Homebridge + SmartThings (and others) + Homekit issues

I have been working on getting my Samsung TVs (Q60R) to just simply have “on” and “off” functions in the Home app iOS for over 10 hours today. I’ve installed Homebridge on my RPi, got it up and working just fine, and started with trying https://github.com/tavicu/homebridge-samsung-tizen and got it set up, but I can’t seem to get the “allow/deny” popup to show on my TV. Doesn’t seem to matter what I do/change, it never shows up. Logs of that below:

[8/22/2020, 17:50:15] [Basement Console TV] [DEBUG] TV is offline [8/22/2020, 17:50:17] [Basement Console TV] [DEBUG] TV is offline [8/22/2020, 17:50:18] [Basement Console TV] [DEBUG] TV is offline [8/22/2020, 17:50:18] [Basement Console TV] Failed to pair! Make sure TV is online and you click "Allow" on the popup [8/22/2020, 17:50:18] [Basement Console TV] [DEBUG] PairFailedError: Failed to pair! Make sure TV is online and you click "Allow" on the popup at WebSocketSecure.pair (/usr/lib/node_modules/homebridge-samsung-tizen/lib/methods/wss.js:34:19) at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:97:5)

[Basement Console TV] Failed to open socket {"event":"ms.channel.timeOut"}

However, my when I connect my iPhone to my TV, it shows up immediately asking me to allow/deny the connection. I have the IP Remote enabled on the TV, too if that matters. What’s also weird is that when I use this, it does show up in the Home app, but it always says “No Response”.

I then tried @tonesto7’s SmartThings app. I’ve followed all the instructions and created the app in the SmartThings IDE/MySmartApps, made the changes in the SmartThings Classic app, etc.

I can see SmartThings working in Homebridge:

[8/22/2020, 10:01:10 pm] [SmartThings-v2] INFO: INFO: Your plugin version is up-to-date [8/22/2020, 10:01:10 pm] [SmartThings-v2] NOTICE: Sending Plugin Status to SmartThings | UpdateAvailable: false | newVersion: 2.3.8 [8/22/2020, 10:01:12 pm] [SmartThings-v2] NOTICE: Temperature Unit is Now: (F) [8/22/2020, 10:01:12 pm] [SmartThings-v2] WARN: Devices to Remove: (0) [] [8/22/2020, 10:01:12 pm] [SmartThings-v2] INFO: Devices to Update: (1) [8/22/2020, 10:01:12 pm] [SmartThings-v2] GOOD: Devices to Create: (0) [] [8/22/2020, 10:01:12 pm] [SmartThings-v2] WARN: Devices to Remove: (0) [] [8/22/2020, 10:01:12 pm] [SmartThings-v2] INFO: Devices to Update: (1) [8/22/2020, 10:01:12 pm] [SmartThings-v2] GOOD: Devices to Create: (0) [] [8/22/2020, 10:01:12 pm] [SmartThings-v2] ALERT: Total Initialization Time: (5 seconds) [8/22/2020, 10:01:12 pm] [SmartThings-v2] NOTICE: Unknown Capabilities: ["Tv Channel","Media Input Source","Media Playback","custom.picturemode","custom.error","custom.soundmode","custom.accessibility","custom.launchapp","custom.recording","custom.tvsearch","samsungtv.firmwareVersion","samsungtv.supportsPowerOnByOcf","Execute","Ocf","Media Track Control"] [8/22/2020, 10:01:12 pm] [SmartThings-v2] INFO: SmartThings DeviceCache Size: (1) [8/22/2020, 10:01:12 pm] [SmartThings-v2] INFO: WebServer Initiated... [8/22/2020, 10:01:12 pm] [SmartThings-v2] INFO: Sending StartDirect Request to SmartThings | SendToLocalHub: (false) [8/22/2020, 10:01:12 pm] [SmartThings-v2] INFO: Direct Connect Active | Listening at 192.168.1.188:8000

But, when I try to add any accessories to the Homebridge dashboard, they don’t do anything. And maybe I’m doing it wrong, but I just simply want to on/off switches. None of these accessories are seen in the Home app, either. Even though it seems like everything is setup okay, the Home app won’t recognize or action on any of the buttons/switches.

Any ideas? I feel like I’m so close to getting this.

Most of the homebridge folks hang out in the following thread, so try asking there. You can just point people back to this thread for details when you post your question. :sunglasses:

[RELEASE] Homebridge SmartThings v2.0

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Thank you!

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