Philips Hue Aurora KP-index based lighting 💡

Make specific lights get a color and brightness code based on current KP-index

Data from NOAA Planetary Index.

Create and Activate a New Virtual Environment (optional, but recommended to avoid potential conflicts with system packages):

python3 -m venv hue-env

On Linux/macOS

source hue-env/bin/activate  

On Windows:

hue-env\Scripts\activate

Install the Dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Set up config file

Copy example_config.yaml to config.yaml

cp example_config.yaml config.yaml

Then edit it and add your Bridge's local ip to the bridge_ip key, or just run bridge-authenticate.py and enter the ip there.

Authenticate with your bridge

python3 bridge-authenticate.py

Within 30 seconds, push the Bridge button, then return to the script and press enter

List all your lights

python3 list_lights.py

Add lights you want aurora notification for, in the aurora_light_ids config.yaml setting

aurora_light_ids:
- 13
- 7

Change lights accordinging to data from NOAA's kpindex API

python3 aurora_notification.py

To test with specific kp-index values, add a index as a parameter to see light change to this:

python3 aurora_notification.py 3

Add this script to crontab to run every 5 minute:

crontab -e

Add this rule, remember to edit the folder and environtment names

*/5 * * * * /home/pi/philips-hue-python-aurora-alert/hue-env/bin/python3 /home/pi/philips-hue-python-aurora-alert/aurora_notification.py >> /home/pi/philips-hue-python-aurora-alert/cron.log 2>&1

Colors

Adjust values in aurora_notifications.py to your own desire:

def decide_hue_and_brightness(kp_index):
    if kp_index < 1:
        return None, None  # Turn off the light
    elif kp_index == 1:
        return 45000, 50  # Light blue with low brightness
    elif kp_index == 2:
        return 25500, 100  # Green with full brightness
    elif kp_index == 3:
        return 10000, 200  # Orange with medium brightness
    elif kp_index == 4:
        return 3000, 200  # Red with medium brightness
    elif kp_index == 5:
        return 0, 200  # Bright red
    elif kp_index == 6:
        return 50000, 200  # Pinkish-red
    elif kp_index == 7:
        return 55000, 225  # Purple with medium brightness
    else:
        return 55000, 254  # Deep purple with high brightness