Apple tv remote implementation

Matthi_Trb · May 9, 2020, 8:39pm

As of tvos13 the internal integration is not more suitable to use and bricked

@postlund is already making a new version of it and it works great (thumbs up!!!)

I will not cover the installation because postlund’s github provides enough information about that
For people who want to have a remote in their lovelace, here it is
i know we could do it with fewer lines buth for reproductions this was a bether solution

automation.yaml

- id: '1588893016815'
  alias: menu klik
  description: ''
  trigger: []
  condition: []
  action:
  - data:
      command: menu
      entity_id: remote.[your_entity]
    entity_id: remote.[your_entity]
    service: remote.send_command
- id: '1588893454390'
  alias: left klik
  description: ''
  trigger: []
  condition: []
  action:
  - data:
      command: left
      entity_id: remote.[your_entity]
    entity_id: remote.[your_entity]
    service: remote.send_command
- id: '1588893677501'
  alias: right.click
  description: ''
  trigger: []
  condition: []
  action:
  - data:
      command: right
      entity_id: remote.[your_entity]
    entity_id: remote.[your_entity]
    service: remote.send_command
- id: '1588894393629'
  alias: up.click
  description: ''
  trigger: []
  condition: []
  action:
  - data:
      command: up
      entity_id: remote.[your_entity]
    entity_id: remote.[your_entity]
    service: remote.send_command
- id: '1588894418468'
  alias: down.click
  description: ''
  trigger: []
  condition: []
  action:
  - data:
      command: down
      entity_id: remote.[your_entity]
    entity_id: remote.[your_entity]
    service: remote.send_command
- id: '1588896133904'
  alias: enter.click
  description: ''
  trigger: []
  condition: []
  action:
  - data:
      command: select
      entity_id: remote.[your_entity]
    entity_id: remote.[your_entity]
    service: remote.send_command

lovelace-ui.yaml (make a view with a manual card)
cards:

      - entity: media_player.[your_player]
        type: media-control
      - entities:
          - media_player.[your_player]
        show_header_toggle: false
        type: entities
      - entity: media_player.[your_player]
        type: media-control
      - cards:
          - cards:
              - entity: remote.[your_entity]
                hold_action:
                  action: none
                icon: 'mdi:arrow-left'
                name: Left knop
                show_icon: true
                show_name: false
                tap_action:
                  action: call-service
                  service: automation.trigger
                  service_data:
                    entity_id: automation.left_click
                type: button
              - entity: remote.[your_entity]
                hold_action:
                  action: none
                icon: 'mdi:apple'
                name: Enter klik
                show_icon: true
                show_name: false
                tap_action:
                  action: call-service
                  service: automation.trigger
                  service_data:
                    entity_id: automation.enter_click
                type: button
              - entity: remote.[your_entity]
                hold_action:
                  action: none
                icon: 'mdi:arrow-right'
                name: Right klik
                show_icon: true
                show_name: false
                tap_action:
                  action: call-service
                  service: automation.trigger
                  service_data:
                    entity_id: automation.right_click
                type: button
            type: horizontal-stack
          - cards:
              - entity: remote.[your_entity]
                hold_action:
                  action: none
                icon: 'mdi:arrow-up'
                name: up knop
                show_icon: true
                show_name: false
                tap_action:
                  action: call-service
                  service: automation.trigger
                  service_data:
                    entity_id: automation.up_click
                type: button
              - entity: remote.[your_entity]
                hold_action:
                  action: none
                icon: 'mdi:menu'
                name: Menu knop
                show_icon: true
                show_name: false
                tap_action:
                  action: call-service
                  service: automation.trigger
                  service_data:
                    entity_id: automation.menu_click
                type: button
              - entity: remote.kamer_bas
                hold_action:
                  action: none
                icon: 'mdi:arrow-down'
                name: down knop
                show_icon: true
                show_name: false
                tap_action:
                  action: call-service
                  service: automation.trigger
                  service_data:
                    entity_id: automation.down_click
                type: button
            type: horizontal-stack
        type: vertical-stack

