Re: Squeezebox plugin and HouseBot plugin (by Edward Pearson)

["zagknut" <brad@xxxxxxxxxx>]

For no explicable reason, the "favorites", "down",
and "exit_right" now work. I had prepended slim.button with
"xAP-" after sending this and I removed the "xAP-" from
the class line and viola! However, I cannot get "play" to work as
a button press and the transpot play will not select the favorite station
selected to play. Ugh! I also can't get the presets to work. I have enabled
button press in the SqueezeCenter plug-in and when i press preset 2, it
sends "playFavorite_2". I tried subsitituting this in place of
down, but alas, it did not work. here are the messages:

xap-header
{
v=13
hop=1
uid=FF.0ADA0783:0000
class=Slim.Button
source=ersp.HouseBot.music-server
target=ersp.SlimServer.Music-server:Boom
}
Button.Command
{
Button=playFavorite_2
}
--------------------------------
xap-header
{
v=13
hop=1
uid=FF.0C654D41:0002
class=Slim.Event
source=ersp.SlimServer.Music-server:Boom
}
Button.Event
{
Button=playfavorite_2
}

I also get this identical confimation back when initiating the favorites 2
from HouseBot. Any thoughts?

Thanks!
Brad

--- In xap_automation@xxxxxxx, "Edward Pearson"
<edward.mailgroup@...> wrote:
>
> The exact same message, changing only the target field, works fine
here.
>
>
>
> I don't have a Boom; but I thought they were the same as the other
players
> in this respect.
>
> I'm out of ideas right now.  Can anybody else replicate this?
>
>
>
> From: xap_automation@xxxxxxx [mailto:xap_automation@xxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of zagknut
> Sent: 23 September 2009 15:16
> To: xap_automation@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [xap_automation] Re: Squeezebox plugin and HouseBot plugin
(by
> Edward Pearson)
>
>
>
>
>
> Yes, I tried control of Favorites first. When I was unsuccessful, I
tried
> poth Play and Pause. Here is my favorites meesage call:
>
> xap-header
> {
> v=13
> hop=1
> uid=FF.0ADA0783:0000
> class=slim.button
> source=ersp.HouseBot.music-server
> target=ersp.slimserver.music-server:boom
> }
> button.command
> {
> button=favorites
> }
>
> Am I doing something wrong here?
>
> Thanks!
> Brad
> --- In xap_automation@xxxxxxx
> <mailto:xap_automation%40yahoogroups.com>
, "Edward Pearson"
> <edward.mailgroup@> wrote:
> >
> > Have you actually tried controlling the favourites? It seems to
work fine
> > for me via button commands.
> >
> > But the pause button is doing something very strange. It'd be
unlucky for
> > you if you'd chosen pause to experiment with and that was the one
behaving
> > oddly.
> >
> >
> >
> > I can navigate favourites by issuing button.command messages
with:
> >
> > button=favorites <- note spelling
> >
> > button=up
> >
> > button=down
> >
> > button=exit_right
> >
> > button=exit_left
> >
> >
> >
> > also the number keys work
> >
> > button=5
> >
> > button=6
> >
> > etc
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: xap_automation@xxxxxxx
> <mailto:xap_automation%40yahoogroups.com>
> [mailto:xap_automation@xxxxxxx
> <mailto:xap_automation%40yahoogroups.com>
]
> > On Behalf Of Edward Pearson
> > Sent: 23 September 2009 14:22
> > To: xap_automation@xxxxxxx
> <mailto:xap_automation%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: RE: [xap_automation] Re: Squeezebox plugin and HouseBot
plugin
> (by
> > Edward Pearson)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > NP - I'll check out the pause on/off thing too.
> >
> > Also, I just noticed the transport prev command seems to be very
> > unpredictable.
> >
> >
> >
> > BTW - these may turn out to be issues with SqueezeCenter; this
would not
> be
> > the first time that issues raised for the plug-in have turned
into
> > SqueezeCenter bug reports.
> >
> >
> >
> > Oh, forgot to ask, what version of SqueezeCenter are you running
and on
> what
> > platform?
> >
> >
> >
> > From: xap_automation@xxxxxxx
> <mailto:xap_automation%40yahoogroups.com>
> [mailto:xap_automation@xxxxxxx
> <mailto:xap_automation%40yahoogroups.com>
]
> > On Behalf Of zagknut
> > Sent: 23 September 2009 13:57
> > To: xap_automation@xxxxxxx
> <mailto:xap_automation%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [xap_automation] Re: Squeezebox plugin and HouseBot
plugin (by
> > Edward Pearson)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Edward,
> >
> > Thanks for your quick repsonse. I have been beating my head
against a wall
> > on this for the last three days! I was just sure I was doing
something
> > wrong. I am working towards integrating Squeezebox control into
my whole
> > house audio system (AudioAccess MRX) which provides two transport
