Homebridge Plugin for LG 2012 Series TVs
Homebridge Plugin based off (https://npmjs.org/package/homebridge-lgtv2) to allow Siri to control LGTV 2012 series.
Hacked together to work with the native IOS 10 Home App, the plugin emulates a light bulb, and maps the brightness control to volume.
Features
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Power on/off (Works with IOS Home App)
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Change volume (Works with IOS Home App) The Brightness (Volume) is controlled by percentage, according to the max_volume parameter. My TV can go to 50, but this seems way to loud: so the default is 20. A min_volume parameter mutes the tv when the volume is lowered. to try and prevent homekit setting power to 0, as its current behaviour
Very Experimental
- Channel + Volume Control This is possible using the hue control in the Elgato Eve app.
Setting "false_run" to true in the config can trys prevent the channel changes whilst experimenting with this
Install
npm install -g homebridge-lgtv-2012
Get TV Pairing key
Replacing 172.16.0.10 with your TV's ip
cd $NODE_PATH/homebridge-lgtv-2012
node -e "ip = '172.16.0.10'; lg = require('lgtv-2012').lgtv; tv = new lg({host: ip}); tv.pair_request()"
Configuration example
Configuration fields
accessory
[required] Must always be lgtv-2012name
[required] Name of your accessoryip
[required] IP address of your tvpairingKey
[required] Must be provided to control the TV. If not provided, pairing key should be shown on the tv during accessory setup.max_volume
[optional] Upper Volume Limit (default: 20)min_volume
[optional] Lower Volume Limit before muting the TV (default: 2)on_command
[optional] Wake-on-Lan is not supported, so command to send when siri is asked to "Turn TV on" (default: "MUTE")