eventually it will look like this

celawlor · July 13, 2020, 1:40am

@Matthi_Trb This was a great help to me! It looks like the automations aren’t required to just get the remote card. I took what you did and modified it:

    cards:
      - entity: media_player.master_bedroom_apple_tv
        type: media-control
      - cards:
          - cards:
              - entity: remote.master_bedroom
                hold_action:
                  action: none
                icon: 'mdi:arrow-left'
                name: Left arrow
                show_icon: true
                show_name: false
                tap_action:
                  action: call-service
                  service: remote.send_command
                  service_data:
                    command: left
                    entity_id: remote.master_bedroom
                type: button
              - entity: remote.master_bedroom
                hold_action:
                  action: none
                icon: 'mdi:apple'
                name: Select
                show_icon: true
                show_name: false
                tap_action:
                  action: call-service
                  service: remote.send_command
                  service_data:
                    command: select
                    entity_id: remote.master_bedroom
                type: button
              - entity: remote.master_bedroom
                hold_action:
                  action: none
                icon: 'mdi:arrow-right'
                name: Right arrow
                show_icon: true
                show_name: false
                tap_action:
                  action: call-service
                  service: remote.send_command
                  service_data:
                    command: right
                    entity_id: remote.master_bedroom
                type: button
            type: horizontal-stack
          - cards:
              - entity: remote.master_bedroom
                hold_action:
                  action: none
                icon: 'mdi:arrow-up'
                name: Up arrow
                show_icon: true
                show_name: false
                tap_action:
                  action: call-service
                  service: remote.send_command
                  service_data:
                    command: up
                    entity_id: remote.master_bedroom
                type: button
              - entity: remote.master_bedroom
                hold_action:
                  action: none
                icon: 'mdi:menu'
                name: Menu
                show_icon: true
                show_name: false
                tap_action:
                  action: call-service
                  service: remote.send_command
                  service_data:
                    command: menu
                    entity_id: remote.master_bedroom
                type: button
              - entity: remote.master_bedroom
                hold_action:
                  action: none
                icon: 'mdi:arrow-down'
                name: Down arrow
                show_icon: true
                show_name: false
                tap_action:
                  action: call-service
                  service: remote.send_command
                  service_data:
                    command: down
                    entity_id: remote.master_bedroom
                type: button
            type: horizontal-stack
          - type: horizontal-stack
            cards:
              - type: button
                tap_action:
                  action: call-service
                  service: remote.send_command
                  service_data:
                    command: home
                    entity_id: remote.master_bedroom
                hold_action:
                  action: call-service
                  service: remote.send_command
                  service_data:
                    command: home_hold
                    entity_id: remote.living_room
                show_icon: true
                show_name: false
                entity: remote.master_bedroom
                icon: 'mdi:home'
                name: Home
              - type: button
                tap_action:
                  action: call-service
                  service: remote.send_command
                  service_data:
                    command: suspend
                    entity_id: remote.master_bedroom
                show_icon: true
                show_name: false
                entity: remote.master_bedroom
                name: Sleep
                icon: 'mdi:sleep'
                hold_action:
                  action: none
              - type: button
                tap_action:
                  action: call-service
                  service: remote.send_command
                  service_data:
                    command: volume_up
                    entity_id: remote.master_bedroom
                hold_action:
                  action: none
                show_icon: true
                show_name: false
                entity: remote.master_bedroom
                name: Volume up
                icon: 'mdi:volume-plus'
          - type: horizontal-stack
            cards:
              - type: button
                tap_action:
                  action: call-service
                  service: remote.send_command
                  service_data:
                    command: play_pause
                    entity_id: remote.master_bedroom
                hold_action:
                  action: none
                show_icon: true
                show_name: false
                entity: remote.master_bedroom
                name: Play/Pause
                icon: 'mdi:play-pause'
              - type: button
                tap_action:
                  action: call-service
                  service: remote.send_command
                  service_data:
                    command: next
                    entity_id: remote.master_bedroom
                hold_action:
                  action: none
                show_icon: true
                show_name: false
                entity: remote.master_bedroom
                icon: 'mdi:skip-next'
                name: Next
              - type: button
                tap_action:
                  action: call-service
                  service: remote.send_command
                  service_data:
                    command: volume_down
                    entity_id: remote.master_bedroom
                hold_action:
                  action: none
                show_icon: true
                show_name: false
                entity: remote.master_bedroom
                name: Volume down
                icon: 'mdi:volume-minus'
        type: vertical-stack

