Homebridge support for TV power on/off, source selection, using HDMI-CEC
CEC-Enabled device. Raspberry Pi (tested working) or Pulse-Eight's USB - CEC Adapter
- Install homebridge
- Install this plugin using:
sudo npm install -g homebridge-tv-cec
- Install
cec-utils
ifcec-client
command is not present:sudo apt-get install cec-utils
Note: On Raspberry Pi's OSMC image,cec-cilent
is present at/usr/osmc/bin/cec-client-4.0.2
, need to runsudo ln -s /usr/osmc/bin/cec-client-4.0.2 /usr/bin/cec-client
to link it to default$PATH
- Add
TV-CEC
accessory to your configuration file (See below for examples)
Note: You might have to disable Kodi's (if installed) build in CEC functionality as it will interfere with this plugin
"accessories": [
{
"accessory": "TV-CEC",
"name": "TV",
"devices": {
"1": "Apple TV",
"2": "Nintendo Switch",
"3": "RetroPie",
"4": "Raspberry Pi"
}
}
]
``