IP / Serial Plugin for HS3 (by "drule") - Discussion Thread

[simonmason]

OK, I see what has happened. The data coming back from the Russound contains CRLFs. I'll have to make to change to convert these into Chr(13) and Chr(10). Will try that a bit later.

Drule - did you ever have a chance to look at this? I am still throwing errors all of the time in the log. I don't think (?) is impacting my comms with the Russound devices as they are so verbose that they often repeatedly feed information. But who knows?

[law2599]

I'm trying to get control of my projector and other media room equipment through Homeseer. I have the projector connected to a Global Cache GC-100-12 on the serial port. I discovered the drule plugin and thought it would be a good way to create the interface with Homeseer. However, when I try to install the plugin using the executable file, I get an error message stating that it "could not load file or assembly HomeseerAPI ... or one of its dependencies." Then I read that the HomeseerAPI was being deprecated. Is there an option for me to get this plugin going, or is there another similar plugin recommended for IP to serial control from Homeseer?

[avpman]

Looks like last released version was .31. I have a special version for debugging - hence the log file.

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[simonmason]

Looks like last released version was .31. I have a special version for debugging - hence the log file.

[avpman]

It's in the logs folder. But I did try a couple of different versions of the plugin in the past trying to diagnose some errors so I might have a version running that produces (larger) logs? I am running 0.0.0.32

There is no log file for that plugin in my logs folder. Hmmm...

[simonmason]

It's in the logs folder. But I did try a couple of different versions of the plugin in the past trying to diagnose some errors so I might have a version running that produces (larger) logs? I am running 0.0.0.32

[avpman]

I just noticed my log file for the plugin is over 12 GB. I don't see any options to change log level? So I went ahead and deleted and then restarted. If there is an option please let me know otherwise will need to monitor this. Thanks.

Hi,
Where did you find the log located? Seems plugin logs are in different places from each other.
Thanks

[simonmason]

I just noticed my log file for the plugin is over 12 GB. I don't see any options to change log level? So I went ahead and deleted and then restarted. If there is an option please let me know otherwise will need to monitor this. Thanks.

[avpman]

I can only say that it is still working fine for me. As mentioned above, I think that this plug-in was always a manual install.

Ditto. Fortunately, it still continues to work well without error for me.

[joegr]

Hi guys,

I have used this plugin for years, but now when I try to initialize the plugin I get this error:

"WARNING: Failed getting InterfaceStatus from drhsIpPlugIn - the interface was not found in the list of active interfaces, the list may need to be refreshed."

Also it can no longer be found on the list of available plugins (the lower section of the plugin manager screen).

Is it no longer supported/available??

Thanks in advance for any help

Dennis
HS3 pro

I can only say that it is still working fine for me. As mentioned above, I think that this plug-in was always a manual install.

[Rupp]

Hi guys,

I have used this plugin for years, but now when I try to initialize the plugin I get this error:

"WARNING: Failed getting InterfaceStatus from drhsIpPlugIn - the interface was not found in the list of active interfaces, the list may need to be refreshed."

Also it can no longer be found on the list of available plugins (the lower section of the plugin manager screen).

Is it no longer supported/available??

Thanks in advance for any help

Dennis
HS3 pro

Was this ever in the updater. I think it's only available here:
https://forums.homeseer.com/forum/de...le#post1132517

[MrWassen]

Hi guys,

I have used this plugin for years, but now when I try to initialize the plugin I get this error:

"WARNING: Failed getting InterfaceStatus from drhsIpPlugIn - the interface was not found in the list of active interfaces, the list may need to be refreshed."

Also it can no longer be found on the list of available plugins (the lower section of the plugin manager screen).

Is it no longer supported/available??

Thanks in advance for any help

Dennis
HS3 pro

[Bobone]

Great plugin!!! Thanks!
A quick question:
Is it possible to indicate a range of ipaddresses or comma separate them in the “Connections” tab. E.g I have several sources that could run the same script.

[drule]

OK, I see what has happened. The data coming back from the Russound contains CRLFs. I'll have to make to change to convert these into Chr(13) and Chr(10). Will try that a bit later.

[simonmason]

ok, I gave this a shot. I pulled one of the snippets from the log file at the time stamp that I got an error in the log. Unfortunately it didn't like the code and threw all sorts of errors, I copied only the first part and the code snippet afterwards.

