Is aynone aware of a relatively low cost sound bar that can be controlled from Hubitat. Specifically I am interested in controlling the volume. Some variation of set volume to 10, which would always give the same volume level.
I asked a similar question in the node-red forum and was pointed to either the Sonos sound bar or to a receiver with attached speakers. I want to know if anyone knows of any other options. While controlling from Hubitat would be ideal I do also you know read and could control it from there if necessary.
I can kind of do this already using a harmony hub and kind dead reckoning by dialing down to 0 then stepping a set number of volume up commands. But because harmony has now way to know if the command was received and handled correctly it is imprecise.
The Samsung HW-MS650 is several years old, but still available on Amazon. See link below. There is a community developed integration (Samsung WIFI Speakers) (see second link below. Disclaimer - I am the author of the integration. Features:
Full control of Soundbar functions through Hubitat
Major Hubitat capabilities: Music Player, Audio Control, Audio Notification
Ability to set preset radio channels using soundbar-embedded apps or using URLs.
Ability to group with other Samsung Speakers.
Text-to-Speech with a message queue to assure messages do not interfere with each other
Mature integration that has improved and added functionality based on community feedback.