Blue 2-1 & Red Dimmer - Phillips Hue Retrofit downlights glowing when off in smartbulb mode

Recessed cans glowing when off : Hue (reddit.com)
Seems that there may be a recent Hue firmware update that addresses this behavior.

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For the record, here’s the hardware/firmware numbers I have on mine:

Light #1 = LCD002 | 1.101.8
Light #2 = LCD006 | 1.101.8
Light #3 = LCD006 | 1.101.8

Dang @timrudd12 – that Reddit thread is crazy. I must have gotten extremely lucky or something. Or the firmware was updated before I realized there was an issue.

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Oh look at that! I just did the update. I’ll check tonight when it’s dark.

If no luck I’ll go to a dumb switch with the hue ap and will report back.

Thanks everyone!

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Solution: I added the lights back to Hue and did the software update. Problem solved… finally. They are repaired with a Blue and working like a dream.

Thanks Eric and everyone here that helped on this one.

Heres the link to the software update from philips in which they discuss fixing the glow issue.

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firmware update worked for me too - glad I saw that before I returned the cans. For anybody that might stumble in here, you don’t need a hue hub to update, you can do it via the app with bluetooth.

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Wow, that’s insane that it was just a firmware update. Glad it got sorted out and you guys got it working!

yeah - on the one hand I feel pretty dumb for not checking for that before taking us all on this journey, but on the other hand maybe the record will be helpful to others?

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Oh for sure it will help, glad you brought it up as clearly multiple people had this issue and I’m sure there will be others who won’t even check the forum and write into tickets (so now we also are aware of the problem and can help)!

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