Is there a way in HA to simulate holding down a button on a physical remote control for some number seconds?
On my ROKU TV, sometimes I need to sign into certain apps, the usually instruct you to hold down the play/pause button for 5 to 10 seconds to get an activation code that you then use to activate the app.
By the way when I hold the physical remote down I can see the lights on the ROKU receiver flashing continuously (very fast)
I’ve tried this w/o success:
simulate_press_play_pause:
sequence:
repeat:
count: 50
sequence:
- service: remote.send_command
data:
command: play
entity_id: remote.32_tcl_roku_tv
- delay:
milliseconds: 100
When I run this, I see see the TV play/pause but the code does not show up. If I get the physical remote and hold down the play/pause button for like 8 secs the code appears