Do we have official instructions on how to implement Philips Hue lights with PreShow so that they dim, shut off, and turn on at certain parts of the sequence?  I want to be able to integrate this, and I've seen mentions here and there, but I just wanted to know if someone has made official instructions on how to do this.  I haven't had time to actually go through the CinemaVision instructions so if they work without needing to edit, then I apologize in advance.

Here are the CV instructions:

Philips Hue Setup - Here

Philips Hue Advanced Features - Here

For me, the instructions from cv worked with a bit of try and error. But all in all it didnt even took a day to get everything working, so i guess these instructions are fine. Only some links are expired, but thats nothing too hard so figure out

 

I have not had time to write new instructions for this yet, but it is on my to-do list.

Sounds good.  I know you've got a lot on your plate so I appreciate that it's even on your to-do list.  @marius thank you for your input as well.  When I have some spare time I'll dive more into it.

I've been quite busy with work, the cottage and our kid's sports games and baseball season lately that my home theater time has been hugely affected, but I'll do a quick copy and paste of a discussion we had a number of months ago on Discord. Hopefully it'll get you going in the right direction. 

You can set up the scene you want by using the Philips Hue app and then just using an action file to call up that specific scene during your sequence. I've attached a screenshot of mine for example (I have Trivia and Trailers scenes).

Here's the content of the action file that I use to activate the "Trailers" scene in the Philips Hue app just before the  movie trailers. Hopefully it'll give you enough info to try it out on your setup:

#http://<hue-bridge-ip>/api/<hue-bridge-user>/groups/<hue-light-group>/action
#PUT:{"on":true,"scene":"<scene ID>","transitiontime":50}

http://192.168.1.11/api/28555ae631edc91926d069d5d87f165/groups/theater room/action
PUT:{"on":true,"scene":"MC2o4oftCOT2ng6","transitiontime":50}

You can set the transition time to any value you like. I prefer 50.

To find the "code" that identifies the Philips Hue scene you want to activate, open a web browser and enter:

http://<bridge IP address>/api/<username>

You'll then see a very long string that identifies lights, groups, scenes, etc. Search for the scene name you want to activate. The ID of the scene will be the text in quotes just before the name of your scene. For example, to activate the "Trailers" scene I created in the Hue app I searched for "Trailers" and the ID of the scene is "MC2o4oftCOT2ng6".

You can also use the debug tool. Enter http://<bridge IP address>/debug/clip.html

In the URL field, enter:

/api/<username>

Click GET and then search for the scene you want to activate in your sequence. I've attached a screenshot of mine.

Hope this helps!

Edited July 21, 20232 yr by MidnightWatcher