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Hi, I'm new to HC2 and getting HC2 to know little by little. I have a VD to control my airco. I have three buttons, Power toggle, Power on and Power off. I have Power on and Power off working. I use LUA for all three buttons. Is it possible to control the Power on and Power off buttons from the Power toggle button? If Yes, could someone please provide me with some sample code? Thanks, FJW.

Hi, I had a backup failure earlier today and recovered from a backup a few days ago All working okay but I can't seem to create a new virtual device or import an older one I can modify an existing virtual device with no issues Has anybody else had this issue and resolved successfully ? Thanks _f

Good day, I would like to control multiple of my media devices (TV, Amplifier, etc) with one virtual device (remote), is this possible?

I was starting to read thru and try the docs as available on my HCL (IP Address/docs). So I created a variable to try. I tried the PUT command and it all works like a charm after some trial and error. But how do I translate this into a string to be used e.g. for a button in a virtual device? the docs subpage provides no clue about this. Currently I have given up as it is just trial and error without having a clue what is wrong. It would be incredible helpful if the docs page would show the string as well in the format it has to be put into the VD String section. It would definitely help beginners like me

Hi As most people know the custom icons get 'broken' after a recovery I experienced this a few weeks ago and I went to clean up my system today and noticed an odd behaviour. As you can see below the broken icons are below Note - There are 10 that need to be deleted Clicking delete.. and the number broken is 3 Deleting one of the broken icons gives the following... Note - There are now 9 broken icons Can anybody else replicate this HC2 running 4.120, windows 7 machine, Chrome browser thanks -f

Hi. Anyone who has a solution for sauna control. There is a panel connected to the sauna but I think it is better to skip this and use a potentialfree relay and temp sensor. But how to control it? The linked devices thermostat only goes to 28 degrees. Can I in some way use a virtual device. Any help would be appreciated .

Hi, Could somebody try and see if they also have this issue ? I'm running 4.120 I can't add a new virtual device ( not import, just an Add) I tried a number of browsers, cleared cache and the usual stuff, did a backup, restarted the HC2.. did not resolve When I add a new vd I get the usual screens, If i change to Advanced Tab I get a debug window .. but NO debug button If I copy code into it and try and save, it doesn't save If I edit an existing vd all appears okay not sure if its my system or a 4.120 issue Thanks -f

Some VD's are square and some have double width. Is this controlable and how?

Morning all! i am looking to send a plain text command from Fibaro into other systems; however I am struggling getting the command to send. From my understanding you cannot put the username/password in the string that is inside the 'Virtual Device' button. The command I want to send from a VD button is - http://Username:[email protected]:50000/dev/sps/HallLight/Pulse It works using web browsers and applications like Postman. Any ideas?

Hi. I have a short question: I use several virtual devices and to control my home. I use Android tablets, Android phones and also iPhones and iPads. My problem is, that the font size of the VD on all iOS devices (iPhone, iPad) is extremely large, so I have to scroll within the VDs to see all buttons. On Android devices (tablet and phones), the font size is perfect. Is there any possibility to configure the font size for iOS devices? Thanks, Torsten

