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[Ben (Ben Edwards)]

A quick search came up with these:

XBMC Automation with Smartthings

XBMC Automation with Smartthings Let me start out by saying “I’ve learned so much from this site”. The developers and user community is just awesome. I browse the threads everyday, to the point of an addiction, but this stuff is just so cool to tinker with. Well, here we go… I I figured out how to automate XBMC Play, Pause, and Stop functions in XBMC with Smartthings. Prerequisites: XBMC ( I’m running Openelec), XBMC Add-on “ XBMC CallBacks” , Smartthings Endpoint Example. I will not go into details about XBMC directories, installing add-ons, etc… for the sake of time Here are the steps You’ll need to create python scripts that execute the commands to hit the Endpoint URL for your devices. I created scripts called Movie_Play.py, Movie_Pause.py, Movie_Resume.py and Movie_Stop.py Pla…

SmartThings XBMC Home Theater Integration

I’m wondering if anyone has dabbled with integrating control of their lights/switches with XBMC? “Wouldn’t it be smart if your lights automatically dimmed when you start watching a movie, and then brighten when you pause the movie to make popcorn?” - gratuitous SmartThings plug. I previously had the (unreliable) functionality with a similar X10 plugin, but there does not appear to be anything for z-wave devices. From my limited programming knowledge, I have researched and found that xbmc 12.0 and greater can be controlled via json GET and REST commands, but I’m unsure on where to start. I have found that the command below would execute a play/pause, but am unsure on how to pull that info into a SmartApp. http://enter.your.ip.here/jsonrpc?request={“jsonrpc”: “2.0”, “method”: “Player.Pla…

Additionally, SmartThings and Logitech have teamed up on an integration with their Harmony remote that will allow much of this sort of thing.

Logitech Harmony Joins SmartThings Labs