DirecTV Genie Client Control

When controlling a DirecTV Genie client system, the Genie clients operate through the main Genie DVR unit’s IP address.
In this article we explain the builder setup for controlling 2 clients through a single Genie DVR.

Information you need to know:

• IP address of main Genie DVR
• MAC addresses of each Genie client box

1. Open Builder for the controlled space.
2. Add the DirecTV Genie Clients.
3. Create Aliases.
   • When creating aliases for Client boxes, enter the MAC address in all capital letters with no special characters.
   • Example AABBCCDDEEFF

Using Aliases

1. Add a button widget to the page/overlay.
2. Drag a command from the DirecTV device.
3. Select Alias from the popup screen.
   

Hardware Setup

1. Create a Network gateway.
   
2. Drag the device to the gateway.
   
   • Since the device routing is handled via Aliasing, there is only a single device to add to the gateway.