With the WebOS Plus app combined with Homey you can control your LG TV from anywhere in the world.
Main features:
- No infrared! TV is being completely controlled via ethernet
- Stable on/off detection
- WakeOnLan to turn the tv on (TV must be connected with ethernet cable)
- Remote control button simulation to create amazing complex flows on your tv such as changing energy saving when playing music!
If you enjoy the app and can spare a few coins
Make sure you have NPM installed
Make sure you have homey
installed npm i -g homey
Download the release file webos-plus-v*.zip
for the latest release and unzip.
Inside this folder run the command homey app install
. Homey probably needs you to authenticate so just follow the steps provided in the terminal.
Make sure you have NPM installed
Make sure you have homey
installed npm i -g homey
Clone/download the repo to a folder on your computer.
Inside this folder run the command npm run deploy
. Homey probably needs you to authenticate so just follow the steps provided in the terminal.
App capabilities are:
- Change volume
- Mute/unmute
- Change channel
- Media controls
- Power on/off over ethernet with WOL
Besides the basic capabilities you can create amazing flows:
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Actions:
- On/off
- Volume up/down
- Set volume
- Mute/unmute
- Channel up/down
- Set channel via number
- Set channel via list selection
- Set input source or app via list selection
- Simulate remote control button (e.g. Left, Exit, Menu, Ok)
- Send toast messages with icon
- Media controls
- Alert message, see button example below
buttons: [ { label: 'Netflix', onclick: 'luna:https://com.webos.applicationManager/launch', params: {id: 'netflix'}, buttonType: 'confirm', focus: true, }, { label: 'Google', onclick: 'luna:https://com.webos.applicationManager/launch', params: {id: 'com.webos.app.browser', target: 'https://google.nl'}, buttonType: 'confirm' }, { label: 'Cancel', buttonType: 'cancel' }, ],
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Conditions:
- On/Off
- Current volume
- Muted/unmuted
- Current channel
- Current app/input
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Triggers:
- On/Off
- Channel change
- Volume change
- Mute change
- App/input change
- Sound output change
- Media controls
Sorry, my Homey is in Dutch so you'll have to figure out any language differences yourself.