[implemented] Yamaha AVR Plugin based on REST-API

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Re: yamaha avr network remote.

Hi,

I’ve seen this old thread (linked above) about a potential yamaha avr plugin. Is anyone working on such a plugin?

A potential lib to reuse could be https://github.com/PSeitz/yamaha-nodejs (it works pretty well). I don’t have any experience with coffee-script but could easily test the plugin.

just a possibility to think about is the pimatic-pio-remote
https://github.com/saxn-paule/pimatic-pio-remote

this plugin initially has been developed from @SaxnPaule to control pioneer avr’s and then extended to denon/marantz. this plugin has the advantage to change the commands.json file with the api requests. so maybe you can try that and contibute to the plugin with yamaha settings

THanks for the reply. I thought about that too, but it seems the pioneer and denon apis are closely related.

A common command (setting the volume) for the Yamaha receiver looks like this:

<YAMAHA_AV cmd="PUT"><Main_Zone><Volume><Zone_B><Lvl><Val>Up 1 dB</Val><Exp></Exp><Unit></Unit></Lvl></Zone_B></Volume></Main_Zone></YAMAHA_AV>

and the responses also come as XML instead of JSON.

Only the config is json. The communication with the receiver is telnet based.

Please have a look into the linked documentations in the plug-ins Readme.md

If Yamaha has something similar, feel free to build your own config or send me a link, then I will do it, when I have time.

If you’re already using pimatic 0.9 you have to use the develop branch from the plugin. If you still have 0.8 use the latest npm release.

Hi,

thanks for the comment. I checked if it’s possible to start a telnet connection and this is not working… The Yamaha protocol is a combination of http and XML so I guess a new plugin is easier than modifying the whole pio plugin.

What model do you have? Google says, that Yamaha supports telnet too.

Anything new at the yamaha-avr front? I’m a new pimatic user and it would be awesome to add control of the receiver to the pimatic

@sirhc said in (New) Yamaha AVR Plugin based on REST-API:

Anything new at the yamaha-avr front

I started to develop a plugin a couple of weeks ago. I can perhaps finish of something very basic next weekend.

You are my hero! Let me know if you need somebody for testing. Thanks a lot for your work!

Thanks!!!