Hey all - I haven't posted yet, but have been reading through the Indigo forums for a few months. I just moved into a new house and am using a mac mini with indigo to orchestrate a decently sized Insteon setup (about 50 devices). So far, so good - (except for the Morning Link to control the door....)
My immediate goal is to try to get the mac mini to send commands over a USB-to-Serial cable to my HTD.com Lync6 Multi-room/zone audio controller.
HTD sent me a pretty poor PDF that outlines the Serial API. I want to use either python or AppleScript to do things like set a zone's source, volume, etc.
One use case:
1) Turn on kitchen light between 7 and 7:30 AM
2) Run script that will send serial commands that will:
a) Turn the power on to the zone in the kitchen
b) Change the audio source to my mac
c) Run the google weather plugin and read the weather to me
d) Once done, then flip the source to my tuner, which is set to NPR to play the morning news
e) Then flip the source in the audio controller to music
I am curious to know if anyone has had any recent results with sending serial commands to audio controllers or other AV equipment. Most of the chatter seems to be several years old.
I am comfortable writing code, however don't have a ton of time due to work, etc.
So, any pointers, source code, samples, or offers to provide input would be appreciated. Heck, if someone was an applescript or python guru and wanted to make 100 bucks, I'd probably go that route as well.
Any feedback would be super appreciated.