dash-hue

If pressing amazon dash button toggle a hue light

Environment variables

Variable	Notes
HUE_HOST	IP address of your HUE bridge
HUE_USER	Your hue-bridge user name
LIGHT_NUMBER	Light Number you'd like to control
DASH_MAC	Mac Address of Dash Button eg., de:62:ba:1o:d6:c5

Development

Start the script with export $(cat .env | xargs) && npm start in case you have all environment variables defined in a .env file.

Installation

Prerequisites

1. node >=4
2. GIT

How to install node >=4 on a Raspberry pi:

1. wget http://nodejs.org/dist/v4.3.1/node-v4.3.1-linux-armv7l.tar.gz
2. tar -xvf node-v4.3.1-linux-armv7l.tar.gz
3. sudo cp -R * /usr/local/

Step by Step

1. cd /home/pi
2. git clone https://github.com/Pindar/dash-hue.git
3. cd dash-hue
4. npm install
5. create your environment file(s) /home/pi/hue-forecast/.env (one for each light you'd like to control)
6. update your systemd file(s), you can find an example ./systemd/dash-hue.service
7. sudo cp systemd/* /lib/systemd/system/
8. sudo systemctl daemon-reload
9. sudo systemctl start dash-hue.service