HomeAssistant - SamsungTV Smart Component

This is a custom component to allow control of SamsungTV devices in HomeAssistant. Is a modified version of the built-in samsungtv with some extra features.
This plugin is only for 2016+ TVs model! (maybe all tizen family)

This project is a fork of the component SamsungTV Tizen. I added some feature like the possibility to configure it using the HA user interface, simplifing the configuration process. I also added some code optimizition in the comunication layer using async aiohttp instead of request. Part of the code and documentation available here come from the original project.

Important note

Starting from version 0.2.x the websocket protocol has been completely rewritten in order to keep communication with the TV always open (as it should be). In addition, all REST-type messages, that create problems in communications and management of the access token, have been eliminated.
The new protocol should make communication with the TV much more efficient, however, being this the first version, I ask everyone to open any issues with the greatest number of details so that I can identify and resolve any anomalies in the best way. For those who cannot use the new version, they can eventually install the latest version 0.1.x waiting new fixes.

Additional Features:

• Ability to send keys using a native Home Assistant service
• Ability to send chained key commands using a native Home Assistant service
• Supports Assistant commands (Google Home, should work with Alexa too, but untested)
• Extended volume control
• Ability to customize source list at media player dropdown list
• Cast video URLs to Samsung TV
• Connect to SmartThings Cloud API for additional features: see TV channel names, see which HDMI source is selected, more key codes to change input source
• Display logos of TV channels (requires Smartthings enabled) and apps

Installation

1. Easy Mode

Install via HACS.

2. Manual

Install it as you would do with any homeassistant custom component:

1. Download custom_components folder.
2. Copy the samsungtv_smart directory within the custom_components directory of your homeassistant installation. The custom_components directory resides within your homeassistant configuration directory. Note: if the custom_components directory does not exist, you need to create it. After a correct installation, your configuration directory should look like the following.

   └── ...
   └── configuration.yaml
   └── custom_components
       └── samsungtv_smart
           └── __init__.py
           └── media_player.py
           └── websockets.py
           └── shortcuts.py
           └── smartthings.py
           └── upnp.py
           └── exceptions.py
           └── ...
   

Configuration

Once the component has been installed, you need to configure it in order to make it work. There are two ways of doing so:

• Using the web interface (Lovelace) [recommended]
• Manually editing the configuration.yaml file

Important: To complete the configuration procedure properly, you must be sure that your TV is turned on and connected to the LAN (wired or wireless). Stay near to your TV during configuration because probably you will need to accept the access request that will prompt on your TV screen.

Note: To configure the component for using SmartThings (strongly suggested) you need to generate an access token as explained in this guide. Also make sure your TV is logged into your SmartThings account and registered in SmartThings phone app before starting configuration.

Option A: Configuration using the web UI [recommended]

1. From the Home Assistant front-end, navigate to 'Configuration' then 'Integrations'. Click + button in botton right corner, search 'SamsungTV Smart' and click 'Configure'.
2. In the configuration mask, enter the IP address of the TV, the name for the Entity and the SmartThings personal access token (if created) and then click 'Submit'
3. Important: look for your TV screen and confirm immediatly with OK if a popup appear.
4. Congrats! You're all set!

Note: be sure that your TV and HA are connected to the same VLAN. Websocket connection through different VLAN normally not work because not supported by Samsung TV. If you have errors during configuration, try to power cycle your TV. This will close running applications that can prevent websocket connection initialization.

Option B: Configuration via editing configuration.yaml

From v0.3.16 initial configuration from yaml is not allowed.
You can still use configuration.yaml to set the additional parameter as explained below.

Configuration options

From the Home Assistant front-end, navigate to 'Configuration' then 'Integrations'. Identify the 'SamsungTV Smart' integration configured for your TV and click the OPTIONS button.
Here you can change the following options:

• Use SmartThings TV Status information
  (default = True)
  This option is available only if SmartThings is configured. When enabled the component will try to retrieve from SmartThings the information about the TV Status. This information is always used in conjunction with local ping result.
  

• Use SmartThings TV Channels information
  (default = True)
  This option is available only if SmartThings is configured. When enabled the component will try to retrieve from SmartThings the information about the TV Channel and TV Channel Name or the Running App
  Note: in some case this information is not properly updated, disabled it you have incorrect information.
  

