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Definitely not the Philips Hue bulbs. Those use a REST API on port 80 for network control, whereas these bulbs are using a proprietary binary protocol on port 5577.



From what I've been able to find about the Philips API, there's also a modicum of authentication while these appear happy to accept input from anyone on the network.




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