I’m bashing my head against the wall simply trying to set the volume of my TV. Everything otherwise is working great. Using the Call Service Node, with Doman: media_player, Service: volume_set with my entity. I seem to be screwing up the Data field. Can’t figure it out. I’ve tried a hundred different ways, but always get an API error on that node. I can’t find any specific documentation on the “volume_set” service.
Ideally, instead of passing 0.25 like I am here, I want to pass the value I have in the incoming msg.payload field. I tried using {{payload}} like I found somewhere else, but that didn’t work either.
Hey, thanks. I’m pretty sure my payload data is valid. But to take that out of the equation, I’ve tried (as seen in my screenshot) to hard-code the value. I used the 0.25 with and without quotes. Can’t even get that to work. I know it’s something simple. Maybe has something to do with using the volume_set service, but not passing the right data…got me!?
I had the “J: expression” selected for the Data instead of the “{} JSON” type. That was all. Once I figured that out through a whole bunch of trial and error, that was it. I just couldn’t understand why I was getting a call service error about not providing the ‘volume_level’ key, even though I was. I was just using the wrong syntax.
Now with that fixed, I replaced my hard-coded value with “{{payload}}” and that also works great now.
This all now results in a Nod-Red flow that when my noisy furnace kicks on, the TV volume will increase by 3 clicks. When the furnace turns off, the volume will decrease by 3 clicks. Working great now.
