Hey there, I’ve invested various Philips Hue switches back when some big discounts happening. I own many Motion Sensors, Rotary Knobs, Dimmer Switches, Buttons and Wall Switches. I have no Hue lights at all (I use other brands with the help of HA), but I got a Philips Hue Bridge to connect them al…

[image] Kabraxis: I own many Motion Sensors, Rotary Knobs, Dimmer Switches, Buttons and Wall Switches. I don’t think any of these are routers, so you haven’t actually got a mesh - the bridge will be trying to connect to all of them directly. This will make the network very vulnerable to inter…

Sounds like the Hue bridge is encountering interference. You’ll probably want to change channels on it to avoid WiFi or other types of interference. It can only do channels 11, 15, 20 or 25. Depending on which WiFi channels are in use, you’ll want to get it away from that. You might also want move t…

If you are looking at some zigbee tips, and yes Hue is a custom zigbee implementation, look at this list for some help. The Home Assistant Cookbook - Index .

[image] Kabraxis: (I use other brands with the help of HA), Are these Zigbee? [image] Kabraxis: My HA on Docker runs on my QNAP NAS, so putting a stick on seems to be very, very tricky even if I disregard the server is in a remote corner of the house. So I would like to steer away from s…

[image] Stiltjack: I don’t think any of these are Oh, so there’s a concept of ‘Routers’ then! I’m guessing they have to be always-on devices like lightbulbs, and not button-battery powered devices like all the switches I’ve listed. So what happens when a Router disconnects from network? I …

I surgically separated my Wi Fi signal from Zigbee when I first became aware of the dropouts. Currently there’s enough space both in terms of bandwidth and physical distance to prevent interference. But good advice for anyone who’ll visit this thread in the future, thanks!

Battery powered devices are rarely (if ever?) router capable. One way to solve the “always on” problem and physical switches is to add a zigbee switch / dimmer behind the physical switch. That way you retain the function of the old switch, can use the existing non-smart bulbs and also control your l…

Sadly, I have no neutral wires at my home. That’s why I went with battery powered switches.

Other known good routers are the IKEA repeaters, they can plug into USB. TRÅDFRI, Signal repeater - IKEA Not sure if you can use those in the Hue hub, but I would anyway recommend moving to another coordinator so you can add the stuff you want.

[image] Kabraxis: I have a Hue GO light gifted by a friend, but since it also has an internal battery, I move it around instead of keeping it plugged in, and goes out of power very often for days. What’s the possibility these switches use that Hue GO as the router, and go astray when the Router …

To chime in on what @Stiltjack says, my 1988 three story house + detached garage has a good mesh with 48 routers and 29 end devices (battery powered). Same network across both buildings.

Philips Hue Switches go unresponsive very often, how to get them stabilized?

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Stiltjack April 28, 2024, 6:58pm 14

Lots of good advice here: