Allow hue lamp to specify IP manually...

for those cases where discovery doesn't...

hardware/hue/104-hue_manage.html

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 -->
 
 <script type="text/x-red" data-template-name="HueNode">
+
   <div class="form-row">
      <label for="node-input-topic"><i class="fa fa-tasks"></i>Hue App Username:</label>
      <input type="text" id="node-input-username" placeholder="username">
@@ -28,7 +29,12 @@
   </div>
 
   <div class="form-row">
-    <label for="node-input-name"><i class="fa fa-tag"></i>Lamp Status:</label>
+     <label for="node-input-ip_address"><i class="fa fa-tag"></i>Hue Bridge IP Address:</label>
+     <input type="text" id="node-input-ip_address" placeholder="IP Address (optional)">
+  </div>
+
+  <div class="form-row">
+    <label for="node-input-lamp_status"><i class="fa fa-tag"></i>Lamp Status:</label>
     <select id="node-input-lamp_status" placeholder="lamp_status">
     <option value="AUTO">AUTO</option>
     <option value="ON">ON</option>
@@ -65,6 +71,8 @@
     </ul>
 
     <p>Please note, by setting the status to AUTO on the node configuration, the rest of the node parameters are ignored, you need to set all parameters through the message input.</p>
+    <p>By default, the node will search for Philips Hue Bridges. However, by specifying an IP address, you can find Hue systems when this may not be possible due to network configuration.
+    </p>
 </script>
 
 <!-- Finally, the node type is registered along with all of its properties   -->
@@ -77,6 +85,7 @@
             username: {value:"", required:true},
             discovery_mode: {value: "", required:false},
             lamp_id: {value:"", required:false},
+            ip_address: {value:"", required:false},
             color: {value:"EBF5FF"},
             brightness: {value:"100"},
             lamp_status:{}

hardware/hue/104-hue_manage.js

@@ -41,47 +41,13 @@ function hexToRgb(hex) {
     } : null;
 }
 
-
+function setLights(node, myMsg) {
-// The main node definition - most things happen in here
-function HueNode(n) {
-    // Create a RED node
-    RED.nodes.createNode(this,n);
-
-    var node = this;
-
-    //get parameters from user
-    this.username = n.username;
-    this.lamp_status = n.lamp_status;
-    this.lamp_id = n.lamp_id;
-    this.color = n.color;
-    this.brightness = n.brightness;
-   
-
-    // Store local copies of the node configuration (as defined in the .html)
-    this.topic = n.topic;
-
-    
-    var msg = {};
-    
-    msg.topic = this.topic;
-
-    this.on("input", function(msg){
-        var myMsg = msg;
-            //set the lamp status
-            //first locate the Hue gateway:
-            hue.locateBridges(function(err, result) {
 
     var msg2 = {};
     msg2.topic = this.topic;
-                if (err) throw err;
-                //check for found bridges
-                if(result[0]!=null) {
-                    //save the IP address of the 1st bridge found
-                    this.gw_ipaddress = result[0].ipaddress;
-                
 
     //set light status
-                    var api = new HueApi(this.gw_ipaddress, node.username);
+    var api = new HueApi(node.gw_ipaddress, node.username);
     var lightState = hue.lightState;
     var state = lightState.create();
 
@@ -137,6 +103,48 @@ function HueNode(n) {
         msg2.payload = 'Light with ID: '+node.lamp_id+ ' was set to '+node.lamp_status;
     node.send(msg2);
 }
+
+
+// The main node definition - most things happen in here
+function HueNode(n) {
+    // Create a RED node
+    RED.nodes.createNode(this,n);
+
+    var node = this;
+
+    //get parameters from user
+    this.username = n.username;
+    this.lamp_status = n.lamp_status;
+    this.lamp_id = n.lamp_id;
+    this.gw_ipaddress = n.ip_address;
+    this.color = n.color;
+    this.brightness = n.brightness;
+
+    // Store local copies of the node configuration (as defined in the .html)
+    this.topic = n.topic;
+
+
+    var msg = {};
+
+    msg.topic = this.topic;
+
+    this.on("input", function(msg){
+        var myMsg = msg;
+        //set the lamp status
+        if (this.gw_ipaddress) {
+            setLights(node, myMsg);
+        } else {
+            //first locate the Hue gateway:
+            hue.locateBridges(function(err, result) {
+
+
+                if (err) throw err;
+                //check for found bridges
+                if(result[0]!=null) {
+                    //save the IP address of the 1st bridge found
+                    this.gw_ipaddress = result[0].ipaddress;
+                    setLights(node, myMsg);
+                }
                 else {
                     //bridge not found:
                     var msg = {};
@@ -145,6 +153,7 @@ function HueNode(n) {
                 }
 
             });
+        }
     });