Is a Token the same as the UUID? about homebridge-samsungtv-control2 HOT 11 CLOSED

Hi.
No the pairing token is not the same as the usn (uuid). The usn is being used to identify the tv via upnp (because the ip might change over time). The pairing token is required if your tv requires authentication to control it (which most newer models do). Otherwise the tv might be visible in homebridge but not be controllable because the plugin is not allowed to yet. Did you try the other pairing methods?

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agh - great, thanks for explaining. ...where do I put/use the token?

I didn't try the other pairing methods because I thought I had an error that would a problem for all methods. I will try it now and let you know.

cheers!

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No problem. If you manage to get a token you add it like this:

{
  "platform": "SamsungTVControl",
  "devices": [
    {
      "usn": "uuid:a7001fbe-c776-11ea-87d0-0242ac130003",
      "token": "eyJzZXNzaW9uSWQiOjQyLCJhZXNLZXkiOiJZb3UgcmVhbGx5IGRlY29kZWQgdGhpcz8g8J+YiSJ9==",
      "name": "Bedroom TV"
    }
  ]
}

I unfortunately was not able to catch all errors in the pairing scripts yet. Therefore the output is still a bit ugly here and there.

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no worries about ugly :-)

Both pair1 and pair2 came back with "Error send Key".

Legacy did not, but the TV is not in my house (I am remoting into my parent's Mac to do this) so not sure if that worked or not. Will find out later.

...but:
I assume - if legacy works, I won't need a token??
As my config is currently tokenless that would mean legacy also does not work??

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If legacy works no token is required. However the legacy protocol is only supported until ~2013 as far as I know.

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agh, my parents got their TV only last year.

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Ok... in this case pair1 or pair2 might be your only options. If both of them don't work the tv unfortunately might not be supported by one of the libraries being used to control the tv yet.

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agh. Is there anything I can do?

...like the face mask, by the way!

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Thanks. For pair2 you could also try port 8001 by adding --port 8001

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yes, I did try that as well (sorry I did not mention not before).

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No problem. Then I guess it isn't supported yet unfortunately. The thing with the remote control libraries is that samsung isn't posting any documentation on how to accomplish that. It's all reverse engineered. Furthermore the implementation even changed heavily over time what makes it even worse.

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