Fire TV HDMI button

[mbriacuni]

Hi,
I would need to know the adb command to change hdmi source.
I recently bought a Fire TV and the commands from the card work, but I would like to use them for automation and I'm not succeeding. I would also like to know if there is a command that switches between HDMI 1 and 2.
Thanks in advance

[PRProd]

Hello @mbriacuni!

YES! I WILL ABSOLUTELY HELP YOU! I remember being very frustrated trying to figure this out for myself, only to find out that it was actually a pretty simple thing to do.

Example 1:

This script will switch my FireTV (media_player.fire_tv_192_168_107_88) to HDMI input 3

service: androidtv.adb_command
data:
  command: HDMI3
target:
  entity_id: media_player.fire_tv_192_168_107_88

Example 2:

You can also use the Developer tools to make this happen.

1. Click on Developer Tools
2. Click on Services
3. Select Android Debug Bridge: ADB command as the service
4. Choose your Fire TV entity as the target
5. Type HDMI3 into the command window
6. Click the CALL SERVICE button

Choosing any HDMI input is that simple, just select one from this list and use that value as the command. Please note: there are no spaces between the letters and the number.

• HDMI1
• HDMI2
• HDMI3
• HDMI4

I hope this helps!

[mbriacuni]

Thank you very much @PRProd! As far as you know, is there a list of commands somewhere? As I said before, I would also need the command to switch to the TV.

[PRProd]

@mbriacuni

You're very welcome! I'm happy to help!

As far as you know, is there a list of commands somewhere?

There are commands scattered around the internet, but I haven't found one perfect source yet. Right now, I think that the best source I have is my Firemote project itself! Nearly everything I've researched across multiple devices has all been pulled together here.

I'm toying with the idea of adding a special feature to Firemote that will help answer questions like this, kind of like a built-in teacher for curious minds like yours... I'll let you know if I end up doing that or not.

As I said before, I would also need the command to switch to the TV.

Can you elaborate a little bit here? I don't quite understand what you are trying to figure out.

[mbriacuni]

Yes, sorry if I'm unclear, but I'm not very good at speaking English. What I wanted to know is if there is a command to select live tv from the antenna as the source.

Surely, if you did something like that, you would be doing the whole community a great favor. You can hardly find anything clear around.

Thank you again for your help and the great job you have done.

[PRProd]

Are you asking for the command for this button?

[PRProd]

@mbriacuni - I don't know if you found the answer on your own or not, but I've been working on making my documentation a lot more helpful. I created a chart of ADB commands for the Amazon Fire TV 4 Series which should include every answer you are looking for.

Here are the relevant entries that might answer your question:

Action	ADB Command(s)
Antenna/Cable Input	adb shell input keyevent KEYCODE_TV adb shell input keyevent 170
Antenna/Cable Switch	adb shell input keyevent KEYCODE_TV_ANTENNA_CABLE adb shell input keyevent 242
Live TV	adb shell 'sendevent /dev/input/event0 1 362 1 && sendevent /dev/input/event0 0 0 0 && sendevent /dev/input/event0 1 362 0 && sendevent /dev/input/event0 0 0 0' adb shell input keyevent 297

[mbriacuni]

Oh, sorry I didn't answer anymore. Between work and other commitments, it has slipped my mind 🙇. In the meantime I replaced the fire tv so I didn't need to solve the problem anymore, but I got a monitor to which I connected a hybrid tv decoder with android tv and I'm sure the documentation you created will be very useful 👍