How to control Philips Hue Smart bulbs using the Lightwave Smart wire free Scene selector

After successfully integrating your Hue system with Lightwave and adding the wire free scene selector to the app, you can customise it to have complete control over turning the lights on and off, as well as real-time dimming.

In the settings of the wire free scene selector, you have the option to mirror the Hue light bulb/s. By setting up a wire free switch to mirror a Philips Hue bulb, you gain advanced control over the lamps. You can easily turn them on and off with a single tap of the top or bottom button, and if the lamps are already on, you can achieve real-time dimming by long-pressing the top or bottom button.

Once you have set up the Mirror function, you can take advantage of the multi-press feature to change the lamp colours. You can set up to 24 different colour options, where each press of the button sets the Hue bulbs to your desired colour. Please refer to the screen shots below for instructions on how to mirror a scene selector to a Hue light and set up the multi-press feature for colour changing.

STEP 1

Long press on the channel of the scene selector that you would like to use to mirror the Hue smart bulb and press SETTINGS in the top right corner– The screen shot below shows an LP54 - 4 channel scene selector. In the guide we will be using channel 1 – For illustration purposes we have named the scene selector Wire Free 1,2,3 and 4

STEP 2

Select Multi press which will take you to the next screen where you need to select Mirror to another device

STEP 3

You will be shown a list of your rooms, choose the room containing the Philips Hue bulb. Proceed to select the specific Hue bulbs you want mirrored by your wire-free scene selector, then confirm your selection by pressing 'DONE,' which is in the top right corner. You will then be navigated to the next page. Here, you will see your chosen channel displayed prominently, alongside a '1', symbolising the option to mirror an additional device.

Your wire free scene selector is now set up to turn on and off your hue lamp and long presses on the top and bottom buttons will allow you to dim the hue lights in real time.

Please note: This set up will turn on the Hue lamps to their last set colour.

If you would like the ability to select colours from the scene selector you can set up multi-press automations for a custom up or down button

see below examples on how to do this on a custom up button.

Select Custom Up button on the relevant channel in the multi press section and press Add Automation

You will be directed to the next page where you need to Tap on Button press

Select Multi Press and back (summary)

Name the automation at the top of the page

Select the number of presses you would like. The 1st example below is set to 3 presses.

Select Add Action 

In the list of rooms find your Philips hue Lamps and tap on the tile

For the Philips hue lamp select Brightness and Light colour

Press Done 

You will see below that the hue lamp is highlighted with a number 2 on it - this represents the brightness and colour that you selected non the previous page. Press Done

This is the final page where you can adjust the brightness level or colour by tapping on the boxes, you can also change the number of presses and automation name. Once happy press Done to save it 

Below is an example of the Colours you can choose from 

The below screen shot shows some examples of multi presses for different colours for the custom up button on channel 1 of the scene selector.

e.g 

3 presses - RED  /  4 presses -BLUE  /  5 presses - GREEN