Hi everyone, I'm having some issues with Lua code in a virtual device I am writing. I'm getting information on the status of my Bluespray irrigation controller. It has a basic API and reports if any of the zones are on watering. I want to just query the unit and then print out if any are detected as on. When I query bluespray controller and its not watering anything I get some JSON back which looks like this. { "result": { "sensors": { "door": 0, "rain": 1 }, "active_zones": [ ], "timestr": "Sat Mar 11 2017 10:09:38 PM", "time": 1489241378000, "door": 0 }, "id": 528452 } When its IS watering I get the following. { "result": { "sensors": { "door": 0, "rain": 1 }, "active_zones": [ { "on": 1489240754, "off": 1489241054, "run": 1489240754, "terminal": 3 } ], "timestr": "Sat Mar 11 2017 10:00:12 PM", "time": 1489240812000, "door": 0 }, "id": 218829 } To make it even more complex sometimes the system reports multiple zones operating. (This is normal and ok. I just need to pick up the first zone reported) { "result": { "sensors": { "door": 0, "rain": 1 }, "active_zones": [ { "on": 1489241854, "off": 1489241974, "run": 1489241854, "terminal": 4 }, { "on": 1489241854, "off": 1489241974, "run": 1489241854, "terminal": 8 } ], "timestr": "Sat Mar 11 2017 10:17:38 PM", "time": 1489241858000, "door": 0 }, "id": 998161 } My issue is detecting if I get none, one or multiple active zones. If I have a valid zone then I then want to put the first zone number into the zoneterminal variable. If I don't have a valid zone I just want to put 0 into the zoneterminal variable. The problem is when I try something like the code below I get [ERROR] 22:11:22: line 56: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value) I cant figure out how to deal with LUA arrays correctly. (specifically detecting valid entries) The json.null operator does not seem to work the same way on array values. -- This script polls data from a local Bluespray Irrigation controller every 60 seconds and displays the status of the active zones -- Its configured for a speicific system but could easily be adapted to any bluespray controller. -- This script is written for Fibaro HC2 -- Script written by Brom ([email protected]) -- version 0.1 (10/3/17) function round(x, n) n = math.pow(10, n or 0) x = x * n if x >= 0 then x = math.floor(x + 0.5) else x = math.ceil(x - 0.5) end return x / n end fdata = {} zonename_1 = "Front Lawn" zonename_2 = "Road Lawn" zonename_3 = "Front Garden" zonename_4 = "Back Lawn Left" zonename_7 = "Back Lawn Right" zonename_5 = "Back Garden Left" zonename_6 = "Back Garden Right" fdata.selfId = fibaro:getSelfId() fdata.selfIp = fibaro:get(fdata.selfId, "IPAddress"); -- Perform the grab from the irrigation controller. local irrigationcontroller= Net.FHttp(fdata.selfIp); response,status,errorCode = irrigationcontroller:GET("/api/status") -- Basic debugging fibaro:debug(response) -- Check the respose from the controller is valid and Pull out the details from the JSON response. if (tonumber(status)==200 and tonumber(errorCode)==0) then local irrigation = json.decode(response) -- If any of the responses are null then make them 0 if irrigation.result.time == json.null then polltime = 0 else polltime = irrigation.result.time end -- this bit does not work !!!! zoneterminal = irrigation.result.active_zones[1].terminal zoneon = irrigation.result.active_zones[1].on zoneoff = irrigation.result.active_zones[1].off zonerun = irrigation.result.active_zones[1].run -- Basic Debugging fibaro:debug("polltime: "..polltime) fibaro:debug("zoneterminal: "..zoneterminal) fibaro:debug("zoneon: "..zoneon) fibaro:debug("zoneoff: "..zoneoff) fibaro:debug("zonerun: "..zonerun) timeleft = (zoneoff - zonerun) / 2 / 60 fibaro:debug("timeleft: "..timeleft) -- Output to the device. if zoneterminal == 0 then fibaro:call(fdata.selfId, "setProperty", "ui.watering.value"," OFF ") end if zoneterminal == 1 then fibaro:call(fdata.selfId, "setProperty", "ui.watering.value"," ON "..zonename_1) fibaro:log("Time Left "..timeleft.." Min"); end if zoneterminal == 2 then fibaro:call(fdata.selfId, "setProperty", "ui.watering.value"," ON "..zonename_2) fibaro:log("Time Left "..timeleft.." Min"); end if zoneterminal == 3 then fibaro:call(fdata.selfId, "setProperty", "ui.watering.value"," ON "..zonename_3) fibaro:log("Time Left "..timeleft.." Min"); end if zoneterminal == 4 then fibaro:call(fdata.selfId, "setProperty", "ui.watering.value"," ON "..zonename_4) fibaro:log("Time Left "..timeleft.." Min"); end if zoneterminal == 5 then fibaro:call(fdata.selfId, "setProperty", "ui.watering.value"," ON "..zonename_5) fibaro:log("Time Left "..timeleft.." Min"); end if zoneterminal == 6 then fibaro:call(fdata.selfId, "setProperty", "ui.watering.value"," ON "..zonename_6) fibaro:log("Time Left "..timeleft.." Min"); end if zoneterminal == 7 then fibaro:call(fdata.selfId, "setProperty", "ui.watering.value"," ON "..zonename_7) fibaro:log("Time Left "..timeleft.." Min"); end if zoneterminal == 0 or zoneterminal == 1 or zoneterminal == 2 or zoneterminal == 3 or zoneterminal == 4 or zoneterminal == 5 or zoneterminal == 6 or zoneterminal == 7 then fibaro:debug("Valid Zone") else fibaro:call(fdata.selfId, "setProperty", "ui.watering.value","Error") end else fibaro:debug("error Irrigation Controller: "..errorCode) end -- sleep for 1 min fibaro:sleep(10000) -- fibaro:sleep(60000) Any help appreciated. ps Code for the output is really extra long. Looking to understand how I can manipulate the variable name / number I am outputting to reduce the number of if statements. Once I get this figured out I plan to also add in buttons to perform manual runs. Brom

ZXT-120 is an IR extender for air conditioners, but it can be learned up to 20 defferent ir code for multimedia. The process of learning of zxt-120 is written in its manual, but i want to show a way to use that codes in fibaro HC. For this purpose we have to make a virtual device, and fill its IP Address with your HC ip, and write 80 in TCP port box: Then make buttons according to your multimedia device: Now you have to write commands for corresponding buttons. For example for first button: We can learn up to 20 code according to this list: Use this command for changing mode : /api/callAction?deviceID=107&name=setMode&arg1=0 For setting temperature (in cooling mode): /api/callAction?deviceID=107&name=setThermostatSetpoint&arg1=2&arg2=23 For setting temperature (in heating mode): /api/callAction?deviceID=107&name=setThermostatSetpoint&arg1=1&arg2=21

