samsungtv Binding (Beta) v1.13

This release (v1.13) makes some changes to accommodate the 2022 Frame TV.

Unfortunately Samsung removed the art api in the 2022 version of the frame TV. therefor most of the art channels will not work. I have attempted to make the ART_MODE channel work, by internally storing the state, but if you turn the TV on or off using the remote, the binding will not know, and the internal state will get out of sync.

I have added a new (advanced) channel called SET_ART_MODE which is intended so that you can externally set the internal art mode correctly. This is intended to be used if you have some external way of detecting if art mode is on or not. For example by monitoring the power used by the TV (15W is standby/off, 30-60W is art mode, 70W+ is TV on), or by reading the status from the RS232 serial Ex-Link interface. I'm using the Ex-link interface to tell if the TV is in art mode or not.

I have also found out how to subscribe to SmartThings, so if you enable the SmartThings interface (with a PAT and device id), the binding no longer polls SmartThings for changes, it subscribes to changes on the SmartThings device id.

samsungtv Binding (Beta) v1.12

This release (v1.12) Makes a number of changes requested by the PR reviewers.

The main breaking change is that the file for custom App definitions has been moved from misc/samsungtv.appslist to services/samsungtc.cfg. The format remains the same.

Please copy your existing file (if you have one) from the old location to the new one, and rename it.
This file is not needed as much as previously, as a default list of Apps is now included in the binding - so try the binding without this file first - you may not actually need it.

In addition, the empty file (services/samsungtc.cfg) is no longer created by default. You must create it yourself if needed.

samsungtv Binding (Beta) v1.11

This release (v1.11) improves the websocket handling, and the TV app handling on <2020 TV's.

samsungtv Binding (Beta) v1.10

This release (1.10) fixes a problem with the SmartThings API call, causing the device ID discovery to fail.

samsungtv Binding (Beta) v1.09

This release fixes the thumbnail download for <2019 Frame TV's and reworks the websocket reconnect logic.

samsungtv Binding (Beta) v1.08

This release increases the websocket buffer size to 1Mbyte. This allows for large thumbnails to be downloaded.

Thumbnails are also only downloaded if the ART_IMAGE channel is linked.

samsungtv Binding (Beta) v1.07

This release introduces a new Subscription feature. The subscription feature reduces the polling of UPNP services by subscribing to notifications.

This feature is experimental, and is off by default.

samsungtv Binding (Beta) v1.06

This release fixes creation of services after WOL. Sould make WOL operations more reliable.

samsungtv Binding (Beta)

This release (1.05) adds back two Frame TV channels that got accidentally dropped from the PR.

samsungtv Binding (Beta)

This release (V 1.04) adds over 340 known app ID's, which will be automatically checked if the TV does not return an installed app list.

This mostly removes the need for editing the manual app file, unless there is a new app to add.