I’ve noticed this too. Unfortunately when the TV is in standby, the entities are “Unavailable” in HA and seldom reactivate.
Hopefully you shouldn’t need to factory reset the TV like I did, but if you’re getting 500s on any/all of the API endpoints, then a hard reset is the way to go.
Once I did that, I just ran this tool (https://github.com/suborb/philips_android_tv) and I was up and running in a few minutes.
Let me know if you would like a more detailed step-by-step guide.
Hello everyone 
Sorry for my english 
I tried the philips.py script for my 43PUS7354 but got this message
Do you have an idea of the problem?
Yes, could you please provide more details. Thanks!
Can you show us exactly what you put in as the command please?
WhimsySpoon Thanks for your reply,
Finally today the script worked well. I do not know why it did not work before, the only difference between the first test and the one that worked was that I did not use the television for about 24 hours.
Did you manage to fix the unavailable ?
well, yes… that would be really appreciated.
I dl’d the philips_tv.py file, but get this when I run it:
-bash: /Users/theboss/Desktop/philips_tv.py: Permission denied
Of course I want to use this: https://github.com/jomwells/ambilights but the above is needs for it, am I correct?
so How can I run the philips.py to create username and password?
Does no one else face this issue?
You have to get your credentials using another script.You can get this script on this repository : https://github.com/suborb/philips_android_tv
There is a tutorial (in French) at this url : https://www.skipcool.ovh/2019/01/16/piloter-une-tv-philips-ambilight-recente-par-ligne-de-commande/
Hi, I have a 55PUS7304 (aka “The One” 2019) and I’m experiencing the same thing. Android App doesn’t work even when I input the ip manualy; when i try to access it in the browser I get ERROR 500, but the port 1925 is open. I tried everything. I cannot access the api or pair it.
How did you solve this?
Factory reset of the TV fixed it immediately. Was annoying as I had otherwise got the TV configured exactly how I wanted it, although not yet calibrated. As soon as it was reset, the endpoint was returning 200s instead of 500s.
I know we don’t have the same model, but the endpoint I had to use was https://x.x.x.x:1926/6/system to get any kind of response. Nothing is listening on port 1925 for me.
Why works for me same BASE_URL = ‘https://{0}:1926/5/{1}’ in Philips Android TV (media_player) but not in Philips Android TV (ambilight) ?
Log Details (ERROR)
Mon Dec 23 2019 11:55:17 GMT+0100 (stredoeurópsky štandardný čas)
Update for light.ambilight fails
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/entity.py”, line 281, in async_update_ha_state
await self.async_device_update()
File “/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/entity.py”, line 461, in async_device_update
await self.hass.async_add_executor_job(self.update)
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.7/concurrent/futures/thread.py”, line 57, in run
result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
File “/config/custom_components/philips_ambilight/light.py”, line 227, in update
self.getState()
File “/config/custom_components/philips_ambilight/light.py”, line 161, in getState
fullstate = self._getReq(‘ambilight/currentconfiguration’)
File “/config/custom_components/philips_ambilight/light.py”, line 273, in _getReq
return json.loads(resp.text)
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.7/json/init.py”, line 348, in loads
return _default_decoder.decode(s)
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.7/json/decoder.py”, line 337, in decode
obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.7/json/decoder.py”, line 355, in raw_decode
raise JSONDecodeError(“Expecting value”, s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
Great component.
However i keep getting inconsistent replies ( i cannot tell why sometimes it works and sometimes not)
this is the error log:
2020-01-22 17:18:00 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.helpers.entity] Update for switch.ambilight_switch fails
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/entity.py", line 279, in async_update_ha_state
await self.async_device_update()
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/entity.py", line 461, in async_device_update
await self.hass.async_add_executor_job(self.update)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 57, in run
result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
File "/config/custom_components/philips_ambilight+hue/switch.py", line 87, in update
self.getState()
File "/config/custom_components/philips_ambilight+hue/switch.py", line 77, in getState
ahstat = fullstate['values'][0]['value']['data']['value']
KeyError: 'data'```Hi BlodKolle,
i am in the same situation and have one of the (rare) devices that are on SAPHI.
Did you do any further tweaking/optimization of the component.
I do have VERY inconsistent expereinces with the component so far in regards of status received by the components and commands to be sent…
cheers
Hi,
I made an issue to Github:
Problem is that you can’t set color and brightness at the same time using an automation. Could you split these request to two different request in the code to get it working?
I use two of these hacs integrations: ambilight+hue and ambilight (Lights) component
The ambilights work like a charm (but isn’t realy needed for me) and also the ambihue is still working, but using ambihue I allways get this errors by toggle switch posting turn_on/-_off command (same in node red to HA):
Logger: homeassistant.components.websocket_api.http.connection.548134744656
Integration: websocket_api (documentation, issues)
First occured: ...
Last logged: 15:14:11
Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/websocket_api/commands.py", line 134, in handle_call_service
connection.context(msg),
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/core.py", line 1230, in async_call
await asyncio.shield(self._execute_service(handler, service_call))
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/core.py", line 1253, in _execute_service
await handler.func(service_call)
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/entity_component.py", line 198, in handle_service
self._platforms.values(), func, call, required_features
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/service.py", line 402, in entity_service_call
future.result() # pop exception if have
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/entity.py", line 590, in async_request_call
await coro
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/service.py", line 433, in _handle_entity_call
await result
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/entity.py", line 615, in async_turn_on
await self.hass.async_add_job(ft.partial(self.turn_on, **kwargs))
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 57, in run
result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
File "/config/custom_components/philips_ambilight+hue/switch.py", line 68, in turn_on
self._postReq('menuitems/settings/update', {"values":[{"value":{"Nodeid":2131230774,"Controllable":"true","Available":"true","data":{"value":"true"}}}]} )
File "/config/custom_components/philips_ambilight+hue/switch.py", line 111, in _postReq
return json.loads(resp.text)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/json/__init__.py", line 348, in loads
return _default_decoder.decode(s)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/json/decoder.py", line 337, in decode
obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/json/decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode
raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
I’ve allready seen a similar error on https://github.com/jomwells/ambihue/issues without any comment of the dev or an update or fix of this that work for me… The Node_ID changing doesn’t work for me like in issues commented by SBRK.
Hope for an answer…
cheers Chris
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Hi, my setup is a Home Assistant, an Android TV Philips 55pos9002 with Ambilight on 3 sides and 2 yeelight (a bulb and a led stripe). I was able to configure everything and it was working really good but after the last HA update (or HACS can’t remember) it’s not working as it used to.
Now only one bulb is working at a time and I’m not able to turn both of them on at the same time. Sometimes even the bulb turns on automatically with the TV and sometimes the led stripe.
I tried reinstalling but not working, anyone else with the same problem? or a solution.
Thanks
Same for me, i have even checked the correct nodeid…