smartthingstv's Introduction

smartthingstv

For Controlling a Samsung TV via Smart Things

I am not a developer at all, I am learning python and wanted to try this. Let me know any improvements or issues and i will try help. This is still a WIP.

Features

**Update

I have added WOL, You will need to add your MAC address to your configuration. Volume and source list issue fixed and current state thanks to @jaruba .

Can:

Turn the TV off
Set volume
Step volume up / down
Set mute / unmute
Show if muted / unmuted
Show current state on / off
Show current source (Digital TV, HDMI 1, HDMI2, APP NAME)
Show current volume
Add source list
Set source to X
Add WOL

Todo:

Current digital channel should work but have no way of testing.
Add ping method for state
Automatically populate device IDs
Play Pause work

Cant:

Turn on via WIFI
Launch an app via smartthings api (may have work around)

Set up

Make sure your TV is logged into your smart things account.

Obtain an API key from https://account.smartthings.com/tokens

Go here for your device id for each device. Click on the name of your TV and the device id will be in the URL

https://graph-eu01-euwest1.api.smartthings.com/device/show/XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXX

In your configuration.yaml add:

media_player:
  - platform: smartthingstv
    name: My TV name
    api_key: "YOUR API KEY"
    device_id: "YOUR DEVICE ID"
    mac: "YOUR MAC ADDRESS"
    expand_sources: True

Tested on:

UE55NU7100 - Tizen 4.0 - Lan UE49MU6400 - Tizen 3.0 - Wifi

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