Skip to Content
ABB-free@home®
How to: Integrate Philips HUE with free@home
1
Introduction
The integration of the Philips Hue system into free@home is carried out with the aid of the Philips Hue API.
This means that the commands of the free@home system are "compiled" within the free@home System Access Point, and transmitted from there via the IP protocol to the Philips Hue Bridge.
The Philips Hue Bridge then controls the lamps via the Zigbee protocol.
Prerequisites for the integration of the Philips Hue system into free@home are:
■ A router [1]
■ An operable Philips Hue system [2]
■ An operable free@home system [3]
2
Preparatory work
Make sure that both the free@home system and the
Philips Hue system are comissioned.
Both systems must be located in the same network.
3
Login to webinterface via adding the ip address of the system access point into your browser on your pc
4
Update the latest free@home firmware
Carry out a firmware update of the free@home System Access Point (via an automatic update or a manual update)
5
Open the free@home web interface and log yourself in as Installer
A pop-up window appears "NEW HUE BRIDGE DETECTED"
6
Click/tap on "Managing Hue Bridges" in the pop-up window
The management of "Hue Bridges" appears in the "Settings". Here several Philips HUE bridges of a free@home system can be managed.
7
Select the desired Bridge and click/tap on "Connect"
If several Philips Hue Bridges are to be available in the network, the Bridge required can be identified by means of your MAC address. This can be read on the Hue Bridge or in the Hue app ("Settings -> My Bridge").
If there is a HUE Bridge available in the network which is not to be managed via free@home, it can be set on "Ignore". This prevents the pop-up window "NEW HUE BRIDGE DETECTED" for the located HUE Bridge to be displayed during each additional a login.
8
Press the push-button on the Hue bridge to confirm the connection
9
Start using the Philips HUE lamps
For all additional steps the Philips Hue lamps behave as already known from the free@home actuators.
The Philips Hue lamps appear in the working area of the "Devices" menu under their own icon:
Philips Hue icon
Position the lamp icon on the floor plan.
A selection window appears with all Philips Hue lamps connected to the bridge.
The names of the lamps that were previously assigned during the setup are displayed:
Philips Hue selection window
Select a Phillips Hue lamp in the selection window:
The lamp appears on the floor plan.
Connect the lamp with a sensor, or integrate it into a scene:
The Philips Hue lamp behaves like a dimmer
A brief press of the button switches the lamp on or off. A long press of the button dims the lamp brighter or darker.
Philips Hue connection