Sony Devices Binding

yortiz1979 · July 28, 2019, 10:21am

Hi Guys!

Anybody can help me on how to assigned the correct items, i have managed to create custome items by doing it manually but appart from the power switch nothing else works. please help

lsiepel · July 28, 2019, 12:53pm

I seem to have two very minor problems with version [2.5 07/23 1]
Every 10 seconds i see this in the log:

2019-07-28 14:46:19.823 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.dial.DialHandler] - Attempting connection to DIAL device...
2019-07-28 14:46:29.839 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.dial.DialHandler] - Attempting connection to DIAL device...
2019-07-28 14:46:39.856 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.dial.DialHandler] - Attempting connection to DIAL device...
2019-07-28 14:46:49.872 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.dial.DialHandler] - Attempting connection to DIAL device...
2019-07-28 14:46:59.888 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.dial.DialHandler] - Attempting connection to DIAL device...
2019-07-28 14:47:09.903 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.dial.DialHandler] - Attempting connection to DIAL device...

The other thing is, i can turn the TV on and off from openHAB. Instant as expected.
If i turn it on from the remote, it takes about 10 seconds to get the new state into openhab. When turned off, i think it takes another 10 seconds maybe a bit longer.
I used the scalar web device.

Not a real big issue, but just wondering is the scaler web event driven? Or is it polling every x seconds?

andirs · July 28, 2019, 1:36pm

Does the binding now support status updates from apps/channels?
I just tried but it seemed the binding didn’t notice me starting and stopping apps on the tv…

nick_woodforth · July 28, 2019, 2:40pm

It’s polling. If you go to the settings in the thing it gives you polling options to have it more/less often or not at all.

nick_woodforth · July 28, 2019, 2:48pm

Sounds like you don’t have simple linking on.
In paper ui ->menu->configuration->system
Under item linking turn on simple mode.

Delete your thing
Re add your thing
Should auto populate with items

If it’s the issue I think your having.

Unfortunately I don’t have any experience with having simple mode off.

yortiz1979 · July 30, 2019, 10:18am

Hi I have manged to make it work trough ip simple. so i guess im getting very close.

so now ONLY TWO PROBLEM that i hope you guys can guide me through the right direction:

I CAN’T TAG the items Ex. [ Switchable ] so that they could be discovered by ALEXA, i had nothing on my items folder and on the jasondb it does not appear. i had a editor i found but when im trying to tag the items and get the message item not editable

using res/itmes it sais that is read only. where is that file and how can i make writable so i can add tags??

{“link”:“https://myopenhab.org/rest/items/sony_simpleip_c5ed1bd6_input",“state”:“HDMI4”,“*stateDescription”:{“pattern”:“%s”,“readOnly”:false,“options”*:[]},“editable”:false,“type”:“String”,“name”:“sony_simpleip_c5ed1bd6_input”,“label”:“Input”,“tags”:[],"groupNames”:}

yortiz1979 · July 30, 2019, 10:27am

Question number 2.

if insert in text hdm2 and and ticket the TV responds and switched to HDMI2 and if HDMI4 switches to HDMI4. So what kind of tag can i use so that i can expose this to ALEXA. according to tag control the type is a String

Thanks again everybody, im sure this could help some other people as well on this forum

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tmrobert8 · July 30, 2019, 5:39pm

Trying to get around to everything that people have mentioned:

Updated the first post to include the 2.4 build from @markus7017 and added the bundle:install for the xstream/joda
Updated the release page to show the url as “{openhaburl}/sony”
@Isiepel - as @nick_woodforth mentioned, there is a polling that happens. The APIs the TVs use do not implement instant notifications (websocket) like the AVRs and soundbars - hopefully Sony will do that eventually.
@andirs - are you talking dial or scalar? If dial, they use to support an API that allowed me to get status updates but have been taking that away in later firmwares. I may need to revisit it to see if I can figure out a workaround
@yortiz1979 - I’ve never tried tagging so hopefully someone else can help. Unless someone else can help, you probably need to get back to whomever wrote that tagcontrol (never seen that before) and ask them what makes an item not editable. If it’s something on my end I can fix, I will - just need to know the condition..
@nick_woodforth - simple ip didn’t change at all so I don’t know why that would be slow. I’d love to see some logs from you about the things that didn’t work (with debug on). I’d need to see from discovery on..

I think that covers everyone?

