Hi all. I’m having problems when I try to bind the entity_id with the value of an input_select in a button-card.
In a button-card I have created a call to the remote.send_command service. Within target I include the entity_id associated with the input_select value:
type: custom:button-card
icon: mdi:import
show_name: false
name: source
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: remote.send_command
data:
command:
- KEY_SOURCE
target:
entity_id: '{{states(''input_select.tv_select'')}}'
but it does not work…
Not sure you can template there.
teskanoo
April 24, 2024, 6:10am
3
You could make your button call a script and switch your tap action to call your script where you would have more flexibility to template the entity_id of target.
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: script.remote_send_command
data:
my_command: KEY_SOURCE
and your script might look something like this…
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Send a Remote Code to a n entity/device
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
remote_send_command:
alias: Send a Remote Code
sequence:
- service: remote.send_command
target:
entity_id: "{{ states('input_select.tv_select') }}"
data:
command: "{{my_command}}"
command_type: ir
OK Thanks testkanoo this work for me!! It’s a good solution.
But now I find another problem because one of the button cards should send a sequence to open netflix on my tv like this:
So does anyone know what’s the command to send for the Netflix button on a smart TV remote control? This would make programming easier.
If not, I should try to make a different sequence for each TV I select but it doesn’t work.
type: custom:button-card
styles:
icon:
- color: red
icon: mdi:netflix
show_name: false
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: script.remote_send_command
data:
my_command: |-
{% if is_state('input_select.tv_select','remote.samsung_1_tv') %}
- KEY_HOME
- KEY_RIGHT
- KEY_RIGHT
- KEY_RIGHT
- KEY_RIGHT
- KEY_ENTER
{% else %}
- KEY_HOME
- KEY_RIGHT
- KEY_ENTER
{% endif %}
Thank you very much in advance
mydomotik:
ENTER
What device is streaming Netflix?
If you have to use the remote commands, I’d put all of them in a script and just have the button control the script.
I would like to know what command to send to simulate the Netflix button on this remote control through call service “remote.send_command”:
teskanoo
May 1, 2024, 7:12am
7
LiQuid_cOOled is right here. It’s best to just have a script that takes a few parameters.
Tell your script which tv you are targeting and which button you are pressing.
In the script you can more easily use if…else blocks and choose statements to control the actions taken.
Try to keep action logic out of the user interface when possible. It’s not a very scalable approach.
You don’t say exactly how you’ve got the tv integrated, but it seems you’re overcomplicating things.
Can’t you add your tv as a media player and just select Netflix from the source list? Media player - Home Assistant
There’s a thread about a similar issue here , in case it helps.
Selecting the source from media_player can be a good option but in my case only TV and HDMI appear, as you can see below:
How can I add more sources?
I have Netflix as an integrated application
teskanoo …In the script you can more easily use if…else blocks and choose statements to control the actions taken.
I am having problems constructing the if…else block as I show you below. Can you help me?
type: custom:button-card
styles:
icon:
- color: red
icon: mdi:netflix
show_name: false
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: script.remote_send_command
data:
my_command: |-
{% if is_state('input_select.tv_select','remote.samsung_1_tv') %}
- KEY_HOME
- KEY_RIGHT
- KEY_RIGHT
- KEY_RIGHT
- KEY_RIGHT
- KEY_ENTER
{% else %}
- KEY_HOME
- KEY_RIGHT
- KEY_ENTER
{% endif %}
teskanoo
May 3, 2024, 6:38am
11
You could make your button call a script and switch your tap action to call your script where you would have more flexibility to respond to which TV is selected and which button was pressed.
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: script.remote_send_command
data:
button_pressed: 'NETFLIX_BUTTON'
and your script might look something like this…
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Send a Remote Code to a n entity/device
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
script:
alias: remote_send_command
fields:
button_pressed:
selector:
text: null
name: Button Pressed
description: button_pressed is sent from the UI Tap Action
required: true
mode: queued
sequence:
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: >-
(button_pressed == 'NETFLIX_BUTTON') and
is_state('input_select.tv_select','remote.samsung_1_tv')
sequence:
- service: remote.send_command
data:
num_repeats: 0
delay_secs: 0.1
hold_secs: 0
command:
- KEY_HOME
- KEY_RIGHT
- KEY_RIGHT
- KEY_RIGHT
- KEY_RIGHT
- KEY_ENTER
target:
entity_id: input_select.tv_select
alias: Netflix - TV One
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: >-
(button_pressed == 'NETFLIX_BUTTON') and
is_state('input_select.tv_select','remote.my_second_tv')
sequence:
- service: remote.send_command
data:
num_repeats: 0
delay_secs: 0.1
hold_secs: 0
command:
- KEY_HOME
- KEY_RIGHT
- KEY_RIGHT
- KEY_RIGHT
- KEY_RIGHT
- KEY_ENTER
target:
entity_id:
- remote.my_second_tv
alias: Netflix - TV Two
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: >-
(button_pressed == 'NETFLIX_BUTTON') and
is_state('input_select.tv_select','remote.my_third_tv')
sequence:
- service: remote.send_command
data:
num_repeats: 1
delay_secs: 0.4
hold_secs: 0
command:
- KEY_HOME
- KEY_RIGHT
- KEY_ENTER
target:
entity_id:
- remote.my_third_tv
alias: Netflix - TV Three
default: []
See The Script syntax for Choose Here
Hi teskanoo, I am trying to launch this script based on the one you told me about, however I must be making some error since the condition “button_pressed == NETFLIX” does not happen when I press that button.
type: custom:button-card
icon: mdi:netflix
show_name: false
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: script.remote_send_command
data:
button_pressed: NETFLIX
and the script…
alias: remote_send_command
fields:
button_pressed:
selector:
text: null
name: Button Pressed
description: button_pressed is sent from the UI Tap Action
required: true
sequence:
- if:
- condition: template
value_template: >-
(button_pressed == NETFLIX) and
is_state('input_select.tv_select','remote.samsung1_tv')
then:
- service: remote.send_command
target:
entity_id: "{{ states('input_select.tv_select') }}"
data:
command:
- KEY_HOME
- KEY_RIGHT
- KEY_RIGHT
- KEY_RIGHT
- KEY_RIGHT
- KEY_ENTER
else:
- service: remote.send_command
target:
entity_id: "{{ states('input_select.tv_select') }}"
data:
command: "{{my_command}}"
mode: single
icon: mdi:remote-tv
You need quotes around NETFLIX in your If action’s condition.
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teskanoo
May 9, 2024, 3:58am
14
It looks like you were missing the {around your if statement. I’ve corrected it above. I’m not sure what the formatting’s going to look like because I’m doing this on my phone.
Also… as already mentioned, you needed to quote the word Netflix.
