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What are the features in this update for exactly? Controlling devices from BA1? Like… lighting perhaps?
One way I would use that for example is to change my speaker preset automatically for the evening – using a lower bass preset for the neighbors 😉 I know I can already do that via HTTP but if I can do it via my Home Assistant installation that would be even better. But I don’t think I can right now, it doesn’t support changing presets yet I guess.
When I play vinyl, I like to turn off BA1 processing using the “Bypass” option. I currently do this via a batch file which executes the http link via cURL. I’ll experiment to see if can get the assistant to do that.
I remember several years ago now, on one of Leif’s YouTube videos that has since gone hidden, he was controlling the lighting of Hue (or equivalent) colored bulbs from an audio processor. Most visualization methods don’t take the processing into account and introduce synchronization issues. It would indeed be cool to animate my whole house when I want to throw a party or get really
REDACTED, in case that’s what this is laying the groundwork for.I got HomeAssistant to set my speaker preset by using REST plugin. I’ve included this to my configuration.yaml file and I can then use it in scripts or automations:
rest_command: baone_bore_speaker_normal: url: "http etc" method: GET baone_bore_speaker_low_bass: url: "http etc" method: GETMaybe you can use that instead of your batch file and have Google Assistant to switch it back and forth for you 😉
Interesting approach. I must experiment more. I have an Auto Hot Key (AHK) script which does a few things on my playout system, including Stop, Pause, Next Track, Previous Track etc and I have added a button to toggle Bypass on/off to that panel.
This is the code to turn Bypass On.
REM Set Bypass Processing option to ON curl --silent --output nul http://OTSBOX:8282/parameter/hd1/proc/bypass_proxy=1and Off.
REM Set Bypass Processing option to OFF curl --silent --output nul http://OTSBOX:8282/parameter/hd1/proc/bypass_proxy=0I gave BA1 a try again with HA discovery and it works fine now, I don’t know why I couldn’t see it before.
That way I was able to export the Speaker Preset Name so I can automatically adjust the preset depending on the current time, using the Selector action instead of calling the API via HTTP, which is cleaner.
I can’t connect to the SSL version of the broker though, I’m stuck with “normal broker”, which I guess is normal.
Nah it’s local only, there’s no firewall between BA1 and my broker, I think BA1 simply can’t talk SSL which is fine. I tend to use SSL whenever I can if available but since it’s on my local network it’s fine I guess 😉
Version 3:32:48 is available on their new website.
- https://www.breakawaysoftware.com
Just a minor tweak if you refer to the release notes.
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