Need to remove/re-add tv when adding HDMI inputs

[yahms]

Describe your issue

Not major issue, just wasn't immediately obvious to me, thought it was related to support of my tv / ie something specific to my tv (S610)

Issue Context

Previously I didnt use the input switching, (everything goes via an amp) so my hdmiInputs was []. for funsies i added them (ids 1 and 2), and in Apple Home app two new switches showed up immediately with the hdmi input's names i gave them, but were unable to do anything : they were stated by Apple Home as 'On' even though the tile was dark as if it was off.

I removed and re-added the TV from the home app and voila! they were there. Maybe worth making note in the docs?

Thanks!

[AntonioMeireles]

@yahms

Hi,

i'm not sure if this is a bug or just a caching / timing issue/"feature" on HomeKit part ... if after adding the inputs you - in IOS - force exit the home app and then load it again would things behave ? (without readding the TV or restarting homebridge). FWIW i'd expect things to behave if you just wait a bit more too.

please report back if i'm wrong :-) as in that case i'll dig further (but will need your logs :-) )

Thanks in advance!

[yahms]

sure!

so i just removed my hdmi2 entry.

restarted homebridge and home app... and its gone. just HDMI1 and TVtuner in my list of inputs, and when i go deeper to look at the available inputs to show in the menu, theres no reference to my HDMI2 at all.

cool.

force exited home app, added hdmi2 to hb config, restarted homebridge. saw the message about adding hdmi2 in the logs, all good.

open home app, and still nope. just HDMI1 and TV tuner, and deeper in the TV config in the home app, just HDMI1 then all the list of apps

[AntonioMeireles]

@yahms - do you have homebridge-config-x ? do thing appear right in its web UI ?

could you please paste here your setup ? and tell more about your setup please ?

[AntonioMeireles]

also paste please contents of accessories/vieramatic.json here too.

[yahms]

sure

homebridge running in docker on a syno nas. i have homebridge-config-x running v4.41.1 (pretty sure its latest) heres the config for this plugin from my config

        {
            "tvs": [
                {
                    "ipAddress": "10.8.16.79",
                    "friendlyName": "Panasonic",
                    "hdmiInputs": [
                        {
                            "id": "1",
                            "name": "Apple TV"
                        },
                        {
                            "id": "2",
                            "name": "HDMI2"
                        }
                    ],
                    "disabledAppSupport": true,
                    "customVolumeSlider": false
                }
            ],
            "platform": "PanasonicVieraTV"
        }

accessories/vieramatic.json is this:

{
"4D454930-0200-1000-8001-A813744DD5A2":{"data":{"inputs":{"hdmi":[{"id":"1","name":"Apple TV"},{"id":"2","name":"HDMI2"}],"applications":{"0":{"name":"Apps Market","id":"0387878700000062","hiden":1,"hidden":1},"1":{"name":"Screen Market","id":"0387878700000064","hiden":1,"hidden":1},"2":{"name":"Media Player","id":"0387878700000032","hiden":1,"hidden":1},"3":{"name":"Media Server","id":"0387878700000014","hiden":1,"hidden":1},"4":{"name":"Mirroring","id":"0387878700000049","hiden":1,"hidden":1},"5":{"name":"USB Sharing","id":"0387878700000015","hiden":1,"hidden":1},"6":{"name":"Web Browser","id":"0077777700140002","hiden":1,"hidden":1},"7":{"name":"Netflix","id":"0010000200000001","hiden":1,"hidden":1},"8":{"name":"ABC iview","id":"0030000300000001","hiden":1,"hidden":1},"9":{"name":"SBS On Demand","id":"0076001906000001","hiden":1,"hidden":1},"10":{"name":"Digital Concert Hall","id":"0076002307000001","hiden":1,"hidden":1},"11":{"name":"YouTube","id":"0070000200000001","hiden":1,"hidden":1},"12":{"name":"Recorded TV","id":"0387878700000013","hiden":1,"hidden":1},"13":{"name":"TV Guide","id":"0387878700000003","hiden":1,"hidden":1},"14":{"name":"VIERA Link","id":"0387878700000016","hiden":1,"hidden":1},"15":{"name":"TV","id":"0387878700000001","hiden":1,"hidden":1},"16":{"name":"Main Menu","id":"0387878700000009","hiden":1,"hidden":1},"17":{"name":"AccuWeather.com","id":"0070000C00000001","hiden":1,"hidden":1},"18":{"name":"TuneIn","id":"0010001800000001","hiden":1,"hidden":1}},"TUNER":{"hiden":1,"hidden":0}},"specs":{"friendlyName":"Panasonic","manufacturer":"Panasonic","modelName":"Panasonic VIErA","modelNumber":"S610","requiresEncryption":false,"serialNumber":"4D454930-0200-1000-8001-A813744DD5A2"},"ipAddress":"10.8.16.79"}}}

current status is hdmi1 aka Apple TV is showing as an input in home. but recently added 'HDMI2' isnt. am leaving it in this state tho i can easily reproduce steps to get here etc

let me know what you need :)

