pimatic-lg-smart-tv v0.0.2
pimatic-lg-smart-tv
A pimatic plugin to control WebOS based LG Smart TV's. This plugin was developed against a LG OLED55B8PLA. Similar models should work equally well. I do recommend connecting a Smart TV through cabled LAN for stability reasons - Which you already did for Netflix quality reasons anyway ;)
Status of Implementation
Since the first release the following features have been implemented:
- Autodiscovery of LG WebOS capable televisions
- Button devices for TV Channels, TV Inputs, and installed WebOS Apps, allowing to switch apps, inputs and channels rule-based
- Rule Action to show Toast messages on the television
- Turning TV on and off (Turning the TV on is accomplished through Wake-On-LAN)
Roadmap:
- Implement volume control (Not done initially since I use my AV Receiver for TV volume).
Contributions / Credits
Originally this project was inspired by pimatic-lgtv (Vincent Riemer). However, the code base has deviated significantly since then.
Configuration
- Add the plugin to your config.json, or via the GUI (Do not forget to activate)
- Create a device config, or run device autodiscovery (Recommended)
Plugin Configuration
{
"plugin": "lg-smart-tv",
"debug": false,
"smartTVs": [
{
"id": "192.168.0.101",
"mac": "a8:23:fe:66:dd:11"
},
{
.......
}
],
"active": true
}The plugin has the following configuration properties:
| Property | Default | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| debug | false | Boolean | Debug messages to pimatic log, if set to true |
Device Configuration
Default settings through autodiscovery should work fine.
LgSmartTvDevice
{
"class": "LgSmartTvDevice",
"name": "TV Livingroom",
"id": "tv-livingroom",
"tvIp": "192.168.0.101",
"tvMac": "a8:23:fe:66:dd:11",
"key": "401d6a314a8992695c0139c042084e4a"
}The device has the following configuration properties:
| Property | Default | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| tvIP | '' | String | IPv4 address of TV (Populated by auto discovery |
| tvMAC | '' | String | MAC address of TV (Populated by auto discovery |
| key | '' | String | Unique key identifying Pimatic with the TV |
LgSmartTvAppsDevice / LgSmartTvInputsDevice
{
"class": "LgSmartTvAppsDevice",
"name": "TV Apps",
"id": "lg-smart-tv-applications",
"tvIp": "192.168.0.101",
"buttons": [
{
"id": "netflix",
"text": "Netflix"
},
{
.....
}
]
}| Property | Default | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| buttons | '' | Array | Array of Applications installed on TV |
| id | '' | String | Internal WebOS app id |
| text | '' | String | Friendly App name for Pimatic GUI |
In WebOS Apps and Inputs are treated similarly, therefore you can opt to include your inputs in your Apps device! In case you want to have a separate buttons device for inputs, the syntax is equal, where the id refers to the input in that case. *E.g. "id": "com.webos.app.hdmi2", "name": "Input HDMI 2"
LgSmartTvChannelsDevice
{
"class": "LgSmartTvChannelsDevice",
"name": "TV Channels",
"id": "lg-smart-tv-channels",
"tvIp": "192.168.0.101",
"buttons": [
{
"id": "npo-1-hd",
"text": "NPO 1 HD",
"webosId": "3_36_1_501_114_14010_2249"
},
{
......
}
]
}| Buttons Property | Default | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | '' | String | Pimatic button ID |
| webosId | '' | String | Internal WebOS channel id |
| text | '' | String | Friendly Channel name for Pimatic GUI |
Predicates and Actions
The following predicates are supported:
- {device} is turned on|off
The following actions are supported:
- switch {device} on|off
- show message "Look at the TV!" on TV Living Room
- press Discovery Channel HD (Discovery Channel HD being the friendly name for the TV Channel)
- Press Mediaplayer (Mediaplayer being the Pimatic friendly name for the corresponding TV Input)
License
Copyright (c) 2021, Danny Wigmans and contributors. All rights reserved.