Philips HUE Lamps state

[Erwin van der Zwart]

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)