Mine looks like this:

The volume buttons are only able to control my volume on devices that I have configured to use HDMI CEC for volume control. Thanks @postlund for help in sorting that out.

postlund · July 13, 2020, 5:32am

@celawlor I responded in the issue

Matthi_Trb · July 31, 2020, 11:55am

thank you sir! Happy you made an even better version!!

jasonc · October 9, 2020, 2:18am

I’m wondering if someone can guide me in the right direction. I tried adding the config from celawlor above into a empty a Lovelace dashboard and I can’t get it to work properly. What tags/levels need to be in the raw configuration before the first “cards:” tag?

Currently I have:

views:
  - path: apple-tv-remote
    title: APPLE TV REMOTE
  - cards:
      - cards:
          - entity: media_player.master_bedroom_apple_tv

And my “Apple Tv Remote” view is empty, but a Unnamed View appears with the buttons on it (but not formatted nicely).

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

rfussek · November 20, 2020, 2:21am

Hi, guys. I have been trying to figure out the command that calls the menu to configure subtitles / audio / speakers settings. I thought it would be easy, but I could not find the information anywhere. Can anybody help me on that? Thanks in advance!

ronwjr1973 · December 14, 2020, 7:09pm

I’m actually trying to set this up and am totally lost. Could someone help point me in the right direction.

richpuch · December 15, 2020, 4:22am

Try adding this to a manual card, I haven’t fully tested the buttons.

