TUTORIAL - Sonos Remote VD (using node-sonos-api)

[jompa68 121]

On 1/28/2017 at 7:21 PM, AutoFrank said:

Hi All,

 

I switched over to using AWS Polly TTS and the voice is good bit better.

 

I have to update the settings.json file on the api to reflect the new TTS service

 

The format for VoiceRSS is 

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The format for AWS Polly is  

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I also upgraded the latest api (version": "1.2.6") and between both changes encoding the string by replacing a space with a + is no longer working as it speaks the plus sign so I needed a new encoding solution and this what I'm now using.

 

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AWS Polly also requires the name of the voice before the volume (Amy above)

 

Did also switch over from voicerss to AWS policy and i must say it much cleaner sound. Works really good with swedish language.

[AutoFrank 372]

1 minute ago, jompa68 said:

Did also switch over from voicerss to AWS policy and i must say it much cleaner sound. Works really good with swedish language.

 

@jompa68

 

Its great that it available where you are.The voice is much more natural sounding

 

[AutoFrank 372]

Hi API users,

 

Something new for you.

 

Do you ever wish that you could display the radio station of that line in selection instead of the plain static icon of a music symbol or a sonos player.

Well now you can ... 

 

 

 

It also looks equally well on your phone or viewing the VD controls in the WEB UI

 

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Here we go..... There is a little work with this one as you need to create and upload some icons but not too much if you use @Sankotronic recent icon viewer VD and GIMP to make/steal borrow the icons

I'd put this at a medium difficulty, you will probably need an hour and 2 cups of coffee 

 

The code is two tables and two if loops to figure out the correct icon to display. This goes into the main loop of the VD that you are running at the moment 

(I'll upload the VD I used to develop and test this bit of code for a complete solution)

 

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The tables hold the key - the rest of the lua is just a little decision making

 

Line in options

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The number is the icon id when you upload it

the text is the name of the title in as it is in the sonos json state request

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It needs to match exactly

 

You will need one icon for each line-in you have and one extra one in case it can't match to what you have

Here are my 4 and the extra one at the end is the generic sonos line-in icon

                         

 

the ID of the last icon needs to be added to the following line at the start of the code

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It also uses the generic one when it is transitioning from one line in or radio option to the other.

 

Radio Favorite options

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Same here as with the line in

The number is the icon id when you upload it

the text is the name of the artist as it is in the sonos json state request

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It needs to match exactly

 

Again like line-in you will need one icon for each radio station (make your own) and one extra generic one at the end

 

                           

 

the ID of the last icon needs to be added to the following line at the start of the code

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and that's it

Full VD is attached but it won't work out of the box as you will need to upload your own icons that match you sonos favorites and line-in options

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Enjoy !!

 

Some more screenshots 

Line in

 

Radio

VD from the web UI

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Edited April 16, 2017 by AutoFrank

[gobbli 10]

Hi @autofrank, thank you. Will try it this week. Have a nice easter monday.

[AutoFrank 372]

11 minutes ago, gobbli said:

Hi @autofrank, thank you. Will try it this week. Have a nice easter monday.

 

Thanks @gobbli

Let me know how it goes...

 

-f

[Robert Folbigg 22]

@AutoFrank,

 

I am trying to get this functioning however after getting the API running and testing the http commands actually work I am unable to get your VD to control my Sonos. when I debug the main loop I get the message  [ERROR] 23:22:10: line 9: Expected value but found T_END at character 1

 

Have you seen this before?

 

 

[AutoFrank 372]

14 minutes ago, Robert Folbigg said:

@AutoFrank,

 

I am trying to get this functioning however after getting the API running and testing the http commands actually work I am unable to get your VD to control my Sonos. when I debug the main loop I get the message  [ERROR] 23:22:10: line 9: Expected value but found T_END at character 1

 

Have you seen this before?

 

 

 

hi @Robert Folbigg

 

Could you post your main loop code

BTW - do you use a hometable ?

[Robert Folbigg 22]

@AutoFrank

 

Thanks for the prompt response however right after I posted I found the answer!! it was the SPACE in my zone name "Living Room" that cause the problem.

