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This is a custom component for the media_player and notify components of Home Assistant.
It allows you to remotely control your enigma2 compatible satellite/cable receivers. It also allows you to send notification using the notify component.
You must install OpenWebif from your enigma2 image.
What is working:
- Power status: on, off, standby.
- Loads all sources from first bouquet. (Current channel and possibility to change channels)
- Volume regulation (mute, set, step)
- Change channel (Selecting from source list or via Right/Left - from remote controller)
- Current channel and current event
- Picon from current channel
- Supports authentication and multiple receivers
- Sending notifications to the box (timeout and type of message can be selected)
Tested with OpenWebif versions:
- 0.2.7
- 1.3.0
Install:
To use the media_player custom component, place the file enigma.py from the folder media_player inside your folder ~/.homeassistant/custom_components/media_player
To use the notify custom component, place the file enigma.py from the folder media_player inside your folder ~/.homeassistant/custom_components/notify
The custom components directory is inside your Home Assistant configuration directory.
You need to install (if not yet) the BeautifoulSoup module for Pyhton.
Activate the virtual environment:
$ source bin/activate
Install BeautifoulSoup:
$ python3 -m pip install BeautifoulSoup4
Configuration Example (for both components):
media_player:
- platform: enigma
host: 192.168.1.50
port: 80
name: Gigablue
icon: mdi:satellite-variant
timeout: 20
username: root
password: !secret enigma_password
notify:
- platform: enigma
host: 192.168.1.51
port: 80
name: Dreambox
timeout: 20
icon: mdi:satellite-variant
username: root
password: !secret enigma_passwordScreenshots
