[feature request] Support select entity from Home Assistant

[mvdwetering]

Is there an existing issue for this?

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Description

Home Assistant has select entities, some integrations expose features as select entiteis which would be useful to have on the remote.

In my case it are the select entities for the Hue Sync Box integration. It has select entities to select the mode game/video/music and intensity subtle/normal/high/extreme. Other people might have other useful selects.

I would kind of expect it to behave like the source selection on mediaplayers. So you can assign buttons to a specific option in the select, but I would also want to be able to cycle through the options with 1 button by pressing it repeatedly (next service in HA).

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[zehnm]

@mvdwetering I constantly learn new things in Home Assistant, select entities for example :-)

Are you using this custom Hue Sync Box integration https://github.com/mvdwetering/huesyncbox?
I have a Sync Box as well and love it. But so far I just have it integrated through the bridge and the default HA Philips Hue integration. Mostly in auto-mode for watching movies. No time for gaming...

I'll dig into select entities and a way on how to integrate it.

[mvdwetering]

Yeah, I am using that integration. I should probably have also mentioned that I am the author of that integration 😓

[zehnm]

If I'd better paid attention to your username I should have noticed :-)
So far I've managed to install HACS and the Hue Sync Box integration. Now I need to find time to look into the select entities.

[RC-Thoughts]

@zehnm the Logitech Harmony in HA-integration is also in need of this, the switches we use now to start activities will be depricated.

[klada]

@zehnm When looking at this please also take input_select entities into account:

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/input_select/

For example I have a input_select.tv_picture_mode which allows me to set the picture mode (Filmmaker mode, Dolby Cinema, Game Mode, ISF Expert, ...). These should be exposed to the remote as one entity which allows to set a proper mode from a drop-down or pop up.

[Kamblian]

Is related to #280 [feature request] Add "Helpers" to Home Assistant Integration