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This is a plugin for Homebridge to control your Sony Bravia Android TV.
This plugin supports following functions:
- Power Switch (on/off)
- Inputs like HDMI, Scart, CEC Devices, AV, WIFI, DVB:T, DVB:C etc.
- Apps like YouTube, Prime Video etc.
- Channels: Your favourite channels as inputs.
- Remote control: native iOS Remote control
- Login with PSK or without PSK (for older models)
- WOL support Wake on Lan
After Homebridge has been installed:
sudo npm i -g homebridge-bravia-tvos@latest
- Set Remote start to ON (Settings -> Network -> Remote Start)
- Change Authentication to Normal and Pre-Shared Key (Settings -> Network -> IP Control -> Authentication)
- Enter a Pre-Shared Key (Settings -> Network -> IP control -> Pre-Shared Key)
- Set Remote start to ON (Settings -> Network -> Remote Start)
- Change Authentication to Normal (Settings -> Network -> IP Control -> Authentication)
{
"bridge": {
...
},
"accessories": [
...
],
"platforms": [
{
"platform": "BraviaOSPlatform",
"tvs": [
{
"name": "Sony Lounge",
"ip": "192.168.178.3",
"port": 80,
"psk": "lipsum555"
}
],
"interval": 10
}
]
}
See Example Config for more details.
| Attributes | Required | Usage |
|---|---|---|
| name | Yes | Unique Name for the TV Accessory. |
| ip | Yes | IP adress from your Sony Bravia Android TV |
| mac | No | MAC address from TV (required if using WOL!) |
| port | No | If you have problems with connecting to the TV, try a different port (Default: 80) |
| psk | No | Your PRE SHARED KEY (see preparing the TV above) |
| extraInputs | No | Inputs for "Scart, Composite, Wifidisplay" (Default: false) |
| cecInputs | No | Inputs for connected cec devices like Apple TV (Default: false) |
| channelInputs | No | An Array of Channel input types (DVBT/DVBC/DVBS/ANALOG) (Default: false) |
| channels | No | List of your favourite channels (channel numbers from tv and source) to display these as inputs in the TV accessory (Default: false) |
| apps | No | List of your favourite apps to display as inputs in the TV accessory (Default: false) |
| wol | No | Wake On Lan (Default: false) |
| customSpeaker | No | If true, an extra speaker accessory will be published to HomeKit (Default: false) |
| speakerType | No | Type of the custom speaker (switch, lightbulb, speaker) (Default: speaker) |
| interval | No | Polling interval in seconds (Default: 10s) |
If you have added multiple TVs to homebridge via this plugin, please note that all TVs except the first one will be published as "external accessories" ! That means, you need to add this TVs manually to HomeKit. It will be not exposed via the bridge. This is necessary due to handling of the TVs via Apple
This plugin has been verified to work with the following apps on iOS 12.2:
- iOS 12.2
- Apple Home (partial)
- Homebridge v0.4.46
(All 3rd party apps like Elgato Eve etc are not supported at this time. Apple is blocking 3th party apps from accessing the TV accessory)
You can contribute to this homebridge plugin in following ways:
- Report issues and help verify fixes as they are checked in.
- Review the source code changes.
- Contribute bug fixes.
- Contribute changes to extend the capabilities
Pull requests are accepted.
If you have any issues with the plugin or TV services then you can run homebridge in debug mode, which will provide some additional information. This might be useful for debugging issues.
HomeBridge with debug mode: DEBUG=BraviaPlatform,BraviaPlatformApi and homebridge -D
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