 

all fixed and working now

[AutoFrank 372]

Just now, Robert Folbigg said:

@AutoFrank

 

Thanks for the prompt response however right after I posted I found the answer!! it was the SPACE in my zone name "Living Room" that cause the problem.

 

all fixed and working now

 

Great @Robert Folbigg

 

Glad it's sorted 

[Eldar 1]

Hello AutoFrank,

 

thanks for sharing your work!! I really appreciate that. One idea or better question that comes up to my mind. I'm using your vol fading up buttons, what is really nice. Do you think there is an option to do it the other way around? To fade down the volume before the speakers turn off? That would be awesome.  

[AutoFrank 372]

2 hours ago, Eldar said:

Hello AutoFrank,

 

thanks for sharing your work!! I really appreciate that. One idea or better question that comes up to my mind. I'm using your vol fading up buttons, what is really nice. Do you think there is an option to do it the other way around? To fade down the volume before the speakers turn off? That would be awesome.  

@Eldar

 

Thanks and I'm glad you fifind it helpful.

're the volume reducing thst should be easy enough to do 

Where I have for i=1,10 

Replace it with 

for I =10,0

 

And there should be a counter 

I=i+1

Replace that with 

I=i-1

 

And that should work if you want you want to give it be go .....

 

 

 

 

[Eldar 1]

44 minutes ago, AutoFrank said:

@Eldar

 

Thanks and I'm glad you fifind it helpful.

're the volume reducing thst should be easy enough to do 

Where I have for i=1,10 

Replace it with 

for I =10,0

 

And there should be a counter 

I=i+1

Replace that with 

I=i-1

 

And that should work if you want you want to give it be go .....

 

 

 

 

 

Well, that helps a bit. I replaced the v= 0, 12 with v= 12, 0 in the button code but I don't have a clue what to change in the primary loop. It says:

 

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 z = 0
local a = 0

players = {"Kueche", "Bad", "Wohnzimmer", "Schlafzimmer", "Feline"}

for k,v in pairs(players) do 
  response = sonos:GET("/"..v.."/state")
  jsonTable = json.decode(response);
  if jsonTable.playbackState == "PLAYING" then 
      z = z + 1 
  end
  a = k + 1
  fibaro:call(device,"setProperty","ui.Label"..a..".value",""..jsonTable.playbackState.."");

  fibaro:setGlobal("ActiveMusicZones", z);
  fibaro:call(device,"setProperty","ui.Label1.value",z)
end

 

Would be nice if I could use the same VD and don't have to make a new one. So that you got 2 buttons for each room. One fading in and one fading out the volume.

[AutoFrank 372]

1 minute ago, Eldar said:

 

Well, that helps a bit. I replaced the v= 0, 12 with v= 12, 0 in the button code but I don't have a clue what to change in the primary loop. It says:

 

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 z = 0
local a = 0

players = {"Kueche", "Bad", "Wohnzimmer", "Schlafzimmer", "Feline"}

for k,v in pairs(players) do 
  response = sonos:GET("/"..v.."/state")
  jsonTable = json.decode(response);
  if jsonTable.playbackState == "PLAYING" then 
      z = z + 1 
  end
  a = k + 1
  fibaro:call(device,"setProperty","ui.Label"..a..".value",""..jsonTable.playbackState.."");

  fibaro:setGlobal("ActiveMusicZones", z);
  fibaro:call(device,"setProperty","ui.Label1.value",z)
end

 

Would be nice if I could use the same VD and don't have to make a new one. So that you got 2 buttons for each room. One fading in and one fading out the volume.

