Set your Hue lights to blink whenever you get a new text to your Android phone
Other popular Philips Hue workflows and automations
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Change the lights to a random color
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Set your Philips Hue lights to match the album art of your most recently saved track on Spotify
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Flash your lights when you're tagged in a new Facebook photo
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Turn on/off your lights with one tap on your phone
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If temperature drops below freezing, turn Hue bulbs ice blue.
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Alexa Hue Lights On, 100%, and Party Mode
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If Arlo detects motion, turn on Phillips Hue lights
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Rain turns hue light blue
Build your own Philips Hue and QNAP automations
Triggers (If this)
Queries (With)
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History of system events
This query returns a list of every time a new system event occurs on your QNAP device. This trigger is only available to the device administrator.
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Get Lights
This query returns all lights of the bridge.
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History of files in your folder
This query returns a list of every time when a new file is stored to the selected folder.

History of system events
This query returns a list of every time a new system event occurs on your QNAP device. This trigger is only available to the device administrator.

Get Lights
This query returns all lights of the bridge.

History of files in your folder
This query returns a list of every time when a new file is stored to the selected folder.
Actions (Then that)
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Set a scene in a room
This Action well set a scene on your hue lights. NOTE: in order to add lights to a room, you must be using the newest version of the Hue app
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Download file from URL
This action will download a file from a given URL to your NAS at a path which you specify.
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Turn on lights
This Action will turn on your hue lights.
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Append text to file
This action will append to a text file as determined by the filename and folder path you specify. If there is no file present, a new file will be created. Once a file’s size reaches to maximum a new file will be created.
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Turn off lights
This Action will turn off your hue lights.
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Set user profile picture on QNAP NAS
This action will set/change the user profile picture on QNAP Device.
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Toggle lights on/off
This Action will toggle your hue lights on or off.
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Control music on QNAP Device via Music Station
This action allows you to control basic music station operations like stop playing current song, play next song in the current playlist and play previous song in the current playlist.
(This action requires IFTTT Agent v1.1 or above, Music Station v5.0.4 or above and Media Streaming addon v430.1.0.3 or above to be installed on your QNAP device)
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Blink lights
This Action will briefly turn your hue lights off then back on.
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Play any music station playlist on QNAP Device
This action allows you to play any music station playlist.
(This action requires IFTTT Agent v1.1 or above, Music Station v5.0.4 or above and Media Streaming addon v430.1.0.3 or above to be installed on your QNAP device)
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Dim lights
This Action will dim or brighten your hue lights to a value between 0-100.
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Control surveillance cameras of QNAP Device via Surveillance Station
This action allow the user to control the camera recording via Surveillance Station (Requires IFTTT Agent v1.1 or above and Surveillance Station v5.1.1.2 or above to be installed on your QNAP device)
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Change color
This Action will change the color of your hue lights. NOTE: Accepts color names and CSS hex color values. Defaults to white if no color match is found. NOTE: not compatible with hue lux bulbs.
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Control device power
These actions will either shutdown the device, reboot the device or put the device in sleep mode Action Fields.
(This action requires IFTTT Agent v1.1 or above to be installed on your QNAP device)
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Change to random color
This Action will change your hue lights to a randomly selected color. NOTE: not compatible with hue lux bulbs.
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Change color from image
This Action will change the color of your hue lights to match the dominant colors found in an image you specify. NOTE: not compatible with hue lux bulbs.
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Turn on color loop
This Action will turn on a slow color loop effect for your hue lights. NOTE: not compatible with hue lux bulbs.

Set a scene in a room
This Action well set a scene on your hue lights. NOTE: in order to add lights to a room, you must be using the newest version of the Hue app

Download file from URL
This action will download a file from a given URL to your NAS at a path which you specify.

Turn on lights
This Action will turn on your hue lights.

Append text to file
This action will append to a text file as determined by the filename and folder path you specify. If there is no file present, a new file will be created. Once a file’s size reaches to maximum a new file will be created.

Turn off lights
This Action will turn off your hue lights.

Set user profile picture on QNAP NAS
This action will set/change the user profile picture on QNAP Device.

Toggle lights on/off
This Action will toggle your hue lights on or off.

Control music on QNAP Device via Music Station
This action allows you to control basic music station operations like stop playing current song, play next song in the current playlist and play previous song in the current playlist.
(This action requires IFTTT Agent v1.1 or above, Music Station v5.0.4 or above and Media Streaming addon v430.1.0.3 or above to be installed on your QNAP device)

Blink lights
This Action will briefly turn your hue lights off then back on.

Play any music station playlist on QNAP Device
This action allows you to play any music station playlist.
(This action requires IFTTT Agent v1.1 or above, Music Station v5.0.4 or above and Media Streaming addon v430.1.0.3 or above to be installed on your QNAP device)

Dim lights
This Action will dim or brighten your hue lights to a value between 0-100.

Control surveillance cameras of QNAP Device via Surveillance Station
This action allow the user to control the camera recording via Surveillance Station (Requires IFTTT Agent v1.1 or above and Surveillance Station v5.1.1.2 or above to be installed on your QNAP device)

Change color
This Action will change the color of your hue lights. NOTE: Accepts color names and CSS hex color values. Defaults to white if no color match is found. NOTE: not compatible with hue lux bulbs.

Control device power
These actions will either shutdown the device, reboot the device or put the device in sleep mode Action Fields.
(This action requires IFTTT Agent v1.1 or above to be installed on your QNAP device)

Change to random color
This Action will change your hue lights to a randomly selected color. NOTE: not compatible with hue lux bulbs.

Change color from image
This Action will change the color of your hue lights to match the dominant colors found in an image you specify. NOTE: not compatible with hue lux bulbs.

Turn on color loop
This Action will turn on a slow color loop effect for your hue lights. NOTE: not compatible with hue lux bulbs.
How to connect Philips Hue and QNAP
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