Reciever plugin

[knutinh]

Originally Posted by lampie

I will take a look for some AMX info

A handy feature set will be:

- Start receiver on MP start
- Close receiver on MP close
- Hibernate receiver on MP hibernation
- Switch receiver to e.g. AV when MP starts (so it selects the source where the HTPC is connected).

More will come...

Also:
*strict stereo when in My music
*auto-surround when in My tv/My Movies/My DVD

Just a thought:
Could your work be relevant for those using components other than receivers? Sort of a "mini-girder" tightly integrated with MediaPortal for stuff such as tv-tuners, CD-changers, etc. Anything that allows an rs232-port instead of IR for convenient plugging as well as 2-way communication.

-k

[borax]

Originally Posted by knutinh

Also:
*strict stereo when in My music
*auto-surround when in My tv/My Movies/My DVD

Just a thought:
Could your work be relevant for those using components other than receivers? Sort of a "mini-girder" tightly integrated with MediaPortal for stuff such as tv-tuners, CD-changers, etc. Anything that allows an rs232-port instead of IR for convenient plugging as well as 2-way communication.

-k

Sure, there should be no problems implementing other protocols for other devices. Regarding the other idea's; that would be quite easy to implement I think. Just some basic handling of on/off/playing music etc.

[borax]

Originally Posted by lampie

This is MASSIVELY cool I own a Arcam-AVR300 (quite a popular higher end receiver). It also has serial port control. Would be awesome if i could control this using my MP

Product page:
http://www.arcam.co.uk/prod_diva_AVR300_intro.cfm

Appendix: Serial programming interface (PAGE 37)

http://www.arcam.co.uk/downloads/DiV...20handbook.pdf

The protocol for RS232 is described here in detai, so should be easy to implement

Is there any chance on implementing this, that would totally rock my socks off

Greetings xander

Lampie, I looked through the protocol for the Arcam and it won't be any problem at all with my current code design to implement this protocol aswell. Just wanted to give you some good news . Now I need to get a hold of one of the MP developers and see how I should do to hijack the volume control ...

[borax]

Originally Posted by MrSensitive

Great!

I own a marantz 5600 with serial port cotrol.

what really would be nice is to interecept the volume up / down commands in mediaportal and translate these to the commands for the receiver..

I'm connecting my htpc via digital, so the volume controls on the htpc do not work..

MrSensitive, could you try to find any documents on the marantz page about the protocol for your reciever. Will easen/fasten things up if I get some help on finding those kind of specs ...

Thanks,
/ Ola

[knutinh]

After a lot of skimming through posts it seems that I found a pdf with the actual (general) rs232-implementation of Sony receviers:
http://www.geocities.com/sila1999/fi...32protocol.zip

I dunno if this is of any help to you as it seems closed source, but anyways:
http://www.agoraquest.com/viewtopic....20098&forum=51
http://www.vibert.us/es-presso/index.htm
"ES-PressO is a control application that allows you to control your Sony ES Class Receiver via the receiver’s serial comm port. Using ES-PressO you can select inputs, soundfields, set the volume level to an absolute value, request system status, set trigger state, etc. ES-PressO also features a configurable On-Screen Display (OSD) to provide input, soundfield, and volume level visual feedback."

-k

[zswman]

Hi, knutinh - I had trouble w/ that zip file - XP told me it was corrupted (?)

[knutinh]

Works fine here using XP.

Did you try to download it and unzip locally?

-k

[borax]

Works fine for me aswell... The Sony protocol seems a bit more complicated but it's just a matter of mapping... Think I can implement the most part of it in an evening or so ... As of now I "only" have a DLL with all the logic for the reciever communication and some basic MP config / UI so if anyone of you feels a sudden urge to help out you're welcome ...

[zswman]

Sorry, I have it now - I am having problems w/ a buggy 3rd party zip tool. Ugh

[ehukki]

Hello,

I use diferent rs-232 controlled audio/video equipment all the time for work.
Is this plugin available for testing?

It looks and sounds very promising.

Thanks