Hey, wow this blew up! I should turn notifications on. I want a programmable IR volume knob. Just a big, chunky knob to set on the table or couch to control my home theater receiver. No Bluetooth or Wifi or zigbee or anything like that. That’s all.

Oh, look. Richmond’s still alive.

Do I hate the answer-my-own-question format of explaining things? Passionately

That is my experience, as well. That’s not workable, since it would take an extremely long time to change the volume by a meaningful amount. I guess I’ll need to keep my receiver remote out for volume control.