dash-pi-hue

Control a Philips Hue bulb with an Amazon Dash button.

Runs on a Raspberry Pi

This is just an example of the implementation. All library credit goes to hue & dashed.

Install

This assumes you are running Raspbian & your dash button is configured for the network.

1. Install dependencies

   sudo apt-get install libpcap-dev libpq-dev ruby-dev
   gem install hue
   gem install dashed
   

2. Install wireshark. Press your Dash button and grab the MAC address when ARP packet is sent.

3. Create a file with the following content replacing the MAC adress with the one from Wireshark

   require 'hue'
   require 'dashed'
   
   client = Hue::Client.new
   
   light = client.lights[0]
   
   Dashed::Button.new('aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff', 'wlan0').on_press do
     light.on? ? light.off! : light.on!
   end

   If you have more than one bulb you may need to change the light index.

4. Press the button on the top of the Hue Bridge

5. Run the program ruby app.rb