homebridge-saphi-tv

Homebridge Philips TV SaphiOS

This plug-in provides Homebridge support for Philips TVs running SaphiOS.

Info

Plug-in tested on

• XXPUS6704 (API 6.1.0 )
• XXOLED754 (API 6.1.0 )
• XXPUS7805 (API 6.1.0 )

Working:

• Power funtions
  • Turning the TV on
  • Turning the TV off
• Ambilight functions
  • Turning Ambilight+Hue on
  • Turning Ambilight+Hue off
• Remote control functions (ControlCenter remote / widget)
  • Navigating menus
    • Arrows
    • Confirm
    • Back
  • volume control with hardware buttons
  • Options
• Input functions (Configurable via config)
  • also exposable as switches for easy siri control
  • Watch TV Button
  • Applications
  • Input sources
  • TV Channels

What's next?

• Ambilight brightness
• Ambilight modes
• Ambilight+Hue modes
• Look into volume control with a slider
• arrangements within the home app

Some whishful thinking:

• Auto detect the TV in your local network
• Find a way to get the current channel/app/input
• Expose to Homekit as a proper remote

Plug-in configuration

For the best experience you should use the built-in config. If you can't use it for some reason you can use the config below as a reference.

      {
        "platform": "SaphiTV",
        "name": "TV",
        "ip_adress": "XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX",
        "wol_adress": "wol://XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX",
        "startup_time": 15,
        "timeout": 5,
        "input_delay": 650,
        "api_version": 6,
        "api_port_no": 1925,
        "protocol": "http",
        "polling_interval": 30,
        "has_ambilight": true,
        "has_ambihue": true,
        "has_tv_channels": true,
        "ambi_poweroff": false,
        "ambi_poweron": false,
        "inputs": [
            {
                "name": "TV",
                "type": "TV",
                "position": 0
            },
            {
                "name": "Netflix",
                "type": "APP",
                "position": 0
            },
            {
                "name": "Youtube",
                "type": "APP",
                "position": -1
            },
            {
                "name": "DMAX",
                "type": "CHANNEL",
                "position": 34
            }
        ]
     }

The TV is registered as "External Accessory", it has to be added manually in Home app once. Just tap on "+" -> "Add new Device" -> "No code" and you should see your TV. The code is the same as the one your Homebridge uses.

References

Key knowledge about Philips TV APIs: https://github.com/eslavnov/pylips/wiki

Specific calls and adaptation as Homebridge plugin: https://github.com/98oktay/homebridge-philips-tv6#readme

References for README.md: https://github.com/ebaauw/homebridge-hue/blob/master/README.md