Gonioul
December 28, 2024, 3:25am
1
Looks like the hue integration won’t allow remapping a plug as another thing than a light, which can be annoying if you say “turn off all lights” and it turns off a computer…
Fanful
December 28, 2024, 9:39am
2
Apparently it’s Hue that treats them as lights:
opened 04:51PM - 17 Dec 23 UTC
closed 01:33PM - 11 Mar 24 UTC
integration: hue
### The problem
Hue smart plugs are shown as lights. There was a 2021 issue, wh… ich was closed, but the statement was not fully correct. These power plugs are also extending the Hue Zigbee networks, and can power other appliances than lights. I just bought one for that purpose, and the printer is plugged into the Hue Smart plug. It would be nice that it shows as a power plug, rather than a light, because currently it shows is automatic cards in dashboards and makes the count of number of "lights on" incorrect, breaking some related automations.
### What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?
2023-12.02
### What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?
_No response_
### What type of installation are you running?
Home Assistant OS
### Integration causing the issue
Philips Hue
### Link to integration documentation on our website
_No response_
### Diagnostics information
_No response_
### Example YAML snippet
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### Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?
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### Additional information
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Gonioul
December 29, 2024, 7:39pm
3
Doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be able to override them, as we can say for other integrations that a plug is a fan for example.
Fanful
December 29, 2024, 7:54pm
4
I’m not arguing about it, just sharing what I found.
ONE170
(One170)
January 1, 2025, 4:14pm
5
I have couple HUE plugs and I have connected them to different Zigbee2MQTT network instead of HUE’s own bridge. This way I am able to control them as a switch.
I don’t want to use hue plugs with zigbee2mqtt, other plugs are better and smaller for that.
I use a hue plug with hue bridge to be able to reboot my raspberry in case of trouble with a backup path.
Recent Hue app adds a hide feature for rooms, but it will not hide them from the global switch on the top.
Similar to this, HA can cut itself from power by just saying “turn off all lights”, which includes hue plugs.
allard77
(Allard K)
January 6, 2025, 1:47am
7
Hue is made by a company that makes almost exclusively lights. That is why everything in Hue is a light.
Most people who want more control switch over to ZHA or Z2M, which work very well with Hue devices. If nobody picks up on this WTH, that would be my advice.