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Hi everyone,

WinHue will continue it's life on github from now. If you need support please create yourself an account there and It will be a pleasure to help you.

https://github.com/Hyrules/WinHue3

Hi everyone,

As some of you might have seen, there has been a lack of updates since the last 2 months. I have not abandonned the project far from that. If you take a look at the project Activity section of the main page you will see that I have been busy updating WinHue. This part of the project is rather long because i'm basically rewriting the whole program in a model-view-viewmodel architectural pattern. I leave wikipedia to explain the concept but it requires me to completely rewrite how to program works because of this pattern must be implemented. This new pattern will make the application more stable and less prone to errors and exceptions although it might not make it completely free of it. I have already completed most of the views for the program except for more complicated forms and i'm currently working on the Mainview which is the most complicated and longest to implement. As soon as the main view is fully functionnal I will release the next beta iteration for people to test. Meanwhile I will not correct any bugs found in the last version because they will most likely not exist in the next version. I cannot say when next version will release. Might be a week or be mostlikely another month. Don't forget that right now i'm the sole programmer on this project.

Hi everyone,

I just want to let you know that this version is the last ALPHA of WinHue 3. It will be entering the BETA stage soon. This means that I will not add anymore features and concentrate on finding bugs. I might add more plugins but that will be all. As always if you find a bug please report it in the discussions of open a ticket.

Please note that i am on vacation right now so this means that I will be taking it cool for the weeks to come. I will not release any new version meanwhile but I will still be here to support if any needs arise.

Pascal

Please take note that I will no longer offer support for WinHue 2 as it is outdated.

I also want to remind the users of WinHue 3 that reporting a bug is important. If you have a bug or a crash it is certainly possible that someone else has it too and chances are I might not have it either. If nobody reports a bug and It doesn't happen to me I will not be able to correct it. The worst person to find a bug in his program is the programmer of the application himself. So don't hesitate to report a problem with the application. I just need the debug log and the exception file (if any) to debug and normally a small "how to" reproduce the bug is appreciated.... read more

Hi everyone,

As you might have seen, there has been a lack of updates recently. That is because i'm taking a small break with programming. I have not abandoned the project. I'm just tired of coding lately and as an extra, a good game came out recently so I'm also playing this game. As usual if you encounter bugs that prevent you from using the application please report them to me so I can fix them. I will still continue to support the app when critical bugs are found. I will most likely resume coding sometime during next month so stay tuned for a new version of the app.... read more

Hi everyone,

Since I have less time at the moment I have decided to put a delay of 1 month ( more or less)
between alpha releases. It gives me time to concentrate of my studies and code at the same time with a less pressing feeling. Also on the same note, if you are a dev in c# which also happen to know WPF (recommended but not needed) and you would like to join the project just send me a note and we'll see what we can do. It would be nice to see more devs added to the project as they can each bring their experience to the app and add some interesting possibilities to it.... read more

Hi everyone,

Note that I will have less time during the next 4 months to develop WinHue as my university trimester is beginning tomorrow. Since it is my last it will be a big one. I have not forgotten or abandoned the app I'm just less available. I also want to point out that a new dev will also make it's beginning soon with WinHue name Vincent aka Vinzz D. He should come around at the beginning of February if all goes well. So if you have any problem he is authorized to support and can commit new code.... read more

Hi everyone,

I`ve started commiting the code again. You can follow it on the main page. A commit does not mean automatically a new version. Watch the main page for new version as usual.

I`ve just release alpha 5. This version introduce logging (somewhat incomplete for now but will help to debut startup bugs) and a new installer. This will prevent any future problem with the unblock file feature in windows and will make sure that all file are installed properly. I have also added an unhandled exception handler that will generated a exception file in case pf a serious problem. Note that there is also a debug.txt file as well for startup debugging.

Hi Everyone,

I just released an alpha 3 R2. If you already have Alpha 3 or Winhue 2 you can just download HueLib2 from the files directory instead and replace it in Winhue Folder. Dont forget to unblock the DLL if it is block by going to the file properties. Philips released a new update to the bridge lately the somewhat changed the structure of the update system causing a crash or exception in the HueLib2 dll.

Hi everyone,

Just a little message to let you know that i'm still not finished with WinHue yet. I'm currently working on WinHue 3. WinHue 3 is making a return to it's sources. Windows of WinHue 2 will disappear to return to a one Listview like the first WinHue. WinHue 3 will also be able to control multiple bridges at the same time. Note that I will not bring back tablet options of WinHue 2. WinHue is a software dedicated for computers and I will in the future develop a metro app for Windows 8 and Surfaces tablet. So stay tuned for a new version of WinHue soon.... read more

University trimester has begun and I will be less available to do updates. I'm also splitting the code from WinHue in 2 parts : HueLib which is a new c# library I'm making to control the hue system and the rest of Winhue. This means that until i have HueLib the way I want, there won't be any update to Winhue. The next WinHue update should uses HueLib.

I Just commited the initial code of Winhue to the SVN here on sourceforge.

Changes from 0.9.8 :

• Property grid now display all information on selected object in the listview.
• Not selecting a object in the list view will now disable the controls.
• Resizing the application now adjust the property grid properly.
• Removed JSON.Net dependency making the project lighter.
• code optimization.

• many bugfix.

• Previous scenes will not work with new version you will have to recreate them.

• Color of scenes will need finetuning eventually.
• For those wondering the next update will not be versioned 1.0.0 but 0.9.10 and so on until I find the application properly working with everything implemented properly.... read more

Changes from 0.9.7

• Corrected a bug that would prevent scenes from applying.

Changes from 0.9.6

• Updated the icons for more representative ones. Each Light will be properly display. If the light model is a Hue Bulb you will see a Hue bulb. if it's a light strip you will see a light strip and so on...
• If a light is unreachable you will see a darker icon.
• Added an option to choose the default list view. it is located in the application settings menu under File as Default ListView.

Changes from 0.9.5

• detects Lightstrips properly
• handle the fact that lightstrips does not have colortemp.

Changes from 0.9.3 :

• Fix a bug with alarm that made them crash the program.
• Added some shortcut key for some of the program key functions

Changes from 0.9.2 :

• try to fix a parsing bug at startup
• error log file should give the last json received when not parsed properly.
• added a piece of code to compensate a bug with group creation in the latest firmware

Changes from 0.9.1 :

• Added live control instead of popup Windows.
• Added effect Creator which is a small version of a scene saved as a file which you can share.

Changes from version 0.9 :

• It is now possible to bypass bridge detection and enter a manual IP.
• Event log is now logging more events.
• Strings are now globalized.
• French language added. (incomplete globalstrings are still in English but forms are french)
• Language bypass does not work yet.

Here is the latest update of WinHue :

Current changes in version 0.9 :

• Added a settings page to configure the bridge from WinHue.
• Lots of internal stuff updated.
• Embedded the DLL dependencies so there are only an executable for WinHue and Console.

Known Issues :

• Scene colors needs finetuning.