cathalmchale/hue

Powershell module to interact with Philips Hue hub

hue's Issues

Events do not fire on Raspbian with Powershell Core

Powershell Core

Installed PS Core on Raspbian as in article.

Didn't know what to expect in terms of PS running effectively on Linux, but was pleasantly surprised. Was able to install this Hue Powershell module and kick off the "lights monitor".

The script run perfectly well and did all the things it was supposed to, bar one major issue!

Bug
The "light events" (auto-off events) would not fire, unless I continued to interact with the terminal (type, hit return etc.). Every time I typed something, the Verbose logs of the background events would output. If I typed regularly enough, the script would function exactly as it's supposed to and exactly as it does on Windows!

Solution
I have a fix for this and will commit soon. In short, when Start-LightsMonitor is called, it doesn't exit but rather loops forever and echo's a message "Press any key to stop lights monitor". It checks for a key press and calls Stop-LightsMonitor if one was pressed, otherwise it continues to scan for light events as normal.
I'll probably add a switch e.g. Start-LightsMonitor -StayAlive, so that the Windows version will run as normal - significantly more clock cycles involved in the infinite loop version, I'd imagine!

Auto-off during particular time of day

Need to check the Hue mobile app. This might be straight out of the box. But if not, it's just a case of "conditionally registering the auto-off - based on time of day". i.e. a minor enhancement of behavior that's already developed.

Use case: Auto-off bedroom lights left on after everyone has left the house during daylight hours.