Ziggo media box next mini

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Hello,

I am having a Ziggo Media Box Next Mini. A very nice device with low power consumption.

I found a custom component for the Ziggo Media Box Next but that is not working for the Next Mini.

I want to start making my own custom component.

The first step is to switch this box on (when it is in standby mode) and off (to standby mode) via HomeAssistant.

I figgered out that Wake On Lan is not working for this device.

Is there a way to switch this box on from standby without using the remote control?

Thanks in advance.

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Hi Nico, What component did you find and why doesn’t it work for you?
Did you try:

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Good morning Rudolph,

I found your component before but didn’t test it because it didn’t say it supported the Mediabox Next Mini (or i looked wrong :slight_smile: ).

I just tested it and can confirm that it works like a charm.

I regret not testing it sooner.

I am really very happy because this is what I wanted.

Did you change anything or just the documentation?

Greeting,

Nico Kooy

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No, my previous component was the Arris DCX960. That one stopped working so i created a new one with some improvement on the side. This new component is working for Ziggo since Oktober.
Happy you’re happy with it. Please let me know via Github if you have feature requests or discover issues.

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Hello sholofly,

I just installed your integration for my Ziggo next mini.
It is working perfect! I’m using it to switch on tv on channel one
I control it by NodeRed:

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I only missing some services in NodeRed
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like play_media
switch_on
switch_off

I do a work around by do a separate node for switching on the next mini

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Thanks for the effort!

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I just found this integration and installed it manually as a custom component. Running latest version of HASS in docker. When adding LG Horizon as a new integration, after choosing the provider (Ziggo) and adding my (correct!) credentials, I get Invalid Credentials. Any thoughts? Many thanks, Ide.

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I’m sorry. The services you mention are default media player services. They are available in HA. Why they aren’t in NR I don’t know.

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Hi ide, Please enable debug logging to check if you have some detailed hints in the logging.

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aha that is the solution I quess.
I thought it had to be all part of the LGhorizon service. But your right, You can also use media_player service to arange things, beside that
Thanks

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Hi Rudolf, thanks. I have setup logging as follows:

Logger

logger:
default: warning
logs:
custom_components.lghorizon: debug

The only thing that show up in the log is:

2023-01-02 10:03:55.407 WARNING (SyncWorker_4) [homeassistant.loader] We found a custom integration lghorizon which has not been tested by Home Assistant. This component might cause stability problems, be sure to disable it if you experience issues with Home Assistant
2023-01-02 10:04:34.277 ERROR (MainThread) [frontend.js.latest.202212080] :0:0 Script error.

Kind regards,
Ide

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Could you change the logging to:

logger:
   default: warning
   logs:
      custom_components.lghorizon: debug
      lghorizon: debug
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I have changed the logging and get these additional lines:

2023-01-02 10:44:54.722 DEBUG (SyncWorker_6) [lghorizon.lghorizon_api] Connect to API
2023-01-02 10:44:54.722 DEBUG (SyncWorker_6) [lghorizon.lghorizon_api] Authorizing

I have also asked Ziggo the disable the additional SMS verification step, which they have done.

Thanks, Ide.

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Hi Rudolph,

It is working now. Ziggo had some major issues with customers not being able to login into their accounts. Many thanks for your efforts and sorry for the inconvenience.

I have been playing around with it a little bit. Just one more question: would it be possible to implement a ‘standby’ feature, like the white button on the top left of the remote through the lghorizon interface? The media player turn_off function acts more like the red button on the top right.

Kind regards,
Ide.

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As far as I know the left top button is to toggle your TV via IR and can’t be controlled. The right top corner is to toggle the box. Depending on your HDMI CEC settings the right button also toggles your TV when you toggle your box.

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A great source to get the new Ziggo Nest Mini connected to HA. Thanks,

Question from a newbee. On the info page of the device, I get to see the option to select a channel. How would I be able to add this to the dashboard card? I currently only added the device as mediaplayer. I cannot find the entity to select this.

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With Harmony Hub I can select (currently disabled)
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Welcome @Ferry_Spaan!

I think there’s only one way to do this:

select:
  name: Ziggo next mini source
  unique_id: "abe13cd5-52d0-4a8d-a833-1498fbf7127a" # replace with your own unique id  
  state: "{{ state_attr('media_player.ziggo_next_mini', 'channel') }}"
  options: "{{ state_attr('media_player.ziggo_next_mini', 'source_list') }}"
  select_option:
    - service: media_player.select_source
      data:
        source: "{{ option }}"
      target:
        entity_id: media_player.ziggo_next_mini
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Hello,
I just foud this HA intgration and i can use it indeed for TV stuff on my Ziggo Next Mini.
But i cannot get it to change to Radio stations.
Not if i try radio names (skyradio or something) and not via codenumbers (802 or 1802 for NPO 2 for instance).

I found this older list of channel/codenumbers of digital radios but that does not help.

Does anyone have any idea how to change from TV to Radio and then choose a station?

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Unfortunately there’s no support for radio, as it is an app that isn’t able to be controlled remotely.