Questions & Answers for Philips Hue tap Switch
14 Questions from the Community
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Can multiple tap switches be used on the same bridge; for example, can each room have a switch that controls just the lights in that room?
- Asked by Winston C from New York
- Jul 29, 2014
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AnswerYes, you can have multiple Taps on one Hue Bridge. It's nice to use as replacement light switches. For the rooms with a single light switch, I will buy a double light switch plate and replace the single light switch plate. In the second spot, I affix the Tap.
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How many light bulb can I control with Philips Hue Tap Switch?
- Asked by Brandon Y from Kenneth City
- Oct 12, 2015
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How does that work?? no batteries? is it magic???
- Asked by Lewis J
- Apr 29, 2015
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AnswerNo, it's science! Any button press causes a fixed magnet to move along a coil which generates electricity. This tiny bit of power is all that's needed to send out a tiny message to the Hue bulb network.
The buttons have a weird feel, very long throw. But it works reliably.- Answered by George W from Oakland
- Apr 22, 2016
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Can the buttons be mapped to HomeKit scenes?
- Asked by Ryan B from Woodside
- Jan 5, 2017
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AnswerNot without a workaround. To market this as HomeKit compatible is a real stretch. You can indirectly use this with HomeKit by mapping a Hue Tap button to an individual Hue bulb in the Hue app, and then assign a HomeKit automation to trigger a scene when it detects that bulb has been activated. But you cannot use the Tap directly with HomeKit at all.
- Answered by Jason W from Denver
- Mar 9, 2017
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Can lights be dimmed with this switch?
- Asked by Lothar S from Rockaway Park
- Jul 24, 2014
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AnswerNot exactly. You can assign a different scene to each button, so each of them can have different brightness presets but you can not continuously dim or brighten lights.
- Answered by Angelo K from Merced
- Oct 10, 2016
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does this work with the older bridges?
- Asked by R S B from Sarasota
- Dec 6, 2015
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Does this product also turn on the Hue Lightstrip?
- Asked by Andy H from Cincinnati
- Jul 22, 2015
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How many bulbs can it control at one time?
- Asked by Stacey S from Moline
- Jul 23, 2014
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Answer50 Bulbs.
The hue system can have 50 bulbs connected to it. So if you had a scene with 50 bulbs in it assigned to a button on the Tap, it would work just fine. But it's not an ideal situation, usually these are used in a room with only a few bulbs. But if you wanted to light up your whole house with one button, you can do it!- Answered by George W from Oakland
- Apr 22, 2016
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Turn off all lights or just some?
Can anyone tell me if the off button can be programmed to turn off only a select number of lights or does it have to be all of them? I have hue lights in several rooms in my house and was thinking about putting one of these in each room but only control the respective lights. Or would I have to use a scene button to accomplice this?
- Asked by Alex E from Boerne
- Jul 23, 2014
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AnswerIt can turn off a select number of lights. Just make a scene with the desired lights set to 'off'. This is how I use it also.
- Answered by George W from Oakland
- Apr 22, 2016
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Does a second press of the same button turns lights off?
When I use the Philips Hue app widget, I can press to turn a scene on, then a second press will turn it off. Does this switch have the same functionality, or do I have to program a second button to turn things off?
- Asked by Dan H
- Nov 15, 2015
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AnswerNo, a second press of the button will not turn the lights off. You need to program a different button to turn the lights off.
- Answered by Angelo K from Merced
- Oct 10, 2016
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It does not work like that. You assign scenes to each button.
- Answered by Angelo K from Merced
- Oct 10, 2016
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