Hello A few months ago my virtual device for my engine heater became very slow and sometimes it doesn't work at all. Sometimes it gets better if i reboot the HC2 but it´s not funny when it´s -30 C and I get late to work because the car wont start and there is no way to be sure if it will work or not the next morning. Is this a known problem and is there a way to read the logfiles on the HC2? The diagnostics panel doesn't say much. The VD has been working great for several months before it became slow/not working. It might have happened after an upgrade. The controlled device works if i manually set i to active. Several other LUA scripts also became non working after an upgrade (cant remember if it happened at the same time) but I got them working just by changing something, save, change back and save again. I also get "to many instances" on other LUA scripts but not on the engine heater. Maybe they overload the HC2 and make it slow? I attached the VD and the scripts. LightsTimerToManyInstancesNotWorking.txt -- a timer that will turn off the lights if any of the two devices is on for more than xx minutes Motorvärmare_V-vfib-json -- The virtual device EngineHeaterLUA.txt -- the script for the VD LightsTimerToManyInstancesNotWorking.txt Motorvärmare_V.vfib.json EngineHeaterLUA.txt

Hello, I need your help guys;) I want to display the data from YT in vd: the amount of views on a particular channel and the total number of videos I have a direct link that displays information in JSON: https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/channels?part=statistics&id={CHANNEL_ID}&key={YOUR_API_KEY} If I put it in web browser, I see the following information: // 20170117085953 // https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/channels?part=statistics&id={CHANNEL_ID}&key={MY_API_KEY} { "kind": "youtube#channelListResponse", "etag": "\"gMxXHe-zin558lTnzKu8vjcmDI/2Qud556x4kgLe-969qH7-65gh7t\"", "pageInfo": { "totalResults": 1, "resultsPerPage": 1 }, "items": [ { "kind": "youtube#channel", "etag": "\"gMxXHe-zinKdE9TTEzKu8vjcmDI/q3O415qUconyEsljnEa554j5mM\"", "id": "{CHANNEL_ID}", "statistics": { "viewCount": "34315", "commentCount": "0", "subscriberCount": "76", "hiddenSubscriberCount": false, "videoCount": "74" } } ] } I want to import from the above data to VD following information: viewCount": videoCount": I know that the connection to the data is encrypted (via https), so I created a php script and put it on my server: <?php $url = fopen( ‚https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/channels?part=statistics&id={CHANNEL_ID}&key={MY_API_KEY}’, ‚r’ ); $wynik = ”; while (!feof($url)) { $wynik .= fread($url, 8192); } fclose( $url ); header(‚Content-Type: application/json’); print_r($wynik); ?> Then I created of virtual device on the Home Center: HC2 = Net.FHttp(„ADDRESS_OF_MY_HOSTING”,80); dane ,status, errorCode = HC2:GET(„/PHPFILE.php”); ajson=json.decode(dane) view=ajson.items[1].statistics.viewCount fibaro:call(195,’setProperty’,’ui.Label1.value’,tostring(view)) video=ajson.items[1].statistics.videoCount fibaro:call(195,’setProperty’,’ui.Label2.value’,tostring(video)) The problem is that it does not collect any data from YouTube. In main look I see: line 2: unexpected symbol near '�' If anyone has any idea where I made a mistake or how I can accomplish in a different way?

Hoping someone can please help me. i have a 4 zone ducted aircon from Daikin. i have created a virtual device and can successfully control: On/off cool/heat temperature - 18,20,21,22 fan low fan high fan low auto fan high auto zone 1 on/off zone 2 on/off zone 3 on/off zone 4 on/off in all 4 zones (bedrooms) i have temperature via either Fibaro motion or temp in window sensor. what I need help with is calibrating and controlling the temperature for each zone to achieve the temperature setting. so if it got summer day and I want all rooms to be at 22, turn off the zone once reached but keep on in rooms not at that temperature yet. would appreciate some help with LUA script to achieve this. thanks Rich

Hi, Trying to create a VD button to set my alarm. I already have it in a scene but am trying to clean things up.. I'm getting an error as I think the virtual device syntax is incorrect Working Scene function function tempFunc() fibaro:debug("setting night mode") http = net.HTTPClient({timeout=2000}) local controlUrl = 'https://192.168.XX.XX:XXXX/XXX/XXX/XXX/set' http:request(controlUrl, { options = { method = 'PUT', timeout = 5000 }, success = function(status) local result = json.decode(status.data) if result and result.status == 'success' then print ("Request OK: " .. status.data) else print ("Error ") if (result) then print(result.data) end end end, error = function(error) print "ERROR" print(error) end }) end Virtual device code that is not working http = Net.FHttp({timeout=2000}) local controlUrl = 'https://192.168.XX.XX:XXXX/XXX/XXX/XXX/set' http:request(controlUrl, { options = { method = 'PUT', timeout = 5000 }, success = function(status) local result = json.decode(status.data) if result and result.status == 'success' then print ("Request OK: " .. status.data) else print ("Error ") if (result) then print(result.data) end end end, error = function(error) print "ERROR" print(error) end }) or is it that https requests are not permitted in a virtual device any help appreciated Thanks -frank

