TV does not appear in Home App

[tobias11-at]

Unfortunately the TVs are only visible on Homebridge, but not in Home App. Works fine on Homebridge and does what it is supposed to do. Thanks.

[AntonioMeireles]

@tobias11-at

seems to be a local issue, as things seem to work from homebridge's side. could you please try to remove your homebridge bridge from Home.app, restart homebridge, and then re-add it again (followed by the TV) to the home app, in order to check if that fixes it ?

Thanks in advance and a great weekend!

[tobias11-at]

Thanks so far, but that did not change anything. I wonder because all other plugins work - this one too, but not in home app ....

Am 17.04.2021 um 14:25 schrieb António Meireles @.***>:

 @tobias11-at

seems to be a local issue, as things seem to work from homebridge's side. could you please try to remove your homebridge bridge from Home.app, restart homebridge, and then re-add it again (followed by the TV) to the home app, in order to check if that fixes it ?

Thanks in advance and a great weekend!

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[AntonioMeireles]

@tobias11-at

hi again ... so, after re-adding your homebridge bridge to Home.app when you go to 'Add Accessory' (and select 'I Don't Have a Code or Cannot Scan') the TV doesn't apear there, at all ? could you atach please your homebridge logs please too.

thanks again

[dirkmch]

I have the same problem. TV is only visible on Homebridge but not available in HomeKit I've uninstalled and reinstalled the plugin several times, but it doesn't work. The TV isn't available in HomeKit.

{
            "tvs": [
                {
                    "friendlyName": "Panasonic",
                    "ipAddress": "192.168.178.29",
                    "mac": "F4:69:42:29:28:53",
                    "encKey": "lrwPA+okefLLkZl8t1wZjw==",
                    "appId": "Ac4Z+9ymMt0bLQ==",
                    "hdmiInputs": [
                        {
                            "id": "2",
                            "name": "Amazon"
                        }
                    ],
                    "disabledAppSupport": false,
                    "customVolumeSlider": false
                }
            ],
            "platform": "PanasonicVieraTV",
            "_bridge": {
                "username": "0E:CF:B7:1A:F2:32",
                "port": 46019
            }
        }
    ],
    "disabledPlugins": []
}

[AntonioMeireles]

@dirkmch Hi! if you disable the child bridge (and restart homebridge) things behave the same way ? i.e. removing the following snippet from your config ...

 "_bridge": {
                "username": "0E:CF:B7:1A:F2:32",
                "port": 46019
            } 

Also, could you attach here you homebridge logs ?

thanks in advance !

[dirkmch]

Hi, if you diasable the childbridge and restart the bridge i got the same issue:

{
            "tvs": [
                {
                    "friendlyName": "Panasonic",
                    "ipAddress": "192.168.178.29",
                    "mac": "F4:69:42:29:28:53",
                    "encKey": "lrwPA+okefLLkZl8t1wZjw==",
                    "appId": "Ac4Z+9ymMt0bLQ==",
                    "hdmiInputs": [
                        {
                            "id": "2",
                            "name": "Amazon"
                        }
                    ],
                    "disabledAppSupport": false,
                    "customVolumeSlider": false
                }
            ],
            "platform": "PanasonicVieraTV"
        }
    ],
    "disabledPlugins": []
}

[AntonioMeireles]

@dirkmch

thanxs! logs plz.

[dirkmch]

Starting to advertise 'Homebridge 49D6 69A1' using bonjour-hap backend!
[26/05/2021, 11:44:12] Homebridge v1.3.4 (Homebridge 49D6) is running on port 51458.
[26/05/2021, 11:44:12] [PanasonicVieraTV] found a 'Panasonic VIErA' TV (TX-40HX800W) at '192.168.178.29' (requires crypto for communication).

[26/05/2021, 11:44:12] [PanasonicVieraTV] successfully loaded Panasonic
Preparing Advertiser for 'Panasonic 07F3' using bonjour-hap backend!
Starting to advertise 'Panasonic 07F3' using bonjour-hap backend!
[26/05/2021, 11:44:12] Panasonic 07F3 is running on port 36959.
[26/05/2021, 11:44:12] Please add [Panasonic 07F3] manually in Home app. Setup Code:

[AntonioMeireles]

OK. thanxs. now to debug further do please:

a) attach here contents of accessories/vieramatic.json(path is relative to the directory where your homebridge config is). b) remove the accessories/vieramatic.json above and restart homebridge. does the issue persists ? if not please attach also the newly generated accessories/vieramatic.json. c) can you tell more about your specific setup ? arch/OS/node/homebridge version etc ?

thanks once again for your patience!

[dirkmch]

i solved it. the problem was (maybe) at the bridge i had many "childbriges" named Panasonic... I deleted all of them and reboot the server after that HomeKit showed me the TV. Thank very much and have a great day

[AntonioMeireles]

closing per above.