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🔌General Home Automation => Automating Your House => Topic started by: solareclipse on July 13, 2017, 10:36:15 PM

Title: Amazon Dash button controlling Hue lights
Post by: solareclipse on July 13, 2017, 10:36:15 PM
I needed a challenge, so when Amazon was selling their Dash buttons on Prime Day for $0.99 I picked one up to play around with it.  I got it to toggle the Hue lights in my bedroom on and off.  [video (https://www.facebook.com/punaro/videos/10214345746057281/)]

This requires having a device to run a Python listening script on (Raspberry Pi, PC, etc.) than can send a command to your IFTTT account which will run the Hue service action of your choice.  I set up my Synology NAS, which is always running anyway, to run the script.  This is the process I followed. (https://www.digikey.com/en/maker/blogs/amazon-dash-hack-connecting-to-your-ifttt-account/f3192a6e7e4a4920b9b7963a33e1d4fd)

Title: Re: Amazon Dash button controlling Hue lights
Post by: HA Dave on July 14, 2017, 08:35:40 PM
...... when Amazon was selling their Dash buttons on Prime Day for $0.99 I picked one up to play around with it.  I got it to toggle the Hue lights in my bedroom on and off.  [video (https://www.facebook.com/punaro/videos/10214345746057281/)]

Great job! I particularly like your video.