Yes, pairing have been done. Actually if you do not pair none of the control will work, because pairing is done on L3 layer (IP stack level). In my case only "Power ON" does not work, everything else does work.
IP address is DHCP reserved = static. And has been the same since I added the TV to the project.
MAC is the correct one, populated in composer and belongs to Ethernet wired LAN adapter of the TV, also been verified via Wireshark trace!
EXT Link support already been enabled, I enabled "USB Serial" as well based on your recommendation, but it did not make any difference, the problem still exist.