Feb-16 20:36:40

Error

Compiling script C:\Program Files (x86)\HomeSeer HS3\scripts\test_drhsplugin.vb: 'S' is not declared. It may be inaccessible due to its protection level.

Feb-16 20:36:40

Error

Compiling script C:\Program Files (x86)\HomeSeer HS3\scripts\test_drhsplugin.vb: Method arguments must be enclosed in parentheses.

Feb-16 20:36:40

Error

Compiling script C:\Program Files (x86)\HomeSeer HS3\scripts\test_drhsplugin.vb: 'N' is not declared. It may be inaccessible due to its protection level.

Feb-16 20:36:40

Error

Compiling script C:\Program Files (x86)\HomeSeer HS3\scripts\test_drhsplugin.vb: String constants must end with a double quote.

Feb-16 20:36:40

Error

Compiling script C:\Program Files (x86)\HomeSeer HS3\scripts\test_drhsplugin.vb: Namespace or type specified in the Imports 'System.Core' doesn't contain any public member or cannot be found. Make sure the namespace or the type is defined and contains at least one public member. Make sure the imported element name doesn't use any aliases.

Sub Main()
Dim AsciiData As String = "S
N S[1].name="Media Streamer"
N S[1].type="Russound Media Streamer"
N S[1].Support.favoritesV2="TRUE"
N S[1].Support.MM.longList="TRUE"
N S[1].Support.MM.restoreOption="TRUE"
N S[1].Support.availableControls="TRUE"
N S[1].Support.trackTime="TRUE"
N S[1].Support.playTime="TRUE"
N S[1].Support.playerData="TRUE"
N S[1].channelName="036 Alt Nation"
N S[1].coverArtURL="http://albumart.siriusxm.com/albumart/0030/GDCA-105053531-001_m.jpg"
N S[1].channelArtURL="http://pri.art.prod.streaming.siriusxm.com/images/channel/20180725/altnation-1-31-00-180x180.png"
N S[1].mode="SiriusXM"
N S[1].shuffleMode="OFF"
N S[1].repeatMode="OFF"
N S[1].volume="25"
N S[1].rating="UNKNOWN"
N S[1].playlistName="Rock"
N S[1].artistName="All Time Low/blackbear"
N S[1].albumName="Wake Up Sunshine"
N S[1].songName="Monsters"
N S[1].availableControls="{"contextMenu":false,"dislike":false,"li ke":false,"next":false,"pause":false,"play":true,"previous": false,"repeat":false,"seekBack":false,"seekForward":false,"s eekTime":false,"seekTrack":false,"shuffle":false,"stop":true }"
N S[1].trackTime="0"
N S[1].playTime="8586"
N S[1].playerData="{"breadCrumbs":"","mimeType":2186088,"mode":5," playId":"","rootPath":"0","title":"Rock","type":"","url":{"c ontrol":"play","mediaRoles":{"audioType":"audioBroadcast","c ontext":{},"description":"New Alternative Rock","icon":"http://pri.art.prod.streaming.siriusxm.com/images/channel/20180725/altnation-1-31-00-180x180.png","id":"036","mediaData":{"metaData":{"contentPla yContextPath":"sirius:playContext?name=Alt%20Nation&siriusChannelNo=36&id=altnation &genre=rock","genre":"Rock","live":true,"playLogicPath":"sir ius:/PlayLogic","serviceID":"sirius"},"resources":[{"httpTimeout":120,"mimeType":"audio/mp4","uri":"http://localhost:8080/api/stream/sirius:altnation;goLive"}]},"path":"sirius:altnation","title":"036 Alt Nation","type":"audio"}},"useUrl":true}"
N S[1].sampleRate="44100"
N S[1].bitDepth="32"
N S[1].bitRate="256001"
N S[1].format="MPEG-4 AAC"
N S[1].playStatus="playing"
S
N S[1].playTime="8587""
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Dim ObjectArray(3) As Object
ObjectArray(0) = "Russound-CHA2"
ObjectArray(1) = "192.168.2.167:9621"
ObjectArray(2) = AsciiData
ObjectArray(3) = BinaryData

hs.RunScriptFunc("Russound_MPX_2_Incoming.vb", "Main", ObjectArray, False, False)
End Sub