peterw;549335 Wrote: > Please let me know how it goes if you try this. If you ave trouble, > please set the Squeezebox Server plugin.DenonSerial logging level to > DEBUG and show me what it says when you try changing the Squeezebox > volume. > > -PeterThanks! At this point, I'm still putting the shopping list together for a multi-zone system. For amplification, the finalists are DRA-697CI, A-9555 and HK-3490. I like the RS-232 in the Denon, the cool running Class-D amplification in the Onkyo and the onboard DACs in the Harman Kardon...
I already have a Niles SVL-6 which goes between the amplified output and the speakers. It allows up to 6-pairs of 8 ohm speakers to be powered by a single amp and presents a 4 ohm load at the amp. An On-Off pushbutton and volume attenuator are provided for each zone. The volume control of the receiver or integrated amp will serve as the master volume control. If I go with the HK or Onkyo, I'll stick with a SB classic and IR Blaster. If I go with the Denon, I plan to use your plugin which will allow me to upgrade to a SB Touch while retaining IR Blaster like control of the receiver. I'd love to use a SB Touch as the primary source, but receiver control ala IR Blaster is a must. Unfortunately IR Blaster does not currently work w/ the Touch. My hope is that your Denon Serial plugin will at least allow equivalent functionality to IR blaster with the SB Touch to control receiver volume, speaker selection, source selection and on-off. I uses the excellent IR Blaster plugin for an SB2 and SB classic in different rooms with great success. But, I do more that just turn the receiver on and off. In one room when the SB is powered the receiver is blasted with a standby code - pause - toggle power code - pause - toggle B speakers code - pause - CD input code. When the SB is powered off, the receiver gets toggle B-speakers code - pause - DVD input code - pause - standby code. In the case of the Onkyo receiver in use, it has a code that puts the receiver in standby if on and leaves it in standby, if not. The other power IR code is a toggle on-off. On SB power-on, by blasting the standby code 1st, I'm able to put the receiver in a known power state (standby), then turn it on. Toggling the B-speakers provides A+B speakers for SB listening. Selecting CD ensures that the SB's output will be the active receiver input. On SB power-off, the B-speakers are toggled off and input set to DVD to help ensure proper settings for 5.1 TV use with the SageTV extender Does your Denon Serial plugin similarly allow multiple control events to be associated with power-on and power-off? In regards to the Global Cache units, my interest is that they are supported by a number of universal remote control apps for the iPhone that could be used to build a seperate, but comprehensive iPhone remote for the DRA-697CI, or for any IR or RS-232 controllable device. In this case, in addition to on-off, volume up-down, I'd like to be able to switch sources, adjust tone controls, select FM presets and control an iPod docked in the companion Denon dock. Doug -- TechHome ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TechHome's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2340 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67182 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
