Sonos Binding

This binding integrates the Sonos Multi-Room Audio system (opens new window).

Attention: You might run into trouble if your control system (the binding) is in another subnet than your Sonos device. Sonos devices make use of multicast which in most cases needs additional router configuration outside of a single subnet. If you observe communication errors (COMMUNICATION_ERROR/not registered), you might need to configure your router to increase the TTL of the packets send by your Sonos device. This happens because of a TTL=1 for ALIVE packets send by Sonos devices, resulting in dropped packets after one hop.

Supported Things

All available Sonos (playback) devices are supported by this binding. This includes the One, OneSL, Play:1, Play:3, Play:5, Connect, Connect:Amp, Port, Amp, Playbar, Playbase, Beam and Sub. The Bridge and Boost are not supported, but these devices do only have an auxiliary role in the Sonos network and do not have any playback capability. All supported Sonos devices are registered as an audio sink in the framework.

When being defined in a *.things file, the specific thing types One, OneSL, PLAY1, PLAY3, PLAY5, PLAYBAR, PLAYBASE, Beam, CONNECT, CONNECTAMP, Port and Amp should be used.

Please note that these thing types are case sensitive (you need to define them exactly as stated above).

Discovery

The Sonos devices are discovered through UPnP in the local network and all devices are put in the Inbox. Beware that all Sonos devices have to be added to the local Sonos installation as described in the Sonos setup procedure, e.g. through the Sonos Controller software or smartphone app.

Binding Configuration

The binding has the following configuration options, which can be set for "binding:sonos":

Parameter	Name	Description	Required
opmlUrl	OPML Service URL	URL for the OPML/tunein.com service	no
callbackUrl	Callback URL	URL to use for playing notification sounds, e.g. http://192.168.0.2:8080 (opens new window)	no

Thing Configuration

The Sonos Thing requires the UPnP UDN (Unique Device Name) as a configuration value in order for the binding to know how to access it. All the Sonos UDN have the "RINCON_000E58D8403A0XXXX" format (value to be found via Sonos item in the Inbox). Additionally, a refresh interval, used to poll the Sonos device, can be specified (in seconds). You can use the notificationVolume property for setting a default volume (in percent) to be used to play notifications. In the thing file, this looks e.g. like

Thing sonos:PLAY1:1 [udn="RINCON_000E58D8403A0XXXX", refresh=60, notificationVolume=25]

Channels

The devices support the following channels:

