Samsung Smartthings Integration

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Major update: Integration completely rewritten using oAuth2 instead of PAT for long live token, it will require additional steps during integration. make sure to read the README.md verycarefully

Hey everyone, i am releasing my Samsung Smartthings integration.
Before i got into features etc, i do want to be upfront and transparent about one issue with this integration.

Due to the way Smartthings work, to make this integration Free/Open Source without the mandatory requirement for a hosted public facing SmartApp (webhooks) i had to use a Pull Method, the downside is that there will be a delay between state change and what the remote will reflect on the screen - This is a trade off to get this integration to work. At some point in the future when UC Team make Smartthings integration baked into the remote firmware, they will most likely to host and maintain their own SmartApp (webhooks) with WWST (Work With Smartthings) Certification.

I did try my best and this integration does work and is a decent solutions for those who have Smartthings and not (or dont want to) have Home Assistant (which integrate with Smartthings perfectly).

I went into a full rabbit hole researching smartthings and with every attempt i reached the same conclusion: to make this non complex for users or free i need to use pull method… :frowning:

Now, for features should you still use this:
The integration automatically detects and categorizes your configured SmartThings devices (to the best of my ability to map devices)
Easy instructions for implementation, you will need a PAT token, paste it in and that’s it.
Please review the full README.md file

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Thanks for this @M.a.S.e I’ve been hoping for this, and will give it a try this evening when I get home. Do you know if Samsung Soundbars are supported?

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I just added sound bar support today in the latest release. I don’t have one so hopefully it will work. Anotehr user helped me and he confirmed it’s working. Use latest release.

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Thank you. I’ll try it tonight and let you know how I go. :slight_smile:

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@M.a.S.e I installed the integration tonight, and was able to connect to my Q90R. While all the power options work however all of the Volume buttons return Internal Server Error. Please try later.

Is there any chance we could also get access to the soundbar’s input sources?

Once again, thank you for developing this integration.

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Can you :

  1. Download this script uc-intg-smartthings/smartthings_device_analyzer.py at main · mase1981/uc-intg-smartthings · GitHub
  2. Install python on your computer
  3. Run the script
  4. Send me the output in a dm

This script will capture all the devices you have, their api, capabilities etc. At that point, I’ll be able to add whether they support

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Also, send me the full integration logs for review of when you got the internal server error while pressing volume buttons

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New version is up: add volume and input support for certain soundbar models.

input support still need more refinement but volume support is functional.

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new version is up, entities survive remote reboot and will not show unavailable: Release v2.0.0 · mase1981/uc-intg-smartthings · GitHub

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All, i have completely rewritten this integration using oAuth2 as i learned that Samsung changed PAT tokens to live for only 24 hours, therefore this new version is a complete rewrite using oAuth2, however it does require some “complex” steps to take in order to use this integration. please read carefully the README.md file and follow the steps. once done, this integration will remain and not timeout.
latest version 2.0.10

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Could this integration have the Samsung TV local control added to it as an extension?

It not only removes cloud reliance and latency but also gives access to all buttons including direct launch of apps etc.

Example implementation on Hubitat here if you wanted to port it

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There is already a Samsung TV integration GitHub - JackJPowell/uc-intg-samsungtv: Samsung TV integration for Unfolded Circle Remotes

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Nice. Is there a library maintained of community developed integrations?

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Supported devices or #community-projects on Discord (unfolded.chat)

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Meir, I’ve only just started to use this to control my Q90R soundbar, and discovered that when the remote is restarted, the Soundbar entity becomes unavailable and the only way I can use it again is to delete the entity and re-add it. While this isn’t a huge issues, It is inconvenient. Any thoughts on a workaround for this?