Tim

yortiz1979 · July 30, 2019, 8:05pm

hi tmrobert,

thank you for your answer, after lots of trying i got to the bottom of tagging and this is the aswer. if you ad item automatically they are in read mode hece you wont be able to tag them using the tool, i deleted al the automatic items and added manually and this did the trick after that i was able to tag the items. the only pending task now is what kind of tag and/or label can i use so that i can expose a string to ALEXA. according to tag control the type is a String

marklavercombe · July 30, 2019, 10:33pm

Hey Tim,
Nope, you missed me and @markus7017 !
Did you get a chance to respond re the log errors that appear with the 2.4 build from Markus?
Cheers!

tmrobert8 · July 31, 2019, 12:52pm

Those errors have something to do with the 2.4 conversion and I’m working with @markus7017 on them a bit.

tmrobert8 · July 31, 2019, 12:53pm

FYI - played with the DIAL protocol a bit and Sony definitely broke the protocol awhile back to prevent the ability to determine what is running and what isn’t (all apps always return “stopped” regardless if they are started or not). Can’t seem to find a way around it so we may be out of luck. Don’t know if @freke can file a report on this or not (PM if you need more info)

tmrobert8 · July 31, 2019, 12:57pm

Just an FYI - found some issues in scalar tv channel switching that I’ll be addressing in the next drop

EDIT: also fixed an issue in DIAL application launching that @markus7017 found as well

Jonas88 · July 31, 2019, 3:06pm

Hi tmrobert8,

I am getting an error when trying to add the jar you provided:

2019-07-31 17:02:54.758 [WARN ] [org.apache.felix.fileinstall        ] - Error while starting bundle: file:/Users/PATH/openhab2/addons/org.openhab.binding.sony-2.5.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Could not resolve module: org.openhab.binding.sony [267]
  Unresolved requirement: Import-Package: com.google.gson; version="[2.8.0,3.0.0)"

	at org.eclipse.osgi.container.Module.start(Module.java:444) ~[?:?]
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.EquinoxBundle.start(EquinoxBundle.java:383) ~[?:?]
	at org.apache.felix.fileinstall.internal.DirectoryWatcher.startBundle(DirectoryWatcher.java:1260) [10:org.apache.felix.fileinstall:3.6.4]
	at org.apache.felix.fileinstall.internal.DirectoryWatcher.startBundles(DirectoryWatcher.java:1233) [10:org.apache.felix.fileinstall:3.6.4]
	at org.apache.felix.fileinstall.internal.DirectoryWatcher.startAllBundles(DirectoryWatcher.java:1221) [10:org.apache.felix.fileinstall:3.6.4]
	at org.apache.felix.fileinstall.internal.DirectoryWatcher.doProcess(DirectoryWatcher.java:515) [10:org.apache.felix.fileinstall:3.6.4]
	at org.apache.felix.fileinstall.internal.DirectoryWatcher.process(DirectoryWatcher.java:365) [10:org.apache.felix.fileinstall:3.6.4]
	at org.apache.felix.fileinstall.internal.DirectoryWatcher.run(DirectoryWatcher.java:316) [10:org.apache.felix.fileinstall:3.6.4]

tmrobert8 · July 31, 2019, 3:11pm

@Jonas88
Look at the first post - I’ve started posting fixes for stuff like that..

Jonas88 · July 31, 2019, 3:18pm

I am sorry. I must have missed that. Did as you said and rebooted.
TV got recognized and i’ll report back once i configured it.
Thank you very much for your great work!

tmrobert8 · July 31, 2019, 3:20pm

Please note that I’ll likely be releasing a new version today with some critical fixes - so stay tuned

Jonas88 · July 31, 2019, 4:55pm

will do i am just glad the tv shows up now in this version.

tmrobert8 · July 31, 2019, 7:27pm

New release: Release 2.5-0731-01: [avmfritz] Added unit tests for templates (#5602) · tmrobert8/openhab-addons · GitHub

You’ll see the notes on the release page

lsiepel · August 1, 2019, 8:36am

Maybe usefull for developing, but before making a PR, you might want to adres the logging or rate of logging:

