Onkyo Receiver Sound Automation

Configuration
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I’ve been struggling for a while with how i can automate a volume level of my Onkyo TX-NR646 receiver.
I have the volume rocker in home assistant under the media player when i click on it, and can change the level there np.
http://i.imgur.com/QjnptIC.png

But how do I automate that.
Like if I want the chromecast to start playing a web radio station, the paticular station source might be a bit low, and I could just say that when that station starts playing the volume gets bumbed up to, lets say 35 out of 80-90 or somehting.
Not sure what max is on it actually ^^
And on top of that I would love to extract the slider to a group so that i could make a card with the radio stations etc. and the volume rocker underneath it.
I hope someone out there is able to help me out. I’m geting the hang of this system, but i still have a long way to go before I can master it :wink:
LOVE home assistant though! keep up the good work ppl!

English is not my 1st language, so there might be spelling errors along the way :wink:
Sry about that.
But I hope i’ve proven my point anyway

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You’ll want to use media_player.volume_set

Looks like it takes volume_level as a float (0-1)

- service: media_player.volume_set
  entity_id: media_player.onkyo (or whatever the correct entity_id is)
  data:
    volume_level: .5

use the service dev tool to experiment.

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I haven’t figured out how to call services via the dev tools. Have no idea what to write in the box.
I can pick media player, then media_player.volume_set. But what to write I the box beneath it? Could you write an example for me on how to call a volume set for media_player.onkyo?
Because every time I wanna test stuff out, I write scripts instead because I have no idea how the tool works.
But I’m having a hard time getting feedback from my scripts. I do not get a reason why stuff ain’t working. It either works or not!

Thanks for the reply though

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For the service JSON in the dev tool.

{"entity_id":"WHATEVER YOUR ID","volume_level":".5"}

Get the correct entity_id from the states dev tool.

5

Awesome. Thx a lot.
Will try it out later. My wife and son are using the receiver for telly right now, but I will take a look at it.

6

Thank you very much. Works like a charm!

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Is there a way to change the values of the slider values? If it has a travel from 0.0 - 1.0 and it raises with 0.1 for each step i only have 10 steps.
Is there a way that i could change the values, so that i could sync with the value on the actual receiver 0-80 and with a 1 step, so that i have 80 steps to choose from.

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There is, but I’m gonna let you read up to figure out the details.

The Alarm Clock thread has some good examples of using input_sliders. Sliders have a step attribute, so you should be able to have 0-80 in the UI, then do the math in your automation.

You’re going to want to look at using templates, replacing “data” in the sample I gave you above with “data_template”. Then do the math there to convert 80ths to percents.

The template dev tool is a good place to work those rules out before saving as an automation.

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I’ll take a look at it.
Thx a bunch again.
Cheers

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Have had the same issue and solved it also using the dev tool.
Here is my config for my Onkyo TX-646. Its a bit difficult in case of calculating, but have a look:

input_slider

wz_onkyo_vol:
  name: Lautstärke
  initial: 15
  min: 0
  max: 50
  step: 1

automation

- alias: wz_onkyo_setvol
  trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: input_slider.wz_onkyo_vol
  condition:
    - condition: state
      entity_id: media_player.onkyo
      state: 'on'
  action:
    - service: media_player.volume_set
      data_template:
      entity_id: media_player.onkyo
      volume_level: '{{ states.input_slider.wz_onkyo_vol.state | float / 80 }}'

What is not included yet, updating the input_slider, if someone changed the volume via onkyo remote.
Have to test a little deeper with that, because it lead me in some loop sometimes.

But I think you can adopt the automation for your needs.