Allright! 
Sounds a bit complicated, but I like to try and figure things like this out!
Would I need to create a new Python script, or edit the PlexPlus?
Probably a bit to advanced for meā¦
Sorry, you mentioned PlexPy above, and I thought you were using a Python script to poll Plex, (I have another app for pinging hosts that a user has also crated a Python script to do this and got confused between that and this one)
I believe you are actually using webhooks?
If so there are only 4 details for the player available over the API:
ālocalā - remote or local play
"publicAddress" - public IP address
"title" - player title (in your case blank)
āuuidā - unique player ID
If you update the below in the smart app then this will allow you to match on the uuid
def playerIP = plexJSON.Player.publicAddress
to
def playerIP = plexJSON.Player.uuid
If you enable debug logging in the PlexPlus app then it should receive a few events from Plex in live logging on a state changeā¦ you just need to find something like the below and copy the UUID and put in the app, it will likely look like a random jumble like the below, but could look like anything as it will depend on what LG decided to go with
"Player": {
"local": true,
"publicAddress": "200.200.200.200",
"title": "Plex Web (Safari)",
"uuid": "r6yfkdnfggbh2bdnvkffwbms"
},
sorry Iām on UK time and just finishing workā¦ Iām going to be in the car for the next 3 hours driving homeā¦ will see how you got on when I get back!
Hey, I have written/re-written new appsā¦ I need someone to test it and ideally I need someone with an LG TV and any other devices that cause issuesā¦ If you are up for it Iāll share the code with youā¦ this update should solve the above issue, along with many others and setup should now be much easierā¦ it even supports Chromecasts which are not supported in previous appsā¦
Offer is also open to anyone else who wants to put a very small amount of time inā¦ just send me a PM!
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Thanks for making this, installed and ran great for a long time. I recently noticed that while it still works, the .exe running in windows no longer shows clients that have ran or are running. It used to do this and if for some reason there was a disconnect I would just exit and re run the .exe with no problem. If you could let me know what to do in this situation thatād be awesome.
Edit: wanted to let you know that yes I have checked and made sure that both the webhook and config file have the same token, app ID and the ide code. Does the plexstatusUrl have to be updated?
Hi Sorry for the delay in respondingā¦
So Iām slightly confused? Are you using webhooks or the EXE or both? It sounds like you are using both? You only need to use one or the other webhooks being the simplest optionā¦
For the issue with the EXE are you saying it shows status updates for a while then stops, but restarting the exe shows the updates again? or are you saying that they donāt show at all? If the latter then I think a change to the debugging level fixes this, but I canāt remember what I put in thereā¦ I think I may have altered this in a release a year or so ago when I added in some other changesā¦
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Hi. Iām trying to get this up and running. Iām wanting to use the webhooks method but Iām struggling to find the webhooks URL. Iām looking at the live log in The ST IDE but I canāt find anything that looks right. Can anyone post me an idiot guide to finding the webhooks URL - Iām fairly new to the ST so not entirely sure what Iām doing!
Thanks
Rob
@Rob2 Open up live logging on your computer, then open the app in your phone and go to connection methods and then press āPlex Webhooks Settingsā
It should show the webhook details on your phone and also in live loggingā¦
The new Samsung app makes everything much more difficult to differentiate a button and textā¦
Hope that helps!
Thanks so much for your reply. I think Iām still missing something! Iāve attached what I can see in live logging - I canāt see anything that looks like what Iām after!
I canāt find any āconnection methodsā in my app. I have both the new version and the āclassicā version of the Smartthings app. I presume Iām looking for settings within the Plex Manager, reached from the SmartApps list under āAutomationā rather than the Smrtthings settings? All I can see is options to āselect clientsā, āauth pageā, āenable pollingā and āshow all devicesā¦ā
Thanks
Rob
Thatās Plex manager not Plex plusā¦ youāre in the wrong thread 
I believe from memory that the webhook info for that app is obtained when you either open the app or close the app by pressing doneā¦ but any further support should be requested in the Plex manager topic
Iām an idiot! Thanks for your help anyway!
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Anyone get the hue plays to work yet with this?
If itās seen as a bulb in SmartThings then there should be no reason for it not to work? Are you aware of an issue?
Posting in this thread Jake.
I have Plex Manager and Plex Plus running but the devices do not change state in the ST app.
You can manually select them and change the state, which triggers an event in plex2smartthings.
Also, would this create redundancy if both are triggering play play, pause pause?
If itās too much hassle I will let it be, bc it works now, just didnt show status in st app as mentioned.
Thanks
I donāt think I understand the question being askedā¦
Plex2Smartthings / Plex Plus only reports status, it offers no form of control.
I guess you are using Plex Manager for control and Plex Plus for status, so the devices are created in Plex Manager and you then have selected those in Plex Plus?..
If that is the case then I assume the issue is how the update to Plex Manager device is being called, you would need to push an update to state only otherwise you would duplicate commands every time the state changes, which would lead to a play / pause issue I expectā¦ is that correct?
Great app - Iām a bit late to the party and trying to get things workingā¦ hereās my setup:
Parent and DTH apps installed from repos and using webhooks for notifications from Plex.
Everything seems to be working and I can get lights to trigger on play, pause, stop using a ā*ā in āplayer name, user or IPā but would rather get this working using a virtual device for flexibility. However, the virtual device seems to be stuck on āPlayingā and not changing state.
Have I missed a step or misunderstood how this works?
Room log:
<bits removed> [PlexPlus [Lounge] >> No match found for room <bits removed> 23:06:25: debug null is not in [<IP address>, Chrome, <username>] <bits removed> 23:06:25: warn THIS IS THE MEDIA TYPE: movie COMMAND: onstop
Corresponding PlexPlus log (debug on):
<bits removed> 23:06:25: debug PlexPlus [PARENT] >> Account JSON: media.stop <bits removed> 23:06:25: debug PlexPlus [PARENT] >> Account JSON: [id:1, thumb:https://plex.tv/users/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/avatar?c=xxxxxxxxxx, title:<username>] <bits removed> 23:06:25: debug PlexPlus [PARENT] >> Player JSON: [local:false, publicAddress:<ip address>, title:Chrome, uuid:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Any pointers? I suspect the ānullā in the room log and donāt know what this value should be.
This is no longer relevant to current SmartThings technology
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Thanks! Iāll give it a go tonight. I tried Chrome, Android and Amazon Fire TV and expected the virtual device to reflect what the player was doing.
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In Plex Plus you still need to specify *, IP Address, Name or User Name to control the device, putting * in will make the device workā¦ but regardless of the device you use,ā¦ if you put in one of the values then that will match on thoseā¦
Using Plex Communicator however will mean it will work only for specific devices based on the hardware ID, which is much more reliable and unique between different device typesā¦
@Entityxenon - tried Plex Communicator and MediaScene and both work perfectly. The device list populated immediately in Communicator without any fettling.
There is a delay of a few seconds for play and pause events but stop works immediately. Looking at the logs it looks like the delay is from Plex calling the webhook.
Iāve only tried it on Amazon FireTV so far and the device is updated so I can include it in other routines but MediaScene seems to cover most of the use cases I had in mind.
Thanks! Let me know about official releases and Iāll connect to the repo for further updates - or let me know if you need any further testing.
No problem, Iāve been using it for months, the only reason I havenāt rolled it out is because Iāve been busy with life
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