chris4prez

Yea and the weird thing is I have a hompod and an apple tv both within 3 feet of the TV yet I still can get the not responding in Homekit which I would expect to have strong signal to the TV to monitor it's state and control from an off state. The control via IP is used for systems like Crestron, Control 4, SimpleControl, etc. I've use SimpleControl flawlessly but really want to move to Homekit for control, status monitoring (know state of tv whether controlled by remote or idevices). and automations so I can reduce yearly fees and simplify setup for the WAG usage.

@Jespertheend - turn off bluetooth control on the LG TV under the connection options, that's what I did for testing.

@robertapple1 - very interesting. I always thought all the homekit/airplay functionality was performed over IP. It looks like it may be a combo of both IP and bluetooth. To test this theory, I disabled bluetooth control of the TV and I was no longer able to turn it on via homekit, but the odd thing is, I was able to turn it off, change inputs, and still airplay. Leading me to believe when the tv is in low power mode or where a user would consider the state "off" it uses bluetooth to wake it, then controls when it's consider in an "on" state are sent via IP. This may explain why control is reliable and seen in homekit with no issues when on, but when "off" or in a low power mode showing the not responding in homekit because of bluetooth issues. This also makes me wonder how bluetooth control is handled to the tv when commands are issued by say homepods. I have multiple apple tvs and home pods around the house acting as homekit hubs, which to me thinks I would have a reliable bluetooth connection to monitor the tv state and should never see the not responding while "off". I wonder how we can further troubleshoot this or if anyone knows how homekit handles bluetooth devices.

I am having the same issue. I have a LG C9 65in and an LG C9 55in and both at times show not responding in HomeKit, as well as, when I use Siri to turn them on, they will turn on but it may say "I tried but some devices didn't respond, however it will still turn on.". This especially happens when the TV may be off for a period of time. Once the TV is on the state is always reflected correctly in Homekit and I can issue input changes or off requests to siri with no issues. I've tried resetting the TVs and my Apple Homekit home with no resolution. Hopefully this is an issue that can be resolved by updated FW for the TVs and/or the coming iOS13. (I'm more apt to think this is an issue on the TV side.)