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DirectorLink · Android TV Notifications 1.0.0

First full release. Put the free PiPup — TV Notifications app on a TV with Google TV or Android TV, add the driver, and DirectorLink's notifications pop up on the TV with a picture: who is at the door or the gate. Composer programming can show its own, on one TV or on all of them.

Free, open-source Control4 driver for TVs with Google TV or Android TV. Part of DirectorLink Drivers. Free. No subscription, no license key, no account with us. Works on its own: DirectorLink is not required.

DirectorLink is an independent project, not affiliated with Control4 or Snap One. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Google, Amazon or the makers of the TV apps it works with. Android TV, Google TV and Fire TV are trademarks of their owners.

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Driver in Composer File
DirectorLink · Android TV Notifications DirectorLink-Android-TV.c4z

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Tested on

A Sony XR-77A95L (Google TV) with PiPup 0.3.4, from a Control4 controller: Find TVs found it (PiPup answers), Test Notification and Show Notification with a picture (fetched by the controller and sent inside the pop-up) showed on it. From a computer on the TV's network, running the driver's own code: pop-ups in English and Hebrew, pictures inline and by address.

What it does

  • On the home network only, with PiPup — TV Notifications by Alexander Savin (free on Google Play) on the TV. No cloud, no account.
  • The picture inside the pop-up: DirectorLink's picture with a ring, or a camera's snapshot from programming, fetched by the controller (a login in a camera's address is sent as a login), so the TV never has to reach it.
  • Only when the screen is on: the driver asks PiPup first. Off, or no answer within 3 seconds, the pop-up is dropped with one log line. It never turns the TV on.
  • One copy per TV, each with its own choice of kinds (Doorbell, Camera Alerts, Doors and Gates, Alarm, Other), Quiet Hours, and where and how long the pop-up shows.
  • Show Notification (Title, Message, Picture URL, Send To): Send To All TVs reaches every TV's copy with one command.
  • One pop-up every 5 seconds at most, a doorbell or the alarm first; text as sent, Hebrew included.
  • Find TVs lists the TVs on the network, marking the ones where PiPup answers.
  • PiPup Token and PiPup Port when PiPup's settings ask for them; Status says when PiPup wants a token or its IP allowlist leaves the controller out.
  • With DirectorLink 1.13: the DirectorLink notification agreement, version 1, the same as DirectorLink · LG TV Notifications.

Installing

  1. On the TV, install PiPup — TV Notifications from Google Play, open it once, select Grant display permission, and press its test button.
  2. Upload the driver with Driver → Add or Update Driver or Agent.
  3. Search DirectorLink, add DirectorLink · Android TV Notifications to the TV's room (once per TV), and pick the TV in TVs Found (marked PiPup answers) or type its IP address.
  4. Run Test Notification.

Requirements: Control4 OS 3.3.0 or newer, Composer Pro, a TV with Google TV or Android TV (Android 7 or newer). Full steps and the list of TVs: directorlink.io/drivers/android-tv.

Updating

  • From 1.0.0-beta.3: the list's first TV becomes TV IP Address; the log names the other TVs of the list: add a copy of the driver for each.
  • From 1.0.0-beta.2: settings and programming stay.
  • From 1.0.0-beta.1: install PiPup on the TV; the TV App property is gone.

Known issues

  • Only PiPup — TV Notifications by Alexander Savin: other apps called PiPup take other requests and do not work with the driver.
  • Send To All TVs reaches the other copies with C4:SendToDevice; tested against the fake Director, not yet with several TVs on a real controller.
  • Fire TV has no Google Play: PiPup's APK can be installed by hand there, not tested.

DirectorLink is an independent project, not affiliated with Control4 or Snap One. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Google, Amazon or the makers of the TV apps it works with. Android TV, Google TV and Fire TV are trademarks of their owners.

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