Every time I think I got a handle on things here… something brings me down to earth. Kind a l like when I played golf and then would always find myself in the rough.
I think most of my confusion is just all the different pieces that seem to control the same things but differently. There’s:
media_player.dfamily_tv
media_player.dfamily_googlecast
media_player.ddlnarender_family_room_tv
… and they all point to my TV in the family room!!! Some expose the same features. Some expose addition features. Some execute immediately and some lag.
media_player.dfamily_tv would seem to be the entity of common sense but often the other two entities often render exposures faster.
I can turn the TV ON and OFF.
I can change the volume on the TV.
I can NOT change the channel!!! It’s almost always “Not found Channel”
This is a SONY TV, running a SETTOP box for FIOS. I speculate the issue is somewhere in that setup but I would think it be a common issue for others too. But search here has not helped me find a working solution so far.
This is my current test code:
alias: Test Tv options
description: What happens with Tv
trigger:
condition:
action:
- service: media_player.turn_on
data: {}
target:
entity_id:
- media_player.dfamily_tv- delay:
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: 0
milliseconds: 100- service: media_player.select_source
data:
source: HDMI 1
target:
entity_id: media_player.dfamily_tv- service: media_player.volume_set
data_template:
entity_id: media_player.dfamily_tv
volume_level: “0.20”- service: media_player.play_media
target:
entity_id: media_player.dfamily_tv
data:
media_content_id: “510”
media_content_type: channel
mode: single
Everything seems to work up to the last step which I think should be a no brainer. But clearly I have no brain as nothing I have tried the last two days has worked for getting the channels to change to anything.
This isn’t a major issue, Just more hopeful someone has the simple answer on the top of their head.
As usual,
Thanks in advance for any help on my issue.
David