I read the other day of somebody who had cunningly put a large QR code on their background when attending Zoom/Teams meetings as we all need to do nowadays. When this code was scanned by anyone in the meeting then it made the lights in their office turn on or off.
There’s something that I immediately needed to do. So I did. I already have a Philips Hue bulb installed in my office so things were relatively straightforward but nevertheless it took some doing:
- Had to install new Philips Hue hub. We’ve been running with version 1 for years but the lates software and app only work with the newer model. Fortunately I had one of these ready to install as I hadn’t got aroud to doing it yet.
- Link Philips Hue account with IFTTT account
- Create a Maker Webhooks trigger that triggers an event when a URL is POSTed or GETted.
- The trigger triggers a toggle event on IFTTT on the hue bulb in the office
- Created a QR code pointing to the wekhook URL. Printed out the code and stuck to the wall behind me.
Then I decided to do the same for Claire. She hasn’t got a Hue bulb in her ceiling spotlights so instead I added a spare Teckin smart socket to her floor lamp. This was more complicated as I had to set up an event via the IFTTT app on phone, connected to the Smart Life app. But it seems to work.
