Philips tv

All philips tv after 2011 has the option to use JSON. (http://jointspace.sourceforge.net/)

Among the new features supported:

• Channels list download and channel selection
• Sources list download and source selection
• Audio parameters control
• Ambilight control
• Read out system parameters
• Send basic RC commands

To test all this, use DirectFB voodoo discovery (or the TV menu) to identify the IP address of the TV and then simply connect to: http://ip-address:1925 using your favorite web browsers.

The JSON API documentation is available on the TV. You can also run few examples directly on the TV: Ambilight control: http://ip-address:1925/1/examples/ambilight/ambilight.html Audio control: http://ip-address:1925/1/examples/audio/volume.html You can also browse the JSON API documentation http://jointspace.sourceforge.net/projectdata/documentation/jasonApi/index.html

Use putty to log in.

The following command gave you the needed “root” rights.

sudo –i

download the needed files to your PI

cd /tmp

wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/jstx/files/JSTx%20V0.2/JSTx-0.24_rpi.tar.bz2

Extract the files

tar -xvf JSTx-0.24_rpi.tar.bz2

Move the extracted files to the right destination

mv JSTx-0.24 /opt/JSTx

Now you can make the script to use JSTx

In the default Domoticz image is the default location of the script folder

/home/pi/domoticz/scripts

cd /home/pi/domoticz/scripts

now make and edit the script

nano display.sh

/opt/JSTx/JSTx -F /opt/JSTx/font/decker.ttf -s 40 -W 1280 -H 720 -w 1200 -h 60 -x 40 -y 40 -t "$*" t -T 5 -b "100,100,100,128" -f "255,255,255,255" --dfb:quiet --remote=<TV IP address>

Press CTRL-X to exit and save it with Y.

Make the script executable.

chmod 777 display.sh

ready to test, after execute check if the message appear at the TV.

./display.sh Thanks to Pepijn

The only thing you need to do is, gave a switch the text to display.

Go to Switches, choose "Edit". And past this in the on /off action

script:///home/pi/domoticz/scripts/display.sh Kijk ik druk op een knopje

test and be creative! Thanks to pepijn!

See this script for controlling your Philips TV: https://www.domoticz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=5110#p94575

Philips 2014/15 TVs

The Jointspace JSON API is available under the /5/ path rather than /1/ path mentioned in the API documentation.

Philips 2016 TVs

The 2016 Android based TVs from Philips expose a subset of the Jointspace JSON API, however it is protected behind a pairing mechanism. The following features are supported:

• Audio parameters control
• Ambilight control
• Read out system parameters
• Send basic RC commands

The pairing mechanism has been reverse engineered and a basic python script to control these TVs can be found at: https://github.com/suborb/philips_android_tv