Ge Link Bulbs

[KRC]

I connected a couple of these to my Alomond+ and they work perfect.

[fillibar]

They do appear to be a good deal that does a good job. One oddity I found was when removing them. They can be removed from the Almond+ easily but will not add back on. You need to reset them at that point. Resetting is done by powering the light (with a normal switch or such) off (wait 3 second), on (wait 3 seconds) and repeat that off/on pattern 5 times. They will blink a few times to report that they are no reset. Then you can add them back in to the Almond+.

[dbuttke]

I connected a couple of these to my Alomond+ and they work perfect.

What firmware are you on?
I read another thread somewhere that they stopped working with a newer firmware.
I'm apprehensive to upgrade since I too have some working and would like them to keep working!

[KRC]

Thanks @fillibar for the info.
I'm on R69.

[fillibar]

I am also on R69. No problem with previous version. I had one that was across the upgrade and 2 added recently.

Hope that tip helps. Found it after digging around GE's site a bit but of course saw it on the Tested Sensors thread for the bulbs after I posted it in this one.

[dbuttke]

Okay so I updated to the latest version and they still work. :-)
I'm excited to start making rules for them so if I turn one on more come on at the same time and so on.
Definitely the cheapest option for switched lights and the brightness and color are really good on them too. IMHO of course.

[felixdacat]

I'm having three GE Link bulbs connected to my A+. After weeks of reliable service I had the first hard crash of my A+, screen went dark, router was completely dead, disconnect / reconnect power brought it back to life. After that all the bulbs still worked, but randomly they became unresponsive. Unfortunately I didn't save the log ... 
Now all of a sudden none of the bulbs could be controlled anymore and I had to remove / add all of them which worked smoothly on the first try. Anyone else having similar issues?

[fillibar]

Sorry, no. Have never had that. Can you readily remove one and add it back in to see if that helps?

[felixdacat]

Thanks fillibar. After removing one the other ones still didn't work. Removing all of them and re-adding solved it. But now I'm not sure how reliable the set up is. Other sensors like a door / motion sensor were still working fine.

[fillibar]

Now that it has been a few days... has your Almond+ remained stable and the bulbs are still working?

[felixdacat]

Thanks for checking in. Yes, all back to normal. They have been perfectly working for weeks before all went AWOL at the same time.

[j8048188]

I've had a single GE Link bulb installed and have had no problems with it. (other than someone switching the light off with the wall switch)
I'm looking forward to the automation firmware release with time triggers- Wake me up with a slowly increasing light and I'll be happy.

[userbob0001]

Have you had success automating it?  I can toggle and dim mine fine from the app and webUI, but they aren't automating any functions.

[fillibar]

In 69cb the bulbs should show up in the Rules section... However the really only set the dim value to 0 no matter what. It is a bug in the build. So if you want them to turn off... The rules work great for that. 

[Ohiomedic]

In 69cb the bulbs should show up in the Rules section... However the really only set the dim value to 0 no matter what. It is a bug in the build. So if you want them to turn off... The rules work great for that. 

What do you mean by off? Are you talking you can have a switch turn off muiltiple bulbs, or that you can turn off one bulb in a set and the rest go off? 

I can only get them to turn off in rules if it is turned on by motion detector it will turn off after a certain time. Also have it tied to a GE switch that my porch light is on and it will turn one off and on. I have two in a fan I can have them both turn on if I just turn one on, but have to turn them off separate the rule doesn't work for off.