TCL TV Support / Driver

[ilkeraktuna]

Hi,

I have a TCL TV with Google TV on it. I can control the TV using Alexa (TCL Home app/skill)
Is there a solution to turn on/off TCL tv (or in general Google TVs) from Hubitat ?

[marktheknife]

Have you tried the Chromecast integration?

[rlithgow1]

I too have a google tv... I use the chromecast integration, mainly to control off/on as you do.

Step 1: Set up chromecast integration on hubitat.

Step 2: Set up rule to initialize it every 5 mins (this prevents google from going to sleep, it does not affect your tv)

Step 4: Create a virtual switch on hubitat that simply does on off

Step 5: Export switch in Google/alexa/homekit to google/alexa/homekit

Step 6: Build rule on google/alexa/homekit when that switch is turned on/off it does so for your tv

Step 7: Build rule on hubitat to turn virtual switch on/off for what ever you want to do to your tv.

I simply have mine attached to my night stand picos so when I shut down the house the tv is automatically turned off.

My hope is in the upcoming beta that @mike.maxwell adds on/off capability to the chromecast integration so we don't have to do this anymore.

[ilkeraktuna]

ok that seems like a solution.
Though I was looking for a direct integration
anyway, thanks...

[rlithgow1]

Well, like I said, hopefully Mike adds it to the chromecast integration in the next beta. There's been talk of it. Overall it works from me 98% of the time. Sometimes the network interface (I'm hard wired) seems to not respond for a couple of mins..

I have a TCL 85QM751G, only because they don't make the ROKU version anymore.

I would do a DHCP reservation for the TV,

Here is what's available

Here is my init rule

[ilkeraktuna]

Mine is also wired and have DHCP reservation.
So probably it will work with minimum issues. Actually Alexa works fine (although I see 2 separate devices named "Smart TV" and "Smart TV Pro" in Alexa device list)