measure tool for Hue groups: what and How?

[Mariusthvdb]

since a measure tool for Hue groups has been added, #280, without any explanation, I would be interested to learn what we can do with that. Would you care for some explanation please?

thanks!

[bramstroker]

Purpose of this feature is to measure multiple bulbs of the same model at once. This can help when measuring lights which have a very low power consumption which is difficult to measure with the smart plugs we use.

Let's assume you have 3 Hue spots of the same model. You can create a hue group (with the app) containing this 3 lights.
They should be all connected to the same smart plug obviously (to measure the consumption).
Next start the measure script and select the option to measure multiple lights at once. Specify "3" when asked for the amount of lights and select the Hue group when asked.

The tool will measure power consumption and divide this by 3 to get the amount for a single bulb before writing to the CSV.

Hope this helps a bit.

[Mariusthvdb]

I see, very clever! great idea, and yes, I have a couple of these cases, so I can definitely see then use for it.