Hi, I am converting and combining some of my scenes into Virtual devices I noticed that the main loop code seems to 'loop' every 3 seconds. I thought it was every one second here is the code and the debug screen function UpdateEventLog(eventStr) local currDate = (os.date("%b %d - %H:%M")) local updStr = (fibaro:getGlobal("Log_Event") .."".. currDate .." ".. eventStr .." \n") fibaro:setGlobal("Log_Event", updStr) end -- Auto lights Hotpress local HotPressLightID = 143 local HotPressDoorSensorID = 888 if (tonumber(fibaro:getValue(HotPressDoorSensorID, "value"))) == 1 then fibaro:call(HotPressLightID, "turnOn") UpdateEventLog("Hotpress auto-light activated") else fibaro:call(HotPressLightID, "turnOff") end -- Auto lights Dining Room local DiningCenterLightID = 25 fibaro:debug(tonumber(fibaro:getValue(DiningCenterLightID, "value"))) if ((fibaro:getGlobalValue("G_SPC_ZONE_INPUT_19") == "OPEN") and (fibaro:getGlobalValue("TODModeInside") == "night") and (tonumber(fibaro:getValue(DiningCenterLightID, "value"))) == 0) then fibaro:call(DiningCenterLightID, "setValue", "30") UpdateEventLog("Dining Room auto-lights activated") end Thanks Frank

Hi everyone, I'm fairly new in the Fibaro/LUA programming scene and I'm looking for some help to create a virtual device. So far I was able to create a Virtual Device that will allow me to turn on a specific thermostatic valve based on a set Temperature and Room Temperature. I created this panel using LUA scripts: It's made of: - A Label that contains both the desired and actual room temperature - Various buttons that allow you to quickly change the desired room temperature It's a tiny panel that has all the functions I need and that I could personalize easily furthermore. In Fibaro Home screen the virtual device is shown this way: Which is... sort of good... however it's not really capable of various functions. If I understood correctly the elements that will be shown on the widget are those that have the "Main" radio button selected in the Advanced configuration: For example I set "main" the Label and the "+" button: So... my questions are: 1- Is there a way to show more than a single button in the widget shown in Home page (just like Fibaro and other devices widgets do: ex. : 2- Is there a way to personalize the text/label of those buttons? Now the only available button has a "power on" symbol and can't be changed. 3- What's the meaning of the "favourite" flag? I tried selecting it but nothing seems to change. I hope you guys can help me, I'll attach the virtual device file just in case some of you can help me (still in beta and eavily personalized for my system). Thank you so much! Nicola Termostato.vfib

Hi all I'm hoping someone can save me some time. I have produced a virtual device to change the state of a variable from 1 to 0 and it works fine but it would be nice if I could toggle the variable from 1 to 0 using the button on the front of the virtual device. I assume this can be done. Would some kind person put me out of my misery and tell me how. Thanks in advance.

Hello, Can i use virtual devices in the block scene configurator ? The virtual devices i created are not available in the block scene creator. Thank, Richard

Hello, I do not know if somebody posted it here. Fibaro, can you add label from virtual device to a condition into block scenes? It could save us many trouble with compare some desired values with label in VDs. I know, i can make it into Global variables, but they are unreliable (mine opinion only), because i think parameter "invokeScenes" is set to false by default. Many times happened to me that scene did not run, even if Global variable had desired value.

Are the IP Address and TCP Port properties for a virtual device read only in LUA and only able to be changed using the web interface? Tried the following from a scene with no success. fibaro:call(id.vd, "setProperty", "ip", newIP) fibaro:call(id.vd, "setProperty", "port", newPort) fibaro:call(id.vd, "setProperty", "IPAddress", newIP) fibaro:call(id.vd, "setProperty", "TCPPort", newPort)

Hi, i can create a virtual devices for set the value temperature in panels? thanks.

