HomeMatic addon to control LG WebOS Smart TV

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Prerequisites

• This addon depends on CUxD
• Power on is done by Wake On LAN, you will have to turn this feature on in your TVs settings (General => Mobile TV On => On)

Installation / configuration

• Download addon package
• Install addon package on ccu via system control
• Open LG-TV addon configuration in system control and add your TVs ( (http://ccu-ip/addons/lgtv/index.html))
• Create new (40) 16-channel universal control device in CUxD
  • Serialnumber: choose a free one
  • Name: choose one, i.e: LG-TV
  • Device-Icon: whatever you want
  • Control: KEY
• Configure new device in HomeMatic Web-UI
• Configure a device channel for each TV and command you want to use
  • Select CMD_EXEC
  • Set CMD_SHORT to /usr/local/addons/lgtv/lgtv.tcl <tv-id> <command> [parameter] (see usage for details)

lgtv.tcl usage

/usr/local/addons/lgtv/lgtv.tcl <tv-id> <command> [parameter]

tv-id

The tv-id is an integer which is displayed on the addon's system control

Commands

command	description
power_on	power on tv
power_off	power off tv
set_volume <level>	set volume to level
volume_up	turn up volume
volume_down	turn down volume
mute	mute audio
unmute	unmute audio
get_channels	get channel list
open_channel <channel-id>	open channel by id
channel_up	channel up
channel_down	channel down
get_inputs	get external input list
switch_input <input-id>	switch input
play	play
pause	pause
stop	stop
rewind	rewind
fast_forward	fast_forward
show_message <text>	show message on screen
get_apps	get app list
launch_app <app-id>	launch app
request <uri> [payload]	send request

The request command can be use to send a raw request. You can find a (possibly uncomplete) list of possible requests in the lgtv2 npm package documentation.

Examples

Power on TV 1:
/usr/local/addons/lgtv/lgtv.tcl 1 power_on

Turn up volume (+1) on TV 1:
/usr/local/addons/lgtv/lgtv.tcl 1 volume_up

Set volume to 20 on TV 2:
/usr/local/addons/lgtv/lgtv.tcl 2 set_volume 20

Open tv channel on TV 1:
/usr/local/addons/lgtv/lgtv.tcl 1 open_channel 7_23_1237_1237_1101_28107_1

Switch input to HDMI-1 on TV 1:
/usr/local/addons/lgtv/lgtv.tcl 1 switch_input HDMI_1

Show message on screen of TV 1:
/usr/local/addons/lgtv/lgtv.tcl 1 show_message 'Hello world!'

Start Netflix-App on TV 1:
/usr/local/addons/lgtv/lgtv.tcl 1 launch_app netflix

Pause playback on TV 1 via request uri:
/usr/local/addons/lgtv/lgtv.tcl 1 request ssap://media.controls/pause

Mute TV 1 via request uri:
/usr/local/addons/lgtv/lgtv.tcl 1 request ssap://audio/setMute '{"mute":true}'