INSTALLATION / CONFIGURATION
System Requirements:
This plugin is for HS3 or HS3PRO. It works with both Windows and Linux versions.
It supports Kodi/XBMC versions 12 (Frodon), 13 (Gotham), 14 (Helix) , 15 (Isengard) 16 (Jarvis), 17 (Krypton), and 18 (Leia)
Prerequisites:
To auto discover Kodi instances, this plugin needs a Zeroconf implementation (i.e Bonjour) to run on both your HomeSeer server and Kodi machine.
On Windows this is the Apple Bonjour service, if you have installed iTunes (or most of other Apple software), it should already be installed.
If it isn't, you can download it from the following links:
64bits version: https://www.dropbox.com/s/a0lhdxpbd19go4i/Bonjour64.msi
32bits version: https://www.dropbox.com/s/dkoi00zvlhxx2cn/Bonjour.msi
On Linux this is the Avahi daemon. If it is not already installed and running you need to install the avahi-daemon package. On a Debian like distribution the command to install the package is
Kodi Configuration:
The following settings are mandatory for the plugin to work.
Go to the Service Settings page
In General > Zeroconf, enable "Announce services to other systems"
In Control > Web server, enable "Allow remote control via HTTP", Optionally you can add a username and password, but in this case you will have to set them in the plugin configuration page (see plugin configuration section below)
In Control > Application control enable both
"Allow remote control from applications on this system" and "Allow remote control from applications on other systems"
Plugin Installation:
Download and install from the updater from the Media plug-ins section or from the Beta section if you want to install the latest Beta version. See this thread for more info and release notes.
Plugin Configuration
Start the plugin from the "PLUG-INS > Manage" page and start all your Kodi players. Then go to the config page "PLUG-INS > Kodi > Config". If everything is ok, you should see one line for each Kodi player the plugin has detected:
Add username and password if needed, and then go to the devices page you should see something like the screenshot below. You will get one set of devices for each Kodi player, and for each set the root device status will tell you if the plugin has successfully connected.
If zeroconf is not available on your platform (like on Android), then the plugin won't be able to automatically detect your Kodi player. In this case you need to manually add the player in Config/Kodi.ini file like this:
If you use the default port (8080) and/or if you don't use any username and password you can remove the corresponding lines.
If you already have some instances configured in the [PLAYERS] section, increment the number at the beginning of the lines, i.e. 2### instead of 1###, etc...
Once this is done restart the plugin, then you can use the buttons associated to the root device to connect/disconnect or you can use the Kodi actions "Plugin Connect" and "Plugin Disconnect" from events.
System Requirements:
This plugin is for HS3 or HS3PRO. It works with both Windows and Linux versions.
It supports Kodi/XBMC versions 12 (Frodon), 13 (Gotham), 14 (Helix) , 15 (Isengard) 16 (Jarvis), 17 (Krypton), and 18 (Leia)
Prerequisites:
To auto discover Kodi instances, this plugin needs a Zeroconf implementation (i.e Bonjour) to run on both your HomeSeer server and Kodi machine.
On Windows this is the Apple Bonjour service, if you have installed iTunes (or most of other Apple software), it should already be installed.
If it isn't, you can download it from the following links:
64bits version: https://www.dropbox.com/s/a0lhdxpbd19go4i/Bonjour64.msi
32bits version: https://www.dropbox.com/s/dkoi00zvlhxx2cn/Bonjour.msi
On Linux this is the Avahi daemon. If it is not already installed and running you need to install the avahi-daemon package. On a Debian like distribution the command to install the package is
Code:
sudo apt-get install avahi-daemon libavahi-client3
Kodi Configuration:
The following settings are mandatory for the plugin to work.
Go to the Service Settings page
In General > Zeroconf, enable "Announce services to other systems"
In Control > Web server, enable "Allow remote control via HTTP", Optionally you can add a username and password, but in this case you will have to set them in the plugin configuration page (see plugin configuration section below)
In Control > Application control enable both
"Allow remote control from applications on this system" and "Allow remote control from applications on other systems"
Plugin Installation:
Download and install from the updater from the Media plug-ins section or from the Beta section if you want to install the latest Beta version. See this thread for more info and release notes.
Plugin Configuration
Start the plugin from the "PLUG-INS > Manage" page and start all your Kodi players. Then go to the config page "PLUG-INS > Kodi > Config". If everything is ok, you should see one line for each Kodi player the plugin has detected:
Add username and password if needed, and then go to the devices page you should see something like the screenshot below. You will get one set of devices for each Kodi player, and for each set the root device status will tell you if the plugin has successfully connected.
If zeroconf is not available on your platform (like on Android), then the plugin won't be able to automatically detect your Kodi player. In this case you need to manually add the player in Config/Kodi.ini file like this:
Code:
[PLAYERS] 1###name=TV Room 1###ipaddress=192.168.1.102 1###port=8081 1###password=kodi 1###username=kodi
If you already have some instances configured in the [PLAYERS] section, increment the number at the beginning of the lines, i.e. 2### instead of 1###, etc...
Once this is done restart the plugin, then you can use the buttons associated to the root device to connect/disconnect or you can use the Kodi actions "Plugin Connect" and "Plugin Disconnect" from events.
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