Sony TV - VD

[pt13 0]

Im hoping someone can help me, although ive been researching and following fibaro for quite some time ive only just bought all my equipment.

 

I have a Sony TV (2014 4k) and i do have the plugin to control the tv which works very very well.  However, i want to create my own virtual device to be able to select a channel with one click. Say a button with the channel logo as the icon and it sends the command to the TV. Also i want to be able to have a button to be able to select a specific HDMI input.

 

I know it will require the Sony HTTP commands, but can anyone put me on the right track?  Cheers

[pt13 0]

Does anyone also know how to check the state of the Sony TV? (On or Off).  I would like to setup a bedtime scene that turns everything off, but the Sony TV plugin only has a power button and if i use that it would just turn the tv on if it is off.

 

Is there anyway to look at the LUA code of the Sony TV plugin?

 

Thank you

[pt13 0]

Ok so i would love some help!  im trying to figure out how i can program a string or LUA code in a virtual device for a button.

 

i have some codes for the necessary buttons, but i have no idea how to write them in.  So for example, this is the code i have:

 

 Volume Down

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><s:Envelope xmlns:s="

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xmlns:u="urn:schemas-sony-com:service:IRCC:1"><IRCCCode>AAAAAQAAAAEAAAATAw==</IRCCCode></u:X_SendIRCC></s:Body></s:Envelope>

 

How do i put that into a button where it it will turn the volume down on my Sony TV?

Alternatively i have this code, 

 

'VolumeDown': 'AAAAAQAAAAEAAAATAw==',

 

Does this just go in as a string command, or do i need to add something else in?  Please someone help!  THanks

[dhanjel 7]

This is how I do it with a DLNA device, might give you some ideas.

 

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Intels DeviceSpy is an efficient way to get available actions.

[AutoFrank 372]

Ok so i would love some help!  im trying to figure out how i can program a string or LUA code in a virtual device for a button.

 

i have some codes for the necessary buttons, but i have no idea how to write them in.  So for example, this is the code i have:

 

 Volume Down

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><s:Envelope xmlns:s="

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xmlns:u="urn:schemas-sony-com:service:IRCC:1"><IRCCCode>AAAAAQAAAAEAAAATAw==</IRCCCode></u:X_SendIRCC></s:Body></s:Envelope>

 

How do i put that into a button where it it will turn the volume down on my Sony TV?

Alternatively i have this code, 

 

'VolumeDown': 'AAAAAQAAAAEAAAATAw==',

 

Does this just go in as a string command, or do i need to add something else in?  Please someone help!  THanks

 

 

Trying to do the same thing

 

Did Dhanjel suggestion work for you ?

[fredokl 11]

On 01/07/2015 at 11:32 AM, pt13 said:

 

Hello, the SONY plugin does not work. I can not have the code "request authorization key."

Is it someone has a solution for operating an VD for a Sony tv?

THX

[StarkJohan 6]

I'm sure I posted some info on this not too long ago when I had the same issues myself after getting a Sony TV.

 

A quick search and you will find this thread which should be pretty helpful: 

Asking the TV will give you all available commands, here's the output from my TV which probably is pretty much the same for most newer Sony TVs.

 

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[AutoFrank 372]

solved mine by moving away from IP and using a Global Cache GC-100-12

 

 

[fi-bar-oh 47]

On 26/11/2016 at 11:02 PM, AutoFrank said:

solved mine by moving away from IP and using a Global Cache GC-100-12

 

 

 

i would do the same but cannot crack picture off!

[AutoFrank 372]

11 hours ago, fi-bar-oh said:

 

i would do the same but cannot crack picture off!

 

pity..

what's "picture off" ?

[fi-bar-oh 47]

20 minutes ago, AutoFrank said:

 

pity..

what's "picture off" ?

 

i can find the http command for making the tv screen BLACK basically no picture! so when i roll down projector screen in front of it i am saving energy etc... also no backlight behind screen with screen flicker.

 

But with IR i am struggling to get it working as 'Blank' or 'No Picture' is not a key on the remote that i can learn.

[AutoFrank 372]

7 minutes ago, fi-bar-oh said:

 

i can find the http command for making the tv screen BLACK basically no picture! so when i roll down projector screen in front of it i am saving energy etc... also no backlight behind screen with screen flicker.

 

But with IR i am struggling to get it working as 'Blank' or 'No Picture' is not a key on the remote that i can learn.

 

I see...

That's going to be difficult

one option might be to select a blank source (HDMI1 or Prg1, etc) but that still leaves the backlight issue..

 

Would turning off the TV be an option ?

I have a 'ping' script I use to see if my TV is on if that any help.

If it's off when the projector screen s lowered - leave it off

If its on when the projector screen is lowered - turn it off  

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-frank

 

[fi-bar-oh 47]

Just now, AutoFrank said:

 

I see...

That's going to be difficult

one option might be to select a blank source (HDMI1 or Prg1, etc) but that still leaves the backlight issue..

 

Would turning off the TV be an option ?

I have a 'ping' script I use to see if my TV is on if that any help.

If it's off when the projector screen s lowered - leave it off

If its on when the projector screen is lowered - turn it off  

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-frank

 

 

because i have a crappy sonos playbar with only toslink and no hdmi i require the use of spdif from tv! so if i change the channel i change the audio! which means picture and no audio! i have had it working with http before but would love to find a working IR command for this! i found

 

sendir,1:1,1,40000,1,1,96,24,24,24,48,24,48,24,48,24,48,24,48,24,24,24,48,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,980

 

which says it would turn off the picture on a sony TV but it fails to work... then press again and picture would come back!