 

Hi @Eldar

 

Sorry about that - I was answering from my phone while I was out and didnt have the code in front of me

 

Nothing to change in main loop

 

Could you post the full code from the button where you changed i = 12,0 and I'll tell you what to change

 

Sorry again for the confusion

 

-f 

[Eldar 1]

1 minute ago, AutoFrank said:

 

Hi @Eldar

 

Sorry about that - I was answering from my phone while I was out and didnt have the code in front of me

 

Nothing to change in main loop

 

Could you post the full code from the button where you changed i = 12,0 and I'll tell you what to change

 

Sorry again for the confusion

 

-f 

 

You don't have to be sorry! Thanks for your support! Button code is:

 

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 = 12, 0 do
    response = sonos:GET("/Wohnzimmer/volume/"..v.."")
    fibaro:debug("vol= "..v.."")
    fibaro:sleep(300)
end

[AutoFrank 372]

1 minute ago, Eldar said:

 

You don't have to be sorry! Thanks for your support! Button code is:

 

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 = 12, 0 do
    response = sonos:GET("/Wohnzimmer/volume/"..v.."")
    fibaro:debug("vol= "..v.."")
    fibaro:sleep(300)
end

 

Hi @Eldar

That should work, I was getting it mixed up with another part where I increment with a counter but here it is a for v = 12,0 and it will decrement itself. 

 

give that a go...

 

The only other suggestion I'd make is to increase the sleep perhaps to 500ms or even 1 second

at 300 ms and 12steps it will go from vol 12 to vol 0 in just under 4 seconds ( 300ms x 12) and you might not notice the fade out. On my systems I cant hear the sonos under vol = 4

 

-f

 

[Eldar 1]

5 minutes ago, AutoFrank said:

 

Hi @Eldar

That should work, I was getting it mixed up with another part where I increment with a counter but here it is a for v = 12,0 and it will decrement itself. 

 

give that a go...

 

The only other suggestion I'd make is to increase the sleep perhaps to 500ms or even 1 second

at 300 ms and 12steps it will go from vol 12 to vol 0 in just under 4 seconds ( 300ms x 12) and you might not notice the fade out. On my systems I cant hear the sonos under vol = 4

 

-f

 

 

Tried this:

 

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 = 12, 1 do
    response = sonos:GET("/Wohnzimmer/volume/"..v.."")
    fibaro:debug("vol= "..v.."")
    fibaro:sleep(1000)
end

 

Doesn't work for me. Other way around it works perfectly...  

[AutoFrank 372]

9 minutes ago, Eldar said:

 

Tried this:

 

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 = 12, 1 do
    response = sonos:GET("/Wohnzimmer/volume/"..v.."")
    fibaro:debug("vol= "..v.."")
    fibaro:sleep(1000)
end

 

Doesn't work for me. Other way around it works perfectly...  

@Eldar

I'll try it later on my system and figure out what's wrong 

Will be in touch 

[AutoFrank 372]

1 hour ago, Eldar said:

 

Well, that helps a bit. I replaced the v= 0, 12 with v= 12, 0 in the button code but I don't have a clue what to change in the primary loop. It says:

 

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 z = 0
local a = 0

players = {"Kueche", "Bad", "Wohnzimmer", "Schlafzimmer", "Feline"}

for k,v in pairs(players) do 
  response = sonos:GET("/"..v.."/state")
  jsonTable = json.decode(response);
  if jsonTable.playbackState == "PLAYING" then 
      z = z + 1 
  end
  a = k + 1
  fibaro:call(device,"setProperty","ui.Label"..a..".value",""..jsonTable.playbackState.."");

  fibaro:setGlobal("ActiveMusicZones", z);
  fibaro:call(device,"setProperty","ui.Label1.value",z)
end

 

Would be nice if I could use the same VD and don't have to make a new one. So that you got 2 buttons for each room. One fading in and one fading out the volume.

 

Hi @Eldar

 

Sorted, I had the syntax wrong

This will work 

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I was short the -1 in the for loop

 

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Give that a whirl and let me know how you get on...

 

-f

 

 

[Eldar 1]

5 minutes ago, AutoFrank said:

 

Hi @Eldar

 

Sorted, I had the syntax wrong

This will work 

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I was short the -1 in the for loop

 

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Give that a whirl and let me know how you get on...

 

-f

 

 

 

Works perfectly! Thanks a lot  

[AutoFrank 372]

8 minutes ago, Eldar said:

 

Works perfectly! Thanks a lot  

 

@Eldar

 excellent - is it having the effect you thought ?

I never tried it but it sounds like a nice idea

I could use a fade down followed by a pause all as part of my leaving home scene