Hello all,
managed to get most of my integrations to work, but i have an annoying issue. I have the sequence for switching on an off as per below. On works well, but the off has the odd behavior of switching the TV off, but then switching it on again.
I am using the LG integration and the other components are an nVidia shield, Hue light strip, miniDSP SHD
Any ideas?
Are your activities in the same activity group?
no, in fact i have no activity groups, only the default one and its empty. my activities are and activity group:
Activity groups prevent entities from switching off when switching between activities (that include these entities) within that group
You have to create at least one activity group and place your activities in there. Iâd say for most people one activity group should be enough
My problem is the opposite one though - i switch an activity OFF and the LG OLED switches back on. I understand the concept of activity groups, but in my use case, I dont seem to be needing it.
Would an activity group somehow solve the LG OLED switching on after i switch the activity off? I dont seem to see the logic, but its likely i am missing something.
I donât know, it wouldnât hurt to try I guess.
But as far as I understand activity groups, if you have entities in multiple activities that have to remain their power status between the activities theyâre in, the only way to accomplish that is through activity groups
Yeah, i get that, eg. my MiniDSP is my pre-amplifier for Watch TV, Digital Music and Analogue music and the idea is to âbundleâ all three activities into one activity group to prevent the MiniDSP from powering off when switching between them.
But for me, its the opposite: the LG TV turns off, but then, for some odd reason, turn on again on its own.
That is weird indeed. Check logs maybe?
Do you have CEC enabled anywhere?
CEC is disabled on the TV, on the nVidia Shield and on the Hue Play HDMI Sync-Box
Can you check the core service logs to see if the command is actually sent by the remote or maybe just a side effect?
Hm, stupid question, how / where do I check the logs?
Go to settings/development/logs and select core service from the services dropdown and click on download.
I tried playing with the settings, but still, cannot get the TV to switch off. this is the log in the past hour or so
| 2026-03-22 09:09:40.329638 +00:00 | core | NOTICE | Setting rgb button backlight to: (0, 0, 0) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-22 09:09:40.327474 +00:00 | core | NOTICE | Enter idle mode: standby in 173s |
| 2026-03-22 09:08:51.867284 +00:00 | core | NOTICE | [uc.main.f34de9ad-6783-4e84-81ce-d0b95de2e61b] activity âWatch TVâ is running and preventing device standby |
| 2026-03-22 09:08:51.866795 +00:00 | core | NOTICE | [Watch TV] activity finished |
| 2026-03-22 09:08:51.858142 +00:00 | core | NOTICE | [Watch TV] activity command: uc_bt.main.profile1:CONSUMER_AC_HOME |
| 2026-03-22 09:08:51.690824 +00:00 | core | NOTICE | [Watch TV] activity command: uc.main.4f9d3ec4-f0ae-4ac3-9aa2-b474ac760471:HDMI4 |
| 2026-03-22 09:08:51.524166 +00:00 | core | NOTICE | [Watch TV] activity command: uc.main.4f9d3ec4-f0ae-4ac3-9aa2-b474ac760471:Ptoggle |
| 2026-03-22 09:08:51.395777 +00:00 | core | NOTICE | [Watch TV] activity command: uc.main.94236788-b630-4aba-9d9d-25049c836b49:toslink |
| 2026-03-22 09:08:51.389353 +00:00 | core | NOTICE | [Watch TV] activity command: lgwebos_driver.main.media_player.b4:b2:91:55:ea:14:media_player.on |
| 2026-03-22 09:08:51.388773 +00:00 | core | NOTICE | Added standby inhibitor: Active activity âWatch TVâ |
| 2026-03-22 09:08:51.387094 +00:00 | core | NOTICE | Started activity âWatch TVâ (uc.main.f34de9ad-6783-4e84-81ce-d0b95de2e61b) with timeout of 300s |
| 2026-03-22 09:08:49.010908 +00:00 | core | NOTICE | Setting rgb button backlight to: (125, 125, 125) |
| 2026-03-22 09:08:49.009067 +00:00 | core | NOTICE | Enter normal mode: standby in 180s |
| 2026-03-22 09:08:48.324785 +00:00 | core | NOTICE | Setting rgb button backlight to: (0, 0, 0) |
| 2026-03-22 09:08:48.322784 +00:00 | core | NOTICE | Enter idle mode: standby in 173s |
| 2026-03-22 09:08:42.309320 +00:00 | core | NOTICE | Removed standby inhibitor: activity âWatch TVâ (off) (max 305s) |
| 2026-03-22 09:08:42.308616 +00:00 | core | NOTICE | [Watch TV] activity finished |
| 2026-03-22 09:08:42.186842 +00:00 | core | NOTICE | [Watch TV] activity command: uc.main.4f9d3ec4-f0ae-4ac3-9aa2-b474ac760471:Ptoggle |
| 2026-03-22 09:08:42.171661 +00:00 | core | NOTICE | [Watch TV] activity command: uc_bt.main.profile1:CONSUMER_STOP |
| 2026-03-22 09:08:38.155186 +00:00 | core | NOTICE | [Watch TV] activity command: lgwebos_driver.main.media_player.b4:b2:91:55:ea:14:media_player.off |
| 2026-03-22 09:08:38.154685 +00:00 | core | NOTICE | Added standby inhibitor: activity âWatch TVâ (off) (max 305s) |
| 2026-03-22 09:08:38.152938 +00:00 | core | NOTICE | Started activity âWatch TVâ (uc.main.f34de9ad-6783-4e84-81ce-d0b95de2e61b) with timeout of 300s |
| 2026-03-22 09:08:33.056005 +00:00 | core | NOTICE | Setting rgb button backlight to: (125, 125, 125) |
| 2026-03-22 09:08:33.054046 +00:00 | core | NOTICE | Enter normal mode: standby in 180s |
| 2026-03-22 09:08:32.322694 +00:00 | core | NOTICE | Standby mode is inhibited by: [Active activity âWatch TVâ, Web configurator] |
According to the log the same activity is started multiple times although I donât see any activity stop command. I donât know how you did that but that may be the problem. How to you stop the activity? Usually you press the power button that is not mapped to any command. Also try to move all your activities to the default activity group even if you donât use them.
Im probably an idiot. So i removed the LG entity and reinstalled it again, re-configured the watch TV activity and finally added all 3 activities into the default activity group and voilla - all works.
Thanks!
