Automatically turn on TV(Non Samsung)?

[Jimxenus]

@hockeydan

I’m wanting to know if there is a way for my Tv, Cable Box, & Receiver to come on automatically? I want it to turn to a specificity channel (which will always be the same channel)when I come home from work.(I would like to set a routine so if I come home late and don’t want to watch Tv it won’t turn on). I want all of this to happen when my door unlocks.

You might want to check out this thread. It also has a voice component which you can ignore and substitute the door opening as your trigger.

Alexa + SmartThings + IFTTT + Harmony to turn TV on and off by voice (2015 version)

Updated 12 November 2015 after Amazon added “Triggers” to their IFTTT Channel for Alexa As valuable as I personally found this project, and as much as I learned in doing it, as of 12 November 2015 it’s now no longer necessary. Amazon has added verbal triggers to their IFTTT channel. So you can say anything you want to as a trigger to Alexa and use that as the “if” for an IFTTT recipe, and have that trigger anything that has an IFTTT “that” channel. So SmartThings, Philips Hue, Harmony activities, etc. No virtual switches needed, no synch issues. It really is that easy. If you’re new to IFTTT, here’s a good overview: You may still want to use the direct Harmony/SmartThings integration to control certain aspects of TV watching, like limiting your kids to 30 minutes of Net…