Direct TV Change channel script stopped working

Third party integrations
1

I had scripts that allow me to change channels on the Genie DVR. Recently they stopped working. The script runs but no change.

Any ideas?

Here is the script.


service: media_player.play_media
data:
  media_content_type: channel
  media_content_id: '004'
target:
  entity_id: media_player.genie
2

I’ve got the same issue with an identical script

3

This script works

service: remote.send_command
target:
entity_id: remote.genie
data:
command:
- 3
- 6
- 0

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4

Did your’s also stop a release or so ago?

5

Yes. It stopped working with 2022.6

6

Thanks for the tip! I added the remote code to all of my Scripts.

7

I tried both of the above methods and they both worked for me. I would assume that the box is either the main genie or if it is a wireless one it is on. Wireless genie AFAIK cannot be turned on except manually.

I would also note that for a long time I use the REST interface without issues. But I think I may rewrite my GUI to this method.

8

Did the script using media_content_type: channel work?
If so what version of HA are you using?

9

This works:

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This also works:

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The device itself is a wireless genie mini.

My old system used a rest_command to do things like this:

directv_processkey:
  url: http://{{ ipAddress }}:8080/remote/processKey?clientAddr={{ clientAddr }}&key={{ key }}

This also works. But when I get some time I am going to replace that with the “remote” integration. I just did some testing and found that the remote ‘poweroff’ and ‘poweron’ work with wireless genies. This is great and makes my Broadlink not needed.

However, I do not see (yet) a good way to add either of the first cases to some remote GUI.
Possibly the button presses like:

3 then 6 then 0 will not jump to channel 3, then 6, then 0 as opposed to waiting for 3-6-0

Needs testing