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Vizio SmartCast TV	Instructions on how to integrate Vizio SmartCast TVs and sound bars into Home Assistant.	vizio-smartcast.png	Media Player	0.49	Local Polling	true	@raman325	platinum

The vizio integration allows you to control SmartCast-compatible TVs and sound bars (2016+ models).

Find your device

Install pyvizio locally

NOTE: If the pip3 command is not found, try pip instead

• To install, run pip3 install pyvizio in your terminal.
• If pyvizio is already installed locally, make sure you are using the latest version by running pip3 install --upgrade pyvizio in your terminal.

Discover devices

Find your device using the following command:

$ pyvizio --ip=0 discover

and note its IP address and port number. If you have trouble finding a device you were expecting to, you can try increasing the discovery timeout period by adding the --timeout option (e.g., pyvizio --ip=0 discover --timeout=10).

Pairing

Before adding your device to Home Assistant, you may need to pair it manually. In particular, it is unclear how a sound bar would notify you of a valid auth token. In this case, it might be best to first skip the pairing process entirely, specify a device_class of speaker in your configuration, and try interacting with the entity to see if you have any success. If the media player controls aren't working, and if specifying different ports as mentioned above doesn't work, you will need to find a way to obtain the auth token during this process.

To obtain an auth token, follow these steps:

Make sure that your device is on before continuing.

Parameter	Description
ip	IP Address:Port (obtained from the previous section)
device_type	The type of device you are connecting to. Options are tv or speaker

Enter the following command to initiate pairing:

$ pyvizio --ip={ip:port} --device_type={device_type} pair

Initiation will show you two different values:

Value	Description
Challenge type	Usually it should be "1". If not, use the additional parameter --ch_type=your_type in the next step
Challenge token	Token required to finalize pairing in the next step

At this point, a PIN code should be displayed at the top of your TV. With all these values, you can now finish pairing:

$ pyvizio --ip={ip:port} --device_type={device_type} pair-finish --token={challenge_token} --pin={pin}

You will need the authentication token returned by this command to configure Home Assistant.

Configuration

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

# Example configuration.yaml entry
vizio:
  - host: "DEVICE_IP:DEVICE_PORT"
    access_token: AUTH_TOKEN

{% configuration %} host: description: "IP Address:Port for your device (port is optional but recommended)." required: true type: string name: description: Nickname for your device that will be used to generate the device's entity ID. If multiple Vizio devices are configured, the value must be unique for each entry. required: false type: string default: Vizio SmartCast access_token: description: Authentication token you received in the last step of the pairing process (if applicable). required: false type: string device_class: description: The class of your device. Valid options are tv or speaker required: false type: string default: tv volume_step: description: The number of steps that the volume will be increased or decreased by at a time. required: false type: integer default: 1 {% endconfiguration %}

Notes and limitations

Turning device on

If the Power Mode of your device is set to Eco Mode, turning the device on won't work.

Changing tracks

Changing tracks works like switching channels. If the current input is anything other than regular TV, this command might not do anything.

Sources

The source list shows all external devices connected to the Vizio device through HDMI, plus a list of internal devices (TV mode, Chromecast, etc.)