Philips Hue and HASS go haywire?

PuckStar · September 24, 2016, 10:42pm

Lately I notice strange things in the hass (in the logbook). Philips Hue lights go off and on very often and random.
Note that the actual light doesn’t turn off and on! But it messes with automations
It seems to happen when the actual hue light is on. When they are off during the day I don’t see these kind of log entries.
Not sure if it matters but all devices (hue controller and pi3 with hass) are wired.
Also I don’t use the Hue emulator.

This is just a small part of the log of this evening:

23:17
Tuin Terras turned on
23:17
Tuin Terras turned off
23:16
Woonkamer Achter turned on
23:16
Tuin Achter turned off
23:16
Woonkamer Achter turned off
23:16
Tuin Achter turned on
23:15
Woonkamer Achter turned on
23:15
Tuin Schuur turned on
23:15
Woonkamer Voor turned on
23:15
Tuin Achter turned off
23:14
Tuin Terras turned on
23:14
Tuin Terras turned off
23:14
Woonkamer turned on
23:14
Woonkamer Haard turned on
23:13
Woonkamer turned off
23:13
Tuin Schuur turned off
23:13
Woonkamer Voor turned off
23:13
Woonkamer Achter turned off
23:13
Tuin Terras turned on
23:13
Woonkamer Haard turned off
23:12
Tuin Schuur turned on
23:12
Woonkamer Voor turned on
23:12
Woonkamer Voor turned off
23:11
Tuin Terras turned off
23:10
Tuin Terras turned on
23:10
Tuin Schuur turned off
23:09
Tuin Terras turned off
23:08
Tuin Achter turned on
23:08
Woonkamer Voor turned on
23:07
Woonkamer Voor turned off
23:07
Tuin Achter turned off
23:07
Tuin Schuur turned on
23:06
Woonkamer Achter turned on
23:06
Woonkamer Achter turned off
23:05
Tuin Schuur turned off
23:05
Tuin Achter turned on
23:04
Woonkamer Voor turned on
23:04
Tuin Schuur turned on
23:04
Tuin turned on
23:04
Woonkamer Voor turned off
23:04
Tuin Terras turned on
23:04
Woonkamer Achter turned on
23:03
Tuin turned off
23:03
Tuin Terras turned off
23:03
Woonkamer Achter turned off
23:03
Woonkamer Haard turned on
23:02
Tuin Schuur turned off
23:02
Tuin Achter turned off
23:02
Woonkamer Haard turned off
23:02
Woonkamer Voor turned on
23:01
Woonkamer Voor turned off
23:01
Tuin Achter turned on
23:01
Tuin Terras turned on
23:00
Woonkamer Achter turned on
23:00
Woonkamer Haard turned on
22:59
Tuin turned on
22:59
Tuin Schuur turned on
22:59
Tuin turned off
22:59
Woonkamer Achter turned off
22:59
Tuin Achter turned off
22:59
Woonkamer Haard turned off
22:58
Tuin turned on
22:58
Tuin Achter turned on
22:58
Tuin turned off
22:58
Tuin Schuur turned off
22:58
Tuin Terras turned off
22:58
Woonkamer Achter turned on
22:58
Woonkamer Haard turned on
22:57
Tuin Terras turned on
22:57
Woonkamer Achter turned off
22:57
Tuin Achter turned off
22:57
Woonkamer Haard turned off
22:57
Tuin Schuur turned on
22:57
Tuin Terras turned off
22:56
Tuin Terras turned on
22:56
Tuin Terras turned off
22:55
Tuin Schuur turned off
22:55
Tuin Achter turned on
22:54
Tuin Schuur turned on
22:54
Tuin Achter turned off
22:54
Tuin Achter turned on
22:53
Tuin turned on
22:53
Tuin Terras turned on
22:53
Tuin turned off
22:53
Tuin Achter turned off
22:53
Tuin Schuur turned off
22:52
Tuin Achter turned on
22:51
Tuin Terras turned off
22:51
Tuin Achter turned off
22:51
Tuin Achter turned on
22:50
Tuin Schuur turned on
22:50
Woonkamer Voor turned on
22:49
Tuin Schuur turned off
22:49
Woonkamer Voor turned off
22:49
Tuin Achter turned off
22:49
Tuin Achter turned on
22:47
Tuin Schuur turned on
22:46
Tuin Schuur turned off
22:46
Tuin Achter turned off
22:46
Tuin Schuur turned on
22:46
Tuin Achter turned on
22:45
Tuin Schuur turned off
22:45
Tuin Achter turned off
22:44
Tuin Schuur turned on
22:44
Tuin Terras turned on
22:44
Tuin turned on
22:44
Tuin Achter turned on
22:43
Tuin turned off
22:43
Tuin Schuur turned off
22:42
Rolluik changed to closed
22:42
Rolluik Slaapkamer changed to closed
22:42
Tuin Schuur turned on
22:42
Tuin Terras turned off
22:41
Tuin Schuur turned off
22:41
Tuin Achter turned off
22:40
Tuin Achter turned on
22:40
Tuin Schuur turned on
22:39
Tuin Schuur turned off
22:39
Tuin Achter turned off
22:39
Tuin Schuur turned on
22:39
Woonkamer Haard turned on
22:38
Tuin Achter turned on
22:38
Woonkamer Haard turned off
22:37
Tuin Achter turned off
22:37
Tuin Schuur turned off
22:36
Tuin Achter turned on
22:35
Tuin Achter turned off
22:33
Tuin Terras turned on
22:33
Tuin Terras turned off
22:32
Tuin Schuur turned on
22:32
Tuin Terras turned on
22:31
Tuin Schuur turned off
22:31
Tuin Terras turned off
22:31
Tuin Schuur turned on
22:31
Tuin Terras turned on
22:30
Tuin Terras turned off
22:29
Tuin Schuur turned off
22:29
Tuin Achter turned on
22:28
Tuin Achter turned off
22:27
Tuin Schuur turned on
22:27
Tuin Achter turned on
22:26
Tuin Schuur turned off
22:26
