I own a Russound MCA-C5 8x8 multi-zone amplifier which has for years been controlled via IP by an RTI controller. I’m slowly migrating devices to Home Assistant. I configured the Russound RIO integration, and see the name of each Zone exposed as a new media_player entity. But how to I control ithem?
I’ve added a couple Media Player cards for a couple zones, but they don’t seem to work. I’m a bit of a newb for non-GUI integrations. Any ELI5 explanation for how to now control the Russound? Is there something I’m missing?
The Media Player cards are active, but clicking the various buttons doesn’t change anything on the Russound. Opening the Details page for either card, I can see the proper control surfaces. The Volume Slider works, the Source selection is populated from the Russound’s data, etc. But changing settings (adjusting the volume, selecting different sources, etc.) has no effect on the Russound.
Configuration.yaml
#Russound MCA-C5 configuration
media_player:
- platform: russound_rio
host: 192.168.xxx.xxx
name: Russound
Dashboard configuration:
type: grid
columns: 1
square: false
cards:
- type: media-control
entity: media_player.phil_s_office_2
- type: media-control
entity: media_player.living_rm
Thanks in advance for your help. This is on Home Assistant v5.11 running in a VirtualBox Windows 10 VM on an Intel NUC.