2019-08-01 10:27:19.344 [INFO ] [.internal.scalarweb.ScalarWebHandler] - Attempting connection to Scalar Web device...
2019-08-01 10:27:19.536 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.ircc.IrccHandler] - Attempting connection to IRCC device...
2019-08-01 10:27:29.381 [INFO ] [.internal.scalarweb.ScalarWebHandler] - Attempting connection to Scalar Web device...
2019-08-01 10:27:29.551 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.ircc.IrccHandler] - Attempting connection to IRCC device...
2019-08-01 10:27:39.416 [INFO ] [.internal.scalarweb.ScalarWebHandler] - Attempting connection to Scalar Web device...
2019-08-01 10:27:39.572 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.ircc.IrccHandler] - Attempting connection to IRCC device...
2019-08-01 10:27:49.451 [INFO ] [.internal.scalarweb.ScalarWebHandler] - Attempting connection to Scalar Web device...
2019-08-01 10:27:49.590 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.ircc.IrccHandler] - Attempting connection to IRCC device...
2019-08-01 10:27:59.487 [INFO ] [.internal.scalarweb.ScalarWebHandler] - Attempting connection to Scalar Web device...
2019-08-01 10:27:59.609 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.ircc.IrccHandler] - Attempting connection to IRCC device...
2019-08-01 10:28:09.524 [INFO ] [.internal.scalarweb.ScalarWebHandler] - Attempting connection to Scalar Web device...
2019-08-01 10:28:09.627 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.ircc.IrccHandler] - Attempting connection to IRCC device...
2019-08-01 10:28:19.561 [INFO ] [.internal.scalarweb.ScalarWebHandler] - Attempting connection to Scalar Web device...
2019-08-01 10:28:19.646 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.ircc.IrccHandler] - Attempting connection to IRCC device...
2019-08-01 10:28:29.600 [INFO ] [.internal.scalarweb.ScalarWebHandler] - Attempting connection to Scalar Web device...
2019-08-01 10:28:29.664 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.ircc.IrccHandler] - Attempting connection to IRCC device...
2019-08-01 10:28:39.635 [INFO ] [.internal.scalarweb.ScalarWebHandler] - Attempting connection to Scalar Web device...
2019-08-01 10:28:39.684 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.ircc.IrccHandler] - Attempting connection to IRCC device...
2019-08-01 10:28:49.674 [INFO ] [.internal.scalarweb.ScalarWebHandler] - Attempting connection to Scalar Web device...
2019-08-01 10:28:49.700 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.ircc.IrccHandler] - Attempting connection to IRCC device...
2019-08-01 10:28:59.711 [INFO ] [.internal.scalarweb.ScalarWebHandler] - Attempting connection to Scalar Web device...
2019-08-01 10:28:59.715 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.ircc.IrccHandler] - Attempting connection to IRCC device...
2019-08-01 10:29:09.733 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.ircc.IrccHandler] - Attempting connection to IRCC device...
2019-08-01 10:29:09.744 [INFO ] [.internal.scalarweb.ScalarWebHandler] - Attempting connection to Scalar Web device...
2019-08-01 10:29:19.755 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.ircc.IrccHandler] - Attempting connection to IRCC device...
2019-08-01 10:29:19.773 [INFO ] [.internal.scalarweb.ScalarWebHandler] - Attempting connection to Scalar Web device...
2019-08-01 10:29:29.775 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.ircc.IrccHandler] - Attempting connection to IRCC device...
2019-08-01 10:29:29.802 [INFO ] [.internal.scalarweb.ScalarWebHandler] - Attempting connection to Scalar Web device...
2019-08-01 10:29:39.797 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.ircc.IrccHandler] - Attempting connection to IRCC device...
2019-08-01 10:29:39.831 [INFO ] [.internal.scalarweb.ScalarWebHandler] - Attempting connection to Scalar Web device...
2019-08-01 10:29:49.816 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.ircc.IrccHandler] - Attempting connection to IRCC device...
2019-08-01 10:29:49.861 [INFO ] [.internal.scalarweb.ScalarWebHandler] - Attempting connection to Scalar Web device...
2019-08-01 10:29:59.838 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.ircc.IrccHandler] - Attempting connection to IRCC device...
2019-08-01 10:29:59.892 [INFO ] [.internal.scalarweb.ScalarWebHandler] - Attempting connection to Scalar Web device...
2019-08-01 10:30:09.860 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.ircc.IrccHandler] - Attempting connection to IRCC device...
