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title, description, ha_category, ha_release, ha_iot_class, ha_domain, ha_config_flow, ha_codeowners

title	description	ha_category	ha_release	ha_iot_class	ha_domain	ha_config_flow	ha_codeowners
DirecTV	Instructions on how to integrate DirecTV receivers into Home Assistant.	Media Player	0.25	Local Polling	directv	true	@ctalkington

The DirecTV platform allows you to control a DirecTV receiver and its client devices.

Configuration

Go to the integrations page in your configuration and click on new integration -> DirecTV. If your DirecTV device is on, it has likely been discovered already and you just have to confirm the detected device.

YAML Configuration

Manual configuration of your DirecTV device is also possible, add the following to your configuration.yaml file:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
directv:
  - host: IP_ADDRESS

{% configuration %} host: description: "The hostname or IP of the DirecTV receiver, e.g., 192.168.0.10." required: true type: string {% endconfiguration %}

Services

Media control services

Available services: turn_on, turn_off, media_play, media_pause, media_stop, media_next_track, media_previous_track, play_media

Service media_player.play_media

Service data attribute	Optional	Description
entity_id	yes	Target a specific media player. Defaults to all.
media_content_id	no	The channel number to change to.
media_content_type	no	A media type. Has to be channel.