Recall Beautiful Scenes. Effortlessly.

Hue Scene Cycling for Control4

Hue Scene Cycler is a purpose-built driver focused on Hue scene recall and cycling from keypads, Navigator, and Calendar Wizard.

Configure up to 10 favorite scenes per Hue room or zone, cycle through them from any keypad button, and automate them across the year with Calendar Wizard.

The driver connects directly to your Philips Hue Bridge V2 using the official CLIP V2 API. It shows up in Navigator as both a Light (for On/Off, brightness, color, and scene selection) and a Button (for cycling through favorites). The optional Experience Button reflects the current scene color as a lit bulb icon.

Real-time Server-Sent Events keep Control4 updated with your Hue Bridge — even when scenes are changed from the Hue app, wall switches, or other automation. No cloud dependency, no MQTT gateway, no third-party driver required.

Why You'll Love Hue Scene Cycler

Most Hue integrations are full light control, and offer scene recall as a secondary feature alongside individual bulb management.

Hue Scene Cycler takes a focused approach: scene cycling and keypad integration done exceptionally well. Everything about the driver — from the 10 configurable Scene Slots to the 17 button link connections to the four LED color modes — is designed specifically for the "press a button, recall a scene, cycle to the next" workflow that homeowners will enjoy.

Instead of relying on the Hue mobile app for everyday operation, homeowners recall favorite scenes directly from Navigator, Composer programming, keypad buttons, Experience Buttons, and automation events.

Built for Calendar Wizard Integration

Calendar Wizard automates lighting themes throughout the year based on holidays, seasons, and schedules. Hue Scene Cycler is the reliable path for Calendar Wizard to recall Hue scenes by name — the same scenes you've already designed in the Hue app.

Example: Design a "Halloween" scene in the Hue app for your living room. Calendar Wizard automatically recalls it on October 1st at sunset. No bulb configuration, no Composer programming, no maintenance.

Multiple Hue Scene Cycler instances coordinate through Calendar Wizard to automate scenes across every Hue room and zone in your home.

How It Works

Each Hue Scene Cycler instance controls one Hue room or zone. Setup is simple:

1. Add the driver to your Composer project
2. Enter the Hue Bridge IP address
3. Press the physical link button on the Bridge and run Pair Bridge
4. Select the Hue room or zone from the dropdown
5. Assign up to 10 favorite scenes to the Scene Slots

Done. Bind keypad buttons to Cycle Up, Cycle Down, or direct Scene 1–10 slots. Scene recall now works from any keypad, Navigator, or Composer programming.

Add multiple Hue Scene Cycler instances (one per Hue room or zone) to automate scenes across every space in your home.

Key Features

Favorite Scene Management

Save up to 10 favorite scenes for each Hue room or zone.

Quickly:

• Recall favorite scenes
• Cycle forward or backward
• Jump directly to any saved scene
• Automatically remember the last active scene

Perfect for everyday lighting, entertaining, seasonal décor, and holiday lighting.

Rich Keypad Integration

Seventeen button link connections make keypad integration effortless:

• On / Off / Toggle
• Cycle Up / Cycle Down
• Reset To Off / Reset To First Scene
• Scene 1–10 direct selection

Button LED colors adapt automatically to the active scene with four color modes:

• Static — fixed color regardless of scene
• Per Slot — unique LED color per scene slot
• Dominant — uses a saturated observed member color, weighted by brightness
• Average — averages observed colors across lights that are on

Real-Time Synchronization

Hue Scene Cycler maintains a persistent Server-Sent Events (SSE) connection to the Hue Bridge — receiving live updates whenever scenes are recalled, groups are powered on or off, or brightness is adjusted externally.

Monitor:

• Power status
• Brightness
• Active scene
• Current lighting color

Change a scene from the Hue app on your phone — Control4 follows the bridge feedback.

Native Control4 Experience

The driver appears in Navigator as both a Light and a Button:

• Light V2 proxy — On / Off, brightness, ad-hoc color picker, and scene selection
• UIButton proxy — cycle through favorite scenes
• Experience Button — optional visual indicator showing the current scene color as a lit bulb icon

Everything is accessible directly from a familiar Control4 interface.

Native Lighting and Hue Effects

• Power On Behavior: choose First Scene, Last Scene, Default Scene, or Control4 Lighting.
• Native brightness and color: use On presets, Previous Level, and Dim-To-Warm/Color Fade in Control4 Lighting mode.
• Independent transitions: configure default brightness/color rates and native click/hold rates.
• Hue effects: select supported effects and variants from Navigator Extras. Only compatible members animate.
• Effect speed and tint: request speed and a named color when every physical member advertises the required effect support; tint also requires color capability.
• Live feedback: representative group color follows observed lights, including white temperature.

Effect parameter values represent requests rather than confirmed device readback. Recalling a scene, turning OFF, choosing None, or making an ordinary explicit color change clears the driver effect request. Native OFF also clears the effect controls in Extras.

Previous Level remembers the last nonzero brightness observed before OFF. Hue scene recalls retain their own stored brightness, colors and transitions.

Temporary Scene Playback

Temporary scene playback controls let you adjust a recalled scene without changing its saved Hue definition:

• Scene Animation: turn palette animation On, or restore saved static colors at the current brightness with Off.
• Scene Speed Request: adjust palette animation speed independently of authored effect bulbs.
• Scene Effect: turn explicitly authored scene effects Off or restore them with On, independently of palette animation.
• Observed Playback: view animated, effect and static bulb counts and observed palette speed.
• Scene None: stop animation and effects while retaining power, brightness and reported colors.

Recalling a scene restores its saved defaults. Controls appear when the selected scene and lights support them. Animation Off restores saved colors rather than freezing the current frame. Direct Effect None clears effects while preserving other lighting state.

Direct Bridge Connection

Hue Scene Cycler talks directly to your Philips Hue Bridge over the local network using the official CLIP V2 API:

• No cloud service
• No MQTT gateway
• No third-party driver dependency
• Self-signed TLS handled automatically

Built for Automation

Integrates naturally with:

• Composer Programming
• Button Links
• Experience Buttons
• Scheduled Events
• Voice Control

Composer commands, events, variables and conditionals support automation, including per-scene "Scene N Fired" events. Consult the included HTML help for the full reference.

Perfect For

• Philips Hue lighting
• Holiday lighting
• Seasonal lighting
• Landscape lighting
• Outdoor lighting
• Accent lighting
• Entertainment spaces
• Living rooms and bedrooms
• Whole-home lighting
• Luxury residences

Local-First Architecture

• No subscriptions.
• No cloud dependency for everyday operation.
• No annual licensing.

Control remains fast, responsive, and designed for reliable local operation.

Expand Your System

Hue Scene Cycler is a complete standalone Control4 driver.

Expand your installation with optional companion products:

• Calendar Wizard
• WLED Theme Cycler
• Z2M Scene Cycler
• Experience Button Drivers

When paired with Calendar Wizard, Hue scenes automatically change based on holidays, seasons, sunrise and sunset, schedules, and custom events — every Hue room and zone in your home follows the calendar together.

Available as part of the Calendar Wizard Automation Suite — includes all four drivers plus the Scene Studio desktop application, which is exclusive to the Suite. See the Calendar Wizard Automation Suite listing on DriverCentral for details.

Requirements

• Control4 OS 3.3.0 or newer
• Philips Hue Bridge V2 (square model) with CLIP V2 API firmware
• Compatible Philips Hue lighting
• Local network connection to the Hue Bridge

Hue Scene Cycler communicates directly with the Hue Bridge for scene control. It does not require, replace, or conflict with existing Hue Bridge drivers in your project.