Instant Philips Hue Light Control with Custom Brightness
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This n8n workflow provides a simple yet powerful way to control your Philips Hue smart lights. Instantly turn on a specific light and set its brightness level with a single trigger. Perfect for quick adjustments and integrating smart lighting into broader automations.
About This Workflow
This n8n workflow demonstrates how to effortlessly automate control over your Philips Hue smart lighting system. With a straightforward setup, you can pinpoint a specific light by its ID and precisely adjust its brightness. While triggered manually in this example, this core action can be integrated into any n8n workflow, allowing you to react to schedules, sensor data, or external events. Imagine your lights automatically dimming at sunset or brightening with a command. This template simplifies smart home management, enhancing convenience and energy efficiency by ensuring your lighting is always just right. It's a fundamental building block for advanced home automation.
Key Features
- Targeted Light Control: Specifically address and control individual Philips Hue lights by their unique ID.
- Precise Brightness Adjustment: Set the exact brightness level (0-100%) for your chosen light.
- Simple Manual Trigger: Easily initiate the light control with a manual execution, perfect for testing or quick actions.
- Extensible Automation Base: Serves as a foundational action that can be integrated with various n8n triggers for advanced automation scenarios.
- Seamless Philips Hue Integration: Connects directly to your Philips Hue bridge using secure OAuth2 authentication.
How To Use
- Manual Trigger: This node is pre-configured and simply serves to initiate the workflow. No changes are needed here unless you want to replace it with a different trigger (e.g., Cron, Webhook).
- Philips Hue Node Configuration:
a. Credentials: Select or create new
Philips Hue OAuth2 APIcredentials to connect to your Philips Hue Bridge. Follow the n8n prompts to authenticate. b. Light ID: In the 'Light ID' field, enter the numerical ID of the Philips Hue light you wish to control. You can find this ID using the Philips Hue API debugger or by experimenting. c. Brightness: Under 'Additional Fields', locate thebri(brightness) field. Set its value between 0 (off/lowest) and 254 (100% brightness). The example sets it to90. - Test and Activate: Save the workflow and click 'Execute Workflow' to test. Once satisfied, set the workflow to 'Active'.
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Workflow JSON
{
"id": "e07cf887-b537-4d98-b45a-8a71dd7fb1d7",
"name": "Instant Philips Hue Light Control with Custom Brightness",
"nodes": 20,
"category": "Personal",
"status": "active",
"version": "1.0.0"
}Note: This is a sample preview. The full workflow JSON contains node configurations, credentials placeholders, and execution logic.
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