Turn on Sonos when lights are on

[eg1l 0]

Hi.

 

I want to turn on a Sonos speaker when the lights in the room are on. On my previous HC2, it was easy by using Lua. With the HCL, I have to use the Sonos plugin, but when adding a scene, it does not appear under virtual devices. Any tips?

[KristianO 15]

Hi,

 

Plugin cant be used in scenes or Virtual devices. They are stand-alone.

 

You better use a sonos virtual device like Krikrofs Sonos Beta for this purpose.

[AutoFrank 372]

You could also see if the sonos-http-api may help. Its an API that is installed on something like an RaspberryPi and gives you http control of most features

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[eg1l 0]

Can the HCL make HTTP requests?

[Flowy 36]

10 minutes ago, eg1l said:

Can the HCL make HTTP requests?

 

that's the point, it's not clear the answer.

For sure you cannot write a string with the http request bu you can compose the request in a VD string.

The problem is that it works in some cases but it does not in others, and I cannot understand why and what the difference is.

About strings in HCL VD forget about finding documentation around.

[tinman 1,070]

you can make VD sending commands to plugin UI -> attached example for play and pause button, plugin is the original Fibaro Sonons Plugin (we developed better Sonons plugin which support extra functions, but let stay on what standard)

 

Having VD, you can create block scenes pushing the VD

 

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The setup is easy, enter the 127.0.0.1 as IP and 11111 as port, change ONLY the the deviceID (in my example 823) by the ID of your Sonos Plugin, and (if necessary) change the YWRtaW46YWRtaW4= (which is base64 encoded admin:admin)

 

In generally one can use HTTP to call plugin UI or functions (api/plugins/callUIEvent or /api/plugins/callFunction), even on HCL

 

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Edited October 19, 2016 by tinman

[coco84 1]

On 10/19/2016 at 11:49 PM, tinman said:

In generally one can use HTTP to call plugin UI or functions (api/plugins/callUIEvent or /api/plugins/callFunction), even on HCL

Hi

I used your virtual device to call the Sonos Plugin on my HCL and it works just fine, thank you very much ! I have an additionnal question, can I add a button to set the volume to a specific value in my scenes ? I tried a few things but it didn't work

[nelsnamen 0]

Hi!

Need help to create a VD but to trigger plugin wake on lan, i use HCL its possible?

thanks