Anyone successfully automated a Samsung TV?

SmartApps & Automations
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I have a ~2017 Samsung 32" and am using a Roku stick to stream shows.

Scenario: I am trying to use a motion sensor to turn on the TV when motion is detected without using IR blasters and line of sight will be difficult as the TV is on an articulating arm.

I tried a ST plug to turn it on. It worked if the TV was previously on within the last few minutes. Otherwise if the TV had been off for a while, it couldn’t wake it up and turn it on.

How do you wake up a TV without Has anyone been successful doing this and would be willing to explain how you got this to work?

2

Does the TV have an ARC HDMI connection? If so, can the TV be turned on with just the Roku remote?

3

It does have ARC, but is there a way to turn the Roku on via STs?

Is there a way to turn the TV on when a door sensor or motion sensor is triggered without any manual interaction?

4

If your remote can turn on the TV just by pressing the home button, then the next thing to try is to send a Wake On LAN command to the Roku while it is dormant. If that turns it on and the attached TV turns on as well, then you can work to automate a Wake On LAN from Smartthings. This would give you options to have a sensor kick off the automation.

Not all devices are compatible with the Wake On LAN, so you’ll have to experiment.

5

Hi,

I have a series Q7 TV, no smartthings hub.

In the smartthings app, i can use the virtual remote control to turn the TV on (even though the cloud symbol says it’s offline). When switching ON, i do get some kind of error message about TV being offline, but it still switches on.

However, in the automation there’s only “OFF” -option.

Any ideas how to get this work? My goal is to make a routine to start the TV every morning, and switch to a specific channel.

I just find it weird, and a bit funny, that I can do all the things needed with the virtual remote control on smartthings app, but i can’t set automations to perform those same things. Maybe i’ll get Raspberry Pi and start working through that :stuck_out_tongue:

I also have Chromecast and Google Home in use, if those are of any help.

Thanks in advance.

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Here is what I did. I have a ST motion sensor + a ST wall outlet set up to turn on my Samsung TV when I come into the room. I turned on the TV via the remote initially and it has turned on/off automatically ever since using the ST motion sensor and outlet.

You could probably do the same thing without the motion sensor just using a timed tasking in the ST app. However, you would have to buy a ST hub to make all this work.