I have published a simple app for basic On/Off and channel up / down control of a Sky Q box.
The app uses uPnP discovery when adding new devices to Homey and can poll the box for the current power state.
There are the usual flow cards:
When:
And:
Action:
- One channel down,
- One channel up,
- Turn on
*Turn off
- Toggle on or off
Changelog
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0.0.2 First release in Homey Community Store
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1.0.0 First release in Athom store. So just fixes to description and notes to pass Athom’s requirements.
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1.0.1 Hopefully a fix to the crash reported when adding devices. This was caused by a network device, that refuses the discovery connection, triggering an error function that was not implemented.
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2.0.0 Updated to SDK 3
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2.0.1 Added Action Flow card to send up to 10 remote commands in a row.
Let me know if there is anything else that you need and I will soo what I can do.
Since making the app I have found one more useful feature. The Sky Q remote can also switch off the TV but you have to hold the power down button for about 3 seconds. So the sequence to turns everything off is: Press power button to switch off Sky, the press and hold power button for 3 seconds to switch off the TV.
One problem with that is when your finger slips, as it turns Sky back on, so you have to start the procedure again.
With the app I have now setup a flow that triggers when Sky is switched off and the action turns off the TV. So now we only need to press the power button on the remote control once and it turns everything off.
Even my wife loves this feature 
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I have had a couple of crash reports caused by uPnP devices that refuse the connection during discovery.
I have published an updated version, available in https://store.homey.community/app/com.skyq that will hopefully fix that problem.
Hi Adrian,
Thanks for making this. Is there any chance you would be able to add the option to change the input to a specified channel, either by name or by number?
I would love to be able to run routines that turn SkySports on for me, and I can’t get the IR blaster to work
I have had a quick look back at the app and I might be able to add a Flow action that can send a sequence of button presses (the app is basically a remote control). I will have a play around to see what I can do.
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I have published a new test version that has a Flow action card that sends up to 10 remote commands in a row.
If you set that up to something like Backup, Backup, 1, 0, 4 then it will select channel 104 from (I think) any screen. The two Backup commands should exit any menus so the numbers select a channel.
Note: C2 to C10 are optional so they can be left empty if you don’t require 10 commands.
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Amazing! Thanks Adrian, I’ve made a small donation to buy you a pint as a thank you 
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Hi Adrian
I just tried the action card to send 1,0,1 to the skyq box but Homey won’t save my flow. Error is “invalid_type”.
It does save a simple flow like “pause” without a problem.
My version of the app is 2.0.1. I have restarted the app and the homey but that doesn’t fix it.
I am running on the original model homey.
Any ideas please?
Worked OK for me. I just saved this:
Hi, I have just recently purchased the Homey Pro so am a complete noob when it comes to understanding how it works…I have downloaded the Sky Q app and it has installed without any issues, I have connected my device and it all went well, however after a short time the device has come up with the red triangle saying the device has timed out. i have come out the app and started again but same issue, removed app and reinstalled…same issue. Any ideas on how to overcome/resolve this issue, thanks in advance.
I guess the IP address of the Sky box has changed. If you check in the device advanced setting, you can change the IP address in there. If that’s the case then I would recommend you assign a fixed IP to the Sky box if possible.
