Lights in hue app constantly shifting between unreachable and fine, but continue with limited functionality

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Hello,

I am running the hueemulator on a raspberry pi, working with a bunch of milights (RGB-CCT, 4 zones), controlled through the ESP-Milight-Hub project.

I have added paired the hub to the Hue app and can turn the lights on/off without issue. However, the lights consistently go in/out of an unreachable state every 5-10 seconds and occasionally, some lights just turn off for no reason. Even if a light is listed as unreachable, it appears I can still issue on/off commands. Additionally, if I try to use any entertainment apps like Light DJ, etc. they appear to work for a few seconds but then, once the hub lists the light as unreachable, they stop working.

Has anybody seen anything like this or have any ideas where to start troubleshooting?

Logs: https://pastebin.com/zcE2mDsc

Dec 30 07:13:36 raspberrypi HueEmulator3.py[1615]: WARNING:root:MiLight rgb_cct 0x2975 is unreachable: HTTPConnectionPool(host=‘http’, port=80): Max retries exceeded with url: //192.168.50.56/gateways/0x2975/rgb_cct/1 (Caused by NewConnectionError(’<urllib3.connection.HTTPConnection object at 0x7554c7b0>: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno -2] Name or service not known’))

Dec 30 07:13:36 raspberrypi HueEmulator3.py[1615]: WARNING:root:MiLight rgb_cct 0x2975 is unreachable: ‘hue’

Dec 30 07:13:36 raspberrypi HueEmulator3.py[1615]: WARNING:root:Zone 2 is unreachable: ‘hue’

Dec 30 07:13:36 raspberrypi HueEmulator3.py[1615]: WARNING:root:Zone1 is unreachable: ‘hue’

Dec 30 07:13:36 raspberrypi HueEmulator3.py[1615]: WARNING:root:Zone 3 is unreachable: ‘hue’

Dec 30 07:13:36 raspberrypi HueEmulator3.py[1615]: WARNING:root:Zone 4 is unreachable: ‘hue’

Dec 30 07:13:47 raspberrypi HueEmulator3.py[1615]: 192.168.50.126 - - [30/Dec/2020 07:13:36] “GET /api/4d8c053c48d211eb8a12b827eb39bc0f/lights HTTP/1.1” 200 -

Dec 30 07:13:47 raspberrypi HueEmulator3.py[1615]: 192.168.50.126 - - [30/Dec/2020 07:13:36] “GET /api/4d8c053c48d211eb8a12b827eb39bc0f/groups HTTP/1.1” 200 -

Dec 30 07:13:47 raspberrypi HueEmulator3.py[1615]: 192.168.50.126 - - [30/Dec/2020 07:13:39] “GET /api/4d8c053c48d211eb8a12b827eb39bc0f/lights HTTP/1.1” 200 -

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Looks like in lightsRequest.py protoll used is “hue”, trying to reach a milight enabled hub / bulb.
Will look into this.

Can you assure that the reception of all components is good and no “timeout” etc can occour?

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Yes, can confirm reception is good. Everything is located within a tight radius and hardlined if possible. I use the same devices for control via homebridge (albeit from a different hub) without any issues. I have tried fresh installs of DIYHue on multiple raspberry pis, all hardlined in.

Let me know if there is any other useful information I can provide.