# ESPHome Light Not Turning on Through Hue App **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [August 25, 2020, 1:30pm UTC](https://diyhue.discourse.group/t/esphome-light-not-turning-on-through-hue-app/175 "2020-08-25T13:30:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jay](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/diyhue.discourse.group/jay/32/110_2.png) [@Jay](https://diyhue.discourse.group/u/Jay)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 1:30pm UTC](https://diyhue.discourse.group/t/esphome-light-not-turning-on-through-hue-app/175/1 "2020-08-25T13:30:49Z")
Hi there, I have flashed a Lohas 9W smart bulb with ESPHome using tuya-convert and have successfully got it to work using Home Assistant. I have also managed to get the light to appear in the Hue app and it is added to the app. However, when i turn the light on in the app, the bulb fails to turn on. It seems like the app isn’t communicating with ESPHome despite having the correct YAML configurations. Here is my YAML configuration: ``` esphome: name: lohas_cct platform: ESP8266 board: esp01_1m includes: - diyhueasyncudp.h libraries: - ESPAsyncUDP custom_component: - lambda: |- auto diyhue = new diyhueudp(); return {diyhue}; wifi: ssid: XXXXXXXX password: XXXXXXXXX ap: ssid: Lohas1 ap_timeout: 3min captive_portal: logger: ota: web_server: api: switch: - platform: template name: alert id: alert optimistic: true turn_on_action: - light.turn_off: color_led - light.turn_on: id: white_led brightness: 100% color_temperature: 4000 K - delay: 1s - light.turn_on: id: white_led brightness: 10% color_temperature: 4000 K - delay: 1s - light.turn_on: id: white_led brightness: 100% color_temperature: 4000 K - delay: 1s - light.turn_on: id: white_led brightness: 10% color_temperature: 4000 K - delay: 1s - light.turn_on: id: white_led brightness: 100% color_temperature: 4000 K - switch.turn_off: alert - platform: template name: entertainment_switch id: entertainment_switch optimistic: true output: - platform: esp8266_pwm id: output_red pin: GPIO5 - platform: esp8266_pwm id: output_green pin: GPIO4 - platform: esp8266_pwm id: output_blue pin: GPIO13 - platform: esp8266_pwm id: output_cold_white pin: GPIO14 - platform: esp8266_pwm id: output_warm_white pin: GPIO12 light: - platform: rgb id: color_led name: "color_led" red: output_red green: output_green blue: output_blue default_transition_length: 0.4s effects: - random: name: Random Effect With Custom Values transition_length: 5s update_interval: 3s - platform: cwww id: white_led name: "white_led" warm_white: output_warm_white cold_white: output_cold_white cold_white_color_temperature: 6000 K warm_white_color_temperature: 2700 K default_transition_length: 0.4s text_sensor: - platform: template name: "light_id" id: light_id lambda: |- return {"esphome_diyhue_light;XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX;lohas_cct;0;0"}; update_interval: 24h ``` I am running on a rpi3+ and have diyhue installed via docker. I have tried to debug the docker using this command: `sudo docker run -e "DEBUG=true" -d --name diyHue --restart=always --network=host -e MAC=XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX -v /mnt/hue-emulator/export:/opt/hue-emulator/export diyhue/core:latest` however this only starts the container and doesn’t output any logs. Is this the correct command? Any help would be much appreciated, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![alex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/diyhue.discourse.group/alex/32/14_2.png) [@alex](https://diyhue.discourse.group/u/alex)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 2:15pm UTC](https://diyhue.discourse.group/t/esphome-light-not-turning-on-through-hue-app/175/2 "2020-08-26T14:15:21Z")
Did you replace all the x values with the actual values? Ex the Mac address for the container? ---
**Author:** ![Jay](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/diyhue.discourse.group/jay/32/110_2.png) [@Jay](https://diyhue.discourse.group/u/Jay)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://diyhue.discourse.group/t/esphome-light-not-turning-on-through-hue-app/175/3 "2020-08-26T18:01:51Z")
Yes, sorry, the X’s were just for this post. ---
**Author:** ![alex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/diyhue.discourse.group/alex/32/14_2.png) [@alex](https://diyhue.discourse.group/u/alex)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://diyhue.discourse.group/t/esphome-light-not-turning-on-through-hue-app/175/4 "2020-08-30T22:27:13Z")
When you say there are no logs, do you mean you ran docker logs and see no output? ---
**Author:** ![Jay](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/diyhue.discourse.group/jay/32/110_2.png) [@Jay](https://diyhue.discourse.group/u/Jay)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://diyhue.discourse.group/t/esphome-light-not-turning-on-through-hue-app/175/5 "2020-08-30T22:52:36Z")
Yeah, I run the docker command from above and then the container starts but no logs appear in the command line. ---
**Author:** ![alex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/diyhue.discourse.group/alex/32/14_2.png) [@alex](https://diyhue.discourse.group/u/alex)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 4:56am UTC](https://diyhue.discourse.group/t/esphome-light-not-turning-on-through-hue-app/175/6 "2020-10-14T04:56:44Z")
This is a very late reply, but to answer your question, nothing will show up in the command line as that is expected. You need to utilize docker logs as mentioned earlier. Perhaps a simple docker tutorial will be able to teach that. ---
**Author:** ![quoije](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/diyhue.discourse.group/quoije/32/132_2.png) [@quoije](https://diyhue.discourse.group/u/quoije)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://diyhue.discourse.group/t/esphome-light-not-turning-on-through-hue-app/175/7 "2020-11-27T01:59:14Z")
Hi @Jay, sorry for bumping an old topic but I was wondering if you ever fix your problem. As you can see in this thread:([Light is detected but the Hue app can't control anything](https://diyhue.discourse.group/t/light-is-detected-but-the-hue-app-cant-control-anything/218)) i’m having the same problem as you. Cheers. ---
**Author:** ![Jay](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/diyhue.discourse.group/jay/32/110_2.png) [@Jay](https://diyhue.discourse.group/u/Jay)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2020, 8:16am UTC](https://diyhue.discourse.group/t/esphome-light-not-turning-on-through-hue-app/175/8 "2020-11-27T08:16:28Z")
Hi quoije, I can confirm that switching from the master to the master-refactor branch fixed this issue for me. I believe that the master-refactor branch is now the default so make sure you’re running that branch and check again. ---
**Author:** ![quoije](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/diyhue.discourse.group/quoije/32/132_2.png) [@quoije](https://diyhue.discourse.group/u/quoije)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://diyhue.discourse.group/t/esphome-light-not-turning-on-through-hue-app/175/9 "2020-11-27T14:29:01Z")
That actually works. Thank you very much 🙂 Have a great day! ---
**Author:** ![Jay](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/diyhue.discourse.group/jay/32/110_2.png) [@Jay](https://diyhue.discourse.group/u/Jay)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://diyhue.discourse.group/t/esphome-light-not-turning-on-through-hue-app/175/10 "2020-11-27T15:25:41Z")
No worries, glad you got it working! You too!