diff --git a/hardware/philips_hue/103-philips_hue.html b/hardware/philips_hue/103-philips_hue.html
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-<!--
-  Copyright 2013 Charalampos Doukas.
-
-  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  limitations under the License.
-
-
--->
-
-<script type="text/x-red" data-template-name="HueNode">
-  <div class="form-row">
-     <label for="node-input-topic"><i class="icon-tasks"></i>Hue App Username:</label>
-    <input type="text" id="node-input-username" placeholder="username">
-  </div>
-
-  <div class="form-row">
-     <label for="node-input-name"><i class="icon-tag"></i> Set Discovery Mode ON:</label>
-     <input type="checkbox" value="1" id="node-input-discovery_mode" placeholder="discovery_mode">
-  </div>
-
-  <div class="form-row">
-    <label for="node-input-name"><i class="icon-tag"></i>Lamp ID:</label>
-    <input type="text" id="node-input-lamp_id" placeholder="lamp_id">
-  </div>
-
-  <div class="form-row">
-    <label for="node-input-name"><i class="icon-tag"></i>Lamp Status:</label>
-    <select id="node-input-lamp_status" placeholder="lamp_status">
-    <option value="AUTO">AUTO</option>
-    <option value="ON">ON</option>
-    <option value="OFF">OFF</option>
-    </select>
-  </div>
-
-  <div class="form-row">
-    <label for="node-input-name"><i class="icon-tag"></i> Name</label>
-    <input type="text" id="node-input-name" placeholder="Name">
-  </div>
-</script>
-
-<!-- Next, some simple help text is provided for the node.                   -->
-<script type="text/x-red" data-help-name="HueNode">
-    <p>This node implements some basic functionality for accessing and managing a Philips Hue wireless Lamp system.</p>
-    <p>You can enable the discovery mode to get the IP address of the Hue bridge and a list with the connected Lamps.</p>
-    <p>You can enter the ID (1, 2, ...) of a Lamp and turn it ON or OFF. </p><p>By setting the status to AUTO, you can set the ON/OFF status as a message payload (e.g., msg.payload="ON") on the node input. Please note, in case you use both, the status selection overides the msg.payload!</p><p>Also, if you pass something like msg.payload="ALERT" the Lamp will flash once.</p>
-</script>
-
-<!-- Finally, the node type is registered along with all of its properties   -->
-<script type="text/javascript">
-    RED.nodes.registerType('HueNode',{
-        category: 'advanced-input',      // the palette category
-        color:"#7B7B79",
-        defaults: {             // defines the editable properties of the node
-            name: {value:""},   //  along with default values.
-            username: {value:"", required:true},
-            discovery_mode: {value: "", required:false},
-            lamp_id: {value:"", required:false},
-            lamp_status:{}
-        },
-        inputs:1,                // set the number of inputs - only 0 or 1
-        outputs:1,               // set the number of outputs - 0 to n
-        icon: "philipshue.png",    // set the icon (held in public/icons)
-        label: function() {      // sets the default label contents
-            return this.name||this.topic||"HueNode";
-        },
-        labelStyle: function() { // sets the class to apply to the label
-            return this.name?"node_label_italic":"";
-        }
-    });
-</script>
diff --git a/hardware/philips_hue/103-philips_hue.js b/hardware/philips_hue/103-philips_hue.js
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-/**
- * philips_hue.js
- * Basic functionality for accessing and contolling a Philips Hue wireless Lamp
- * Allows for bridge/gateway and light scanning, as well as Light ON/OFF/ALERT status update
- * Requires node-hue-api https://github.com/peter-murray/node-hue-api
- * Copyright 2013 Charalampos Doukas - @BuildingIoT
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- **/
-
-
-//Require node-hue-api
-var hue = require("node-hue-api");
-var HueApi = require("node-hue-api").HueApi;
-
-// Require main module
-var RED = require(process.env.NODE_RED_HOME+"/red/red");
-
-//store the IP address of the Hue Gateway
-var gw_ipaddress = "";
-
-var lights_discovered = "";
-
-
-// The main node definition - most things happen in here
-function HueNode(n) {
-    // Create a RED node
-    RED.nodes.createNode(this,n);
-
-    var node = this;
-
-    var username, discovery_mode, lamp_status, lamp_id;
-
-    //get parameters from user
-    this.username = n.username;
-    this.discovery_mode = n.discovery_mode;
-    this.lamp_status = n.lamp_status;
-    this.lamp_id = n.lamp_id;
-
-   
-
-    // 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){
-        
-        //check if users has selected discovery mode, provide output:
-        if(this.discovery_mode==1) {
-            //start with detecting the IP address of the Hue gateway in the local network:
-            hue.locateBridges(function(err, result) {
-
-                var msg2 = {};
-                msg2.topic = this.topic;
-                if (err) throw err;
-                //save the IP address of the 1st bridge found
-                this.gw_ipaddress = result[0].ipaddress;
-                msg2.payload = this.gw_ipaddress;
-                node.send(msg2);
-
-                //get light info:
-                var api = new HueApi(this.gw_ipaddress, node.username);
-                api.lights(function(err, lights) {
-                    var msg2 = {};
-                    if (err) throw err;
-                    var lights_discovered = JSON.stringify(lights, null, 2);
-                    msg2 = { topic:node.topic, payload: { ipaddress:this.gw_ipaddress, lights:lights_discovered} };
-                    node.send(msg2);
-
-                });
-
-            });
-            
-        
-        }
-
-        else {
-            //set the lamp status
-            //first locate the Hue gateway:
-            hue.locateBridges(function(err, result) {
-
-                var msg2 = {};
-                msg2.topic = this.topic;
-                if (err) throw err;
-
-                if(result[0]==null) {
-                    msg2.payload="No Philips Hue Bridge located! Nothing to be done.";
-                    console.log("No Philips Hue Bridge located!");
-                    node.send(msg2);
-                }
-                else {
-                    //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 lightState = hue.lightState;
-                    var state = lightState.create();
-
-                    var status;
-                    if(msg.payload=="ALERT"){
-                        status = "ALERT";
-                    }
-                    else if(node.lamp_status=="ON" || msg.payload=="ON") status = "ON";
-                    else if(node.lamp_status=="OFF" || msg.payload=="OFF") status = "OFF";
-
-
-                    if(status=="ALERT") {
-                        api.setLightState(node.lamp_id, state.alert()).then(displayResult).fail(displayError).done();
-                    }
-                    else if(status=="ON") {
-                        api.setLightState(node.lamp_id, state.on()).then(displayResult).fail(displayError).done();
-                    }
-                    else {
-                        api.setLightState(node.lamp_id, state.off()).then(displayResult).fail(displayError).done();
-                    }
-
-                    msg2.payload = 'Light with ID: '+node.lamp_id+ ' was set to '+status;
-                    node.send(msg2);
-                }
-
-            });
-        }
-    });
-
-
-    this.on("close", function() {
-        // Called when the node is shutdown - eg on redeploy.
-        // Allows ports to be closed, connections dropped etc.
-        // eg: this.client.disconnect();
-    });
-
- }
-
- //hue debugging on the output:
- var displayResult = function(result) {
-    console.log(result);
-};
-
-var displayError = function(err) {
-    console.error(err);
-};
-
-
-
-// Register the node by name. This must be called before overriding any of the
-// Node functions.
-RED.nodes.registerType("HueNode",HueNode);
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