(15.12.2021, 05:50)admin Wrote: You are right about the wrong variable in the code. It seems that groups can only be accessed by a number but not by a name. Group 0 is a broadcast group that controls all lights together.

(15.12.2021, 14:09)Erwin van der Zwart Wrote: Yes you can control by name by adding these 2 functions to your user.hue:

Code:

function makeLightsTable()
  local lights = getHueLights()
  if lights then
    lights = json.pdecode(lights)
    LightsTable = {}
    for _, foundlights in pairs(lights) do
      LightsTable[foundlights.name] = tonumber(_)
    end
    storage.set("hue:lights", LightsTable)
  end
  return LightsTable
end

function makeGroupsTable()
  local groups = getHueGroups()
  if groups then
    groups = json.pdecode(groups)
    GroupsTable = {}
    for _, foundgroups in pairs(groups) do
      GroupsTable[foundgroups.name] = tonumber(_)
    end
    storage.set("hue:groups", GroupsTable)
  end
  return GroupsTable
end

Then add this as a resident script at 0 seconds:

Code:

--Create lights and groups table (resident at 0)
require('user.hue')
makeLightsTable()
makeGroupsTable()
os.sleep(600)

From now on you can get the lamp ID by name using this:

Code:

lamp_id = storage.get("hue:lights")["Plafondlamp Woonkamer"] or 0
body_msg = '{"on":false}'
sendToLight(lamp_id,body_msg)

-- or

group_id = storage.get("hue:groups")["Woonkamer"] or 0
body_msg = '{"on":true}'
sendToGroup(group_id,body_msg)

PS: You are correct, there once was a mistake in a older user.hue lib with the sendToGroup function, it was already corrected in my latest version(s)

(16.12.2021, 12:16)Erwin van der Zwart Wrote: Well, i won't promose to provide anything, quite busy at the time, but the question is why doesn't it work for you and works for me and others..

Do you have color lights or white/yellow? as white/yellow are controlled by XY values and not HUE values (RGB), so i guess this is the case..