• Use SmartThings TV Channels number information
  (default = False)
  This option is available only if SmartThings is configured. When enabled then the TV Channel Names will show as media titles, by setting this to True the TV Channel Number will also be attached to the end of the media title (when applicable).
  Note: not always SmartThings provide the information for channel_name and channel_number.
  

• Method used to turn on TV
  Possible values: WOL Packet and SmartThings
  This option is available only if SmartThings is configured. WOL Packet is better when TV use wired connection.
  SmartThings normally work only when TV use wireless connection.
  

• Logo options
  The background color and channel / service logo preference to use, example: "white-color" (background: white, logo: color).
  Supported values: "none", "white-color", "dark-white", "blue-color", "blue-white", "darkblue-white", "transparent-color", "transparent-white"
  Default value: "white-color" (background: white, logo: color)
  Notice that your logo is missing or outdated? In case of a missing TV channel logo also make sure you have Smartthings enabled. This is required for the component to know the name of the TV channel.
  Check guide here for updating the logo database this component is relying on.

• List of entity to Power OFF with TV
  A list of HA entity to Turn OFF when the TV entity is turned OFF (maximum 4). Select entities from list. This call the service homeassistant.turn_off for maximum the first 4 entity in the provided list.
  

• List of entity to Power ON with TV
  A list of HA entity to Turn ON when the TV entity is turned ON (maximum 4). Select entities from list. This call the service homeassistant.turn_on for maximum the first 4 entity in the provided list.
  

• Show advanced options
  Selecting this option and clicking submit a new options page is opened containing the advanced options described below.

Advanced options

• Applications list load mode at startup
  Possible values: All Apps, Default Apps and Not Load
  This option determine the mode application list is automatic generated.
  With All Apps the list will contain all apps installed on the TV, with Default Apps will be generated a minimal list
  with only the most common application, with Not Load application list will be empty.
  Note: If a custom app_list in configuration.yaml file is defined this option is not used.
  

• Applications launch method used
  Possible values: Control Web Socket Channel, Remote Web Socket Channel and Rest API Call
  This option determine the mode used to launch applications.
  Use Rest API Call only if the other 2 methods do not work.
  

• Dump apps list on log file at startup
  (default = False)
  When enabled the component will try to dump the list of available apps on TV in the HA log file at Info level. The dump of the apps may not work for some TV models.
  

• Use volume mute status to detect fake power ON
  (default = True)
  When enabled try to detect fake power on based on the Volume mute state, based on the assumption that when the TV is powered on the volume is always unmuted.
  

• Number of times WOL packet is sent to turn on TV
  (default = 1, range from 1 to 5)
  This option allow to configure the number of time the WOL packet is sent to turn on TV. Increase the value until the TV properly turn-on.
  

• Seconds to delay power ON status
  (default = 30, range from 0 to 60)
  This option allow to configure a delay to wait before setting the TV status to ON. This is used to avoid false ON status for TV that enable the network interface on regular interval also when the TV status is OFF.
  

• Binary sensor to help detect power status
  An external binary_sensor selectable from a list than can be used to determinate TV power status.
  This can be any available binary_sensor that can better determinate the status of the TV, for example a binary_sensor based on TV power consumption. It is suggested to not use a sensor based on ping platform because this method is already implemented by the integration.
  

Custom configuration parameters

You can configure additional option for the component using configuration variable in configuration.yaml section.

Section in configuration.yaml file can also not be present and is not required for component to work. If you want to configure any parameters, you must create one section that start with - host as shown in the example below:

samsungtv_smart:
  - host: <YOUR TV IP ADDRES>
    ...

