Samsung Tizen Smart TV driver (2018 onwards) - power with Wake-on-LAN, volume, navigation, apps, and optional SmartThings for discrete HDMI and real feedback. Your first licence is free when you sign up; each additional processor is $89.
Network control of Samsung Tizen Smart TVs from 2018 onwards, including the RU, TU, Q, CU and DU series. Day-to-day control is pure LAN with no account, cloud or internet required, and the driver powers the TV on from fully off using Wake-on-LAN. Samsung's local API has no discrete input command and reports no volume, mute or input state, so for those you can optionally link a SmartThings account. Verified on a 2020 TU8000 and 2023-2025 CU7000, DU7200 and U8000F sets. Free - sign up for a free licence key tied to your processor's MAC address.
Features
- Power: On (Wake-on-LAN), Off and Toggle, with live power state read from the TV
- Remote control: volume, mute, channel, full navigation, digits, colour buttons and transport keys
- One-touch apps: Netflix, YouTube, Prime Video, Disney+, Spotify, Apple TV, plus Launch App by ID
- Inputs: Source and HDMI Cycle over the local network
- Optional SmartThings link: direct HDMI and TV/Tuner selection with real volume, mute and input feedback
- One-time Allow on the TV - the pairing token is stored and reused
- Multiple TVs with a Device Label so logs are told apart
- Telnet debug console and optional remote logging, switchable by macro
Introduction
Controls a Samsung Tizen Smart TV over your network - 2018 onwards, including the RU / TU / Q / CU / DU series. Developed against a 2020 TU8000 and verified in daily use on 2023, 2024 and 2025 sets (CU7000, DU7200 and U8000F). Sets from 2023 onwards (Tizen 7 and later) additionally require the IP Remote setting to be switched on - see step 4 below, and read it before deciding the driver does not work.
All day-to-day control is pure LAN - no account, no cloud, no internet required. Volume, mute and their feedback are read straight from the TV. Optionally linking a SmartThings account adds what the local network cannot do: discrete HDMI input selection and current-input feedback. See Discrete inputs below.
Samsung Electronics makes the TU, RU, Q, CU, DU and U series Smart TVs this driver controls. The driver is written and supported by Smart Home Programming and Automation.
Important Note
On 2023 and newer sets the network remote is switched off until IP Remote is turned on in the TV's Expert Settings. Read Device Setup before deciding the driver does not work. Powering the TV on from off needs the correct MAC address for the connection the TV is actually using.
Driver Features
What this driver controls
- Power (on via Wake-on-LAN, off, toggle)
- Volume up / down, Mute
- Channel up / down, Channel list
- Full navigation, Enter, Back, Home, Menu, Exit, Info, Guide, Tools
- Number keys 0-9, colour buttons
- Transport: Play, Pause, Stop, Fast Forward, Rewind
- One-touch apps: Netflix, YouTube, Prime Video, Disney+, Spotify, Apple TV (plus Launch App by ID)
- Source (opens the TV's input picker) and HDMI Cycle
Feedback
- Power state (On / Off) is read live from the TV every few seconds.
- Connection and Pairing status are reported.
- Volume and Mute are read back from the TV's own UPnP service (port 9197) every few seconds and straight after Volume Up / Down. If the TV does not answer there, SmartThings supplies them when linked; otherwise they are the driver's best guess. The current input needs SmartThings.
Discrete inputs
Samsung's local network API has no discrete input command - nothing on the LAN can tell the TV to go straight to HDMI 2. That is a Samsung limitation shared by every LAN-based Samsung controller, not a limit of this driver. There are two ways around it.
Option 1 - link a SmartThings account (recommended). The TV must already be added to the customer's Samsung SmartThings app and show as online there. Then:
- Tick "Enable SmartThings" in Driver Properties and download the project to the processor.
- Open https://shpdrivers.services/samsung/?mac=<processor MAC>&slot=1 in any web browser. The MAC is the one shown in the "MAC For Key" variable, written with colons (for example 00:15:26:0A:12:34). The driver also prints this exact link in its log every 30 seconds until an account is linked.
- Click Sign in to SmartThings, log in with the customer's Samsung account and approve access.
- Back on the link page, under Choose the TV, pick this television and press Save selection.
- Within about 30 seconds the "SmartThings Status" variable reads Linked: followed by the TV name, and the volume, mute and input feedback begin to update.
You then get:
- HDMI 1-4 (and 5-6) as direct one-touch commands, plus TV / Tuner
- an "Input is HDMI n" feedback variable per input, so the active input's button lights up
- current-input feedback, and volume / mute feedback if the TV's local service is not answering
- a fallback path for the volume slider and discrete mute
Requires internet at the site. Smart Home Programming holds and refreshes the authorisation, so there is nothing to maintain. If the customer changes their Samsung password or revokes access, the "Needs Re-authorisation" variable goes true and the matching event fires - just re-run the link page.
Supported Devices
- Samsung Tizen Smart TVs from 2018 onwards: RU, TU, Q, CU, DU and U series.
- Developed against a 2020 TU8000 (UA75TU8000W).
- Verified in use on a 2019 Q60R (QE65Q60RALXXN), 2023 CU7000, 2024 DU7200 and 2025 U8000F.
- Samsung commercial displays are not covered - use the Samsung MDC driver for those.
System Requirements
- Integration Designer - 11.4 or above
- RTI processor - XP-8 class (XP-3 / XP-6 / XP-6s / XP-8 / XP-8s / XP-8v)
- Processor script runtime - 24 or above
- The TV and processor on the same network. Internet only for the optional SmartThings link.
Limitations
- No discrete HDMI input over the local network - Samsung's LAN API has none. Use the optional SmartThings link, or Source plus navigation keys.
- Current-input feedback needs the SmartThings link.
- On 2023 and newer sets IP Remote must be switched on, or the TV refuses the connection.
- Most sets from 2018 on only pair on port 8002 (secure).
- Power on from off relies on Wake-on-LAN and the correct MAC address. Wake-on-LAN over Wi-Fi is less reliable than over a cable.
- A Samsung TV ignores wake commands for several seconds while it finishes shutting down; the driver keeps retrying for up to 45 seconds.
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