Re: Sonos and HomeSeer users here ?

[Ben McCormack <yahoogroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kevin

Perfect - I will take a look

Ben

On 2 May 2009, at  14:20, Kevin Hawkins wrote:

> There is a fork of Osler's WSC component on the Homeseer forum - by
> 'Jerny' - I think that should work for you..
>
> http://board.homeseer.com/showthread.php?t=123477
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> K
>
> Ben McCormack wrote:
>> Digging up a really old thread here but did anyone find a solution
to
>> this?
>>
>> Some of my Sonos Zoneplayers will be connected to separate amps. I
>> want to be able to send IR to switch inputs on the amp when I 1st
>> press play on the Sonos zone.
>>
>> Regards
>> Ben
>>
>>
>>
>> On 23 Jul 2005, at  09:50, Gareth Cook wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Kevin
>>>
>>> One thing I would like is to be able to track the status of a
>>> zoneplayer.
>>> For example, we have ceiling speakers for Sonos and I'd like
to also
>>> run
>>> the TV system through them (not using the Sonos line in). I'd
like
>>> to use
>>> a AV Amp and have 2 inputs - 1 Sonos, 1 TV.
>>>
>>> If i can track the status of Sonos I can do AV switching. So
say you
>>> press
>>> "Play" on the Lounge Sonos ZonePlayer, we could
detect this and then
>>> HomeSeer/xAP etc can send an IR command to the amp to switch
to the
>>> Sonos
>>> line input on the amp. We can already detect a TV IR command,
so the
>>> system could detect this and switch back to the TV line input.
>>>
>>> Controlling Sonos would be nice (ie Away mode on Comfort then
stop
>>> all
>>> zone players, etc), but the one above would be a real gem.
>>>
>>> G.
>>>
>>> Gareth Cook
>>> Tools and Process Architect
>>> IBM SWG Sales - Lotus Park, Staines, TW18 3AG
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>>>
>>> ----- Forwarded by Gareth Cook/UK/IBM on 23/07/2005 09:44
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>>>
>>> Discussion
>>> Main Topic
>>>
>>> ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>>> Yesterday 01:16
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>>>
>>> When you say 'status' Gareth what particular aspect of  the
status
>>> do
>>> you need - ? Is it just playing/stopped or a bit more (like
what is
>>> playing for example)..... I guess it may be just this ONOFF as
you
>>> are
>>> wanting automated input switching.  Just thinking...  I may be
>>> able to
>>> get this to xAP via one of the unofficial Sonos dev projects
that
>>> provided a rudimentary web interface  and from there of course
it
>>> will
>>> appear in HomeSeer using the free HomeSeer xAP plugin.
>>>
>>> BTW A new software update was released yesterday for Sonos,
and also
>>> Roku, and the HomeSeer v2 public beta is out too
>>>
>>> Kevin
>>>
>>> Gareth Cook wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Does anyone here have the Sonos system, but also good at
homeseer
>>>> plugins
>>>>
>>>> ? I'd love to be able to have a plugin that can at least
just read
>>>> the
>>>> sonos' status - from then I can auto control the amp
switching
>>>> via IR
>>>>
>>> etc,
>>>
>>>> and have one set of speakers in a room, and also a ton of
other
>>>> stuff.
>>>>
>>>> Just curious
>>>>
>>>> G.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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