Home Assistant

Panasonic Viera TV

The panasonic_viera platform allows you to control a Panasonic Viera TV.

Currently known supported models:

  • TC-P65VT30
  • TX-32AS520E
  • TX-49DX650B
  • TX-50DX700B
  • TX-55CX700E
  • TX-65EXW784
  • TX-L42ET50
  • TX-P42STW50
  • TX-P50GT30Y
  • TX-P50GT60E

If your model is not on the list then give it a test, if everything works correctly then add it to the list on GitHub.

Some Panasonic Viera TVs allow Home Assistant to turn them on, if you specify the MAC address with mac:.

To add a TV to your installation, add the following to your configuration.yaml file:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
media_player:
  - platform: panasonic_viera
    host: 192.168.0.10

Configuration variables:

  • host (Required): The IP of the Panasonic Viera TV, e.g. 192.168.0.10.
  • port (Optional): The port number of your Panasonic Viera TV. Defaults to 55000.
  • mac (Optional): The MAC address of your Panasonic Viera TV, e.g. AA:BB:CC:DD:99:1A.
  • name (Optional): The name you would like to give to the Panasonic Viera TV.

Example play_media script

The play_media function can be used to open web pages and other media types (images, movies) in the TV web browser.

# Example play_media script that can be triggered when someone is detected at the door
#
script:
  front_door_camera:
    alias: "Show who's at the door"
    sequence:
      - service: media_player.turn_on
        data:
          entity_id: media_player.living_room_tv
      - service: media_player.play_media
        data:
          entity_id: media_player.living_room_tv
          media_content_type: "url"
          media_content_id: "http://google.com"
      - delay:
        seconds: 5
      - service: media_player.media_stop
        data:
          entity_id: media_player.living_room_tv