Mediaroom

The mediaroom integrationIntegrations connect and integrate Home Assistant with your devices, services, and more. [Learn more] allows you to control a Mediaroom Set-Top Box (STB) from Home Assistant.

To add a Mediaroom STB to your installation, add the following to your configuration.yamlThe configuration.yaml file is the main configuration file for Home Assistant. It lists the integrations to be loaded and their specific configurations. In some cases, the configuration needs to be edited manually directly in the configuration.yaml file. Most integrations can be configured in the UI. [Learn more] file. After changing the configuration.yamlThe configuration.yaml file is the main configuration file for Home Assistant. It lists the integrations to be loaded and their specific configurations. In some cases, the configuration needs to be edited manually directly in the configuration.yaml file. Most integrations can be configured in the UI. [Learn more] file, restart Home Assistant to apply the changes. The integration is now shown on the integrations page under Settings > Devices & services. Its entities are listed on the integration card itself and on the Entities tab.

# Example configuration.yaml entry
media_player:
  - platform: mediaroom

Notice that all parameters are optional, and discovery should configure everything for you.

Using the Mediaroom integration

The integration has been developed for Portuguese TV operators currently using the Mediaroom platform, but should also work in other deployments in which the STB can be controlled remotely through a socket on port 8082.

In most cases (single STB) you just need to setup the platform and discovery will do the rest.

If the STB is on the same network segment as Home Assistant, it can determine whether the device is turned on or off. Without this, the integration will fail to determine the Set-top box status, and you are required to add the optimistic configuration variable.

Examples

Example scripts

The play_media function can be used in scripts to change channels:

# Example play_media script to change channel
#
change_channel:
  sequence:
    - action: media_player.play_media
      target:
        entity_id: media_player.mediaroom_stb
      data:
        media_content_id: "{{ channel_number }}"
        media_content_type: "channel"

The play_media function can also be used to trigger actions on the set-up-box such opening the videoclub:

# Example play_media script to trigger an action
#
press_button:
  sequence:
    - action: media_player.play_media
      target:
        entity_id: media_player.mediaroom_stb
      data:
        media_content_id: "{{ action }}"
        media_content_type: "mediaroom"

Check here for the list of possible media_content_id’s

Example configuration with 2 STB

# Example configuration.yaml entry for 2 STB
media_player:
  - platform: mediaroom
    host: 192.168.1.64
    name: Living Room STB
  - platform: mediaroom
    host: 192.168.1.65
    name: Bedroom STB