NowTV & Philips Hue

[Anonymous User]

A couple of things,

• Can you see the DHCP table on the NowTV Hub Two - if so how? Found that now!
• has anyone got a Philips Hue Bridge to connect to the internet using the Hub Two - again, if so, how?

thanks,

[Andy]

@Anonymous User

Welcome to the forum. You can view IP allocations by logging into your router and going to Maintenance > Attached Devices.

Don't know much about Philips Hue but doesn't the bridge just connect to the router via Ethernet?

[Anonymous User]

Hi Andy,

Thanks for the prompt reply, I did find the attached devices tab hidden away thanks 😄

The Hue bridge worked on my old router but won't connect on this one, it can be a bit odd sometimes but I'll keep digging.

Cheers

[Andy]

@Anonymous User

If you still have trouble might be worth either searching or posting on Sky's forum. There aren't many broadband users on this forum, but the Hub 2 is just a rebadged Sky Q router so you may get more answers over there

http://helpforum.sky.com

[Anonymous User]

I'll give it a go, thanks.

[Anonymous User]

Hi Andy,

I got it sorted, I had a hard coded IP address on the Hue bridge from my old broadband which used a different range from the NowTV hub so it obviously wouldn't connect, put it back to DHCP and bingo, lights working again. 😄

Thanks again for your help, appreciated.

[Andy]

@Anonymous User Pretty sure I didn't help and you've sorted it out on your own, but you're welcome anyway and glad everything's working! Good luck! 🙂

[Anonymous User]

The now TV app on windows 10 is blocking my Hue lights sync.

Is there a way to allow access to the Nowtv app?

[RoyB]

@Anonymous User 

The NowTV app is a bit paranoid about having its screen captured 

Are you running the standard Philips Hue Sync app for this, on Windows 10?

How are you casting to what make of TV?

What, precisely, is the nature of the blocking?

As bringing a laptop into the lounge is anyway a faff, we take an alternative approach, using the Hue TV app on an iPad. You point the iPad camera at the TV screen (which is still a faff, but we use our projector stand for the iPad to sit on, which is less of a faff), and that talks to the lights according to what it sees on the screen.

And NowTV is powerless to object to that!