Tuin Terras turned on
22:26
Tuin turned on
22:26
Tuin Schuur turned on
22:26
Woonkamer Voor turned on
22:26
Woonkamer Haard turned on
22:25
Tuin turned off
22:25
Woonkamer Voor turned off
22:25
Tuin Terras turned off
22:25
Woonkamer Achter turned on
22:25
Woonkamer Haard turned off
22:25
Tuin Schuur turned off
22:25
Woonkamer Achter turned off
22:25
Tuin Achter turned off
22:24
Tuin Achter turned on
22:24
Tuin Schuur turned on
22:24
Woonkamer Voor turned on
22:24
Woonkamer Achter turned on
22:23
Woonkamer Voor turned off
22:23
Woonkamer Achter turned off
22:23
Tuin Achter turned off
22:23
Tuin Achter turned on
22:22
Tuin Achter turned off
22:21
Woonkamer Voor turned on
22:20
Tuin Achter turned on
22:20
Tuin Schuur turned off
22:20
Woonkamer Voor turned off
22:19
Tuin Schuur turned on
22:19
Tuin Achter turned off
22:18
Tuin Schuur turned off
22:18
Tuin Schuur turned on
22:18
Tuin Achter turned on
22:17
Tuin Achter turned off
22:17
Tuin Schuur turned off
22:15
Tuin Schuur turned on
22:15
Woonkamer Haard turned on
22:15
Tuin Schuur turned off
22:15
Tuin Terras turned on
22:15
Tuin Achter turned on
22:15
Woonkamer Haard turned off
22:14
Tuin Achter turned off
22:13
Tuin Terras turned off
22:13
Tuin Achter turned on
22:13
Tuin Schuur turned on
22:13
Tuin Achter turned off
22:12
Tuin Achter turned on
22:12
Tuin Schuur turned off
22:12
Tuin Achter turned off
22:11
Tuin Schuur turned on
22:10
Woonkamer Haard turned on
22:09
Woonkamer Achter turned on
22:09
Woonkamer Haard turned off
22:09
Tuin Schuur turned off
22:09
Woonkamer Achter turned off
22:08
Tuin Schuur turned on
22:08
Tuin Terras turned on
22:07
Tuin Terras turned off
22:07
Tuin Achter turned on
22:07
Tuin turned on
22:07
Tuin Terras turned on
22:07
Tuin turned off
22:07
Woonkamer Achter turned on
22:07
Tuin Achter turned off
22:06
Tuin Schuur turned off
22:06
Tuin Terras turned off
22:06
Woonkamer Achter turned off
22:05
Tuin Terras turned on
22:05
Tuin Achter turned on
22:05
Tuin turned on
22:05
Tuin Schuur turned on
22:05
Tuin turned off
22:05
Tuin Terras turned off
22:04
Tuin Schuur turned off
22:04
Woonkamer Achter turned on
22:04
Tuin Schuur turned on
22:04
Tuin turned on
22:04
Tuin Terras turned on
22:03
Woonkamer Achter turned off
22:03
Tuin turned off
22:03
Tuin Achter turned off
22:03
Tuin Terras turned off
22:02
Tuin Terras turned on
22:02
Tuin Schuur turned off
22:01
Forecast.io Hourly Summary changed to Light rain starting tomorrow evening.
22:01
Tuin Terras turned off
22:01
Tuin Achter turned on
22:00
Tuin Schuur turned on
22:00
Tuin turned on
22:00
Tuin Terras turned on
21:59
Tuin turned off
21:59
Tuin Schuur turned off
21:59
Tuin Terras turned off
21:59
Tuin Achter turned off
21:59
Woonkamer Haard turned on
21:59
Tuin Schuur turned on
21:59
Woonkamer Haard turned off
21:58
Tuin Achter turned on
21:58
Tuin turned on
21:58
Tuin Terras turned on
21:57
Tuin turned off
21:57
Tuin Schuur turned off
21:57
Tuin Terras turned off
21:57
Tuin Achter turned off
21:57
Woonkamer Achter turned on
21:57
Tuin Achter turned on
21:56
Tuin Schuur turned on
21:56
Woonkamer Achter turned off
21:55
Tuin Schuur turned off
21:55
Tuin Achter turned off
21:54
Tuin Schuur turned on
21:53
Tuin Schuur turned off
21:53
Tuin Terras turned on
21:53
Woonkamer Achter turned on
21:52
Tuin Schuur turned on
21:52
Tuin turned on
21:52
Tuin Achter turned on
21:52
Woonkamer Voor turned on
21:52
Lichten turned on
21:52
Woonkamer turned on
21:52
Woonkamer Haard turned on
21:51
Lichten turned off
21:51
Tuin turned off
21:51
Tuin Schuur turned off
21:51
Woonkamer turned off
21:51
Woonkamer Achter turned off
21:51
Tuin Schuur turned on
21:51
Tuin turned on
21:51
Woonkamer Voor turned off
21:51
Woonkamer Haard turned off
21:50
Woonkamer Achter turned on
21:50
Woonkamer Haard turned on
21:50
Woonkamer Achter turned off
21:50
Tuin turned off
21:50
Tuin Achter turned off
21:50
Woonkamer Haard turned off
21:49
Woonkamer Achter turned on
21:49
Tuin turned on
21:49
Tuin Achter turned on
21:48
Woonkamer Haard turned on
21:48
Tuin turned off
21:48
Woonkamer Achter turned off
21:48
Tuin Achter turned off
21:47
Woonkamer Voor turned on
21:47
Woonkamer Haard turned off
21:47
Tuin Schuur turned off
21:47
Woonkamer Voor turned off
21:47
Tuin Terras turned off
21:47
Tuin Achter turned on
21:46
Woonkamer Voor turned on
21:46
Woonkamer Voor turned off
21:45
Tuin Schuur turned on
21:45
Tuin turned on
21:45
Tuin Terras turned on
21:44
Forecast.io Hourly Summary changed to Partly cloudy tomorrow evening.
21:44
Tuin turned off
21:44
Tuin Achter turned off
21:42
Tuin turned on
21:42
Tuin Achter turned on
21:41
Tuin turned off
21:41
Woonkamer Voor turned on
21:41
Tuin Achter turned off
21:41
Woonkamer Voor turned off

