@Wouter1 wrote:
I have been experimenting with controlling my media_player volume through a KNX switch. The approach I used was to use a dimming object in KNX. The volume adjustment catches the on/off switch events in Home Assistant, using automation to adjust the volume in steps. The long-press in KNX generates the dimming action in KNX, which I catch and use to trigger play/ pause automations.
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configuration.yaml
:knx: tunneling: ... fire_event: true fire_event_filter: ["3/5/*"] automation: - alias: "Increase Volumer" trigger: platform: event event_type: knx_event event_data: address: '3/5/0' data: 1 condition: condition: template value_template: "{{ (float(states('sensor.volume_achterkamer')) <= 0.9) }}" action: - service: media_player.volume_set data_template: entity_id: media_player.achterkamer volume_level: '{{ (float(states("sensor.volume_achterkamer")) + 0.1) | round(2) }}' - alias: "Decrease Volume" trigger: platform: event event_type: knx_event event_data: address: '3/5/0' data: 0 condition: condition: template value_template: "{{ (float(states('sensor.volume_achterkamer')) > 0.1) }}" action: - service: media_player.volume_set data_template: entity_id: media_player.achterkamer volume_level: '{{ (float(states("sensor.volume_achterkamer")) - 0.1) | round(2) }}' - alias: "Media Play" trigger: platform: event event_type: knx_event event_data: address: '3/5/2' data: 9 action: service: media_player.media_play entity_id: media_player.achterkamer - alias: "Media Pause" trigger: platform: event event_type: knx_event event_data: address: '3/5/2' data: 1 action: service: media_player.media_pause entity_id: media_player.achterkamer
The result is that you need multiple presses of a button to lower the volume in discrete steps (in this case 10% of volume, but you can off-course take bigger or smaller steps), and can use the long-press for media play/pause. This works fine. In the ideal case however, I would like to have a long press continually lower/ increase the volume until the button is released. Short press can then be used for play/ pause. Is there anybody who got that working, or has any ideas for alternative approaches?
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