![]() ![]() You now have to configure the virtual output squeezebox device with the IP address of your lms server (will be the same as your ms4l machine) and then set up the mac address of the internal or external zone (can be got from the ms4l interface or from lms. i have a wall switch (mdt smart button II) which includes a play/pause, favourite and volume up/down buttons. To add further controls for a lms zone such as play, pause, fforward etc, you manually add a virtual output device and select squeezebox from the device template - the template includes loads of control functions that can be linked to loxones virtual outputs on the interface or via real inputs such as wall buttons linked to the lms virtual outputs. ![]() You can now add these virtual in/outs to your config, and they will display the relevant data in the config, and read the current volume/update the volume You make a note of the ID of each virtual i/o such as VT1 (virtual text 1) and feed these into the ms4l settings for the kitchen zone So for instance in the kitchen, you create 2 virtual text inputs, one for mode (play/pause etc) and the other 'now playing', a virtual input with a 0-100 for volume (reads current volume) and a virtual output 0-100 to control the volume No it doesnt detect it as a music server - you have to manually add the functions to loxone using virtual inputs/outputs It also has a spotify plugin so any user has access to that as well. The squeezebox server scans my itunes folder every few hours so the whole house has access to all my itunes music and playlists, which i use on a PC for easy music management. I used a reconditioned i7 dell laptop (ebay £240 with a year warranty)Ģ x usb sound card for 16 mono channels (£40)ġ2 ceiling speakers, 1 per room for 12 zonesĪ dayton audio multi-channel amp (same as loxones, but 60w/ch rather than 40w)6 stereo channels = 12 mono zones (£500)ĩ logitech hardware players (1 boom, 6 radios, 2 duets) - all from ebay around £70 per radio and £70-£100 per duet including hand remotes which are greatĪnd a long press on the kitchen light switch sends a text to speech message to a group of zones to tell everyone to come down for dinner - thats the best bit according to my wife. It uses cheap usb sound cards to create multiple zones - each can be mono, stereo or more channels, and links in with existing squeezebox hardware It also allows you to link idevices so i can play from my phone to a zone, and uses a line-in on the audio to play from my record deckĪnd it can use chromecast, airplay and dnla (sonos) devices as additional zone players so they all become integrated Its basically logitech/squeezebox with some software to give feedback to loxone such as volume, whats playing, mode etc and also has facilitites to integrate doorbell, text to speech etc Hidden carefully inside loxones music server is squeezebox with some custom wrapper.
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