Trigger with samsung tv state

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1

I’ve been strugglor for a couple of hours to get this simple automation to work. But I can get it to work.

The devices a got is these, an ordenary switch:

switch.gillestuga_golvlampa

and an mediaplayer:

media_player:
      - platform: samsungtv
        name: tvcellar
        host: 192.168.x.y
        port: 8001

The automation that I can’t get to work looks like this:

- alias: Turn on lamp when tv turns on
  hide_entity: False
  trigger:
    platform: state
    entity_id: media_player.tvcellar
    from: 'off'
    to: 'on'
  action:
    service: homeassistant.turn_on
    entity_id: switch.gillestugan_golvlampa

Can anyone see whats wrong with this?

2

Hi,

I think it should be switch.turn_on instead of service: homeassistant.turn_on

3

It didn’t work.

I’m thinking if it can have something to do with that I didn’t have to accept Home Assistant in my TV, have read that I should have to do that on a samsung tv, but my tv didn’t ask for that.

Hope someone can help me with this.

4

Take a look at your states tab. the <> tab in the right menu bar of the front end. Is that state of your TV ‘on’ or ‘On’? Having the wrong state (capitalization matters) will make it not trigger.

5

Should work like this:

alias: Living TV ON

trigger:

  • entity_id: media_player.tvcellar
    from: ‘off’
    platform: state
    to: ‘on’
  • action:
    • data:
      entity_id: switch.gillestugan_golvlampa
      service: switch.turn_on
6

When I’ve changed to mp1111:s first suggestion everything works, it was just that I didn’t wait long enough to see that it worked.

Thanks for your help.