C4Jockey Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 When I hit the "Execute" button the script in composer it works but the "Power On" event for the device will not execute the script. This worked when my primary controller was a HC-500 running 2.2.4. I am now using a HC-1000 as the primary with the HC-500 as the secondary, running 2.8.0. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Can you share a screenshot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lippavisual Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 What device are you using the Power On event from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C4Jockey Posted December 24, 2015 Author Share Posted December 24, 2015 Thanks for your responses, msgreenf and loppavisual! Enclosed is a screenshot. I created a generic device. All it does it route the zone 3 output from the receiver to an input on the audio matrix, which worked fine in 2.2.4. BUT, it doesn't matter what device I use. I can place the code on ANY device and it doesn't work. Like I said, it WILL work when you Execute the code in Composer. I can also create a button on Navigator to execute the code and it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 i would use when source in room is XXXX vs power on. Power on isn't always reliable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C4Jockey Posted December 24, 2015 Author Share Posted December 24, 2015 I will try that. So obviously, you would have to have a conditional statement for every room/zone you would want to use this device in? Doesn't sound very elegant! I'll let you know! Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C4Jockey Posted December 24, 2015 Author Share Posted December 24, 2015 Works like a charm! Thanks so much, you made my day! I have been screwing around with this for ever!!! Do you think this Power On reliability issue is a bug? Humm, maybe they will correct it in future revisions. Merry Christmas in Kentucky from a very green xmas in southern Ontario! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Lowe Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 the power on is only as realible as the feedback from the device. Basically unless it is a c4 audio video device you can't rely much on that kind of information every device is unique, this is typically the manufacturer not control4's fault. I would also encourage using a macro here so that you can copy and paste to multiple areas and just have one area to edit and make changes. also if you can tell us more about what you are looking to do there may be an easier way. it basically looks like you are trying to start spotify in one room but not another? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 52 minutes ago, Matt Lowe said: the power on is only as realible as the feedback from the device. Basically unless it is a c4 audio video device you can't rely much on that kind of information every device is unique, this is typically the manufacturer not control4's fault. I would also encourage using a macro here so that you can copy and paste to multiple areas and just have one area to edit and make changes. also if you can tell us more about what you are looking to do there may be an easier way. it basically looks like you are trying to start spotify in one room but not another? Matt nailed it! It's about the driver, not about c4. The driver probably doesn't know power state properly And I agree, use a macro. they are the best way to reuse code! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C4Jockey Posted December 24, 2015 Author Share Posted December 24, 2015 I want to have a path for Spotify in every room. This solution works great. Thanks for the tip on a macro. In this case it's not a big deal as it is only a few lines and I only have 12 audio zones but I can appreciate the power and convenience of a macro for a large amount of code. Thanks again everybody! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Lowe Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 what is spotify being fed from. if the connections are setup control 4 should automatically make spotify an option in each room on its own Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C4Jockey Posted December 24, 2015 Author Share Posted December 24, 2015 Spotify does show up as an option in each room. It is fed from Zone 3 of my receiver. I have enclosed a screenshot of what I did. You would have to have the code for every room if I interpreted your solution correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Lowe Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 yea something is still not right here. is spotify being fed from sonos? what you are doing is not intuitive it sounds like some bindings are not set up correctly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C4Jockey Posted December 26, 2015 Author Share Posted December 26, 2015 Hi Matt, I do see where you are coming from. Nothing to do with Sonos. Here is what's happening... The key is the only way to select Spotify on my receiver is to initiate it from an external device, e.g. iPad, PC. When you do that, Spotify plays on the the receivers Main Zone. I have created a "virtual dummy device driver" with an input an an output (Audio Matrix and receiver Zone3 respectively). When I turn on "Spotify" from the navigator, the programming turns on Zone 3 and turns off the main zone on the receiver. When I turn off "Spotify" from the navigator, the programming turns off Zone 3. I don't know why Denon handles Spotify this way. Does this make sense? Thanks again for your input! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Lowe Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 makes much more sense now! this will be much harder to program then as we are relying on the denon for proper feedback. and this will be your problem. i would do this programming under the device variable when power state changes if spotify1 is not selected in family room turn on zone 3 turn off main zone this will only work as well as the feedback from the device driver. Honestly upgrade to 2.8 and use Deezer, i switched and havent looked back, pm me for a free 30day trial and discounts or of course built in rhapsody tunein pandora or tidal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfh Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 How are you using Deezer? When I go to the page it says it's not available here (the US) yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Lowe Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 With 2.8 it is an additional driver that can be installed and played from your home controllers for speaking points Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfh Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Let me rephrase the question - what benefit is it to me to install a Deezer driver if I can't create a Deezer account to use it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Lowe Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Deezer is available in the us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfh Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 When I go to the website, all I get is a "Coming Soon" page with an opportunity to give my email to be notified when it is available in my country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totaleclips205 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 On 12/26/2015 at 4:16 PM, jfh said: When I go to the website, all I get is a "Coming Soon" page with an opportunity to give my email to be notified when it is available in my country. I get the same thing i was told you have to have a Sonos account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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