Denon AVR Control Driver. May 2023, new functions

abuttino · May 24, 2023, 10:56pm

Thanks to all that helped make this but it was not quite finished. Great start.

Original Thread:

I didn't especially like the lack of options available in the built-in version so, I finished this.

I have added:
Dynamic Volume
Dynamic Range Compression (fixed title)
Quick Selects
CinemaEQ

Changed some input values.

abuttino/Hubitat-Custom/blob/master/drivers/denon-avr-master.groovy

import groovy.json.*;
import org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.metaclass.*;

def NAME = "Denon AVR Master Device";
def NAME_SPACE = "Denon AVR";
def TYPE = "Main";


metadata {
    
    definition(name: NAME, namespace: NAME_SPACE, author: "Thomas Howard") {        
        capability "Refresh"
		capability "Actuator"
          
        deviceSetup(TYPE); 
        if (device) {
            updateDataValue("type", TYPE);
        }
    }

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Enjoy.

abuttino · May 24, 2023, 10:58pm

If you have any others you'd like me to add from this list:

Let me know.

marktheknife · May 24, 2023, 11:10pm

Zone 3 as a child device?

So far the avr master device is working fine with the new code.

Thanks for resurrecting it .

abuttino · May 24, 2023, 11:27pm

I'll look at the child drivers for zone 2 & 3. Shouldn't be that hard, however I have nothing to test z3 with.

halfrican.ak · May 24, 2023, 11:49pm

@abuttino does this driver deal with telnet disconnects better than the stock driver? I noticed it doesn't have an "initialize" command which is what we needed to get it reconnected if the connection dropped?

abuttino · May 25, 2023, 12:05am

Probably not, I will add the initialize command a little later.

I noticed @ogiewon had made a comment on the original thread about having 'initialize'.

Truthfully, I was more excited about getting the new functions working.

abuttino · May 25, 2023, 12:29am

It's fixed. It was already there, just spelled wrong.

Looking at the Z2 child device to see what's needed to make it available for z3

abuttino · May 25, 2023, 7:59pm

Good news, bad news situation.

Of all the things I'm not very well versed in; child devices.

I am sure I can learn it fairly easily but it requires first hand testing.

My S720 was a starter unit. Wanted to see what Denon really had to offer over Pioneer.

I have been searching for something with multiple zones and pre-outs. It's just a matter of time until I get something.

If I can duplicate it for zone 2, it's going to be easy to write it for 3.

If you need immediate remedy, I can get your instant message address and we can work together on it. The first would be getting the code for zone 2 on your Hubitat and seeing if it works at all.

A lot of things available on the child device are not supposed to be available (which I saw on the word doc posted above). To that end, I could at least make sure those are taken out.

Groovy is a very easy language to understand so, it just takes reading it through to figure out how each variable is assigned.

Let me know.