Then you can add any of the following parameters:

• source_list:
  (json)(Optional)
  This contains the KEYS visible sources in the dropdown list in media player UI.
  Default value: '{"TV": "KEY_TV", "HDMI": "KEY_HDMI"}'
  If SmartThings is configured and the source_list not, the component will try to identify and configure automatically the sources configured on the TV with the relative associated names (new feature, tested on QLed TV). The created list is available in the HA log file.
  You can also chain KEYS, example: '{"TV": "KEY_SOURCES+KEY_ENTER"}'
  And even add delays (in milliseconds) between sending KEYS, example:
  '{"TV": "KEY_SOURCES+500+KEY_ENTER"}'
  Resources: key codes / key patterns
  Warning: changing input source with voice commands only works if you set the device name in source_list as one of the whitelisted words that can be seen on this page (under "Mode Settings")
  

• app_list:
  (json)(Optional)
  This contains the APPS visible sources in the dropdown list in media player UI.
  Default value: AUTOGENERATED
  If the app_list is not manually configured, during startup is generated a file in the custom component folder with the list of all available applications. This list can be used to create a manual list following app_list guide
  Example value: '{"Netflix": "11101200001", "YouTube": "111299001912", "Spotify": "3201606009684"}'
  Known lists of App IDs: List 1, List 2
  

• channel_list:
  (json)(Optional)
  This contains the tv CHANNELS visible sources in the dropdown list in media player UI. To guarantee performance keep the list small, recommended maximum 30 channels.
  Example value: '{"MTV": "14", "Eurosport": "20", "TLC": "21"}'
  You can also specify the source that must be used for every channel. The source must be one of the defined in the source_list
  Example value: '{"MTV": "14@TV", "Eurosport": "20@TV", "TLC": "21@HDMI"}'
  

• mac:
  (string)(Optional)
  This is an optional value, normally is automatically detected during setup phase and so is not required to specify it. You should try to configure this parameter only if the setup fail in the detection.
  The mac-address is used to turn on the TV. If you set it manually, you must find the right value from the TV Menu or from your network router.
  

• broadcast_address:
  (string)(Optional)
  Do not set this option if you do not know what it does, it can break turning your TV on.
  The ip address of the host to send the magic packet (for wakeonlan) to if the "mac" property is also set.
  Default value: "255.255.255.255"
  Example value: "192.168.1.255"
  

Deprecated configuration parameters

• api_key:
  (string)(Optional) (obsolete/not used from v0.3.16 - configuration from yaml is not allowed)
  API Key for the SmartThings Cloud API, this is optional but adds better state handling on, off, channel name, hdmi source, and a few new keys: ST_TV, ST_HDMI1, ST_HDMI2, ST_HDMI3, etc. (see more at SmartThings Keys)
  Read How to get an API Key for SmartThings
  This parameter can also be provided during the component configuration using the user interface.
  Note: this parameter is used only during initial configuration and then stored in the registry. It's not possible to change the value after that the component is configured. To change the value you must delete the integration from UI.
  

• device_id:
  (string)(Optional) (obsolete/not used from v0.3.16 - configuration from yaml is not allowed)
  Device ID for the SmartThings Cloud API. This is optional, to be used only if component fails to automatically determinate it. Read SmartThings Device ID to understand how identify the correct value to use.
  This parameter will be requested during component configuration from user interface when required.
  Note: this parameter is used only during initial configuration and then stored in the registry. It's not possible to change the value after that the component is configured. To change the value you must delete the integration from UI.
  

• device_name: (obsolete/not used from v0.3.16 - configuration from yaml is not allowed)
  (string)(Optional)
  This is an optional value, used only to identify the TV in SmartThings during initial configuration if you have more TV registered. You should configure this parameter only if the setup fails in the detection.
  The device_name to use can be read using the SmartThings app
  Note: this parameter is used only during initial configuration.
  

• show_channel_number: (obsolete/not used from v0.3.16 and replaced by Configuration options)
  (boolean)(Optional)
  If the SmartThings API is enabled (by settings "api_key" and "device_id"), then the TV Channel Names will show as media titles, by setting this to True the TV Channel Number will also be attached to the end of the media title (when applicable).
  Note: not always SmartThings provide the information for channel_name and channel_number.
  

• load_all_apps: (obsolete/not used from v0.3.4 and replaced by Configuration options)
  (boolean)(Optional)
  This option is True by default.
  Setting this parameter to false, if a custom app_list is not defined, the automatic app_list will be generated
  limited to few application (the most common).
  

