Hi all
I hope this is the right forum for this question. I’m looking for some advice on the Hue integration and automations/maybe blueprints. I have had a good search but many posts refer to old software and ways of doing things - that’s confusing.
I’m fairly new to Home Assistant but have been running many home automation projects, homebrew, servers and other systems for around 20 years.
I have a question about the Philips Hue integration. I have an extensive installation around my new house with every single lamp and fixture running Hue. 2 bridges and around 80 devices plus a lot of v1 and some v2 hue dimmer switches.
Dimmer switches still all run via the Hue bridges and I’m just adding extra functionality via HA to turn on/off a central house extract fan boost function, extracting from two bathrooms. A SONOFF switch is connected to the boost function in the fan in the loft. This was triggered by the iConnectHue app but I’m moving it over to HA.
The two bathrooms have a v1 and v2 Hue dimmer to control the GU10 ceiling lights.
The v1 dimmer works fine as it has discreet on/off buttons. The v2 obviously has a toggle for on/off. The two dimmers control the single boost function on the fan so need to be aware of the state of each other (probably by simply checking to see if one of the ceiling lights is on or not).
I was wondering how to approach the logic in the automation - Do I just create some conditions to check for whether the lights are already on/off to then control the fan? Would I just do this in every automation I create for each dimmer on/off button?
That would appear to be pretty simple logic but as I add similar functionality to additional hue dimmers, this could become a bit clunky.
I guess what I wasn’t really sure about is if there’s a blueprint or some other type of helper that makes hue switches easier/simpler to program? I’ve seen Hue blueprints for ZHA etc but in my case, I’m still using the built-in Hue integration. I don’t plan on moving everything off Hue unless there’s a good reason - I have some advanced programming for time of day etc setup via iConnectHue and that works flawlessly.
My installation:
Synology DS1819+ NAS, HA running in Docker
Deconz with Conbee II (some SONOFF devices connected to this including the fan boost switch)
MQTT
Texecom2MQTT
2 x Hue bridges
Loads of other HA stuff!
Many thanks,
Paul.
