Thanks for your answer,
I installed ur app and it's very good...easy to use 
One question, Could get rid of the Hue hub and install Hue bulbs and Hue Dimmers directly to HE? What would be the problem if so?
Hue bulbs will be problematic if you have other Zigbee devices. This is a genteel problem with many Zigbee bulbs -- they don't repeat well for other devices and may cause problems. You can find several forum posts about it, and it's also summarized in the docs. If you only have bulbs and no other Zigbee devices (the Dimmer might be OK), this could work; otherwise, keeping them on their own network is good. That's why I still use a Hue Bridge myself.
The Hue Dimmer can pair directly to Hubitat; but some people appear to have problems keeping it paired. I'm not sure what is going on there. But since I use a Hue Bridge and these can pair directly to that network (and Hubitat had a multitude of button devices that work well with it), I haven't tried; mine are paired to Hue. Basically, I use DBC to help me emulate Hue Dimmer behavior with a Lutron Pico via Hubitat; I still have a few Hue DimmerS, but they're on Hue where u don't have to set that up this way.
I was just reading about the issues u just descrived with hue bulbs, but ur explanation is much better, thanks
I liked the romantic idea to have all the devices on same hub and so...I have one hue dimmer paired with Hubitat for some months and didn't have any issue so far, but it was a secondary dimmer i didn't use much, I added it to a room now and will use it as main switch and see how it works.
As well I like the idea to have dimmers on HE so I can program the buttons to interact with anything linked to HE...I'm sure there is a workaround to do it even if the Dimmers are on Hue hub...But as I'm an amateur I would like to keep things as simpler as posible.
Thanks again for ur answer @bertabcd1234 you helped me a lot.
Hi,
maybe I’ve a small improvement for your Rule.
You can substract the number -1 from the variable pushCounter (this decreases the push counter)
After that just make another if condition to check
IF pushCounter < 0 THEN
pushCounter = 0
End IF
When using this, the pushCounter remains on the same level as it was when switched off.
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i cant set it up either
I didn't find this till after I got mine working. I basically did what @Ken_Fraleigh mentioned. I re-created scenes to match the ones I had in the Hue app. What hung me up for a while is that when you change the bulbs to what you want and try to capture it, it won't work unless you first go to the Hue bridge (in devices) and refresh. Then you can capture the scene. Here is how I configured them.
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Hi,
I have been able to get the Phillips hue dimmer, button device rule setup, and working the Rule Machine. Things appear to work well in emulating similar functionality to if the dimmer were paired with a hue hub. I am trying to add a new function based on button 4 being held down. However, it appears this event is never triggered. I have tried to set up a separate rule based on button 4 being held down. I still do not receive the event. Any thoughts on why this may be?
Thank you!
Misbah
Do you see the event firing off in the log?
I do not see the event firing in the log.
Buttons 1 & 4 do not support held, only 2 & 3.
Why is that? What is the limitation?
It is what it is and that is the limitation.
trying to recreate this same functionality without anything fancy. Works like charm so far, but "button held" functions are not working. if I long press, nothing actually happens (neither increase nor decrease - buttons 2-3). short press couple of time works but long press is not.
any ideas?
Thx. Oliver looks interesting.
Would I be able to use your method to control my Sonos speakers w. the Philips Hue Dimmer switch?
Thx.
/Jan
Can you export it so we can import the rule?
can not figure out where to set "add 1 to pushcounter"
Hi....
Unfortunately I cant since I moved on to home assistant a long time ago.
But I find it funny that this rule is still useful for some users. I use it also in HA since its basically the same.
I am certain you will figure it out and are able lo recreate it.
Good luck.