> functions
> > (its an OLD system!) from the eight button keypads. I would like
to have
> one
> > be next track (works using (audio.transport command, so no
problem there)
> > and the other next favorite Pandora station. I should mention
that I use
> the
> > Squeezebox almost exclusively for Pandora and have favorite
Pandora
> sataions
> > saved as favorites. So, the long answer to your questions is,
yes, I also
> > need the direction buttons. At present, I am able to emulate this
on the
> > Boom using IR commands from the AudioAccess sending
"Favorite/Down/Play".
> I
> > am hoping that this will work via HouseBot as well.
> >
> > I did find one other issue. In the manual for xAP Plig-in for
> SqueezeCenter,
> > section 4.3 you describe the ability to send a param command to
prevent
> > pause from toggling. I have not been able to successfully
implement this
> > either. I was able to get HouseBot to send the following message:
> >
> > xap-header
> > {
> > v=13
> > hop=1
> > uid=FF.0ADA0783:0000
> > class=xAP-Audio.Transport
> > source=ersp.HouseBot.music-server
> > target=ersp.SlimServer.Music-server:Duet
> > }
> > Audio.Transport
> > {
> > Command=Pause
> > Param=On
> > }
> > But the SqueezeBox simply ignores the message(I dont know if
Param is
> > supposed to be "on" or "off". I tried both
and neither works).
> >
> > Any help you can offer here would be appreciated as well!
> >
> > Thanks so much.
> >
> > Brad
> >
> > --- In xap_automation@xxxxxxx
> <mailto:xap_automation%40yahoogroups.com>
> > <mailto:xap_automation%40yahoogroups.com>
, "Edward Pearson"
> > <edward.mailgroup@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I just tested this and it looks like you have found a bug in
> > button.command.
> > > I've not investigated it properly but on a quick test it
appeared to be
> > > behaving quite inconsistently :-/
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > And, no, I don't recall a better way in the API of
navigating a
> favourites
> > > list.
> > >
> > > You're looking to use buttons up, down, left & right,
yes?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Luckily I'm doing some work on the SlimServer plugin at the
moment so
> will
> > > be able to look into this very shortly.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Glad to hear you are having success generally though.
> > >
> > > HouseBot is great controller development environment for
xAP!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > From: xap_automation@xxxxxxx
> <mailto:xap_automation%40yahoogroups.com>
> > <mailto:xap_automation%40yahoogroups.com>
> > [mailto:xap_automation@xxxxxxx
> <mailto:xap_automation%40yahoogroups.com>
> > <mailto:xap_automation%40yahoogroups.com>
]
> > > On Behalf Of zagknut
> > > Sent: 23 September 2009 04:00
> > > To: xap_automation@xxxxxxx
> <mailto:xap_automation%40yahoogroups.com>
> > <mailto:xap_automation%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > Subject: [xap_automation] Squeezebox plugin and HouseBot
plugin (by
> Edward
> > > Pearson)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi.
> > >
> > > I have gotten xAP working on my network and communicating
with both my
> > > Squeezeboxes and HouseBot. Basic transport controls work
perfectly as do
> > the
> > > reporting (via BSC). Unfortunately, I cannot seem to get
more complex
> > > operations to work. What I specifically hope to accomplish
is to use
> > > HouseBot to send a command to the squeezebox to select the
next entry in
> > the
> > > Favorites list. Near as I can tell, I have to use either
buttons or IR
> > calls
> > > to accomplish this. I have had no success in implementing
either. Just
> to
> > > test functionality, I have created a device in HouseBot that
will send
> the
> > > pause command as a button push (rather than an
Audio.Transport command).
> > > This is the message sent from HouseBot taken from xFx
Message Viewer:
> > >
> > > xap-header
> > > {
> > > v=13
> > > hop=1
> > > uid=FF.0ADA0783:0000
> > > class=slim.button
> > > source=ersp.HouseBot.music-server
> > > target=ersp.slimserver.music-server:boom
> > > }
> > > button.command
> > > {
> > > button=pause
> > > }
> > >
> > > The command sends with no errors, but does not pause the
Squeezebox. I
> > have
> > > also tried "class=xAP-slim.button" to no avail. I
have tried sending the
> > IR
> > > command for pause as well. Can anyone give me any
suggestions as to what
> > my
> > > next steps should be in solving this issue, or suggest a
better methond
> of
> > > implementation?
> > >
> > > Thanks! Brad
> > >
> >
>




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