homestar-denon-avr

Connect and control Denon AVR(s) with HomeStar and IOTDB.

See the samples for details how to add to your project, particularly model.js and iotdb.js.

Quick Start

Set the TV to channel 3 (see the examples for more! really!)

$ npm install -g homestar ## with 'sudo' if error
$ homestar setup
$ homestar install homestar-denon-avr
$ node
>>> iotdb = require('iotdb')
>>> iot = iotdb.iot()
>>> things = iot.connect("DenonAVR")
>>> things.set(":volume", 0.5)
>>>

Raspberry Pi

If this does not install, make sure to run this command

sudo apt-get install libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev avahi-utils

About

This bridge will allow you to:

• set volume, band, sound mode, and on (power)
• get same
• connect to Denon AVR using specified host
• connect to Denon AVR by mDNS / Bounjour discovery (default)

Parameters

If you want to add more controls, it should be fairly straight forward. See the docs folder.

• volume: number between 0 and 1
• band: Denon AVR "Select Input" band (see below)
• sound_mode: Denon AVR Sound Mode (see below)
• on: true or false

e.g.

{
    "volume": 0.18,
    "band": "MEDIA",
    "sound_mode": "MCH STEREO",
    "on": true
}

Bands

Not all Denon AVRs support all these bands. Future versions of this bridge will support some sort of standardized value like iot-attribute:band.phono, etc..

• PHONO
• CD
• TUNER
• DVD
• BD
• TV
• SAT/CBL
• DVR
• GAME
• GAME2
• V.AUX
• DOCK
• HDRADIO
• IPOD
• SI
• RHAPSODY
• NAPSTER
• PANDORA
• LASTFM
• FLICKR
• FAVORITES
• IRADIO
• SERVER
• USB/IPOD
• USB
• IPD
• IRP
• FVP

Sound Modes

Depends on Denon AVR model. Examples of Sound Modes:

• DIRECT
• PURE DIRECT
• STEREO
• STANDARD
• DOLBY DIGITAL
• DTS SUROUND
• MCH STEREO
• ROCK ARENA
• JAZZ CLUB
• MONO MOVIE
• MATRIX
• VIDEO GAME
• VIRTUAL