Implement Sonos VD using node-http-API running on raspberry PI The following should help if you want to implement an sonos VD that leverages the node sonos http api by jishi The post consists in two parts Setting up the API on a raspberry pi Creating the VD and summary of other uses of the API and some sample code I use **I'll structure this in a better format in the coming weeks but for now it should be sufficient** I have tested this with Play1, 3, 5 (older version) ZP100, ZP80, ZP90. I don’t have a sonos soundbar or sub but from reading other forums it should work fine for those I intend to use this more in ‘Press Button’ mode rather than directly as a remote control but it should be good either way. You can also select what appears in HC2 UI by clicking the ‘main’ checkbox on the appropriate VD button ( I think you can have one button, one label and one slider) Credit & Reuse: This work draws on the work of many many people from both this forum as well as other forums. Without these people and the work they have done as well as what they have helped me learn over the last 12 months this wouldn't have been created. Like all VD’s please feel free to constructively criticise or modify it to meet your needs STEP1: Setup api on node.js device: This VD requires jishi’s node-sonos-http-api to be installed on a node.js capable device. This can be a RPi, a NAS or something similar. Details on where to get the code and install can be found on Git - https://github.com/jishi/node-sonos-http-api You will also find an excellent blog/issue tracker at the link above for any issues you encounter I have mine installed on a Rpi Added Feb 5th The fastest way I found to get up and running on a PI if you're unsure and just want to try it (takes about 15 minutes) Use the sonos-api precompiled rpi image at http://jishi.github.io/node-sonos-http-api/ (apply to blank sd card) when you login over SSH (with something like putty) the password is root Map a network drive or Start Run to \\<IP of Pi>\flash click apps folder and you'll see the sonos-http-api folder Get an API from VoiceRSS and create a settings.json file (details in the post) and drop it into the sonos-http-api folder reboot and that's it - test through browser with something like http://<ip-of-Pi:5005/<playername>/Say/Hello If you want to upgrade to the latest api release Download the latest zip from https://github.com/jishi/node-sonos-http-api (green button on right) In the flash folder rename the sonos-http-api to -old Rename what you downloaded to to sonos-http-api Drop in your settings.json file SSH into the Pi - login = root cd /flash/apps cd sonos-http-api npm install --production when finished reboot DOCKER from @riemers (thanks ) You could also use docker Some nas systems include docker too (synology) from the gui. Using docker is easy and simple to give to someone else too, work on Pi3 too. For node-sonos-api there is a docker image https://github.com/chrisns/docker-node-sonos-http-api saves you the hassle of installing all dependency's, assuming you have some knowledge with linux. # Edit - additional observation - I like the Synology NAS option but mine doesn't reboot in the event of a power outage. The Rpi does reboot. If you use a NAS it might be good to use a UPS or find a way to reboot after an outage Once you have this setup you are ready to move on to Step 2 STEP 2 : Import the VD, you will need one VD per sonos zone node-sonos-api VD.vfib Name - The zone name needs to be the same as what it is in native Sonos (try and avoid chars such as /,etc) Spaces are okay IP Address: This is the IP of the device where the api is installed (This is NOT the IP address of the sonos zone) Port: Leave at 5005 (can be changed it needed, see git above) STEP 3 : Configure Play, Stop, Repeat, Shuffle, etc – this should work as is The parts you may want to modify are as follows => Volume I opted for the vol + / vol – as opposed to the slider as I find the sliders difficult to use on a tablet Vol + / - operates in increments of 2%. This is easy to change in the url string. The Vol 10% button is also easy to change => Favourites You will need to modify this to your favourites and how they are named in your sonos setup I would advise simplifying these names in the native Sonos setup as much as you can. Spaces are okay, you just need to use %20 where you have a space in a name If you need more of less favourites, please add/delete buttons as required => Playlists I don’t really use them but these are easily enough added in a similar way to the favourites above. => Line-in selection You can create one button for each line in option on your setup for any connect/connect amp or Zp unit.. (I have 4 on my setup) You will need to get the UUID for the zone that has the line in physically connected to it. You can get the UUID of that zone by viewing the topology of the zone with the topology url. (drop it into chrome/ff) http://[IP of any of your zone]:1400/status/topology The format of the url