 

the plan was if W > 10 (projector on and screen = set position then) picture off

else

reverse this process

 

if you have a sony tv and can hook up a spare button for testing could you try that command to see if it blanks your display please

[AutoFrank 372]

7 minutes ago, fi-bar-oh said:

 

because i have a crappy sonos playbar with only toslink and no hdmi i require the use of spdif from tv! so if i change the channel i change the audio! which means picture and no audio! i have had it working with http before but would love to find a working IR command for this! i found

 

sendir,1:1,1,40000,1,1,96,24,24,24,48,24,48,24,48,24,48,24,48,24,24,24,48,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,24,980

 

which says it would turn off the picture on a sony TV but it fails to work... then press again and picture would come back!

 

the plan was if W > 10 (projector on and screen = set position then) picture off

else

reverse this process

 

if you have a sony tv and can hook up a spare button for testing could you try that command to see if it blanks your display please

 

Just tried that on my 2 yr old sony and no luck but I have found that even same make TV's differ a good bit... sorry

I've never had much luck with ir codes off the internet. all my codes have been learned direct from my remotes

 

couple of things to watch for ...

• 0x0D0x0A at the end of the ir string
• check 'wait for response'
• the global cache I have has different ports and the first two numerical values represent this port (4,1 5,2 5,1 etc). might be worth checking that with your device
• I've also had to apply an offset to some of my 'learned' commands but that's applied at the learn stage. not sure how to post apply it.

 

beyond that .. I'm out of ideas...

 

-frank 

 

 

 

 

[fi-bar-oh 47]

yup out of ideas here aswell very strange! all the other codes work and the module/connector/repeat is matching... i did play with repeat as the sony codes seem a lot shorter! i do use lua and not string for flexibility aswell!

 

if only they included that picture off button on the remote! i can macro it and flick between options on tv to have the same result, but a one button press if always better!

 

thanks anyway for trying... that says to me that the codes ahev changed in some way

[AutoFrank 372]

7 minutes ago, fi-bar-oh said:

yup out of ideas here aswell very strange! all the other codes work and the module/connector/repeat is matching... i did play with repeat as the sony codes seem a lot shorter! i do use lua and not string for flexibility aswell!

 

if only they included that picture off button on the remote! i can macro it and flick between options on tv to have the same result, but a one button press if always better!

 

thanks anyway for trying... that says to me that the codes ahev changed in some way

 

one last one 

 

Could you feed the sonos playbar in a different way/source so the TV can stay off

[fi-bar-oh 47]

2 minutes ago, AutoFrank said:

 

one last one 

 

Could you feed the sonos playbar in a different way/source so the TV can stay off

 

i could but it would meaning splitting toslink or relying upon kodi for drm content... at the moment kodi is my main central controller for ALL tv content! and all my cable management is in the wall (bit of a dodge if i can scenario)

 

i shall investigate more into this picture off... might even invest in a cheap harmony remote to see if i can mimic the ir code that way

[AutoFrank 372]

36 minutes ago, fi-bar-oh said:

 

i could but it would meaning splitting toslink or relying upon kodi for drm content... at the moment kodi is my main central controller for ALL tv content! and all my cable management is in the wall (bit of a dodge if i can scenario)

 

i shall investigate more into this picture off... might even invest in a cheap harmony remote to see if i can mimic the ir code that way

good luck with it....

 

[fi-bar-oh 47]

17 minutes ago, AutoFrank said:

good luck with it....

 

 

fixed it! its a sony issue and needed the commands repeated now it works perfectly!

[AutoFrank 372]

15 minutes ago, fi-bar-oh said:

 

fixed it! its a sony issue and needed the commands repeated now it works perfectly!

 

Cool

 

 

[sebastian.manea 0]

Hi everybody,

I'm trying to send a HTTP string command to a Sony TV from a VD, which worked from the Simple Rest Client, muting the TV, but i can't make it work from the VD button string command.

URL: http:/192.168.1.5/sony/IRCC

Method: POST

Header: X-Auth-PSK: 1111

Data: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" s:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"><s:Body><u:X_SendIRCC xmlns:u="urn:schemas-sony-com:service:IRCC:1"><IRCCCode>AAAAAQAAAAEAAAAUAw==</IRCCCode></u:X_SendIRCC></s:Body></s:Envelope>

VD settings:

IP: 192.168.1.5

Port: 80

And my string is:

POST /sony/IRCC HTTP/1.00x0D0x0A0x0D0x0AContent-Type: text/xml; charset=UTF-8SOAPAction: "urn:schemas-sony-com:service:IRCC:1#X_SendIRCC"X-Auth-PSK: 1111Content-Length: 308Cache-Control: no-cache<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" s:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"><s:Body><u:X_SendIRCC xmlns:u="urn:schemas-sony-com:service:IRCC:1"><IRCCCode>AAAAAQAAAAEAAAAUAw==</IRCCCode></u:X_SendIRCC></s:Body></s:Envelope>0x0D0x0A0x0D0x0A

Can anybody help me on this one?

Edited January 20, 2017 by sebastian.manea