---
layout: page
title: "PJLink"
description: "Instructions on how to integrate PJLink enabled projectors into Home Assistant."
date: 2018-06-21 08:00
sidebar: true
comments: false
sharing: true
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logo: pjlink.png
ha_category: Media Player
ha_release: 0.76
ha_iot_class: "Local Polling"
---

The `pjlink` platform allows you to control from Home Assistant, projectors with support for the [PJLink protocol](http://pjlink.jbmia.or.jp/english/index.html).

## {% linkable_title Configuration %}

To add a PJLink projector  to your installation, add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file:

```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
media_player:
  - platform: pjlink
    host: 192.168.1.2
```

{% configuration %}
host:
  description: IP address or hostname of the device. Example:`192.168.1.2`.
  required: true
  type: string
port:
  description: port on which the PJLink service runs on the device.
  required: false
  type: integer
  default: 4352
name:
  description: Name of the device.
  required: false
  type: string
  default: name of the device as returned by PJLink.
encoding:
  description: Character encoding to use to communicate with the device.
  required: false
  type: string
  default: utf-8
password:
  description: Password to authenticate with the projector.
  required: false
  type: string
{% endconfiguration %}