[yahms]

@yahms - do you have homebridge-config-x ? do thing appear right in its web UI ?

could you please paste here your setup ? and tell more about your setup please ?

everything looks good on homebridge side, logs clean. accessories page on my homebridge does show the TV as using the right input (currently HDMI1 / Apple TV) but it doesnt seem to show input switching as an option anywhere

sum total of my stuff atm - ignore the red circled tiles - these are for input switching on my amp

[AntonioMeireles]

in that regard homebridge-config-x UI lacking.

inputs should land, sooner or later, in Home.app like ...

Are you running docker with host networking i.e. fully along upstream docs ?

At sight things look sane and changes shouyld just propagate...

[yahms]

yeah host networking on the docker. havent messed with the docker config, so should be as per the oznu docker tho i am using ubunti-no-avahi because ubuntu plays better with the ffmpeg camera plugin.

atm in its current state, the inputs that existed in homebridge when I (re)added the TV to the Home App work as expected, like your screenshot above. but since adding the HDMI2 input, the Home app has only updated to have that non-functional switch (currently called HDMI2), which appeared after i added the hdmi2 input and restarted homebridge. its associated with the tv by default ( i set my TV to 'show as separate tiles' to split it out to its own tile) . that HDMI2 tile is grey in the Home app, but its 'On'.

[yahms]

oh i really should have resized those screenshots

[yahms]

docker config btw:

{ "cap_add" : [], "cap_drop" : [], "cmd" : "", "cpu_priority" : 50, "devices" : null, "enable_publish_all_ports" : false, "enable_restart_policy" : true, "enabled" : true, "env_variables" : [ { "key" : "PATH", "value" : "/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/homebridge/node_modules/.bin" }, { "key" : "QEMU_ARCH", "value" : "x86_64" }, { "key" : "S6_KEEP_ENV", "value" : "1" }, { "key" : "NODE_VERSION", "value" : "14.16.0" }, { "key" : "HOMEBRIDGE_VERSION", "value" : "1.3.4" }, { "key" : "CONFIG_UI_VERSION", "value" : "4.41.0" }, { "key" : "HOMEBRIDGE_CONFIG_UI", "value" : "1" }, { "key" : "HOMEBRIDGE_CONFIG_UI_PORT", "value" : "8581" }, { "key" : "ENABLE_AVAHI", "value" : "0" }, { "key" : "PUID", "value" : "1026" }, { "key" : "PGID", "value" : "100" }, { "key" : "TZ", "value" : "Asia/Taipei" } ], "exporting" : false, "id" : "c189b75c70b0982aec44c3448630dd56840ff5e51d963f7ba99eaa2cf54ccc58", "image" : "oznu/homebridge:ubuntu-no-avahi", "is_ddsm" : false, "is_package" : false, "links" : [], "memory_limit" : 0, "name" : "homebridge", "network" : [ { "driver" : "host", "name" : "host" } ], "network_mode" : "host", "port_bindings" : [], "privileged" : false, "shortcut" : { "enable_shortcut" : false }, "use_host_network" : true, "volume_bindings" : [ { "host_volume_file" : "/docker/homebridge", "mount_point" : "/homebridge", "type" : "rw" } ] }

[AntonioMeireles]

what happens if you stop using ubunti-no-avahi ? same behaviour ?

[yahms]

Ah so a quick check , no changes made in hb or Home app, and the input is there in the right place - just seems to be a time delay for the Home app to update as you said

[AntonioMeireles]

@yahms

thanks for the update. so ok to close this one ? or is there anything else still bugging you/not performing as it should :-) ?

[yahms]

close away :) worth documenting the behaviour still?

[AntonioMeireles]

Will close. AFAICT this is default/expected behaviour of Homekit.

thanks again for your patience!