Chromecast CAPI help

[tmassano]

Hello,

I have an event that runs every hour, plays BigBen sounds.

But it seems the Google Speakers stay connected, and I can't stream to the speaker from my iPhone.

I have to disconnect the device, I then can stream to the speaker from my iPhone.

I want to create a script that will run a disconnect after each BigBen event, but I cannot get it to work.
( I have 14 speakers/Chromecast, so I want one script that I can call from multiple events.)

hs.CAPIControlHandler(hs.CAPIGetSingleControl(2851,True,"0", False,False))

Root deviceID 2850
Connection deviceID 2851

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you,
Tom

[mik3]

Hello,

I have an event that runs every hour, plays BigBen sounds.

But it seems the Google Speakers stay connected, and I can't stream to the speaker from my iPhone.

I have to disconnect the device, I then can stream to the speaker from my iPhone.

I want to create a script that will run a disconnect after each BigBen event, but I cannot get it to work.
( I have 14 speakers/Chromecast, so I want one script that I can call from multiple events.)

hs.CAPIControlHandler(hs.CAPIGetSingleControl(2851,True,"0", False,False))

Root deviceID 2850
Connection deviceID 2851

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you,
Tom

Sorry, I don't want to take this off topic. Are the BigBen Sounds chimes? Where can I get these from?

[tmassano]

I got mine from here https://www.soundsnap.com/tags/big_ben

[tmassano]

Spud, no recommendations on writing a script to disconnect the Google devices?

[spud]

Not sure to understand why you would need to disconnect the plugin from the Chromecast, you shouldn't have to do that.

Anyway here is some C# code that should do what you want:

                CAPI.CAPIControl[] controls = hs.CAPIGetControlEx(2851, false);
                CAPI.CAPIControl control = Array.Find(controls, c => c.ControlValue == 0);
                hs.CAPIControlHandler(control);

[tmassano]

Thank you Spud, I will give this a try.

Yes, it makes no sense, and I'm sure its a Google bug, not yours.

I play tones every hour.
The plugging stays connected

If I try to cast music from my phone to a speaker, it tells me something went wrong.
If I try to cast music from my phone to a Display, it gives me a 101 Error.
This is from Spotify or SiriusXM on my iPhone.

If I cast to a group of speakers, it works.

If I reboot the speaker, I have a small window to connect my phone, before HS connects. Once HS connects, I cannot from my phone.

Always, if I disconnect the HS plugin, I have no issues.

Thanks again,
Tom