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Foddy / node-red-contrib-huemagic

Philips Hue node to control bridges, lights, groups, motion sensors, temperature sensors and Lux sensors using Node-RED.
https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-huemagic
Apache License 2.0
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multiple press on hue Tap #23

Closed elnanini closed 6 years ago

elnanini commented 6 years ago

Hi, great project! Would it be possible to detect a second press of the same button of a tap? Wen I press button 1, the tap node sends the corresponding json object, if I press it again nothing happens until I press a different button. Thanks!

Foddy commented 6 years ago

Hi @elnanini,

unfortunately this is currently not available due to Philips Hue's API for Hue Tap devices. Since there is no real time communication possible between the Hue Bridge and HueMagic, HueMagic polls every couple seconds the current status of the device and compares it with the old one.

Unlike other devices like the light bulbs or the Hue Dimmer Switch, Hue Tap is the only one which doesn't send state attributes like a lastupdated timestamp or so. So for now HueMagic is unable to check if the Button pressed only once or multiple times...

For now (until Philips Hue updates their API) the only solution to make this logic happen is using a Hue Dimmer Switch or an Amazon Dash button... :S