2019-08-01 10:30:09.922 [INFO ] [.internal.scalarweb.ScalarWebHandler] - Attempting connection to Scalar Web device...
2019-08-01 10:30:19.880 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.ircc.IrccHandler] - Attempting connection to IRCC device...
2019-08-01 10:30:19.953 [INFO ] [.internal.scalarweb.ScalarWebHandler] - Attempting connection to Scalar Web device...
2019-08-01 10:30:29.900 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.ircc.IrccHandler] - Attempting connection to IRCC device...
2019-08-01 10:30:29.982 [INFO ] [.internal.scalarweb.ScalarWebHandler] - Attempting connection to Scalar Web device...
2019-08-01 10:30:39.919 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.ircc.IrccHandler] - Attempting connection to IRCC device...
2019-08-01 10:30:40.014 [INFO ] [.internal.scalarweb.ScalarWebHandler] - Attempting connection to Scalar Web device...
2019-08-01 10:30:49.940 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.ircc.IrccHandler] - Attempting connection to IRCC device...
2019-08-01 10:30:50.045 [INFO ] [.internal.scalarweb.ScalarWebHandler] - Attempting connection to Scalar Web device...
2019-08-01 10:30:59.961 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.ircc.IrccHandler] - Attempting connection to IRCC device...
2019-08-01 10:31:00.076 [INFO ] [.internal.scalarweb.ScalarWebHandler] - Attempting connection to Scalar Web device...
2019-08-01 10:31:09.984 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.ircc.IrccHandler] - Attempting connection to IRCC device...
2019-08-01 10:31:10.106 [INFO ] [.internal.scalarweb.ScalarWebHandler] - Attempting connection to Scalar Web device...
2019-08-01 10:31:20.003 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.ircc.IrccHandler] - Attempting connection to IRCC device...
2019-08-01 10:31:20.138 [INFO ] [.internal.scalarweb.ScalarWebHandler] - Attempting connection to Scalar Web device...
2019-08-01 10:31:30.024 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.ircc.IrccHandler] - Attempting connection to IRCC device...
2019-08-01 10:31:30.168 [INFO ] [.internal.scalarweb.ScalarWebHandler] - Attempting connection to Scalar Web device...
2019-08-01 10:31:40.063 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.ircc.IrccHandler] - Attempting connection to IRCC device...
2019-08-01 10:31:40.200 [INFO ] [.internal.scalarweb.ScalarWebHandler] - Attempting connection to Scalar Web device...
2019-08-01 10:31:50.084 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.ircc.IrccHandler] - Attempting connection to IRCC device...
2019-08-01 10:31:50.234 [INFO ] [.internal.scalarweb.ScalarWebHandler] - Attempting connection to Scalar Web device...
2019-08-01 10:32:00.104 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.ircc.IrccHandler] - Attempting connection to IRCC device...
2019-08-01 10:32:00.266 [INFO ] [.internal.scalarweb.ScalarWebHandler] - Attempting connection to Scalar Web device...
2019-08-01 10:32:10.123 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.ircc.IrccHandler] - Attempting connection to IRCC device...
2019-08-01 10:32:10.295 [INFO ] [.internal.scalarweb.ScalarWebHandler] - Attempting connection to Scalar Web device...
2019-08-01 10:32:20.144 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.ircc.IrccHandler] - Attempting connection to IRCC device...
2019-08-01 10:32:20.325 [INFO ] [.internal.scalarweb.ScalarWebHandler] - Attempting connection to Scalar Web device...
2019-08-01 10:32:30.159 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.ircc.IrccHandler] - Attempting connection to IRCC device...
2019-08-01 10:32:30.355 [INFO ] [.internal.scalarweb.ScalarWebHandler] - Attempting connection to Scalar Web device...
2019-08-01 10:32:40.181 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.ircc.IrccHandler] - Attempting connection to IRCC device...
2019-08-01 10:32:40.388 [INFO ] [.internal.scalarweb.ScalarWebHandler] - Attempting connection to Scalar Web device...
2019-08-01 10:32:50.199 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.ircc.IrccHandler] - Attempting connection to IRCC device...
2019-08-01 10:32:50.421 [INFO ] [.internal.scalarweb.ScalarWebHandler] - Attempting connection to Scalar Web device...
2019-08-01 10:33:00.220 [INFO ] [nding.sony.internal.ircc.IrccHandler] - Attempting connection to IRCC device...
2019-08-01 10:33:00.452 [INFO ] [.internal.scalarweb.ScalarWebHandler] - Attempting connection to Scalar Web device...

And what does this mean?

2019-08-01 11:14:14.831 [INFO ] [rotocols.ScalarWebAppControlProtocol] - Can't get text form - no public key