http://192.168.1.89:5005/kitchen/setavtransporturi/x-rincon-stream:RINCON_000E5832B85401400 and you will need to change the last numerical string for your own UUID. => Grouping Zones I have included two examples of grouping and ungrouping The url format is simple and easy to read. below are two examples that were setup on the kitchen zone where I wanted to group the Playroom zone two it and play what was playing on the kitchen zone Group - [playroom joining kitchen and playing kitchen music] http://192.168.1.89:5005/playroom/join/kitchen Ungroup - [playroom leaving kitchen zone] http://192.168.1.89:5005/playroom/ungroup/kitchen You could also include a group all and an ungroup all by stacking the commands from each zone under one button. There are also options to control volume of grouped zones if you like but I haven't explored that yet Beyond this… The api is very extensive and still undergoing development. There are other functions in the api that could be used and might be worth a glance depending on your system and patterns of use I'll update the post this evening with the actual VD as I can't seem to export it remotely. The node.js api will need to be installed first before the VD will be of any use. Hopefully it will be of use to some people Thanks -Frank Update: Adding VD file Adding some extra information The api is very extensive and seems to keep growing I use it for mainly behind the scenes control rather than me clicking the vd/scenes buttons manually If you look at http://zone_ip:5005/room_name/state for any of your players you’ll see all the state json info and what’s possible to control/trigger from Pretifying the json will show it's structure better { "currentTrack": { "title": "x-sonosapi-stream:s2846?sid=254&flags=32", "albumArtUri": "\/getaa?s=1&u=x-sonosapi-stream%3as2846%3fsid%3d254%26flags%3d32", "duration": 0, "uri": "x-sonosapi-stream:s2846?sid=254&flags=32", "type": "radio", "absoluteAlbumArtUri": "http:\/\/192.168.1.63:1400\/getaa?s=1&u=x-sonosapi-stream%3as2846%3fsid%3d254%26flags%3d32" }, "nextTrack": { "artist": "", "title": "", "album": "", "albumArtUri": "", "duration": 0, "uri": "" }, "volume": 10, "mute": false, "trackNo": 1, "elapsedTime": 651, "elapsedTimeFormatted": "00:10:51", "playbackState": "PLAYING", "playMode": { "repeat": "none", "shuffle": false, "crossfade": false } } I have a VD that shows me the status of all my players (attached) main scene code (just add labels local device = fibaro:getSelfId(); local zonename = fibaro:getName(device); local ipaddress = fibaro:getValue(device, "IPAddress"); local port = fibaro:getValue(device, "TCPPort"); sonos = Net.FHttp(ipaddress, port); local jS = json.decode(fibaro:getGlobalValue("StateTable")) -- zero the counter for each loop local zoneCount = 0 -- LANDING response = sonos:GET("/Landing/state") jsonTable = json.decode(response); if jsonTable.playbackState == "PLAYING" then zoneCount = zoneCount + 1 jS.Landing_Stairs.isPlaying = 1 else jS.Landing_Stairs.isPlaying = 0 end jS.Landing_Stairs.volPlaying = jsonTable.volume jS.Landing_Stairs.nowPlaying = jsonTable.currentTrack.artist jStateTable = json.encode(jS) fibaro:setGlobal("StateTable", jStateTable) fibaro:call(device,"setProperty","ui.lblLanding.value",""..jsonTable.playbackState.." | "..jsonTable.volume..""); -- TWINS BEDROOM response = sonos:GET("/Bed_LE/state") jsonTable = json.decode(response); if jsonTable.playbackState == "PLAYING" then zoneCount = zoneCount + 1 jS.lau_eth_bedroom.isPlaying = 1 else jS.lau_eth_bedroom.isPlaying = 0 end jS.lau_eth_bedroom.volPlaying = jsonTable.volume jS.lau_eth_bedroom.nowPlaying = jsonTable.currentTrack.artist jStateTable = json.encode(jS) fibaro:setGlobal("StateTable", jStateTable) fibaro:call(device,"setProperty","ui.lblBedLE.value",""..jsonTable.playbackState.." | "..jsonTable.volume..""); -- FRANK BEDROOM response = sonos:GET("/Bed_Frank/state") jsonTable = json.decode(response); if jsonTable.playbackState == "PLAYING" then zoneCount = zoneCount + 1 jS.frank_bedroom.isPlaying = 1 else jS.frank_bedroom.isPlaying = 0 end jS.frank_bedroom.volPlaying = jsonTable.volume jS.frank_bedroom.nowPlaying = jsonTable.currentTrack.artist jStateTable = json.encode(jS) fibaro:setGlobal("StateTable", jStateTable) fibaro:call(device,"setProperty","ui.lblBedFrank.value",""..jsonTable.playbackState.." | "..jsonTable.volume..""); -- GUEST BEDROOM response = sonos:GET("/Bed_Guests/state") jsonTable = json.decode(response); if jsonTable.playbackState == "PLAYING" then zoneCount = zoneCount + 1 jS.guest_bedroom.isPlaying = 1 else jS.guest_bedroom.isPlaying = 0 end jS.guest_bedroom.volPlaying = jsonTable.volume jS.guest_bedroom.nowPlaying = jsonTable.currentTrack.artist jStateTable = json.encode(jS) fibaro:setGlobal("StateTable", jStateTable) fibaro:call(device,"setProperty","ui.lblGuests.value",""..jsonTable.playbackState.." | "..jsonTable.volume..""); -- OFFICE response = sonos:GET("/Bed5_Office/state") jsonTable = json.decode(response); if jsonTable.playbackState == "PLAYING" then zoneCount = zoneCount + 1 jS.office.isPlaying = 1 else jS.office.isPlaying = 0 end jS.office.volPlaying = jsonTable.volume jS.office.nowPlaying = jsonTable.currentTrack.artist jStateTable = json.encode(jS) fibaro:setGlobal("StateTable", jStateTable) fibaro:call(device,"setProperty","ui.lblOffice.value",""..jsonTable.playbackState.." | "..jsonTable.volume..""); -- MASTER BED response = sonos:GET("/Bed_MasterL/state") jsonTable = json.decode(response); if jsonTable.playbackState == "PLAYING" then zoneCount = zoneCount + 1 jS.master_bedroom.isPlaying = 1 else jS.master_bedroom.isPlaying = 0 end jS.master_bedroom.volPlaying = jsonTable.volume jS.master_bedroom.nowPlaying = jsonTable.currentTrack.artist jStateTable = json.encode(jS) fibaro:setGlobal("StateTable", jStateTable) fibaro:call(device,"setProperty","ui.lblMaster.value",""..jsonTable.playbackState.." | "..jsonTable.volume..""); -- HALL response = sonos:GET("/Hallway/state") jsonTable = json.decode(response); if jsonTable.playbackState == "PLAYING" then zoneCount = zoneCount + 1 jS.hall.isPlaying = 1 else jS.hall.isPlaying = 0 end jS.hall.volPlaying = jsonTable.volume jS.hall.nowPlaying = jsonTable.currentTrack.artist jStateTable = json.encode(jS) fibaro:setGlobal("StateTable", jStateTable) fibaro:call(device,"setProperty","ui.lblhallway.value",""..jsonTable.playbackState.." | "..jsonTable.volume..""); -- KITCHEN response = sonos:GET("/Kitchen/state") jsonTable = json.decode(response); if jsonTable.playbackState == "PLAYING" then zoneCount = zoneCount + 1 jS.kitchen.isPlaying = 1 else jS.kitchen.isPlaying = 0 end jS.kitchen.volPlaying = jsonTable.volume jS.kitchen.nowPlaying = jsonTable.currentTrack.artist jStateTable = json.encode(jS) fibaro:setGlobal("StateTable", jStateTable) fibaro:call(device,"setProperty","ui.lblkitchen.value",""..jsonTable.playbackState.." | "..jsonTable.volume..""); -- PLAYROOM response = sonos:GET("/playroom/state") jsonTable = json.decode(response); if jsonTable.playbackState == "PLAYING" then zoneCount = zoneCount + 1 jS.playroom.isPlaying = 1 else jS.playroom.isPlaying = 0 end jS.playroom.volPlaying = jsonTable.volume jS.playroom.nowPlaying = jsonTable.currentTrack.artist jStateTable = json.encode(jS) fibaro:setGlobal("StateTable", jStateTable) fibaro:call(device,"setProperty","ui.lblplayroom.value",""..jsonTable.playbackState.." | "..jsonTable.volume..""); -- GARAGE response = sonos:GET("/Garage/state") jsonTable = json.decode(response); if jsonTable.playbackState == "PLAYING" then zoneCount = zoneCount + 1 jS.garage.isPlaying = 1 else jS.garage.isPlaying = 0 end jS.garage.volPlaying = jsonTable.volume jS.garage.nowPlaying = jsonTable.currentTrack.artist jStateTable = json.encode(jS) fibaro:setGlobal("StateTable", jStateTable) fibaro:call(device,"setProperty","ui.lblgarage.value",""..jsonTable.playbackState.." | "..jsonTable.volume..""); -- PIZZA BBQ response = sonos:GET("/PizzaBBQ_Area/state") jsonTable = json.decode(response); if jsonTable.playbackState == "PLAYING" then zoneCount = zoneCount + 1 jS.pizza_bbq_area.isPlaying = 1 else jS.pizza_bbq_area.isPlaying = 0 end jS.pizza_bbq_area.volPlaying = jsonTable.volume jS.pizza_bbq_area.nowPlaying = jsonTable.currentTrack.artist jStateTable = json.encode(jS) fibaro:setGlobal("StateTable", jStateTable) fibaro:call(device,"setProperty","ui.lblpizza.value",""..jsonTable.playbackState.." | "..jsonTable.volume..""); -- LIVING response = sonos:GET("/Living_Room/state") jsonTable = json.decode(response); if jsonTable.playbackState == "PLAYING" then zoneCount = zoneCount + 1 jS.living_room.isPlaying = 1 else jS.living_room.isPlaying = 0 end jS.living_room.volPlaying = jsonTable.volume jS.living_room.nowPlaying = jsonTable.currentTrack.artist jStateTable = json.encode(jS) fibaro:setGlobal("StateTable", jStateTable) fibaro:call(device,"setProperty","ui.lblliving.value",""..jsonTable.playbackState.." | "..jsonTable.volume..""); -- GARAGE response = sonos:GET("/DiningRoom/state") jsonTable = json.decode(response); if jsonTable.playbackState == "PLAYING" then zoneCount = zoneCount + 1 jS.dining_room.isPlaying = 1 else jS.dining_room.isPlaying = 0 end jS.dining_room.volPlaying = jsonTable.volume jS.dining_room.nowPlaying = jsonTable.currentTrack.artist jStateTable = json.encode(jS) fibaro:setGlobal("StateTable", jStateTable) fibaro:call(device,"setProperty","ui.lbldining.value",""..jsonTable.playbackState.." | "..jsonTable.volume..""); fibaro:setGlobal("ActiveMusicZones", zoneCount); fibaro:call(device,"setProperty","ui.activeZones.value",zoneCount); Three of my zones use power amps (the are sonos connects) and I use the ‘playstate’ to turn the amp on / off when required. That’s the code at the bottom of the vd At one stage I was even displaying the image (radio station, music album) on an openremote UI using the uri part of the state json. I use the VoiceRSS TTS on teh http api but there are others. That all that was there when I found it and it worked well I have TTS to tell me “welcome home”, “good night”, "gate opening/closing", "garage