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Hm, this is an interesting use case. Do you think this is something one could archive using Discovery/NetDisco? Could you try to find out the specifics?

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From my point of view discovery/netdisco would not help very much here. Because in my case I have configured these devices statically like this:

• platform: yamaha_musiccast
  host: 192.168.178.xxx
  name: Yamaha WX-030 Box
  port: 5555
• platform: yamaha_musiccast
  host: 192.168.178.yyy
  name: Yamaha RX-V481 AVR
  port: 5556

My implementation just assumed the device as STATE_OFF.
See line 126:
https://gist.github.com/runningman84/5464ec4dc39b10efd10828ca7cef25d0

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Well, actually I think this will not work here. pymusiccast queries Zone-information to setup the linked devices. Its also establishing a UDP-connection to receive live-events from your device. If the device is turned off, we can not establish the connection or finish the setup properly.

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yes but you could keep it in an offline state until it gets up?

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No, because I can't set it up properly. And my interpretation of good HASS-behaviour is that we shouldn't poll indefinitely to finish device setup.

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… and even if, how do I get notified that the device got up?

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hmm my device_tracker sensor could tell you...

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I think your request is getting a bit too far here. If you are able to provide a pull-request that solves this issue, I will be happy to accept it.

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@runningman84 FYI: home-assistant/core#10258 (comment)

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