s2kiwi wrote: > Hi Philippe, thanks for a brilliant plug in. It's solved all sorts of > annoyances I had in my system (like a central Joggler can now control > the everyday 'inside' players all at once). I can also set a lower bit > rate for everything playing compared to when just individual players are > on - awesome! > > However, there is one scenario I'm still struggling with. I have some > outdoor speakers which I'm forever turning on/off for when i'm working > outside and come back in etc (so as not to annoy the neighbors too > much). I'd love to be able to add this into a sync group, so it's easy > to turn on when needed, but have it start as powered off by default. > > I tried hacking your plugin around to add a 'power on/off' setting for > individual players, but quickly realised that's over kill for my one > player. So then I tried to isolate the individual player at the point it > turns on and manually override it to leave it powered off... but I > couldn't get it to work (using MAC address lookups kept controlling the > wrong player for some reason, i assume it's due to the way the data > loops but i couldn't work it out!). > > I also tried to add a simple line of code at the end of the power-on > function to manually send a power off to that one outside speaker (so it > starts then stops instantly), but I couldn't get that to work either. > > Any pointers on what code I could easily add to the script to let this > one player join the group, but have it start in a powered off state > while everything else powers on? > > Any advice appreciated as I'm now out of ideas. > > Pernod.
Wouldn't the option "Power on Play" solve the problem for you. If you disable it, your outdoor speaker will not be powered on when you start playing, and when you stop a playback "session" where they were on, you could simply manually power them off; no? Am i missing something? LMS 7.7, 7.8 and 7.9 - 5xRadio, 3xBoom, 4xDuet, 1xTouch, 1 SB2. Sonos PLAY:3, PLAY:5, Marantz NR1603, JBL OnBeat, XBoxOne, XBMC, Foobar2000, ShairPortW, JRiver 21, 2xChromecast Audio, Chromecast v1 and v2, , Pi B3, B2, Pi B+, 2xPi A+, Odroid-C1, Odroid-C2, Cubie2, Yamaha WX-010, AppleTV 4, Airport Express, GGMM E5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ philippe_44's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108558 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
