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Not sure why, but after killing the python process and trying to restart it, sometimes it reports the port is already in use. Listing the processes does not show anything running. Usually waiting a few more seconds allows it to start back up. Not sure if there is some error handling that can be added to check for this or something that can ensure the ports get cleaned up faster.

I want to be able to have Alexa increase and decrease the dimming of lights. Currently it doesn't seem that a dimming change stores the new value. I'm planning on trying to implement it, but for starters I'm not sure how to identify the device ID. Do you have any pointers on the best approach to implement this? I'm also interested in it querying the current value from the controller before sending an update. This way if the device is changed without Alexa, hueAndMe could fetch the current value and know how to adjust from there.