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title: "Remotes"
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description: "Instructions on how to setup your remotes with Home Assistant."
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date: 2016-11-05 19:39
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ha_release: "0.34"
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Keeps track which remotes are in your environment, their state and allows you to control them.
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* Maintains a state per remote and a combined state `all_remotes`.
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* Registers services `remote/turn_on`, `remote/turn_off`, `remote/toggle`, and `remote/send_command` to control remotes.
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### {% linkable_title Use the services %}
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Go to the **Developer Tools**, then to **Call Service** in the frontend, and choose `remote/turn_on`, `remote/turn_off`, or `remote/toggle` from the list of available services (**Available services:** on the left). Enter something like the sample below into the **Service Data** field and hit **Call Service**.
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```json
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{"entity_id":"remote.family_room"}
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```
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| Service data attribute | Optional | Description |
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| ---------------------- | -------- | ----------- |
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| `entity_id` | yes | Only act on a specific remote, else target all.
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See the platform documentation for each type of remote for more detailed examples.
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