Select Live TV Channel

[Melcom01]

Hi Antonio,

Thanks for a great plugin.

I have looked through the docs but I cannot see anywhere how (if?) I can change the channel on my TV.

I realise that I may not be able to have a full keypad but it could be possible to maybe add favourite channel numbers and names in the same way that we add our HDMI inputs.

Thanks,

Matthew

[AntonioMeireles]

Hi @Melcom01

thanks for your feedback (and welcome to the open source world as this seems your first ever issue 😄!)

You're right - currently there's no way to change the channel on the TV via the plugin.

long story short - i don't have OTA (Over the Air) TV at home, so no way to test. This does not mean it's even possible.

If you, or some other interested party, have the time, the patience and the resources, to attach here wireshark captures of Panasonic's `TV Remote 3' mobile app talking to the TV and successfully change OTA channels from within it, then i may be able to figure if and how that is actually doable from plugin's side.

Best Regards

[Melcom01]

Thanks for the quick response. I'm downloading Wireshark right now and I'll do my best.

[AntonioMeireles]

@Melcom01

hi again. [curious] were you able to make any progress already ?

thanks in advance

[Melcom01]

Hi António, I’ve never used WireShark before but had a go! I think that the laptop I used this with doesn’t allow ‘promiscuous’ (?) mode to monitor the traffic. I’ll be trying again on another, newer, laptop as soon as I get a chance. Any tips you have, I’ll happily accept them! Matthew From: António Meireles <notifications@github.com> Sent: 02 February 2021 19:11 To: AntonioMeireles/homebridge-vieramatic <homebridge-vieramatic@noreply.github.com> Cc: Matthew Lee <mattl@melcom.uk.com>; Mention <mention@noreply.github.com> Subject: Re: [AntonioMeireles/homebridge-vieramatic] Select Live TV Channel (#60) @Melcom01<https://github.com/Melcom01> hi again. [curious] were you able to make any progress already ? thanks in advance — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#60 (comment)>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ASROYWCFL3ZA5TVAQCEBCDTS5BE3VANCNFSM4WMZPGKA>.

[AntonioMeireles]

Hi António, I’ve never used WireShark before but had a go! I think that the laptop I used this with doesn’t allow ‘promiscuous’ (?) mode to monitor the traffic. I’ll be trying again on another, newer, laptop as soon as I get a chance. Any tips you have, I’ll happily accept them!

Ideally, simplest way would be probably to run wireshark in same host running homebridge (presumably linux) and just filtering the requests coming from phone's IP address.

all the best, and have a great weekend!