Wiz bulbs turning back on after a power cut

MarioBros said:
ok then for now I will hold back buying a UPS/Inverter..

I am running Home assistant and all my wiz bulb are integrated to HA and even Lan control is enabled but still this happens..
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Are all your wiz bulbs & HA server on same wifi network with no "guest" wifi/firewall involved in router settings?
 
guest_999 said:
Are all your wiz bulbs & HA server on same wifi network with no "guest" wifi/firewall involved in router settings?
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yes for all

Same Wifi Network (few devices I have assigned static IPs but not for Wiz bulbs)
No Guest network (had enabled one for some test last week for couple of hours)
No firewall configured.

any reason u asked this ?
 
MarioBros said:
yes for all

Same Wifi Network (few devices I have assigned static IPs but not for Wiz bulbs)
No Guest network (had enabled one for some test last week for couple of hours)
No firewall configured.

any reason u asked this ?
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Many routers do not allow devices on guest network to interact with usual wifi networks for security by default. In fact it is recommended to use all your smart devices on a guest network because it increases security of your home network by not allowing smart devices to interact with your home network. Reason for this is, smart devices usually have obsolete firmware updates & many security vulnerabilities because their manufacturers don't give much attention to this aspect(there have been many cases of smart devices being turned to botnet). All my smart bulbs & switches are on guest network after initial configuration done on guest network with "allow interaction with home network" option enabled & later disabled as usual.
 
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guest_999 said:
Many routers do not allow devices on guest network to interact with usual wifi networks for security by default. In fact it is recommended to use all your smart devices on a guest network because it increases security of your home network by not allowing smart devices to interact with your home network. Reason for this is, smart devices usually have obsolete firmware updates & many security vulnerabilities because their manufacturers don't give much attention to this aspect(there have been many cases of smart devices being turned to botnet). All my smart bulbs & switches are on guest network after initial configuration done on guest network with "allow interaction with home network" option enabled & later disabled as usual.
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Oh thats very interesting, after reading ur above inputs just checked online and found this article... I might need ur help for couple of things regarding this setup, will PM u

Why all your IoT devices should be on your guest network | Android Central
 
Philips Wiz are a useless product. I got three some years back, 2 still exhibit similiar erratic behavior. They will also ghost come on/off, not aligned with the schedule set. Homesmart bulbs work better. I have 1, it never behaves out of specifications.
 
mantheman said:
Got one Phillips today and having similar problems same with wipro.

Only Mi bulb works for me.
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There is an option in smart bulbs called something like "last status remember" which is supposed to remember the status of the bulb (on or off) before power cut & once power is restored it remembers & apply that state. This option worked mostly well in wipro bulbs but no such option available in philips wiz bulbs but they do have a "last state" option available which still works most of the time but not via manually turning the physical switch on off assuming your bulb socket has inverter connection.
 
guest_999 said:
There is an option in smart bulbs called something like "last status remember" which is supposed to remember the status of the bulb (on or off) before power cut & once power is restored it remembers & apply that state. This option worked mostly well in wipro bulbs but no such option available in philips wiz bulbs but they do have a "last state" option available which still works most of the time but not via manually turning the physical switch on off assuming your bulb socket has inverter connection.
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Yes I saw it on wipro and it works 50% of that time. Phillips Wiz app has power outage recover, does not work atm. I will try and tinker it later I guess.
Mi Led bulb works out of the box
 
sriharsha_m said:
Our society has a similar delay in switching over to DG and we never faced any issue.
We primarily use all Wiz lighting across the entire house, so I'm pretty sure it never happens.

Like @m0h1t mentioned, the default config is set to WizClick mode, to switch between 2 selected presets on each power switch toggle.
You need to select the option to "Last Status" instead, the downside of this is you lose the WizClick functionality.

We have dedicated WizMotes for each room/group, so WizClick wasn't that necessary.

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vamsiambati said:
Looks like this state remembering only works if the light is in night mode or bedtime is turned on
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Like I mentioned in my previous post, these bulbs come with Wizclick enabled from factory and needs to be switched to last status mode.
I have been using a bunch of wiz products for the last couple of years and never faced this issue.

The only time this happened was when I bought a replacement bulb and forgot to disable wiz click mode.
Once disabled, never had them power on after a power failure/restore.
 
sriharsha_m said:
Like I mentioned in my previous post, these bulbs come with Wizclick enabled from factory and needs to be switched to last status mode.
I have been using a bunch of wiz products for the last couple of years and never faced this issue.

The only time this happened was when I bought a replacement bulb and forgot to disable wiz click mode.
Once disabled, never had them power on after a power failure/restore.
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I have been using last status mode since the start with wizclick disabled but till now only thing this feature does is restoring the last "bulb profile state" like cool white/warm etc after a power cut/restore but never the on/off state before power cut.
 
guest_999 said:
I have been using last status mode since the start with wizclick disabled but till now only thing this feature does is restoring the last "bulb profile state" like cool white/warm etc after a power cut/restore but never the on/off state before power cut.
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Like I had mentioned, I never had this issue with multiple wiz products.
 
wiz v2 app solves this with "last status" under the light settings, on/off status stays after bulb is turned off/on, will only turn on if you have a schedule setup or you manually turn it on, maybe try logging in with a dummy email acc like @guest_999 suggested
 
I use multiple Wiz B22 and E27 bulbs (9, 10 & 12W variants) in floor standers, shades, wall lights. I had been using Wiz V1 app with Google sign in, before migrating data to Wiz V2 as promoted by the app.

Following option is there under Settings >> Current Home >> Others >> Power Outage Recovery.

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sriharsha_m said:
Following option is there under Settings >> Current Home >> Others >> Power Outage Recovery.
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And one would think a native Chinese app (tuya smartlife) would have more chances of having a less intuitive English based app UI than a renowned MNC. This is the first time I even became aware of such setting.

Though this setting didn't work either. I am guessing it needs google/fb sign-in to correctly work as that's the only thing I see as different from your setup.
 
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