really awesome dev to work with who knows pubsub and Wink like few people I know.)
Awesome! I’m an SE but never worked with python so things are a bit new to this real time C++ programmer…
I’m very impressed by HA so far and how strong the community support is, it’s a shame that Wink developers take so long to bring anything to life. I doubt they ever checked anything with real time scenarios, their user stories were covering base cases but nothing elaborate that would resemble actual home automation.
All I’m planning on using Wink for is to host my things but I’ll do all automation via HA as Wink’s robots are not very bright and a pain in the butt to use.
Relying on stringify and other third parties to get things done is really sad.
Agree on all counts. Wink was the first platform I got into with home automation and it had great promise (and at the time, was pretty advanced if you remember back that far) but the management issues with Quirky really sucked a lot of life out of the company.
I move more and more off the hub and onto HA. At this point, it’s really just a hub for GoControl sensors, A Schlage lock, a bunch of GE Link lights and a string of Osram lightify garden lights. One by one I moved devices and programs off the Wink Hub and onto HA, so this approach is definitely do-able.
The color picker issue will be fixed in 0.45.2 if it gets released, if not it will be in 0.46.
It was a bug I introduced awhile back. Basically if the bulb isn’t in color mode the picker won’t show up. Quick fix is to change the color in the wink app then go back into HA and you should see the picker.
As you can see in the above map of my network I’m a bit committed at the time with a whole slew or Caseta dimmers and bulb control remotes that I use for scene controls, a couple of Osram Lightify RGBW bulbs (about to install 8 more for more "color), MyQ garage controller, a few GE z-wave switches and a dozen+ z-wave single and/or double relays. Moving all z-wave would not be a problem, but the Caseta and the need to buy a hub for the Lightify is not something I want to undertake at the moment plus I don’t know what kind of support I could get for the bulb remotes to drive scenes.
Thanks! I’ll be on the lookout for the next release!
Same reason I have my caseta dimmer and the lightify string on the Wink. Not buying another hub at this point. The MyQ and Zwave switches would come over nicely though - HA has a native MyQ cover component. I’m buying some GE switches, so I’ll let you know how that goes!
This also seems to be a problem with Hue bulbs. They show up as tune-able white unless a color is selected externally.
Yeah would be a problem with any color bulb the fix i mentioned above should fix it for all types.
Thanks @w1ll1am23! I’m working out a few bugs in the RC for AppDaemon/Dashboard at the moment, but once they get resolved I’ll give your new code a test.
