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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_password

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Contact

joao.amaro@gmail.com

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