This example shows how to control a Sony TV with a logic group (via HTTP request).
A total of 40 different control commands are triggered via one input per byte value.

The procedure is always as follows: via the "Fixed value" element, the TV-specific control command is stored in the subsequent "Value memory" element.
The received telegram value determines when this control command is triggered with the help of the "translator" tool. This is available for each command and only translates the telegram value into a TRUE if it matches, which in turn stores the television-specific control command in the "http request" element in the http request before the http request is triggered via the "comparator" elements.

Since the http request differs from the control commands for Kodi and Haystack, for example, a second "http request" element is necessary. Which "http request" element is used is decided by the two "Comparator" elements "Comparator 1-37" and "Comparator 38-40".

Required adjustment before using this example:
- The necessary parameters IP address and password (PSK) are transferred via the "Fixed value" elements "IP Address" and "X-Auth-PSK".
- Set a data point in TV Control Value Input, set your IP address in IP Address Static Value, set the Pre-Shared Key of your TV in X-Auth-PSK Static Value.

The following settings must be set on the SONY TV to set the IP address and Pre-Shared Key of your TV:
- IP_address:
HOME/MENU -> Network Settings -> View Network Status -> [TV IP Address] (menu navigation may vary)
Use a static IP address as it is possible that the IP address may change automatically.
The setting can be found under HOME/MENU -> Network Settings -> IP Configuration -> Static

- Pre-Shared Key
HOME/MENU -> Settings -> Network -> Home Network Settings -> IP Configuration -> Authentication -> Change here to "Normal and pre-installed key ".
HOME/MENU -> Settings -> Network -> Home Network Settings -> IP Configuration -> Preinstalled Key -> Set [Create Own Key] (Menu navigation may vary)

You can find all supported remote control commands of your TV via the following 2 commands for the console command "cURL".
(from Terminal on Mac or Google for instructions run with curl) if you want to add more.

AppControl commands:
curl -v -XPOST http://[your_TV's_IP_address]/sony/appControl -H 'X-Auth-PSK:[your_PSK]' -d '{"method": "getApplicationList", "params":[""], "id":4, "version": "1.0"}'.
Remote control commands:
curl -v -XPOST http://[your_IP]/sony/system -H 'X-Auth-PSK:[your_PSK]' -d '{"id":20, "method": "getRemoteControllerInfo", "version": "1.0", "params":[]}'.

The commands depend on the model of the television. Therefore, you need to find out which control commands are supported by looking at the console commands shown.
Subsequently, you can add or replace fehelende control commands in the logic group.

Panayiotis Voulgarakis
Technical Manager
Ganotis Group S.A.