rpitera · September 25, 2016, 3:26pm

I just checked mine and not seeing this behavior. BTW, I am using physical and not emulated Hue support, for the record.

PuckStar · September 26, 2016, 8:38pm

It seems to be solved by adding HUE manually to HASS. So not just with the autodiscovery.
I’ll report back in a few days to be sure it’s fixed.

PuckStar · October 4, 2016, 8:26am

Ok, adding it manually to HASS (and having the allow_unreachable: true setting) seems to have solved my issue.
See this page for info: https://home-assistant.io/components/light.hue/

However sometimes the lights still act weird. Like last night the automation to turn off all lights triggered. But within the same minute 1 light turned on again. Unclear if it’s HASS that did that, or Philips HUE. At least it was not me who turned it on.

imtiajmeah · November 2, 2016, 11:26pm

I am having the same issue with 0.31.1. Hue bridge manually added to config.

One of the hue lights that is on seems to have random entries in the logbook switching off and on. Just added “allow_unreachable: true” to the config and will see if it resolves the issue like yours.

Does seem like a bug somewhere, as the actual light does not actually turn off and on but the logbook has the entry.

PuckStar · November 3, 2016, 10:13am

It will help but still it could occasionally happen. Also I noticed occasionally HUE can’t reach a light.
So it’s not only unreliable in HASS but also in HUE itself.

I know you can also change the channel of HUE but I hardly doubt that would make a difference in my case because I don’t live in a wireless crowded area.