• update_method: (obsolete/not used from v0.3.3)
  (string)(Optional)
  This change the ping method used for state update. Values: "ping", "websockets" and "smartthings"
  Default value: "ping" if SmartThings is not enabled, else "smartthings"
  Example update_method: "websockets"
  

• update_custom_ping_url: (obsolete/not used from v0.2.x)
  (string)(Optional)
  Use custom endpoint to ping.
  Default value: PING TO 8001 ENDPOINT
  Example update_custom_ping_url: "http://192.168.1.77:9197/dmr"
  

• scan_app_http: (obsolete/not used from v0.2.x)
  (boolean)(Optional)
  This option is True by default. In some cases (if numerical IDs are used when setting app_list) HTTP polling will be used (1 request per app) to get the running app.
  This is a lengthy task that some may want to disable, you can do so by setting this option to False.
  For more information about how we get the running app, read the app_list guide.
  

Usage

Known Supported Voice Commands

• Turn on SAMSUNG-TV-NAME-HERE (for some older TVs this only works if the TV is connected by LAN cable to the Network)
• Turn off SAMSUNG-TV-NAME-HERE
• Volume up on SAMSUNG-TV-NAME-HERE (increases volume by 1)
• Volume down on SAMSUNG-TV-NAME-HERE (decreases volume by 1)
• Set volume to 50 on SAMSUNG-TV-NAME-HERE (sets volume to 50 out of 100)
• Mute SAMSUNG-TV-NAME-HERE (sets volume to 0)
• Change input source to DEVICE-NAME-HERE on SAMSUNG-TV-NAME-HERE (only works if DEVICE-NAME-HERE is a whitelisted word from this page under "Mode Settings")

(if you find more supported voice commands, please create an issue so I can add them here)

Cast to TV

service: media_player.play_media

{
  "entity_id": "media_player.samsungtv",
  "media_content_type": "url",
  "media_content_id": "FILE_URL",
}

Replace FILE_URL with the url of your file.

Send Keys

service: media_player.play_media

{
  "entity_id": "media_player.samsungtv",
  "media_content_type": "send_key",
  "media_content_id": "KEY_CODE"
}

Note: Change "KEY_CODE" by desired key_code. (also works with key chaining and SmartThings keys: ST_TV, ST_HDMI1, ST_HDMI2, ST_HDMI3, etc. / see more at SmartThings Keys)

Script example:

tv_channel_down:
  alias: Channel down
  sequence:
  - service: media_player.play_media
    data:
      entity_id: media_player.samsung_tv55
      media_content_type: "send_key"
      media_content_id: KEY_CHDOWN

Hold Keys

service: media_player.play_media

{
  "entity_id": "media_player.samsungtv",
  "media_content_type": "send_key",
  "media_content_id": "KEY_CODE, <hold_time>"
}

Note: Change "KEY_CODE" by desired key_code and <hold_time> with a valid numeric value in milliseconds (this also works with key chaining but not with SmartThings keys).

Key Chaining Patterns

Key chaining is also supported, which means a pattern of keys can be set by delimiting the keys with the "+" symbol, delays can also be set in milliseconds between the "+" symbols.

See the list of known Key Chaining Patterns

Open Browser Page

service: media_player.play_media

{
  "entity_id": "media_player.samsungtv",
  "media_content_type": "browser",
  "media_content_id": "https://www.google.com"
}

Send Text

To send a specific text to a selected text input

service: media_player.play_media

{
  "entity_id": "media_player.samsungtv",
  "media_content_type": "send_text",
  "media_content_id": "your text"
}

Select sound mode (SmartThings only)

service: media_player.select_sound_mode

{
  "entity_id": "media_player.samsungtv",
  "sound_mode": "your mode"
}

Note: You can get list of valid sound_mode in the sound_mode_list state attribute

Select picture mode (SmartThings only)

service: samsungtv_smart.select_picture_mode

{
  "entity_id": "media_player.samsungtv",
  "picture_mode": "your mode"
}

Note: You can get list of valid picture_mode in the picture_mode_list state attribute

Set Art Mode (for TV that support it)

service: samsungtv_smart.set_art_mode

{
  "entity_id": "media_player.samsungtv"
}

Be nice!

If you like the component, why don't you support me by buying me a coffe? It would certainly motivate me to further improve this work.

Credits

This integration is developed by Ollo69 based on integration SamsungTV Tizen.
Original SamsungTV Tizen integration was developed by jaruba.
Logo support is based on jaruba channels-logo and was developed with the support of Screwdgeh.