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homebridge-philipstv-X

Homebridge module for Philips TV (with JointSpace enabled)

Description

This plugin is basically a modification of homebridge-http. Main difference is:

Ability to poll every 5 min a PhilipsTV
Ability to sent on Standbye command
If no answer is received, the power state is set to false
If any answer is received, the power state is set to true

Update

Added power-on function for models after 2014 (thanks to uronito - https://github.com/uronito )

Added support for 2016 philips models

Added 'has_ambilight' (true/false) switch. Defaults to 'false'

Installation

Install homebridge using: npm install -g homebridge
Install this plugin using: npm install -g homebridge-philipstv-x
Update your configuration file. See the sample below. If you have a 2016 model you have to generate some access-credentials before (see below)

Configuration

Example accessory config for models before 2014 (needs to be added to the homebridge config.json):

"accessories": [
   {
       "accessory": "PhilipsTV",
       "name": "My Philips TV",
       "ip_address": "10.0.1.23",
       "poll_status_interval": "60",
       "model_year" : "2013"
   }
]

Example accessory config for models from 2014 and 2015 (needs to be added to the homebridge config.json):

"accessories": [
   {
       "accessory": "PhilipsTV",
       "name": "My Philips TV",
       "ip_address": "10.0.1.23",
       "poll_status_interval": "60"
   }
]

Example accessory config for models from 2016 (needs to be added to the homebridge config.json):

"accessories": [
  {
      "accessory": "PhilipsTV",
      "name": "My Philips TV",
      "ip_address": "10.0.1.23",
      "poll_status_interval": "60",
      "model_year": 2016,
      "has_ambilight": true,
      "username": "deadbeef0815",
      "password": "deadbeef0815deadbeef0815deadbeef0815deadbeef0815deadbeef0815",
  }
]

Added test option for WakeOnWLAN:

"accessories": [
   {
       "accessory": "PhilipsTV",
       "name": "My Philips TV",
       "ip_address": "10.0.1.23",
       "poll_status_interval": "60",
       "model_year" : "2014",
       "wol_url": "wol://18:8e:d5:a2:8c:66"
   }
]

Credentials for 2016 models

As of 2016 models Philips closed the open, non-https JointSpace API (v5) and switched to the secured API-version 6. Every control- or status-call needs digest authentification which contains of a pre generated username and password. You have to do this once for your TV. We reccomend to use the python script philips_android_tv.

Here is an example pairing call for philips_android_tv :

python ./philips.py --host 10.0.1.23 pair

Usage no npm install needed!