Please help me with the speakers A+B

[leodirob]

Hi! Thank you for your Async Pioneer AV amp. I love it! I'm a beginner in HA and I'm sorry if my question may be trivial. My VSX 923 works well in HA. I would like to activate the A, B, and A+B buttons on Mini Media Player like in your example. https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/5654575/53702516-1f760700-3e08-11e9-900b-435edf7fbfa7.png

But I don't understand where I haven to paste your code. If I put it in configuration.yaml he system gives me an error.

Can You Help Me?

[realthk]

It's very easy, just create scripts for every mode in scripts.yaml:

"speaker_a":
  alias: Select speaker A
  sequence:
    - service: media_player.pioneer_select_speaker
      data:
        entity_id: media_player.pioneer_avr
        speaker: "A"

"speaker_b":
  alias: Select speaker B
  sequence:
    - service: media_player.pioneer_select_speaker
      data:
        entity_id: media_player.pioneer_avr
        speaker: "B"

"speaker_a_b":
  alias: Select speaker A+B
  sequence:
    - service: media_player.pioneer_select_speaker
      data:
        entity_id: media_player.pioneer_avr
        speaker: "A+B"

and setup Mini Mediaplayer buttons for these (editing the config of this card in HA UI):

entity: media_player.pioneer_avr
info: scroll
shortcuts:
  buttons:
    - icon: 'mdi:speaker-wireless'
      id: script.speaker_a
      name: Speaker A
      type: script
    - icon: 'mdi:speaker-wireless'
      id: script.speaker_b
      name: Speaker B
      type: script
    - icon: 'mdi:speaker-wireless'
      id: script.speaker_a_b
      name: Speaker A+B
      type: script
  hide_when_off: true
source: full
type: 'custom:mini-media-player'

For additional features, check Mini Media Player

[jtonk]

from mini media player you can also directly control the pioneer_select_speaker service. No need to create the scripts.

• icon: mdi:speaker type: service name: "AB" id: media_player.pioneer_select_speaker data: entity_id: media_player.pioneer_avr speaker: "A+B"

[realthk]

from mini media player you can also directly control the pioneer_select_speaker service. No need to create the scripts.

Indeed, you're right! I forgot the reason I was using scripts because of an extra relay to switch speaker set "B" between two rooms, and that required an additional control command (which I removed when pasting the script above).

[leodirob]

Thank you so much. It's very simple in this way.

Now, for me, the next adventure is to configure that controls with alexa using haaska. Do you know where I can find a tutorial to do that? Sorry for all this questions, but I've been learning HA for two weeks.

[realthk]

You find it on the haaska wiki setup page. Not an easy ride, but it works fine (BTW, this was also a reason to have script for switching, because HA scripts can be linked to voice commands) The method described on Home Assistant Alexa integration page did not work for me.

[leodirob]

Thank you I've already installed haaska and works fine. I would like to know if there is a tutorial to set up the mediaplayer using haaska. Now Alexa sees the pioneer vsx. I can turn on/off and change the volume, but not change the speakers or the source. Thanks for your invaluable help

[realthk]

For that, I was using a "Routine" set up in Alexa app. There you can link any voice command (like "speaker in bedroom") to any script created in Home Assistant (if you have "scripts" enabled under "include_domains:" in HA Alexa config)

[leodirob]

Great! With the scripts automatically appears in Alexa Scenes! It's perfect. There is a way to do the same to change the source? Really thank you