Dash Button Hue Switcher

Turn off your Philips Hue lights with an Amazon Dash Button 💡

Setup

Gather the following informations:

Find your Philips Hue Bridge IP address

Search the IP address in the settings of your Philips Hue app of in the iOS Home app.

Find your Dash Button MAC address

According to this Reddit post, the easiest way to find the MAC address of your Dash Button if the following:

• Hold the button until the LED blinks blue
• From your iPhone or Android, connect to the "Amazon Configure Me" WiFi network that appears
• Open a web browser to this address: http://192.168.0.1
• You will see the Dash Button informations and its MAC address

Connect your Amazon Dash Button to the WiFi network

According to Amazon instructions:

1. Open the Amazon Shopping app on your phone.
2. Tap the Menu icon within the Amazon app, and then select Your Account.
3. Under Dash Devices, select Set up a new device. If prompted to choose a device type, select Dash Button.
4. Read the terms and conditions. If you agree to them, tap Agree & Get Started.
5. Follow the prompts to connect the dash button to Wi-Fi.
6. DON'T SELECT A PRODUCT AND QUIT THE SETUP.
7. Go back to Your Account and under the Dash Devices section, tap Manage devices > Notification Settings.
8. Disable all notifications to not be prompted to finish setup at each press of your button.

Register you Dash Button on you Philips Hue Bridge

To let your Dash Button control your lights, you must get a "username" to identify your object. To do so, execute in a shell:

curl http://192.168.1.x/api -X POST -d'{"devicetype":"dash"}'

You will get a response like this:

[
    {
        "success": {
            "username": "ENcrG6he3zC62KqE71FS6E4d4GSY7KPTPvEqb7bt"
        }
    }
]

Keep the username.

Installation

Create a virtualenv with Python 3

virtualenv venv -p python3

Install dependencies

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Run

python3 listener.py <bridge_ip> <username> <mac_address>

Where:

• bridge-pi: the local IP of your Philips Hue Bridge (192.168.1.xx)
• username: the Amazon Dash Button registered username previously saved
• mac_address: the Amazon Dash Button's MAC address

This program is meant to be run on a Raspberry Pi on the same network as the lights.

Sources

https://www.journaldulapin.com/2016/12/19/amazon-dash-hue/ (French)