Pioneer Receiver Beta Test Discussion - RETIRED

[automaton]

Nathan,

Great plug-in.

Is it possible to select a specific Internet Radio or Sirius (Internet) "Favorites" preset with the plug-in? I looked through the Pioneer commands and didn't see a way to specifically select a favorite... but I could have missed something.

Thanks.

[nsheldon]

Hi. Glad you like the plugin!

Yes, kind of. Within a lettered Preset class (A, B, C, D, etc), just sending a remote control number button press will select the Preset number (0 through 9) within that Preset class. Use the "Remote Control Button Press" action to send a number button press while you have the Sirius or Home Media Gallery (Internet) source selected. The Pioneer Receiver plugin will send the correct remote control button press command for whichever source you have selected.

Selecting a different Preset lettered class, however, isn't quite as simple. This is because 1) there's no way to query the receiver to see which class is currently active, and 2) you can only cycle forward through letter classes and cannot select one directly. Having said that, you can send a raw command to the receiver to select the next Preset class, then send the remote button number press for the Preset within that class. Use the "Send a Raw Command' action. Configure the action to send "38NW" (without the quotes) for Home Media Gallery or "16SI" (no quotes) for Sirius. This is equivalent to pressing the CLASS button on the remote control while those sources are selected. The receiver treats these commands just as if you'd pressed the button on the remote, so the first "press" of the CLASS button simply displays the current class, while pressing it again within a few seconds actually changes the class to the next one.

If you're curious, I used Pioneer's documentation (here) as a reference when creating the plugin. You can send any of the commands listed in that document to your receiver using the "Send a Raw Command" Pioneer Receiver action.

Hope that helps.

[automaton]

Nathan,

Thanks. Interesting that you can select the preset group directly, considering the number of commands Pioneer supports.

I'm considering getting a VSX-1122-k. Have you had anyone use this model with the plug-in yet?

[nsheldon]

Interesting that you can select the preset group directly, considering the number of commands Pioneer supports.

I'm considering getting a VSX-1122-k. Have you had anyone use this model with the plug-in yet?

Agreed. You'd think they'd allow direct selection of the preset "class" as well, but apparently not, according to the documentation (and my limited testing).

I have no idea which models others are using with the plugin. But I just downloaded and checked out the command documents for the VSX-1122-K here. The Pioneer Receiver plugin will work with the VSX-1122-K, but some of the 1122's functions and input sources wouldn't be directly accessible until I update the plugin with some additional code. However, all of the 1122's commands could be executed using the "Send a Raw Command" Pioneer Receiver action.

[automaton]

Nathan,

I now have a VSX-1122, so I can help you with this model. The plug-in isn't running happily out of the box. It appears to encounter a few parameters it is not expecting during the initial exchange with the receiver, and shows the state as "error" on the indigo device, so the state based triggers don't work. I can send commands to the receiver, such as on/off/mute, etc. and these seem to work OK.

Let me know if I can help with logs and observations to help you.

[nsheldon]

Cool!

I've got the Pioneer custom integration spreadsheet with all the commands for the VSX-1122-K. It'll take some time to get that integrated into the plugin. If you get some time, enable debugging in the Pioneer Receiver plugin configuration then turn on the receiver. Feel free to PM me or email me at nathan (at) nathansheldon (dot) com with the output from the debug logs. Those will be helpful.

[automaton]

OK, thanks. I sent you some logs directly tonight.

[nsheldon]

I received the logs. Thanks for the help!

[nsheldon]

UPDATE: Version 0.9.8 posted (see original post for link).

CHANGES:

Added experimental support for the VSX-1122-K.
Added additional error checking code throughout (most of it required to support more than just the VSX-1021-K).

[nsheldon]

UPDATE: Version 0.9.8 posted (see the main plugin thread for the download link).

CHANGES:

Added experimental support for the VSX-1122-K.
Added additional error checking code throughout (most of it required to support more than just the VSX-1021-K).

[automaton]

Nathan,

Is it possible to use a variable to form a raw command? Based on certain state information, such as the source setting of zone 1, I'd like to send a command to change the settings in Zone 2. I suppose this could be done with a large matrix of triggers, but it would be simpler to use a variable or expression. I've seen other plug-ins that allow a python expression to be used instead of a string.

Any suggestions on how to accomplish this?

[nsheldon]

Nathan,

Is it possible to use a variable to form a raw command? Based on certain state information, such as the source setting of zone 1, I'd like to send a command to change the settings in Zone 2. I suppose this could be done with a large matrix of triggers, but it would be simpler to use a variable or expression. I've seen other plug-ins that allow a python expression to be used instead of a string.

Any suggestions on how to accomplish this?

Hi there. That's actually a good idea for an addition to the Send Raw Command action. I'll work on adding that feature into that action.

Until then though, yes. While I haven't yet documented that capability, like all Indigo plugins, you can use Python to initiate Pioneer Receiver plugin actions. Here's an example Python script that should accomplish what you're looking for.

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plug = indigo.server.getPlugin("com.nathansheldon.indigoplugin.PioneerReceiver")
if plug.isEnabled():
   plug.executeAction("sendRawCommand", indigo.devices["Your Receiver Device Name"].id, props={"command":indigo.variables["YourVariableName"].value})

[nsheldon]

UPDATE: Version 0.9.8 posted (see original post for link).

CHANGES:

Fixed a character encoding bug in the startDeviceComm method which would return an error if the expanded device object contained non-ASCII characters.
Fixed an audio input signal format interpretation bug that caused the runConcurrentThread to crash whenever the input signal format was "07" (undefined) on newer VSX receiver models.

[nsheldon]

UPDATE: Version 0.9.8 posted (download here).

CHANGES:

Fixed a character encoding bug in the startDeviceComm method which would return an error if the expanded device object contained non-ASCII characters.
Fixed an audio input signal format interpretation bug that caused the runConcurrentThread to crash whenever the input signal format was "07" (undefined) on newer VSX receiver models.

[nsheldon]

FULL RELEASE: Version 1.0 posted (see original post for link).

Changes from 0.9.9 to 1.0:

• Updated UI for improved Indigo 6 compatibility.
• Added support for the VSX-1122-K.
• Improved coherence to Pioneer recommended delays between sending commands, especially during initial zone power-on and plugin startup.
• Minor modifications to the action definitions.
• Fixed a bug in the video status information processing of the processResponse method that was causing the runConcurrentThread to crash, leaving the connection to the receiver open, forcing the user to reload the plugin in order to reconnect to the receiver.
• Fixed a bug in the Video Color Space status information interpretation which caused the device state to show the wrong color space.