I'm trying out zigbee. I've got a couple of hue bulbs, a white and a color. I've managed to add the white twice and the color once. None of them work. If I try to access color, brightness, or anything it gives me a message not available. I had added via eisy.and via the app. Nothing. So, try to remove from the list to see about starting over but won't let me delete. How can I remove? Tried remove, delete, even reset zigbee. What am I missing?

2 hours ago, Papa C said:

What am I missing?

I've never tried adding a hue bulb via Zigbee, but I've had other devices that I have removed successfully.

If you right click on the device does it offer a Zigbee menu item with a > next to it? Click that and then choose "Remove from Zigbee Network". Then right click the device again and select "Delete". Then be sure you reset the bulb (turn it on/off 5 or 6 times - used to it was like on for 8 seconds, off for 2 seconds each time). The bulb should flash when reset is successful. Then I'd reboot the eisy (maybe just reload IoX admin console first, but a reboot should also clear things up).

I think somebody else had posted some information about how to control colors for directly connected bulbs. Again, since I haven't done that I haven't kept up with that information. I prefer to keep the Hue Hub running and use the plugin to bring the bulbs into the IoX world. I don't change colors of my lights so not something I fiddle with.

Believe I did that but will give another try to be sure. I've done this for both admin console and the app on the phone. On the phone they'll disappear until I synchronize then they're back.

I've done this with zwave without issue. This zigbee is just not cooperating. First I find that the zigbee is bad in my dongle, Michael took care of that but still going nowhere fast.

It's not so much changing colors, although turning red under certain conditions could be good, it's more about dimming and changing temperature. I do the dimming as it is, but I'm wanting to warm them throughout the evening and cool them during the day.