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Strato Remote - Volume controls

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I think it's been discussed in the past, but wanted to see if there's an update on the ability of the Strato remote (gen 2 with volume controls) to put out something when vol+ and vol- are pressed that can be used by Home Assistant to actually turn up and down volume on the audio controller... must be similar to the way crestron handles it.

@MikeKobb or @J.Green can you describe what actually happens when those buttons are pressed and if it could be detected and used by the HA integration (presumably the author of it would have to modify it... just trying to see if it's doable).

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All the volume buttons on the KREMOTE do is cause the Strato to emit a USER_DEFINED_EVENT:VOLUME_UP: or USER_DEFINED_EVENT:VOLUME_DOWN: event. It's then up to the control system to parse those messages and convert them into the appropriate commands for whatever is responsible for the audio in your system.
 
J.Green said:
All the volume buttons on the KREMOTE do is cause the Strato to emit a USER_DEFINED_EVENT:VOLUME_UP: or USER_DEFINED_EVENT:VOLUME_DOWN: event. It's then up to the control system to parse those messages and convert them into the appropriate commands for whatever is responsible for the audio in your system.
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Which works very well (in our Crestron installs).
We have a handheld remote as a standard in all our installs, but some clients are happy to have the KREMOTE or the iPhone/iPad app being able to adjust the volume/mute. Oftentimes, this is all they need during their movie sessions.
 
I'm pretty sure that Home Assistant will be able to do this as it should have no problem monitoring the event stream.
 
josh said:
I'm pretty sure that Home Assistant will be able to do this as it should have no problem monitoring the event stream.
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Yes, I agree. The crucial thing is you need to set the Control ID right and then you should get the feedback and be able to parse it.
 
Maybe the same thing, but for C4 you have to set the room if you have a multi room setup. SJ
 
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