door opening/closing" and all the usual stuff but I vary the volume it at night so it doesn’t wake everybody up. I intend this expand this feedback out so If we come home and the alarm went off it would tell me or that the washing machine has finished, the humidity is still too high in the bathroom and I should open the window (or that a fan was turned on) or some HC2 system info like the available memory went beyond certain thresholds, temp in a room rose or dropped, My siemens alarm is connected to my HC2 and I keep track of all the status of the alarm zones and when we press the “Leaving Home” button it checks the alarm zones and if one or many are open, it will TTS the open alarm zones in the hall sonos so we know where to go and close. Same thing when we go to bed at night. I found that each of my zones have different volume levels that work at night and during the day. I’ll be using my HomeTable (different topic) to store this info for each zones but it can written directly into the scene/vd. (This is what the the following code is for) I also plan on using a central TTS engine (simple a scene that take a zone/message and vol) so I can TTS more easily to any player. For now I have specific TTS code on a per player basis. I leverage the global variables that @Sankotronic Weather Basic VD populates and a scene that allows me to send the current weather (temp, humidity, wind speed direction, etc) as a TTS to our bedroom in the morning as well as the temp of the house as part of our wake up routine The API has a presets concept. This allows the user to pre-define a set of grouped players, source and volume. This is a file on the rpi and is referenced by a single command rather than starting one zone and grouping other zones. An example of its structure is as follows ... { "players": [ { "roomName": "Landing", "volume": 0 }, { "roomName": "Bed_MasterL", "volume": 0 }, { "roomName": "Bed_LE", "volume": 0 }, { "roomName": "Bed_Frank", "volume": 0 } ], "pauseOthers": false, "favorite": "96FM" } You may notice that the volume is set as 0 because I use another scene to slowly raise the volume so we are not woken to the sharp shock to a loud song. This simple vd button code is what I use to slowly raise the volume slowly local device = fibaro:getSelfId(); local zonename = fibaro:getName(device); local ipaddress = fibaro:getValue(device, "IPAddress"); local port = fibaro:getValue(device, "TCPPort"); sonos = Net.FHttp(ipaddress, port); for v = 1, 10 do response = sonos:GET("/Bed_Frank/volume/"..v.."") fibaro:debug("vol= "..v.."") fibaro:sleep(1000) end I use this for morning music upstairs and downstairs as well as when the kids go to bed. (changing the presets on the rpi requires a restart of the api - i normally just reboot the pi ) Watch out for radio favorites and playlists - try and not have spaces in the names on sonos and you should have no issue calling them ADDED - Jan 21st Creating a single button on a VD to cycle through favorites or playlist instead of using 1 per favorite. Every time you click the button it selects the next favorite. I have it limited to 5 favorites but this is easily adjusted. I store the favorite in my HomeTable but it could also be a global variable. I use an array to decode the numerical value stored globally into the actual favorite so I can append to the sonos api call. This will need to be adjusted to suit your system VD button code .... local device = fibaro:getSelfId(); local ipaddress = fibaro:getValue(device, "IPAddress"); local port = fibaro:getValue(device, "TCPPort"); local jT = json.decode(fibaro:getGlobalValue("HomeTable")) -- Get the current favorite number stored, increment by 1 and if > 5 set back to 1 local f = tonumber(jT.Landing_Stairs.RadFav) + 1 if f > 5 then f = 1 end -- Store the new favorite jT.Landing_Stairs.RadFav = f fibaro:setGlobal("HomeTable", json.encode(jT)) -- Array for the favorites fav = {[1] = "4FM", [2] = "96FM", [3] = "Calm", [4] = "Heart", [5] = "Red_FM"} -- Execute the sonos conmmand sonos = Net.FHttp(ipaddress, port); response = sonos:GET("/Landing/favorite/"..fav[f]..""); I also reflect this on a status label on the VD. -- Get favorite stored globally local f = tonumber(jT.Landing_Stairs.RadFav) -- Translate into favorite name to be displayed fav = {[1] = "96FM", [2] = "4FM", [3] = "Calm", [4] = "Heart", [5] = "Red_FM"} -- fav[f] represents the name. I apppend to otehr date and display in one label local status = " "..fav[f].." | "..jTS.playbackState.." | Volume "..jTS.volume.."%" fibaro:call(device,"setProperty","ui.status.value", status); This display at the top of the VD doesn't account is somebody changes the favorite from the native sonos app. I'll add code later to keep alignment between what is selected and what is stored in the global variable, This is what it looks like on my setup that is still a work in progress x Please see post 163 on this topic on how to get the VD icons dynamic for radio station or line in

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