Chowmain - Sky+HD / SkyQ / Sky Q Mini for Control4

[AidenL]

15 hours ago, Thepritch88 said:

Where abouts are you AidenL?

I’m in Ireland.

[TechnologyClinic]

Hi 

 

I am new to control4 i am using this driver but from within my Media list i have normal channels mixed with radio and therefore on my Neeo remote i can see the whole list.  Is there something been missed to exclude Radio channels or order the list so they are displayed later?

[alanchow]

On 1/17/2020 at 8:41 AM, TechnologyClinic said:

Hi 

 

I am new to control4 i am using this driver but from within my Media list i have normal channels mixed with radio and therefore on my Neeo remote i can see the whole list.  Is there something been missed to exclude Radio channels or order the list so they are displayed later?

You can't order the list nor can you remove genres from the list.  The driver gets the data from Sky and displays it as we get it.

[Thepritch88]

Has anyone else noticed the pause button not working lately? since today whenever I press pause on my neeo the sky box thinks I’ve pressed the play button 

[alanchow]

2 hours ago, Thepritch88 said:

Has anyone else noticed the pause button not working lately? since today whenever I press pause on my neeo the sky box thinks I’ve pressed the play button 

We did an update to implement play/pause rather than pause due to demand.  This can be reverted back to the way it used to work in the driver's properties page.

We also fixed the Sky Channels driver as it broke a few days ago.

[Thepritch88]

Awesome thanks Alan. Talking of the sky channels driver, I favourited the sky cricket hd channel to my neeo screen the other day but when I select it it takes me to the non hd cricket channel, not a big deal though. Looking forward to seeing the Aussies come over for a few games next month 

[alanchow]

24 minutes ago, Thepritch88 said:

Awesome thanks Alan. Talking of the sky channels driver, I favourited the sky cricket hd channel to my neeo screen the other day but when I select it it takes me to the non hd cricket channel, not a big deal though. Looking forward to seeing the Aussies come over for a few games next month 

Aussies arn't going no-where. We are all in lock-down with no international flights until god knows when.

[Thepritch88]

They are getting a private flight apparently

https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/australia/australia-cricket-2020-vs-england-tour-dates-september-series-location-fixtures/news-story/4cf2227c41ca8d14e4fdd62ec75fc936

[Thepritch88]

Hi Alan I tried setting the pause button to pause instead of play/pause but it’s still only sending the play command. I’m using a sky HD box if that makes a difference 

[alanchow]

I pushed out another update making the original pause functionality the default now.  Give it a few hours and you'll notice its back to normal.

[Thepritch88]

Thanks Alan all working now 

[SB23]

Sorry

[SB23]

Hello Alan, I come from Germany and I am very satisfied with your great driver. I would like to edit my own station settings. I have entered the correct transmission location. And yet I always end up in the menu of the receiver. Can you please help me. Thank you  .Christoph Bauer
 

[alexheyman]

Is anybody else having any problems with this driver and the neeo remote? 

the problem specifically happens when i favourite a channel. 

If you then choose this channel, it works fine, but it directs you to a black screen with some circles.. in the app it shows you the sky remote buttons, but on the neeo it just leaves you with this page where you can not really do anything, and you have to press either home or back to go to the home page? 

 

any body else having this, and maybe has a solution? 

 

thank you! 

[alanchow]

8 hours ago, alexheyman said:

Is anybody else having any problems with this driver and the neeo remote? 

the problem specifically happens when i favourite a channel. 

If you then choose this channel, it works fine, but it directs you to a black screen with some circles.. in the app it shows you the sky remote buttons, but on the neeo it just leaves you with this page where you can not really do anything, and you have to press either home or back to go to the home page? 

 

any body else having this, and maybe has a solution? 

 

thank you! 

That is a known issue with Neeo remotes and some of our drivers.  To summarise the Neeo remote jumps to a now playing screen for that driver which does not exist as we have programatically selected another device.

Control4 knows about this issue and its in their bug tracker.

[alexheyman]

Heej Alan! Thanks for your quick response! 

I'll just wait until control4 changes this then

 

love the driver! 

 

sincerely, alex

 

 

[Mataphal]

On 12/8/2019 at 10:18 PM, alanchow said:

Yes it does.

Hi Alan, just downloaded the test version, i cannot control my german (austrian) Sky Q Box. It does not react to my Neeo Remote. IP is correct,in composer it shows "ONLINE" but no reaction on the box?

[Paul S]

HI Alan

I know this is not a Sky Q question, but are their plans for a Sky Glass / Puck / Stream driver?

Ive not upgraded yet, but it will happen over the next 12 months due to having UHD functionality at all the TV's

Thanks

Paul

 

[alanchow]

On 10/20/2022 at 2:25 AM, Mataphal said:

Hi Alan, just downloaded the test version, i cannot control my german (austrian) Sky Q Box. It does not react to my Neeo Remote. IP is correct,in composer it shows "ONLINE" but no reaction on the box?

We do have a Sky driver for Germany.

https://chowmain.software/drivers/control4-german-sky

If you are still having problems please reach out to our support team.

50 minutes ago, Paul S said:

HI Alan

I know this is not a Sky Q question, but are their plans for a Sky Glass / Puck / Stream driver?

Ive not upgraded yet, but it will happen over the next 12 months due to having UHD functionality at all the TV's

Thanks

Paul

 

We get asked this question several times a week.  At present we do not have an API for the Glass / Puck.  As such we cannot write a driver for it.

[Willblackburn]

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[leo22986]

It not works with Sky q mini german. Can be update?

[Kaas Mayer]

On 5/26/2023 at 7:25 PM, leo22986 said:

It not works with Sky q mini german. Can be update?

same question here. found a free driver for german sky q but i would prefer the chowmain one with Channel lists. Checked the UK driver but i only receive uk channels.

@alanchow can we help to accomplish this to the german channels aswell?

[alanchow]

3 hours ago, Kaas Mayer said:

same question here. found a free driver for german sky q but i would prefer the chowmain one with Channel lists. Checked the UK driver but i only receive uk channels.

@alanchow can we help to accomplish this to the german channels aswell?

There is no API data source we could grab the channels from

[Kaas Mayer]

11 hours ago, alanchow said:

There is no API data source we could grab the channels from

you can grap the channels directly from the skyq box.

Just the images are missing, but i can deliver a image translation json.

http://ip_of_sky:9006/as/services

Sample:

{
   "documentId" : "2394",
   "services" : [
      {
         "c" : "100",
         "dvbtriplet" : "133.6.142",
         "schedule" : true,
         "servicetype" : "DSAT",
         "servicetypes" : [ "DSAT" ],
         "sf" : "hd",
         "sg" : 12,
         "sid" : "142",
         "sk" : 142,
         "startover" : true,
         "t" : "Sky Showcase HD",
         "xsg" : 2
      },
      {
         "c" : "101",
         "dvbtriplet" : "133.13.147",
         "schedule" : true,
         "servicetype" : "DSAT",
         "servicetypes" : [ "DSAT" ],
         "sf" : "hd",
         "sg" : 12,
         "sid" : "147",
         "sk" : 147,
         "startover" : true,
         "t" : "Sky One HD",
         "xsg" : 2
      },
     ...
     ..
     .

 

There is also a py project for fetching the epg. (uk/italy/germany)
didnt test it. epg is nice to have, but channels should be fine enough.
https://github.com/RogerSelwyn/skyq_remote