Back on developing Squeezebox Plugin

[robmac 173]

OK dusting down a few of my user plugins that are not officially supported.

 

First one is my squeezebox plugin. I had only spent a few hours building this back when the user plugins was supported in Beta so it is still raw.

 

It creates a device for all players connected to the server. I will give it a brush up and test. If anyone else wants to risk a version sign up below. It may be a few weeks as I only expect to get a few hours a week on this max.

 

I will also fix up the Samsung TV one that I have that changes the off/on to control a switch device rather than putting TV in standby so the network does not get turned off. With this one you can always control your TV.

 

 

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[I.Srodka 4]

Hi there,

 

I moved this topic to Developer subforum as it seems to be still in development ; )

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10 minutes ago, I.Srodka said:

Hi there,

 

I moved this topic to Developer subforum as it seems to be still in development ; )

 

Hello @I.Srodka,

 

Is this indirect confirmation that user plugins can be sent to Fibaro for approval and distribution with new firmware releases?

Because if it is then this is really GREAT news and I will prepare my self to join the train!  

[robmac 173]

48 minutes ago, I.Srodka said:

Hi there,

 

I moved this topic to Developer subforum as it seems to be still in development ; )

Hi and welcome,

 

It certainly is still in development. Nobody else would want it yet.

 

If when I have an alpha I want to drop the files here for others to test will that be OK?

 

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That is cool.

[robmac 173]

 

Repeat this here as I had assumed most people knew this. I assumed nobody bothered because they wanted to keep their HC2 standard.

 

Mine has a non fibaro plugin on it now. Not sure what side effects that will cause but it is my risk.

 

If you know how to fix everything you can work out how to remove any bad boys you create if you do.

 

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 for docs 

 

follow some common sense with your namespace

 

use you favorite tool to call the api when you have a plugin. I use Postman

 

http://xxxxxxxxx/api/plugins/install

 

POST

 

two parameters that need to be set

overwrite value 1

file  value your zipped file of plugin

 

 

you can always go and get the fibaro plugins to understand how it all glues together

 

Enjoy and develop something brilliant to prove to Fibaro that letting us at it is the best way to stay ahead. 

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just a side note, when developing plugins it make definitely sense to define some actions in types/xml (oh well, and implement all necessary function's mapped these actions) in the lua's. In that way one can easily use plugins in lua, e.g. fibaro:call(BongoPluginID, "playFromUri", "blah.balh:80")
 

 

[I.Srodka 4]

On 5.08.2017 at 1:47 PM, robmac said:

If when I have an alpha I want to drop the files here for others to test will that be OK?

 

Yes, you can post it here, but obviously we cannot take responsibility for plugins created by others so users will be installing it on their own.

[robmac 173]

Update on developing a basic plugin.

 

Basic wiring done. Framework is not bad and certainly easy enough.

 

Only issue so far is a lack of css classes for the switch component to make toggle style mute, power and play/pause buttons and generally a lack of info on use of the UI components. The plugin control width is set small in the css so not a lot of space to play with.

 

Seems stable. It is certainly worth putting a big label for basic info messages on the component while developing. In my case it helps to see all the messages coming in from the server.

 

Only had a few hours on it. So  far the plugin connects to the server and creates a device per player.

 

Players are basic but both server and players can be controlled from scenes. Players update quickly with track updates and actions caused through other interfaces. Low CPU usage ( 3 to 5% just now with all players playing and reporting a good stream of messages) and low impact on memory but not loading a library view yet. I am subscribing to far too many messages just now so cpu will go down.

 

Needs a bit of a tidy up and add the translations next

 

After that I need to add a place to add a z-wave power switch id for each player. This will replace the squeezebox plugin I currently use. It will allow external amps etc can be controlled automatically when the players are switched on and off.

 

Then the hardest bit on this small interface is how to put the library view together.  Possibly a card index a-z style filter. I have 850 albums and 28K tracks so even then it going to need paging and search. Anyone done this on a plugin yet.

 

Last task will be to create some sort of zone device to sync players on. I am thinking a button on the server to create as many zones as you want.  Then each can hold a synchronization set that can be synced and un-synced from scenes.

