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kiwi-cam / homebridge-broadlink-rm

[This fork supports TV accessories] Broadlink RM Mini and Pro plugin for homebridge: https://github.com/nfarina/homebridge
Apache License 2.0
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Issue with pinging TV IP #642

Open jfaw7 opened 1 year ago

jfaw7 commented 1 year ago

I have a Hisense Smart TV and unfortunately it has a security feature built in that won't allow me to ping the IP. It works well using an ARP ping but unfortunately the IP address changes every couple of days, making this unusable. Is there a way to get the system to look for the MAC address instead?

masterfordev commented 1 year ago

You have to assign a static IP to your tv, this from your router.

duculete commented 1 year ago

your tv has a hostname (check router to see allocated ip addresses). get tv hostname (let's say it is samsung_living) and try ping samsung_living.local (from the machine where homebridge is installed.