Using X1S to access functions not found on Samsung remote

BonitaSnowbird 1 hour ago ⋅ 7 Read it

I've got a Samsung QN90F TV and HW-Q930F soundbar, and I need to automate some functions that currently require an unknowable number of button presses on the Samsung remote (i.e. the remote only lets you cycle through the modes and you have to watch the TV screen to see when you've reached the desired mode).  I've been talking to SofaBaton's support people, but I think there's a little bit of a language barrier and I'm not confident I'm fully understanding what they are telling me.

 

They told me they will need to add the IR functions for my devices, but they can't give me a list of the added functions because it's too long and there's no easy way to export a list.  I tried using the app to see if I could view the list of functions, but without an X1S (which I haven't purchased yet), I can't get to the library of functions.  Does anyone here know of a way of looking at the list of available functions without first buying the hardware?  I don't want to buy it and then have to return it the next day if it doesn't support the functions I need.  I can't just use the Samsung remotes to teach the SofaBaton, because the commands I want to use aren't on the Samsung remote (but they are accessible via the Bixby voice assistant, so they obviously exist in the TV).  For example, set the Source to HDMI 2.

 

I also want to use a voice assistant (preferably Alexa) to trigger various commands / sequences of commands in the SofaBaton hub.  Their support told me the Alexa interface only supports Power On/Off, so that's not an option for me if that's true.  But apparently I can use URLs to send commands directly to the hub to access the IR commands / macros, and that should open up using Siri to trigger Apple Shortcuts to do what I want. Can anyone in this forum confirm that this is possible, and if so, how I find the relevant URLs to access the appropriate IR commands in the hub?

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