 

If you are competent with code, plugin development is certainly worth having a go at. I am not in practice and only do the odd hack these days. I am sure people could create some brilliant plugin devices. A lot better than scenes and virtual devices.

 

If we can convince Fibaro to load a few more LUA libraries there is not much that you could not do. A lot of power in this hardware doing nothing just now.

 

 

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[szmyk 52]

On 5.08.2017 at 3:31 PM, robmac said:

use you favorite tool to call the api when you have a plugin. I use Postman

 

http://xxxxxxxxx/api/plugins/install

 

Hope, Fibaro will not remove it as they did it on the interface.

 

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[robmac 173]

Something small that I was not worrying about was the playlist icon.  Just was not displaying. Path in the property looked fine but it did not display.

 

As the main purpose of this plugin is for control players from scenes so that they can be synced and play playlists. Also as I use external amps, to link each player with a power switch device to control the amp on off when the player switches on and off.

 

Finally got round to looking into it and the solution was not that difficult.

 

On inspection of the playlist icons in the browser, I noticed that the icon had an extra bit of path that was added by the underlying code. Changed the icon for the tracks and guessed that you need an ip and port set on the device that the playlist is on and all fixed. Not sure how this will work for remote but will worry about that later.

 

So a small hint for others if they are playing with the list set as a playlist.

 

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[szmyk 52]

Looks great. Keep it up

[robmac 173]

Work on this had to stop for a while due to proper work but back on with it.

 

All stable but needs a bit of polishing.

 

When added set the IP and library name and the plugin gets all of the players and creates a device for each player.

 

Player settings allow you to select a switch for your amp and one for your DAC if they are external. The plugin will switch on and off when the players are turned on or off whatever way the players are switched on.

 

Automation from scenes works but needs some documentation and refining.

 

Secured servers not supported

--server actions

powerAll
turnOn
turnOff
stopAll
pauseAll 
muteAll
 syncAll
unSyncAll
setVolumeAll
setShuffleAll
setRepeatAll   

 

--player

power
turnOn
turnOff
stop
pause
next
back
forward
rewind
volume
mute
syncPlayTo
unSyncPlay
setShuffleTo
setRepeatTo
playRandom
playAlbum
playDirectory
playTracks
playPlaylist
playUrl

 

Interface for creating groups WIP.  Possibly an interface for playlist selection but not really the point of the plugin.

 

Display all good on web interface  but:

 

1) No icon in mobile apps. Not sure why yet as have made icons of all sizes

2) Now playing image does not show on ipad app.

3) Now playing and playlist icons not updating in android phone app.

 

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[PennyWise 0]

Hi,

I have a few squeezeboxes and am really interested in this plugin. Is it possible to

download and test it?

[FSE 34]

+1 @T.Konopka is there any plans to enable agian the ability to add 3-rd party plugins? Or can some of them be evaluated and added to fibaro library?

[T.Konopka 8]

@korniza , if you are asking about personal plugins then no, we are not bringing this feature back. At the moment, there is no way to add a 3rd party plugin without FIBARO. The plugins are added by us.

However, we have the

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where official partners add their Virtual Devices and Scenes that can be used with their devices in FIBARO System.

I know that this is not the same as a plugin, but this allow users to use 3rd party devices that are not (yet) integrated with the system via plugins.

[FSE 34]

Dear @T.Konopka ,thank you for your answer. 

My main problem of missing plugins, is that we can not declare a VD as light or a switch so to be included it with other same type devices.  For example a wifi plug or a NFC device.

 

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[T.Konopka 8]

37 minutes ago, korniza said:

we can not declare a VD as light or a switch so to be included it with other same type devices

This has been submitted as an improvement some time ago. It is waiting for verification

[nicohi 18]

Yes yes !!! Since years... I had opened a bugtracker ticket for that since years...

So really, this will come for VD ??? In next time ?? This would be the greatest improvement of the box since a long time and for me will clearly replace the Personal plugin !!

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[robmac 173]

Sorry fibaro dropped plugins and I no longer use fibaro controller.

 

If you want good support for squeezebox

• OpenHab
• Hubitat
• homeseer
• and others

all support.