Philips Hue Reference
This page describes built-in Touch Portal Philips Hue actions, events and states. For other automation options, see the Touch Portal Capability Model.
Philips Hue Actions
Turn On / Off
Action settings
Bridge
The bridge that has the entity set up
Entity Type
The entity type; light, room or zone
Entity Name
The entity name/id
State
the state to set the entity to.
This action allows you to turn on and off lights, zones and rooms
Action
2.1
Available since
Set Color
Action settings
Bridge
The bridge that has the entity set up
Entity Type
The entity type; light, room or zone
Entity Name
The entity name/id
Color
the color to set the entity to.
This action allows you to set the color of lights, zones and rooms
Action
2.1
Available since
Set Color (raw)
Action settings
Bridge
The bridge that has the entity set up
Entity Type
The entity type; light, room or zone
Entity Name
The entity name/id
Color
The hex color to set the entity to.
This action allows you to set the color of lights, zones and rooms by using states and values.
Action
4.5
Available since
Set Color
Action settings
Bridge
The bridge that has the entity set up
Entity Type
The entity type; light, room or zone
Entity Name
The entity name/id
Brightness
the brightness to set the entity to.
This action allows you to set the brightness of lights, zones and rooms
Action
2.3
Available since
Change Brightness
Action settings
Bridge
The bridge that has the entity set up
Entity Type
The entity type; light, room or zone
Entity Name
The entity name/id
Brightness
the brightness increase or decrease
This action allows you to change the brightness of lights, zones and rooms from relative to the current value
Action
2.1
Available since
Set Color Temperature
Action settings
Bridge
The bridge that has the entity set up
Entity Type
The entity type; light, room or zone
Entity Name
The entity name/id
Color Temperature
the color temprature value
This action allows you to change the color temperature of lights, zones and rooms
Action
2.3
Available since
Change Color Temperature
Action settings
Bridge
The bridge that has the entity set up
Entity Type
The entity type; light, room or zone
Entity Name
The entity name/id
Color Temperature
the color temprature value increase or decrease
This action allows you to change the color temperature of lights, zones and rooms relative to the current value
Action
2.3
Available since
Set Scene
Action settings
Bridge
The bridge that has the entity set up
Entity Type
The entity type; room or zone
Entity Name
The entity name/id
Scene
the scene to set
This action allows you to set the scene for rooms or zones
Action
2.3.2
Available since
Set Special Effect
Action settings
Bridge
The bridge that has the entity set up
Entity Type
The entity type; light, room or zone
Entity Name
The entity name/id
Effect
the special effect to set
This action allows you to start a special effect for lights, rooms or zones
Action
2.1
Available since
Set Alert
Action settings
Bridge
The bridge that has the entity set up
Entity Type
The entity type; light, room or zone
Entity Name
The entity name/id
Alert
the alert to set
This action allows you to start an alert for lights, rooms or zones
Action
2.1
Available since
Restore Light Source State From Value
Action settings
Bridge
The bridge that has the entity set up
Entity Type
The source type; light, room or zone
Entity Name
The source name/id
Value
the Value to read the state from
This action allows you to restore a source (light, room or zone) from a stored Hue State
Action
4.3
Available since
Store The Current Light Source State Into A Value
Action settings
Bridge
The bridge that has the entity set up
Entity Type
The source type; light, room or zone
Entity Name
The source name/id
Value
the Value to store the state in
This action allows you to store a source (light, room or zone) state into a Value
Action
4.3
Available since