hue Switch Beacon 1.14
Free Version
Publisher Description
hue meets beacon: Use Bluetooth LE beacons to switch your Philips hue lights
Without hue functionality app just shows the user which room he entered.
The hue functionality is only for experienced hue users, since it utilizes hue sensors and rules which have to be defined externally.
Given rules and sensors are set up, only 6 steps are needed:
1) Define rooms (+ icon and swipe to delete) and associate them to sensors and sensor values
2) Scan beacons (Bluetooth icon) you want to use
3) Adjust the min Rssi below which a beacon shouldn't be considered anymore.
This is for fine tuning, in case the beacon signal can be read outside the defined room.
4) Associate beacons to rooms (click on list item when not scanning)
5) Register app (bridge icon) at the bridge and enable hue in preferences
6) Press start (play icon)
hue sensor type used: CLIPGenericStatus
In debug mode a log is shown on the screen.
Refresh icon reloades hue bridge IP.
Permissions:
BLUETOOTH: Necessary for scanning for BT devices
INTERNET: Necessary for contacting hue bridge und upnp for getting hue bridge IP
RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED: Necessary when option start scanning on boot is used
ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION: Necessary to be able to receive beacon address
ACCESS_WIFI_STATE: Necessary to get informed when home wifi network is in reach
CHANGE_WIFI_STATE: Necessary to be able to scan for wifi networks in preferences dialog
Location Service must have been turned on in Settings/Location in order to be able to scan BT devices.
In order to optimize battery usage two features are implemented:
1) A home wifi network can be selected. Only when connected to this wifi hueSwitchBeacon scans for beacons
2) Sensors are used (step or gravity) to recognize that phone moved / is stationary. If phone is stationary
scan is stopped temporarily until movement is recognized again.
The scan can always be stopped by opening the app and pushing stop button on beacon page.
hueSwitch Beacon is tested on Nexus 4 (Lollipop) and Nexus 5X (Marshmallow).
It should work on 4.3 devices as well, but this is not tested (feedback appreciated)
Have fun with the location aware hue switch...
About hue Switch Beacon
hue Switch Beacon is a free app for Android published in the System Maintenance list of apps, part of System Utilities.
The company that develops hue Switch Beacon is DadOfFAK. The latest version released by its developer is 1.14.
To install hue Switch Beacon on your Android device, just click the green Continue To App button above to start the installation process. The app is listed on our website since 2016-01-18 and was downloaded 8 times. We have already checked if the download link is safe, however for your own protection we recommend that you scan the downloaded app with your antivirus. Your antivirus may detect the hue Switch Beacon as malware as malware if the download link to de.joke.huebeacon is broken.
How to install hue Switch Beacon on your Android device:
- Click on the Continue To App button on our website. This will redirect you to Google Play.
- Once the hue Switch Beacon is shown in the Google Play listing of your Android device, you can start its download and installation. Tap on the Install button located below the search bar and to the right of the app icon.
- A pop-up window with the permissions required by hue Switch Beacon will be shown. Click on Accept to continue the process.
- hue Switch Beacon will be downloaded onto your device, displaying a progress. Once the download completes, the installation will start and you'll get a notification after the installation is finished.
