LG WebOS app for Homey Pro 2023

Questions & Help
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Sometimes the official app behaves that way. Try the app that @Peter_Kawa suggested.

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Yeah, I installed the „plus” app. It was a bit tricki, it didn’t want to find my tv, but it finally did and it is working. Much more responsive, flow starts quicker. Overall - better app. But to make it run, it looks like you need to go deep inside the dark net xD haha

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Is the app supported by the hp 23 model? I dont understand what you install in github?

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The community LG Webos app by Max vd Laar.
Search the forum

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for “how to cli” for how to install it.
https://github.com/MaxvandeLaar/homey-webos-plus
You can download the app with this link:
https://github.com/MaxvandeLaar/homey-webos-plus/archive/refs/heads/master.zip

The other LG app, by Athom, is available from homey.app

As mentioned already:

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Thank you for the answer. I tried to follow this guideline to download with node.js, but I dont understand what “Download the release file webos-plus-v*.zip for the latest release and unzip.” mean. Could you explain?

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EDIT: Seems this was fixed with “homey login” :+1:

So…I wanted to try this again. Had a look at it on my old homey, but now I’m having some problems installing it.

I install Node.js, unpack the zip, open a command line as admin, installing homey (npm i -g homey), getting some nagging about versions, then when I try to install the app I get the following. Any ideas how to fix it?

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I am sorry I dont know. How do you specify that the starting text in node is the app folder location? If that makes any sense.

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I finally managed to download the app and it shows homey, but when I try to search for devices, nothing is there… Any suggestions?

Update: It found the tv but now I cant turn it on using homey

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You don’t get this if you long-click the device?

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If you’re able to turn it off (with the Homey LG app), when it’s on, you have to dig into your TV energy settings. Due to energy saving stuff, it doesn’t listen to network commands when it’s off/standby.
When you find something like “turn the tv on with the mobile app”, enable it.

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Connecting the TV to LAN instead of wifi might help as well.

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I lost the ability to also turn off the tv and therefore tried to remove the device. When I then tried to add the tv back again, the app didn’t find the tv. Any ideas ?

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Hi HĂĽkon,

Why would removing the device solve anything?
Anyways, I really think it should be somewhere in the TV settings, as I tried to point out.
One other possibility, your LG got an other IP address, so Homey possibly can’t find it (looking up IP adresses is not Homey’s best skill).
Check the DHCP table in your (probably) router, or use Android Fing or Ning to discover it’s IP.
Make sure to reserve IP adresses for both Homey and the TV, so they always get same IP.

To compare, these are my settings, works great for almost 4 years now:

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Did you try this setting? Might help:

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Thank you! I will take a look at this when I get the time and come back to you :slight_smile:

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Does that mean I have to specify an ip adress on the homey and tv? If thats the case, how do I do that?

Edit: would the ethernet cable for homey be a smart buy to help with this later on?

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Yes, it works more reliable. It should be done with your DHCP server, usually a part of your modem or router.
You can use this search phrase, enter the brand (+ type) of your modem/router
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=How+do+I+reserve+an+IP+address+on+my+my_router_brand_here+router

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I think it’s always a smart move. But, if you don’t experience signal dropouts now, it won’t differ with connecting to the TV

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I see. So i have to choose a specific ip on my router?

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Does this mean I have to connect the mac adress to both tv and homey to the same ip?

Edit: should i do this through the router settings or is there a place in homey app and lg tv to change ip?

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Joining the thread even though it has been sometime since last post.

Trying to make a flow that turns off light in a specific room when TV is turned off (also the opposite turning specific lights on when TV is activated).

My simple flow as now is

“WHEN” LG TV is inactivated “AND” the time is 23.00 “THEN” turn off Hue lights in room.

The opposite also includes when lux is below a value (Fibaro-sensor) turn on the light.

In the off command I have tried both inactive and stopped playing.

Doing a test in the flow window it works but in real life it doesn´t - that is if TV is on and the time is after 23.00 and i turn off the TV the lights doesn´t turn off.

It seems like a simple flow that should work but for some reason it doesn´t.

Would appreciate some suggestions

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There is no “AND the time is 23.00” card, only a “WHEN the time is …” or “AND the time is earlier/later than …”

If you’re using the correct card and it still doesn’t work, simplify your flow to find out where it’s going wrong.

For example:

  • WHEN the TV is turned off THEN send a notification to myself

That will tell you if the WHEN card is actually working or not.