ZMC v3 Whole house audio system on the cheap

[TomTom]

Wow, you have your hands full, no rush, TAKE your time. I wouldn't even be thinking about this as a possibility without your ingenious write up and script.


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[CharlieWayne]

Wow, that a lot on your plate guy. Like everyone else said your contributions are much appreciated!

Was thinking would it be easier or even possible for the time being to utilize Jon00 connector scripts, making it easier to run your script in HS2 and reference HS3 or something like that?

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[AshaiRey]

Thanks for all your kind words.
My biggest problems are time (not enought of it) and information like how to create an event by scripting in HS3. Searching the info and finding the info takes a lot of time. Coding the solution is done quickly.

[AshaiRey]

Oke, small update.

I have figured out the event system and an event is created, timed and deleted afterwards so that seems to work now. I still have to deal with the wierd descision of HS for not using device codes anymore
There is so few documentation to work with that i now understand why nobody wants to convert this script to HS3

[CharlieWayne]

Amazing Bro..

Your contributions are much appreciated as we can't express that enough. Later net week I'll be available to demo anything you have done.

Just one question I have while your working in HS3,what can We utilize for a media player for audio distribution per each zone if we wanted to do multi input audio or just event single source with playlist/play/etc..

Thanks again

Charlie

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[AshaiRey]

I don't know if i understand your question right but you can any source that plays to an audio output. For example i have the onboard soundcard and an usb sound card. Both are connected to the XAP and can be used.
In my case i use the usb card for all the music to the rooms (via WinAmp) and the onboard soundcard can be used with WMP and such but i use it mainly to speak announcement via the speaker client.

[CharlieWayne]

I was referring to a media plugin in HS3. How do I you connect winamp to HS3, or what other media players are available that u know of.

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[AshaiRey]

For HS2

hs.Launch(UsePlayer, 'parameters or URL' )

Internet radio example with WinAmp
hs.Launch("c:\Program Files\Winamp\winamp.exe", "http://icecast-qmusic.cdp.triple-it....nl_live_32.aac")

Playlist example
hs.Launch("c:\Program Files\Winamp\winamp.exe", "D:\Media\Audio\Playlists\TOP40.wpl")

[AshaiRey]

Update.
Althought work didn't go as fast as i wanted i still made some progress. Due all the changes to the HS3 scripting engine I descided to rewite the core of the ZMC script to prevent ending up with 'spaghetti code'. The events is working for single and multiple events but devices aren't yet updated. I've added support for setting this thing up via just a 'Setup' call. All the devices needed will be created according your setting file. I also cleaned up the number of settings so that will be easier too. Available time here is still very limited but when possible i work on this. Thanks for your patience with me.

[TomTom]

Thank you for the update and bigger thanks for working on this.


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[CharlieWayne]

Awesome stuff.

U have all the necessary hardware and atmosphere, but if u need an additional beta tester with 2 units, I'll be free for testing after 1 week or so.

Appreciate your efforts and contributions.

Charlie Wayne

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[AshaiRey]

@CharlieWayne,

By now you are the only one that i know of that is using more then one XAP unit so basicly i am implementing that for you..

[askme]

Just a quick note of support. And another tester if you want. HS3, 1 Xap800, Condensor mics, etc.

[LeoS]

I have 3 xap800 stuck in custom.. hopefully i'll get it before the end of the month

[AshaiRey]

Update.

I got the core functionality working now
- Control the units via native commands
- Control via ZMC script such as ON/OFF single room or all
- Support and control up to 96 outputs by name (64 when using XAP400 units)
- Support up to 8 mics (more will give you a hard time balancing it all)
- Automatic OFF events creation
- Speech to single rooms or all rooms
- Included device setup call so you don't have to make 90+ device by hand
- Now you can exclude parts of the script such as VR and/or Telco
- Should work with (X)AP800\400 units (only tested on XAP800)
- Added tons of debugging info
- Made also a psr file. That's a site settings file with all the settings for the configuration of 2 XAP800 units including English labels, strings and control macros
- And more...

What isn't working yet
- VR control (This is mostly due to some external scripts that needs to be changed)

- Telco control

Still to be done.
- Making a setup guide
- Zip package