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Smart bulbs have the essential smart features to bolster your home security.
A smart light bulb such as Philips Hue features a Home & Away technology that allows you to choose what your smart LED bulb does when you leave your home.
This particular feature allows you to create custom scenes that make your bulbs mimic your routines.
Precisely, your smart bulbs will turn on and off randomly to impersonate you moving from one room to another.
And this protects your home from potential break-ins when you’re on vacation.
Besides improving security, smart light bulbs also guarantee a hands-free operation. That means you can control your smart bulbs through voice commands.
Virtual assistants such as Google Home and Amazon Alexa allow you to use a smart speaker as your voice control device.
Of course, you will connect your smart bulbs to your chosen smart speaker and use your voice to switch them on/off. As such, smart bulbs are a worthy investment.
But even smart bulbs might act up, and you will need to reset them or reconnect them to a smart speaker of your choice.
This ensures your smart bulbs function exceptionally to improve security and guarantee a hands-free operation.
If you’re looking to reset your smart bulbs to restore their exceptional performance, you’ve come to the right place.
We will cover the steps to follow to reset your smart bulbs. So, be sure to read on for more information.
How To Reset Your Philips Hue LEDs
Philips Hue LEDs are one of the best smart bulbs on the market. Since Phillips Hue bulbs come in a19 smart <Most popular bulb size), they perfectly fit inside many light fixtures.
And this makes them ideal for your smart home, especially if you have light fixtures supporting the E26 base size.
Usually, you will connect these color changing bulbs to your Hue Bridge. The Hue app will allow you to add up to 50 of these smart bulbs to the Hue Hub or (Hue Bridge).
Also, you will use the app to set routine timers and customize light scenes. That means the Hue Bridge is the brains for your Phillips Hue smart lighting system.
With that said, the Hub connects to your chosen smart speaker through a wi fi network. And this allows you to control your Phillips Hue smart bulbs through voice commands.
If you no longer have hands-free control of your smart bulbs, you can reset them, and the whole process is straightforward.
However, you can’t reset these smart bulbs manually. Your only option is to factory reset the Hue Bridge. After the factory reset, each smart bulb that works will disconnect from the Hue Bridge.
And this means setting up the bulbs from scratch. That means reconnecting the Phillips Hue bulbs to the Hub using the Hue app.
Also, you will reconnect the Hub to your smart speaker and reset the scenes, routines, and other automation features.
Resetting the Hue Bridge is easy – you will press and hold the “Restore Factory Settings” button for a few seconds. You will flip the Hue Bridge over to get to this button.
How To Reset Your Belkin WeMo LEDs
Unlike Philips Hue smart bulbs, WeMo LEDs are very easy to reset. All you need is your light switch to reset these smart bulbs manually.
You will start with the smart lights on, then switch them off from the light switch. You will wait for a second before switching them on again.
That means you will switch the WeMo LEDs off for a second.
You will then switch them back on for 3-4 seconds. You will repeat the on/off cycle twice or thrice.
Your WeMo LEDs should flash to let you know that the manual reset was successful.
You have about 4 minutes to pair each smart bulb with a WeMo Link or any compatible Hub such as the SmartThings Hub for hands-free control.
If the 4-minute time elapses, you will start over the reset process.
How To Reset Your Osram Lightify LEDs
Resetting these smart bulbs follows the same steps as resetting your WeMo LEDs. But what’s different is the timing.
Just as with the WeMo LEDs, you will start with your smart bulbs switched on, but you will let the bulbs on for 5 seconds.
Then you will switch them off for 5 seconds before switching them back on for 5 seconds. You will repeat this on/off cycle five times.
Your Osram Lightify LEDs will also flash to let you know the manual reset was successful. You can then connect them to your Hub for hands-free control.
Resetting Your GE Link LEDs
Resetting these smart lights manually also follows the same steps as resetting Osram Lightify LEDs and WeMo LEDs. You will cycle the smart bulbs between on and off, pausing for 3 seconds with each cycle.
That means you will turn the lights on for 3 seconds and turn them off for 3 seconds. You will repeat this cycle five times.
Your smart bulbs will slowly pulse to let you know the manual reset was successful. You can then connect it to your preferred smart speaker for hands-free control.
How to Reset Cree Connected LEDs
You will manually reset these smart bulbs using your light switch. You will switch your smart bulbs on for 2 seconds and then turn them off for 2 seconds.
You will repeat this on/off cycle three times, and the manual reset will be successful.
How to Reset TCP LEDs
You will start with the smart bulbs switched off. You will then switch them on and off from the wall switch.
You will repeat this on/off cycle three times and then switch on the smart bulbs and leave them.
Your smart bulbs will slowly pulse after several seconds, letting you know the manual reset was successful. You can then add your smart bulb to the TCP Gateway for convenient control.
How to Reset Nanoleaf Aurora
You have three ways to reset these smart bulbs. Each reset method depends on what you’re looking to achieve. So, let’s look at these three reset methods:
Resetting Wifi settings
You might want to connect your Nanoleaf Aurora smart bulb to a new wi fi network. If this is the case, you will need to reset the WiFi setting.
You will press and hold the Effect Select and Power buttons simultaneously for 5 seconds. The WiFi LED light will be on, and you will use the mobile app to add your smart bulb to the new Wi Fi network.
Soft Reset
This type of reset keeps your saved Effects. But it resets your WiFi and pairing information.
That means you will connect the smart bulb to your new Wi Fi network and a smart speaker of your choice.
A soft reset is easy – you will press and hold the Effect Select and Power buttons simultaneously for 10 seconds.
The Wi Fi LED light on your smart bulb will light up after 5 seconds, then flash after 10 seconds.
This shows you that you’ve reset the smart bulbs, and you can pair it with a Hub or smart speaker for hands-free control.
Factory Reset
This type of reset erases everything from your smart bulb. Information such as Wi-Fi settings, pairing information, and saved Effects will all go.
That means the smart bulb will be as good as new with no pre-setting.
It is easy to factory reset your Nanoleaf Aurora. You will disconnect the smart bulb from electricity.
Then press and hold the Effect Select and Power buttons simultaneously. You will then power on the smart bulb while still holding the buttons.
You will continue pressing and holding the two buttons for about 7 seconds. The WiFi LED on your smart bulb will flash rapidly, and that’s when you will release the two buttons.
Then you will wait for 3 minutes since the smart bulb takes this long to factory reset itself.
Final Thoughts
If you’re looking to smarten your home, replacing your traditional bulbs with smart bulbs is an excellent idea. And that means smart bulbs are a decent starter kit for home transformation.
A smart bulb allows you to use a virtual assistant such as Amazon Alexa to control it through voice commands.
Also, it allows you to control it efficiently from anywhere. That means you can be on vacation and still switch your smart bulbs on/off.
What’s more, they allow you to create routines that mimic your movements from one room to another, thus preventing break-ins.
But even smart bulbs can act up.
Fortunately, you can reset them and reconnect them to your Wi Fi network, smart Hub, or favorite smart speaker for efficient control.
Each smart bulb is unique and might require you to follow special steps.
Since we have looked at these steps, resetting your smart bulbs is no longer a challenge. If you have a stand-alone light fixture like a bedside lamp, you can use smart plugs to control it.
Smarten every light bulb in your home to reduce the energy bills and control your lighting system conveniently from anywhere.
