Update switch from XML (Frontier)

[woods]

Hi all,

first of all I would like to thank you all for creating this community. It's really helpful for us so called 'noobs'.

I have a radio (Pinell SuperSound II) that communicates through Frontier.

As of now I can switch the radio on/off, select volume, change channels and so forth. Everything is done through http requests. For example:

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http://192.168.1.150/fsapi/SET/netRemote.sys.power?pin=1234&value=1

turns on my radio. This is done through http req field in the switch config.

Goal
Updating the virtual switch based on information through XML (this is a new field for me, I apologize if I use the wrong terms). I simply want Domoticz to update the switch status if the radio physically get's powered on.

What I know so far

The following http request:

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http://192.168.1.150/fsapi/GET/netRemote.sys.power?pin=1234

gives the following information:

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<fsapiResponse>
<status>FS_OK</status>
<value>
<u8>1</u8>
</value>
</fsapiResponse>
.extraClassAspect {-webkit-transform: scaleX(1.35)!important;}.extraClassCrop {-webkit-transform: scale(1.35)!important;}

The "<u8>1</u8>" part shows if the radio is powered on (1) or not (0). I would like Domoticz to check this status every minute or something. Is this possible somehow?

I found some documentation for OpenHab if this could be useful for someone: https://github.com/openhab/openhab1-add ... io-Binding


Thanks

Regards

Version: 3.8153
Raspberry Pi 2
Hue, Z-wave, RF

[eddieb]

Hi,
did you ever get this working ?
I have this medion audio player which is regognized as a Frontier Silicon device also.
sending
http://<IP>/fsapi/LIST_GET_NEXT/netRemote.sys.caps.validModes/-1?pin=1234&maxItems=65536
gives me a nice XML and it seems controllable.
Would be nice if we got support for this kind of devices somehow like in OpenHab

Eddie

[waaren]

I have this medion audio player which is regognized as a Frontier Silicon device also.
sending http://<IP>/fsapi/LIST_GET_NEXT/netRemote.sys.caps.validModes/-1?pin=1234&maxItems=65536 gives me a nice XML and it seems controllable.
Would be nice if we got support for this kind of devices somehow.

The issue here is not so much to send this API call and interpret the XML that comes back. The real question that needs answering is how to trigger this API call. If the audio player could 'ask' domoticz to do, you would be halfway there. If not,- you would need some kind of polling mechanism. Either in domoticz 'hardware' modules or using a script. (Python, dzVents or other). Setting the polling frequency is then important in terms of performance / response.

[eddieb]

Hi waaren,
tnx for your reply. Nice that I catched your attention
Perhaps you have any suggestions to get this working ?
Eddie

[waaren]

Perhaps you have any suggestions to get this working ?

Sure, if you can send me the xml you receive back from your audio system, -the required frequency and what you want to do with it, I can try to come with a dzVents based polling approach.

[eddieb]

waaren,

the xml only shows the possible selections on the command I sent.
It does not give the current status and/or the possible changes.
It is possible to chang volume and other things. That must be done with some other call. Need to dive into that ...

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<fsapiResponse>
<status>FS_OK</status>
<item key="0">
<field name="id">
<c8_array>IR</c8_array>
</field>
<field name="selectable">
<u8>1</u8>
</field>
<field name="label">
<c8_array>Internetradio</c8_array>
</field>
<field name="streamable">
<u8>1</u8>
</field>
<field name="modetype">
<u8>0</u8>
</field>
</item>
<item key="1">
<field name="id">
<c8_array>Spotify</c8_array>
</field>
<field name="selectable">
<u8>1</u8>
</field>
<field name="label">
<c8_array>Spotify</c8_array>
</field>
<field name="streamable">
<u8>1</u8>
</field>
<field name="modetype">
<u8>0</u8>
</field>
</item>
<item key="2">
<field name="id">
<c8_array>DMR</c8_array>
</field>
<field name="selectable">
<u8>0</u8>
</field>
<field name="label">
<c8_array>DMR</c8_array>
</field>
<field name="streamable">
<u8>1</u8>
</field>
<field name="modetype">
<u8>0</u8>
</field>
</item>
<item key="3">
<field name="id">
<c8_array>MP</c8_array>
</field>
<field name="selectable">
<u8>1</u8>
</field>
<field name="label">
<c8_array>Muziekspeler</c8_array>
</field>
<field name="streamable">
<u8>1</u8>
</field>
<field name="modetype">
<u8>1</u8>
</field>
</item>
<item key="4">
<field name="id">
<c8_array>DAB</c8_array>
</field>
<field name="selectable">
<u8>1</u8>
</field>
<field name="label">
<c8_array>DAB</c8_array>
</field>
<field name="streamable">
<u8>1</u8>
</field>
<field name="modetype">
<u8>0</u8>
</field>
</item>
<item key="5">
<field name="id">
<c8_array>FM</c8_array>
</field>
<field name="selectable">
<u8>1</u8>
</field>
<field name="label">
<c8_array>FM</c8_array>
</field>
<field name="streamable">
<u8>1</u8>
</field>
<field name="modetype">
<u8>0</u8>
</field>
</item>
<item key="6">
<field name="id">
<c8_array>AUXIN</c8_array>
</field>
<field name="selectable">
<u8>1</u8>
</field>
<field name="label">
<c8_array>AUX in</c8_array>
</field>
<field name="streamable">
<u8>0</u8>
</field>
<field name="modetype">
<u8>0</u8>
</field>
</item>
<listend/>
</fsapiResponse>

[eddieb]

this https://github.com/tiwilliam/fsapi/blob ... REVERSE.md
gives the possible commands