PyRemoteControl

A simplified version of a remote control for a Samsung TV AU7 series using Python

• Features
• Environment variables
• Technologies

Features

• Turn the TV on: python3 cli.py on
• Turn the TV off: python3 cli.py off
• Increase TV volume: python3 cli.py vol up N
• Decrease TV volume: python3 cli.py vol down N
• Check SmartThings token: python3 cli.py token check
• Renew SmartThings token: python3 cli.py token renew

Environment variables

• TV_IP=""
• TV_MAC=""
• TV_TOKEN=""
• TV_DEVICE_ID=""
• ST_TOKEN=""
• ST_TV_ID=""

How to

• fetch TV_IP: Configuration ‣ General ‣ Network ‣ Network Status ‣ IP settings ‣ IP Address
• fetch TV_MAC: Use bluetoothclt devices in your terminal and copy the MAC address;
• fetch ST_TOKEN: Login into your Samsung account and head to SmartThings tokens endpoint and create a token with x:devices: (execute commands) and r:devices:*;
• fetch ST_TV_ID: Make a CURL request to SmartThings API devices endpoint and copy the desired device:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer {ST_TOKEN}" https://api.smartthings.com/v1/devices

Technologies

• Python
• python3
• python-dotenv
• websocket-client