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Pairing Smart TV and smartphone

Discussion in 'Samsung Smart TV' started by lucadigennaro, Oct 16, 2015.

  1. lucadigennaro

    lucadigennaro

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    Hi there,

    I'm currently developing a FPS for Samsung Smart TV that is controlled by a smartphone that runs another Unity application (Android build).
    Tilting the smartphone forward let the player go forward and so for every direction, using gyroscope.
    To pair the two devices, I insert the smartphone IP on the Smart TV application every time, but it is not very comfortable.

    Is there a way to pair the devices automatically in some ways?

    Thanks
     
    Last edited: Oct 16, 2015
    lucadigennaro, Oct 16, 2015
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  2. AlexThibodeau

    AlexThibodeau

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    While I've never tried to do this myself you may be able to set up a situation where the TV broadcasts (or multicasts) some sort of "hey I'm here at this IP" that you could have the android device listen to on the LAN. That would allow you to get around having to type in an IP every time.
     
    AlexThibodeau, Oct 16, 2015
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  3. lucadigennaro

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    Can you please suggest me at least some kind of documentation to read? Everything I've found is about "multiplayer games"
     
    lucadigennaro, Oct 19, 2015
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  4. AlexThibodeau

    AlexThibodeau

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    AlexThibodeau, Oct 19, 2015
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  5. lucadigennaro

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    Thanks Alex!
    There is a demo project in the thread you linked. I'm curently trying it but the broadcast works between two PCs, not between 1 PC and 1 Smart TV. Seems like NetworkTransport.StartBroadcastDisovery() always returns false.
     
    lucadigennaro, Oct 20, 2015
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