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LG webOS Smart TV	Instructions on how to integrate a LG webOS Smart TV within Home Assistant.	webos.png	Media Player Notifications	Local Polling	0.18	/components/media_player.webostv/ /components/notify.webostv/

The webostv platform allows you to control a LG webOS Smart TV.

There is currently support for the following device types within Home Assistant:

• Media Player
• Notifications

Media Player

To begin with enable LG Connect Apps feature in Network settings of the TV instructions.

Once basic configuration is added to your configuration.yaml Configuration card should prompt on your Home Assistants's states. Follow the instructions and accept pairing request on your TV.

Pairing information will be saved to the filename: provided in configuration. This process is IP sensitive, in case the IP address of your TV would change in future.

Configuration

To add a TV to your installation, add the following to your configuration.yaml file:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
media_player:
  - platform: webostv

{% configuration %} host: description: "The IP of the LG webOS Smart TV, e.g., 192.168.0.10." required: false type: string name: description: The name you would like to give to the LG webOS Smart TV. required: false type: string filename: description: "The filename where the pairing key with the TV should be stored. This path is relative to Home Assistant's config directory. NOTE: When using multiple TVs each TV will need its own unique file." required: false type: string default: webostv.conf timeout: description: The timeout for communication with the TV in seconds. required: false type: time turn_on_action: description: Defines an action to turn the TV on. required: false type: string customize: description: List of options to customize. required: false type: map keys: sources: description: List of hardware and webOS App inputs. required: false type: list {% endconfiguration %}

If you do not specify host:, all LG webOS Smart TVs within your network will be auto-discovered.

Example

A full configuration example will look like the sample below:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
media_player:
  - platform: webostv
    host: 192.168.0.10
    name: Living Room TV
    filename: webostv.conf
    timeout: 5
    turn_on_action:
      service: persistent_notification.create
      data:
        message: "Turn on action"
    customize:
      sources:
        - livetv
        - youtube
        - makotv
        - netflix

Avoid using [ ] in the name: of your device.

Turn on action

Home Assistant is able to turn on a LG webOS Smart TV if you specify an action, like HDMI-CEC or WakeOnLan.

Common for webOS 3.0 and higher would be to use WakeOnLan feature. To use this feature your TV should be connected to your network via Ethernet rather than Wireless and you should enable LG Connect Apps feature in Network settings of the TV instructions (or Mobile App in General settings for older models) (*may vary by version).

On newer models (2017+), WakeOnLan may need to be enabled in the TV settings by going to Settings > General > Mobile TV On > Turn On Via WiFi instructions.

# Example configuration.yaml entry
wake_on_lan: # enables `wake_on_lan` domain

media_player:
  - platform: webostv
    host: 192.168.0.10
    #other settings
    turn_on_action:
      service: wake_on_lan.send_magic_packet
      data:
        mac: "B4:E6:2A:1E:11:0F"

Any other actions to power on the device can be configured.

Sources

To obtain complete list of available sources currently configured on the TV, once the webOS TV is configured and linked, while its powered on head to the Developer Tools > States, find your media_player.<name> and use the sources listed in source_list: remembering to split them per line into your sources: configuration.

Change channel through play_media service

The play_media service can be used in a script to switch to the specified tv channel. It selects the best matching channel according to the media_content_id parameter:

1. Channel number (i.e. '1' or '6')
2. Exact channel name (i.e. 'France 2' or 'CNN')
3. Substring in channel name (i.e. 'BFM' in 'BFM TV')

# Example action entry in script to switch to channel number 1
service: media_player.play_media
data:
  entity_id: media_player.lg_webos_smart_tv
  media_content_id: 1
  media_content_type: "channel"

# Example action entry in script to switch to channel including 'TF1' in its name
service: media_player.play_media
data:
  entity_id: media_player.lg_webos_smart_tv
  media_content_id: "TF1"
  media_content_type: "channel"

Next/Previous buttons

The behaviour of the next and previsous buttons is different depending on the active source:

• if the source is 'LiveTV' (television): next/previous buttons act as channel up/down
• otherwise: next/previous buttons act as next/previous track

Notifications

The webostv notify platform allows you to send notifications to a LG webOS Smart TV.

When the TV is first connected, you will need to accept Home Assistant on the TV to allow communication.

To add a TV to your installation, add the following to your configuration.yaml file and follow the configurator instructions:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
notify:
  - platform: webostv
    host: 192.168.0.112
    name: livingroom_tv
    filename: webostv.conf

{% configuration %} host: description: The IP of the LG webOS Smart TV, e.g., 192.168.0.10 required: true type: string name: description: The name you would like to give to the LG webOS Smart TV. required: true type: string filename: description: "The filename where the pairing key with the TV should be stored. This path is relative to Home Assistant's config directory. NOTE: When using multiple TVs each TV will need its own unique file." required: false type: string default: webostv.conf icon: description: The path to an image file to use as the icon in notifications. required: false type: [string, icon] {% endconfiguration %}

A possible automation could be:

{% raw %}

# Example configuration.yaml entry
automation:
  - alias: Open a window
    trigger:
      platform: numeric_state
      entity_id: sensor.netatmo_livingroom_co2
      above: 999
    action:
      service: notify.livingroom_tv
      data:
        message: "You should open a window! (Livingroom Co2: {{ states('sensor.netatmo_livingroom_co2') }}ppm)"

{% endraw %}

The icon can be overridden for individual notifications by providing a path to an alternative icon image to use:

automation:
  - alias: Front door motion
    trigger:
      platform: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.front_door_motion
      to: 'on'
    action:
      service: notify.livingroom_tv
      data:
        message: "Movement detected: Front Door"
        data:
          icon: "/home/homeassistant/images/doorbell.png"