Deconz-rest-plugin: `/lights` resources not available after starting deCONZ

[ebaauw]

Seems v2.05.73 re-introduced an old bug: after starting deCONZ, the REST API plugin doesn’t expose any /lights resources. It takes a minute or so, before they’re available. I also noticed the GUI stays on the device selection screen for quite some time, and then displays an empty main screen. The nodes only appear after a while.

If homebridge is started before all /lights resources are available, HomeKit removes the lights. If homebridge is restarted, the lights re-appear in HomeKit, but as new lights (losing their HomeKit name and assignments to HomeKit rooms, groups, scenes, and automations). Create a “lightlink” resourcelink, to make homebridge-hue delay homebridge startup until all lights in the resourcelink are available, see https://github.com/ebaauw/homebridge-hue/issues/471.

[SwoopX]

I experienced this as well just recently after editing my database and got a little hectic... But yes, it all came back.

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[ebaauw]

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[ebaauw]

I hope adding the Backlog label will shut up the bloody bot.

[silent-303]

Thanks for your attention. It would be very nice if this gets fixed.

[Schosch83]

I have the same problem on deconz 2.05.86 beta or 2.05.84 stable.

[simplenotezy]

Got the same issue. Spend an hour or so trying out deCONZ. After a reboot, all work was lost. Would be nice to have fixed.

[PhilippSchreiber]

Same here :(

[Lucleonhart]

Same issue with brand new Homebridge + deconz installation. -_-

[gruenberg]

I can suggest this workaround, in my setup it works fine:

sudo systemctl stop deconz-homebridge.service
cd /home/pi/
sudo chown -R pi:pi .homebridge

--> edit file /etc/rc.local and add these two lines before exit

sleep 180
sudo systemctl restart deconz-homebridge.service &

--> hue lights should re-appear in 3.5 minutes in Apple Home App after restart/boot of phoscon.local

[Schosch83]

@gruenberg Thank you for you're workaround.
For me was not working! But I found a better way, from @ebaauw.

in Terminal you write:
ph createuser

(now you get a user for ph)

ph lightlist

(now he added all lights to a waiting list)

ph lightlist -v
(he show the lights from deconz)

And now Homebridge waiting until all the lights on the ph lightest are there.
Thats work for me and hopefully for others.

[simplenotezy]

@Schosch83 can you link to the original message? Thanks

[Schosch83]

@simplenotezy
I found it here:
ebaauw/homebridge-hue#246
Hopefully I could help.