Channel Type ID	Item Type	Access Mode	Description	Thing types
add	String	W	Add the given Zone Player to the group of this Zone Player	all
alarm	Switch	W	Set the first occurring alarm either ON or OFF. Alarms first have to be defined through the Sonos Controller app	all
alarmproperties	String	R	Properties of the alarm currently running	all
alarmrunning	Switch	R	Set to ON if the alarm was triggered	all
clearqueue	Switch	W	Suppress all songs from the current queue	all
control	Player	RW	Control the Zone Player, e.g. PLAY/PAUSE/NEXT/PREVIOUS	all
coordinator	String	R	UDN of the coordinator for the current group	all
currentalbum	String	R	Name of the album currently playing	all
currentalbumart	Image	R	Cover art of the album currently playing	all
currentalbumarturl	String	R	Cover art URL of the album currently playing	all
currentartist	String	R	Name of the artist currently playing	all
currenttitle	String	R	Title of the song currently playing	all
currenttrack	String	R	Name of the current track or radio station currently playing	all
currenttrackuri	String	R	URI of the current track	all
currenttransporturi	String	R	URI of the current AV transport	all
favorite	String	W	Play the given favorite entry. The favorite entry has to be predefined in the Sonos Controller app	all
led	Switch	RW	Set or get the status of the white LED on the front of the Zone Player	all
linein	Switch	R	Indicator set to ON when the line-in of the Zone Player is connected	PLAY5, CONNECT, CONNECTAMP, PLAYBAR, PLAYBASE, Beam, Port
analoglinein	Switch	R	Indicator set to ON when the analog line-in of the Zone Player is connected	Amp
digitallinein	Switch	R	Indicator set to ON when the digital line-in of the Zone Player is connected	Amp
localcoordinator	Switch	R	Indicator set to ON if the this Zone Player is the Zone Group Coordinator	all
mute	Switch	RW	Set or get the mute state of the master volume of the Zone Player	all
nightmode	Switch	RW	Enable or disable the night mode feature	PLAYBAR, PLAYBASE, Beam, Amp
notificationsound	String	W	Play a notification sound by a given URI	all
playlinein	String	W	This channel supports playing the audio source connected to the line-in of the zoneplayer identified by the Thing UID or UPnP UDN provided by the String.	All
playlist	String	W	Play the given playlist. The playlist has to predefined in the Sonos Controller app	all
playqueue	Switch	W	Play the songs from the current queue	all
playtrack	Number	W	Play the given track number from the current queue	all
playuri	String	W	Play the given URI	all
publicaddress	Switch	W	Put all Zone Players in one group, and stream audio from the line-in from the Zone Player that triggered the command	all except Amp
publicanalogaddress	Switch	W	Put all Zone Players in one group, and stream audio from the analog line-in from the Zone Player that triggered the command	Amp
publicdigitaladdress	Switch	W	Put all Zone Players in one group, and stream audio from the digital line-in from the Zone Player that triggered the command	Amp
radio	String	W	Play the given radio station. The radio station has to be predefined in the Sonos Controller app	all
remove	String	W	Remove the given Zone Player from the group of this Zone Player	all
repeat	String	RW	Repeat the track or queue playback. The accepted values are OFF, ONE and ALL	all
restore	Switch	W	Restore the state of the Zone Player	all
restoreall	Switch	W	Restore the state of all the Zone Players	all
save	Switch	W	Save the state of the Zone Player	all
saveall	Switch	W	Save the state of all the Zone Players	all
shuffle	Switch	RW	Shuffle the queue playback	all
sleeptimer	Number	RW	Set/show the duration of the SleepTimer in seconds	all
snooze	Number	W	Snooze the running alarm, if any, with the given number of minutes	all
speechenhancement	Switch	RW	Enable or disable the speech enhancement feature	PLAYBAR, PLAYBASE, Beam, One, Amp
standalone	Switch	W	Make the Zone Player leave its Group and become a standalone Zone Player	all
state	String	R	The State channel contains state of the Zone Player, e.g. PLAYING, STOPPED, ...	all
stop	Switch	W	Write ON to this channel: Stops the Zone Player player.	all
tuneinstationid	String	RW	Provide the current TuneIn station id or play the TuneIn radio given by its station id	all
volume	Dimmer	RW	Set or get the master volume of the Zone Player	all
zonegroupid	String	R	Id of the Zone Group the Zone Player belongs to	all
zonename	String	R	Name of the Zone associated to the Zone Player	all

The playline channel accepts as command either the thing UID or the UPnP UDN. Note that you can prefix your command value with "Analog," or "Digital," to distinguish the line-in of your Sonos device. This is useful for the Sonos Amp in particular.

Audio Support

All supported Sonos devices are registered as an audio sink in the framework. Audio streams are treated as notifications, i.e. they are fed into the notificationsound channel. The notificationsound channel change the volume of the audio sink to the value defined in the notificationVolume property of the thing and restores it after finished playing. Note that the Sonos binding has a limit of 20 seconds for notification sounds. Any sound that is longer than that will be cut off.

URL audio streams (e.g. an Internet radio stream) are an exception and do not get sent to the notificationsound channel. Instead, these will be sent to the playuri channel.

Full Example

demo.things:

Thing sonos:PLAY1:living [ udn="RINCON_000E58D8403A0XXXX", refresh=60]

demo.items:

Group Sonos <player>

Player Sonos_Controller   "Controller"                          (Sonos) {channel="sonos:PLAY1:living:control"}
Dimmer Sonos_Volume       "Volume [%.1f %%]" <soundvolume>      (Sonos) {channel="sonos:PLAY1:living:volume"}
Switch Sonos_Mute         "Mute"             <soundvolume_mute> (Sonos) {channel="sonos:PLAY1:living:mute"}
Switch Sonos_LED          "LED"              <switch>           (Sonos) {channel="sonos:PLAY1:living:led"}
String Sonos_CurrentTrack "Now playing [%s]" <text>             (Sonos) {channel="sonos:PLAY1:living:currenttrack"}
String Sonos_State        "Status [%s]"      <text>             (Sonos) {channel="sonos:PLAY1:living:state"}

demo.sitemap:

sitemap demo label="Main Menu"
{
		Frame label="Sonos" {
			Default item=Sonos_Controller
			Slider  item=Sonos_Volume
			Switch  item=Sonos_Mute
			Switch  item=Sonos_LED
			Text    item=Sonos_CurrentTrack		
			Text    item=Sonos_State
		}
}

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