cards:
  - entity: media_player.living_room
    type: media-control
  - cards:
      - cards:
          - entity: remote.living_room
            type: button
            hold_action:
              action: none
            icon: 'mdi:arrow-left'
            name: Left Arrow
            show_icon: true
            show_name: false
            tap_action:
              action: call-service
              service: remote.send_command
              service_data:
                command: left
                entity_id: remote.living_room
          - entity: remote.living_room
            type: button
            hold_action:
              action: none
            icon: 'mdi:apple'
            name: Select
            show_icon: true
            show_name: false
            tap_action:
              action: call-service
              service: remote.send_command
              service_data:
                command: select
                entity_id: remote.living_room
          - entity: remote.living_room
            type: button
            hold_action:
              action: none
            icon: 'mdi:arrow-right'
            name: Right Arrow
            show_icon: true
            show_name: false
            tap_action:
              action: call-service
              service: remote.send_command
              service_data:
                command: right
                entity_id: remote.living_room
        type: horizontal-stack
      - cards:
          - entity: remote.living_room
            type: button
            hold_action:
              action: none
            icon: 'mdi:arrow-up'
            name: Up Arrow
            show_icon: true
            show_name: false
            tap_action:
              action: call-service
              service: remote.send_command
              service_data:
                command: up
                entity_id: remote.living_room
          - entity: remote.living_room
            type: button
            hold_action:
              action: none
            icon: 'mdi:menu'
            name: Menu
            show_icon: true
            show_name: false
            tap_action:
              action: call-service
              service: remote.send_command
              service_data:
                command: menu
                entity_id: remote.living_room
          - entity: remote.living_room
            type: button
            hold_action:
              action: none
            icon: 'mdi:arrow-down'
            name: Down Arrow
            show_icon: true
            show_name: false
            tap_action:
              action: call-service
              service: remote.send_command
              service_data:
                command: down
                entity_id: remote.living_room
        type: horizontal-stack
      - cards:
          - entity: remote.living_room
            type: button
            hold_action:
              action: none
            icon: 'mdi:home'
            name: Home
            show_icon: true
            show_name: false
            tap_action:
              action: call-service
              service: remote.send_command
              service_data:
                command: home
                entity_id: remote.living_room
          - entity: remote.living_room
            type: button
            hold_action:
              action: call-service
              service: remote.send_command
              service_data:
                command: home_hold
                entity_id: remote.living_room
            icon: 'mdi:sleep'
            name: Sleep
            show_icon: true
            show_name: false
            tap_action:
              action: call-service
              service: remote.send_command
              service_data:
                command: menu
                entity_id: remote.living_room
          - entity: remote.living_room
            type: button
            hold_action:
              action: none
            icon: 'mdi:volume-plus'
            name: Volume Up
            show_icon: true
            show_name: false
            tap_action:
              action: call-service
              service: remote.send_command
              service_data:
                command: volume_up
                entity_id: remote.living_room
        type: horizontal-stack
      - cards:
          - entity: remote.living_room
            type: button
            hold_action:
              action: none
            icon: 'mdi:play-pause'
            name: Play/Pause
            show_icon: true
            show_name: false
            tap_action:
              action: call-service
              service: remote.send_command
              service_data:
                command: play_pause
                entity_id: remote.living_room
          - entity: remote.living_room
            type: button
            hold_action:
              action: none
            icon: 'mdi:skip-next'
            name: Next
            show_icon: true
            show_name: false
            tap_action:
              action: call-service
              service: remote.send_command
              service_data:
                command: next
                entity_id: remote.living_room
          - entity: remote.living_room
            type: button
            hold_action:
              action: none
            icon: 'mdi:volume-minus'
            name: Volume Down
            show_icon: true
            show_name: false
            tap_action:
              action: call-service
              service: remote.send_command
              service_data:
                command: volume_down
                entity_id: remote.living_room
        type: horizontal-stack
    type: vertical-stack
type: vertical-stack

Johndolk · December 15, 2020, 9:52am

You are awesome - Thank you!

ronwjr1973 · December 15, 2020, 11:19pm

ok so i got it all to work except the volume any one have any ideas?

postlund · December 16, 2020, 5:44am

Volume needs to be set up properly with CEC on the device in order to work.

ronwjr1973 · December 17, 2020, 12:07am

How do I go about doing that?

postlund · December 17, 2020, 5:43am

Jens_Wymeersch · January 6, 2021, 7:55pm

Hi Pierre,

I was just wondering if it would be possible to launch apps via this integration. Here is where I got for the moment.

but would like to have something similar as what I have for my FireTV which looks like

postlund · January 6, 2021, 8:28pm

No, it’s currently not possible. Support for another protocol called companion is needed for this. Apple just couldn’t settle with one protocol now, could they?

Jens_Wymeersch · January 6, 2021, 8:51pm

Of course not, someone needs to confuse the Russians. What do you think about the remote layout ?

duvalale · January 24, 2021, 9:45pm

Hello @ronwjr1973, have you ever made it work ? I have the same problem.

I’m pretty sure HDMI-CEC is enabled, since I can turn on the TV and set its volume with the real Apple TV remote but it doesn’t work when I call the remote.send_command service with volume_up

Is this the correct way to do it ?

service: remote.send_command
  data_template:
    entity_id: remote.my_remote
    command: volume_up

Thanks in advance

postlund · January 24, 2021, 10:05pm

service: remote.send_command
  data_template:
    entity_id: remote.my_remote
    command: 
    - volume_up

duvalale · January 24, 2021, 10:19pm

Thanks for the answer but still no luck I really don’t understand because I manage to turn on the TV sending the home command but the volume one doesn’t work !

deanerh · February 4, 2021, 12:30am

Incredibly basic question/problem that I’m almost embarrassed to post. I’m trying to install the integration. When I put in the IP address I get this message: This device has already been configured. Please pick another device.

Any suggestions?