Save light state changes when light is off about homebridge-hue HOT 4 CLOSED

Eve v6.2 turns a light on automatically when changing brightness, colour, or colour temperature while the light is off.

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Interesting concept. Would this solve the issue I am facing where I would turn off a light (my setup is a v2 hub and 1 Osram Lightify bulb, currently), then in 1-5 minutes the light would turn it's self back on. Looking in the log history
Mar 11 10:43:06 raspberrypi homebridge[413]: [3/11/2017, 10:43:06 AM] [Hue] Top light: homekit power changed from 0 to 1
Mar 11 10:43:09 raspberrypi homebridge[413]: [3/11/2017, 10:43:09 AM] [Hue] Top light: homekit brightness changed from 100% to 66%
Mar 11 10:43:09 raspberrypi homebridge[413]: [3/11/2017, 10:43:09 AM] [Hue] Top light: homekit brightness changed from 66% to 54%
Mar 11 10:43:10 raspberrypi homebridge[413]: [3/11/2017, 10:43:10 AM] [Hue] Top light: homekit brightness changed from 54% to 44%
Mar 11 10:43:10 raspberrypi homebridge[413]: [3/11/2017, 10:43:10 AM] [Hue] Top light: homekit brightness changed from 44% to 39%
Mar 11 10:43:13 raspberrypi homebridge[413]: [3/11/2017, 10:43:13 AM] [Hue] Top light: homekit power changed from 1 to 0
Mar 11 10:46:05 raspberrypi homebridge[413]: [3/11/2017, 10:46:05 AM] [Hue] Top light: set homekit power from 0 to 1
Mar 11 10:46:05 raspberrypi homebridge[413]: [3/11/2017, 10:46:05 AM] [Hue] Top light: set homekit brightness from 39% to 100%

Those commands at 10:46:05 I did not issue, my phone was on standby. It only seems to be when I turn the light off (via HomeKit) when it has been dimmed.

Perhaps this isn't related and requires a new issue to be raised?

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This proposal might provide a workaround, but it wouldn't solve it (take away the cause).

I would seem some-one or something set the light power on and the light brightness to 100% on the Hue bridge at 10:46:05. The homekit ... changed from ... to ... messages indicate changes from HomeKit that homebridge-hue forwards to the Hue bridge. The set homekit ... from ... to ... messages indicate changes to HomeKit issued by homebridge-hue, because it detected a change in the Hue bridge. If you start homebridge -D, homebridge-hue issues debug messages for every interaction with the Hue bridge.

This some-one or something could be:

• A rule on the Hue bridge, triggered by a Hue dimmer switch, a Hue tap, a Hue motion sensor, or from some other conditions (e.g. a routine in the official Philips Hue app);
• A schedule on the Hue bridge;
• A request from an app connected to the Hue bridge;
• A request from the MeetHue portal;
• A request from IFTTT.

The change on the Hue bridge could also be caused by a power cycle of the light. What version of homebridge-hue are you running? The more recent versions map the reachable attribute on the Hue bridge to homekit status fault, so you can tell from the log if the light is (dis)connected from/to power. Note however, that it takes the Hue bridge some time (minutes?) to mark the light as (un)reachable after the power is (dis)connected, so a quick power cycle will likely go unnoticed by homebridge-hue.

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I'm closing this issue as I won't be implementing this. It seems no longer needed, with HomeKit apps only allowing changes when the light is on, or turning on the light automatically.

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