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directv: document extended discovery changes (#3128)
DirecTV Genie/RVU client/slave boxes can now be found via the discovery component. Signed-off-by: Nicholas Sielicki <sielicki@yandex.com>
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@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ ha_release: 0.25
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ha_iot_class: "Local Polling"
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The [DirecTV](http://www.directv.com/) receivers will be automatically discovered if you enable the [discovery component](/components/discovery/).
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Master [DirecTV](http://www.directv.com/) receivers (ie: those that have tuners) will be automatically discovered if you enable the [discovery component](/components/discovery/) and the the receiver is powered-on. Slave/RVU client/Genie boxes will also be discovered, but only if they are also online at the time of discovery.
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The `directv` media player platform can also be forced to load by adding the following lines to your `configuration.yaml`:
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To ensure that your DirecTV boxes are always found and configured, they should be added into your `configuration.yaml`.
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```yaml
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# Example configuration.yaml entry
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- **name** (*Optional*): Use to give a specific name to the device.
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- **device** (*Optional*): Use to specify a particular receiver in a Genie setup.
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In a DirecTV setup with Genie slave boxes, only the master Genie server is currently found via the [discovery component](/components/discovery/). Slave boxes must be manually configured via the `device` configuration variable in order to be used with Home Assistant.
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To find valid device IDs, open `http://<IP Address of Genie Server>:8080/info/getLocations` in a web browser. For each Genie slave, you will find a variable `clientAddr` in the response, and this should be used for `device` in `configuration.yaml`
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device: 5009591D6969
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```
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It is important to notice that the host and port variables for slave receivers are the same as the master receiver.
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It is important to notice that the host and port variables for slave/Genie receivers are the same as the master receiver.
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