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directv: document extended discovery changes (#3128)

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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
ha_iot_class: "Local Polling"
---
The [DirecTV](http://www.directv.com/) receivers will be automatically discovered if you enable the [discovery component](/components/discovery/).
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.
The `directv` media player platform can also be forced to load by adding the following lines to your `configuration.yaml`:
To ensure that your DirecTV boxes are always found and configured, they should be added into your `configuration.yaml`.
```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ Configuration variables:
- **name** (*Optional*): Use to give a specific name to the device.
- **device** (*Optional*): Use to specify a particular receiver in a Genie setup.
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.
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`
@ -73,4 +72,4 @@ media_player:
device: 5009591D6969
```
It is important to notice that the host and port variables for slave receivers are the same as the master receiver.
It is important to notice that the host and port variables for slave/Genie receivers are the same as the master receiver.