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Hue Code

Hue Code

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Make your hue lights come to life as you code.
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Hue Code

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Make your Hue smart lights come to life as you code! Your room will pulse as you enter debug mode; as you switch text files your room will flash. With Hue Code, you will feel like you are in a Hollywood hacking movie writing an epic multi-headed hydra virus! It also happens to have some great features for exploring your hue network.

Contributing

If you are iteresting in contribution to the Hue Code project:

  • Start by reading the Contributing guide.
  • Report bugs and raise feature requests here.

Events

The following events will change your hue lights:

Event Lights
Change Active Text Editor Flash White
Debug Session Pulse Red
Open Terminal Flash Green
Close Terminal Flash Red
Change Breakpoint Flash Blue
Enabled Flash Twice Blue
Disabled Flash Twice Red

You can expect to see more along the way soon.

Pair Hue Bridge

After you install the plug, you will need to pair your bridge. To do this, first select the status bar menu item.

Disconnected Status Bar

This will display the Hue Code menu and give you the option of connecting to you Hue Bridge.

Connect Bridge

The discovery of your bridge is fully automatic, but you will need to go and press the button on the top of your bridge when the following progress window appears:

Pari Progress

Sync Lights

By default, Hue Code will not sync your lights. To enable light sync, first select the status bar menu item.

Status Bar

And then enable Hue Code. You can select a different light group at any time.

Hue Code Menu

View Hue Resources

You can also view your hue lights, groups, sensors and bridges in the tree view. Handy tip: you can view the temperature of your motion sensors.

Tree Views

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