Hueblog: Paulmann Plug & Shine: Now with Hue-compatible outdoor lights

Paulmann Plug & Shine: Now with Hue-compatible outdoor lights

Unfortunately only usable with own cables

A while ago I already introduced the Plug & Shine system from Paulmann to you. Up to now you could only integrate it into the Hue ecosystem with a ZigBee controller, in practice this meant: All outdoor lights connected behind the controller were displayed as one lamp in the Hue app. So no different light settings could be made.

For this summer Paulmann has expanded its portfolio of Plug & Shine and now also offers individual products with an integrated ZigBee controller. This means that the outdoor light sources appear as individual lamps in the Hue-App and can be controlled individually.


There are currently four different products to choose from, all of which can display different shades of white and 16 million colours. You can find them all on the Paulmann website.

With Plug & Shine, Paulmann also relies on a 24 volt system like Philips hue, which is connected watertight with simple plug connections. There are cables in various lengths, distributors and sufficiently strong power supplies – but unfortunately there is also bad news: Although the plugs are the same size and the technical data is virtually identical, Paulmann's Plug & Shine system is not compatible with the outdoor system from Philips Hue. Of course, the two systems can be operated independently of each other at two sockets and controlled together in the Hue app, but they can't used together on the hardware side.

I think that's a bit of a shame, because that would certainly make Paulmann products a bit more interesting for us Hue users. You should not be put off by the recommended retail price, which is a bit high. For example, Cube and Globe are available in stores for under €60. Reason enough for me to take another close look at the system in the near future.

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In den letzten Jahren habe ich mich zu einem echten Experten in Sachen Hue & HomeKit entwickelt. Mittlerweile habe ich über 50 Lampen und zahlreiche Schalter im Einsatz. In meinem kleinen Blog teile ich meine Erfahrungen gerne mit euch.

Comments 5 replies

  1. Hi Alvaro – I cane across your post here and wondered if you got an answer to your queation? I have the same set up and would like to know how to pair my controller with my Hue Bridge.

  2. Hi Fabian, you wrote “bad news: Although the plugs are the same size and the technical data is virtually identical, Paulmann’s Plug & Shine system is not compatible with the outdoor system from Philips Hue.”

    Does it mean you can’t even use the Paulmann cables within the Philips Hue Outdoor setup?
    Is it some sort of a vendor lock-in that Philips put in their cables?
    Or what happened when you tried it?

    1. Thanks for the clarification Fabian.

      It’s actually a pitty that these kind of systems are not with standardized connector types. E.g. one type for 24V systems, one for 12V systems, etc.

      From my point of view the Philips Hue Outdoor product range lacks at least an 1m extension cable and an 3-way splitter to make it much more versatile, especially in smaller gardens.

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