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Anyone know how to connect an cromecast to...
Anyone know how to connect an cromecast to smarthings and hub?
+11
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May 20, 2020
by
daub25948
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Anyone know how to connect an cromecast to smarthings and hub? Thanks
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+10
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May 20, 2020
by
marni22595
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Best answer
You can't a Chromecast isn't able to connect to the smartthings hub. A Google home is though.
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May 20, 2020
by
daub25948
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310
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@
marni22595
Okay Yes I'm proven it's an option in Google home, I'm using that too now. But had hoped I could put things together in st, and then run an automation which turned off everything
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May 20, 2020
by
spake2802
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You can run an automation in Google Home that turns everything off, because Home can control ST, but not the other way around.
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May 20, 2020
by
marni22595
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690
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@
daub25948
you can't turn "off" a chromecast, there is no sleep or off function. What you can do is connect the TV and the Chromecast to ST connected plugs that can be automated.
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May 20, 2020
by
daub25948
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310
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@
marni22595
thats was i ment
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May 20, 2020
by
daub25948
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@
marni22595
if you turn off your cromecast, you would én be able to use the auto turn on/off and
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May 20, 2020
by
sixpack
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@
marni22595
you can tell a Chromecast device to turn off, and it'll issue the CEC command to turn off the TV it's connected to. On works the same. The Chromecast itself isn't off, never is if it has power but it can become the on/off switch for your TV.
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May 20, 2020
by
daub25948
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@
sixpack
Exactly! Finally, someone who understood it
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May 20, 2020
by
marni22595
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Yes you can use chromecast to turn off a TV and you can use the home to broadcast a command to turn off the TV, but I dont know if you can use ST to tell the home to broadcast the off TV. The easiest solution would be to get a smart plug and plug the TV into that.
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May 20, 2020
by
hague
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To do what?
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May 20, 2020
by
daub25948
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310
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@
hague
turn off tv etc when leaving home.
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May 20, 2020
by
hague
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@
daub25948
I think you're confused about what a chromecast is and its capabilities.
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May 20, 2020
by
daub25948
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310
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@
hague
absolut not.
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May 20, 2020
by
hague
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daub25948
okay well good luck
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May 20, 2020
by
daub25948
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310
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Right now i using the cromecast to auto turn off My tv and yamaha receiver and thats a nice feature when your leaving home
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May 20, 2020
by
elke711
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150
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To confirm - you aren't using the Chromecast to turn off your TV. You're using Google Home to turn off your TV through the Chromecast. Right? In other words, you wouldn't be able to do it without Google Home, correct?
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May 20, 2020
by
daub25948
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@
elke711
No i am using the cromecast through home. I could do anything whitout one or the other. What s your point?
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May 20, 2020
by
elke711
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@
daub25948
Everything I am reading says that Google Home is required to use a Chromecast to turn your TV off.
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May 20, 2020
by
elke711
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daub25948
Unless you can show me something that says otherwise, my point is that what you're actually looking for is a way for ST to tell Google Home to turn off your TV. I don't think there is any simple way to do this, though you might be able to rig something up. Personally I would recommend instead getting a Harmony Hub or something similar to control your TV via ST.
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May 20, 2020
by
gavra9
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Having looked through Google I can't find anything where you can turn on or off your television via smartthings and then through the Chromecast. It looks as though you can only use the the Chromecast app for smartthings to stream and not control the device
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+9
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May 20, 2020
by
elyse1
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You can add chromecast and google home speakers to ST with Web Cast Api. Set it up with Node. js on a always on computer/Rpie. It works wery good. Can use CC and Google home as alarm speakers. Search for Web cast api for smartthings on google
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May 20, 2020
by
squireen6548
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900
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elyse1
can you install node. js on fire8 tablet ? It's always on and I'm using it as my control board with action tiles , full kiosk
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May 20, 2020
by
elyse1
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squireen6548
im not sure. I know it can run on android tablet, but not sure about fire tablet
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May 20, 2020
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squireen6548
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elyse1
ok thanks. will have to do more research. I'm using bigtalker2 with Lannouncer . to announce stuff on my Google mini , but it stoppes working Evey 7 to 14 days . need to restart Lannouncer on tablet Everytime. it's annoying. Want to try something more stable
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+9
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May 20, 2020
by
prunella
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You can do it vis a harmony hub. All your doing is switching inputs on your receiver/tv. Harmony integrates with Alexa and SmartThings.
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May 20, 2020
by
hague
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@
prunella
true, but then you're not really integrating chromecast in ST
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May 20, 2020
by
prunella
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@
hague
, why so?
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May 20, 2020
by
hague
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@
prunella
because your device in ST is harmony hub, not chromecast. I understand what you're doing and that this is likely the best solution, it's just not a true integration of chromecast in ST.
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May 20, 2020
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hague
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prunella
maybe I took his question too literally ♂️
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May 20, 2020
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prunella
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hague
, I’m not sure what level of integration your intending to use, but all my remote activities on the harmony remote shows up on ST as an activity. It has the same capabilities of a switch and is available in WC.
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May 20, 2020
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Elmers glue?
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