Announcement

**dcorsus** · November 5, 2010, 10:12 AM

Originally posted by w0012979 View Post

To fix this, is there a way to create the script so that the Sonos is linked and wait until both the chime and announcement are done and then unlink the Sonos?

There is a way to do this through scripting. Instead of using the spreakerproxy function of the plug-in, you would actually not use Speaker proxy at all (that means either turn flag of, or not use the special prefix or special device code).
Your script would trigger a device action which is "Link - xxxx" which is a button under the UPNP Master device
Then your script has to wait for LinkgroupState to become true. You do this by calling the SonosTTSWait.vb (which the installer put on your PC in the hsroot\Scripts directory) and call the Function WaitForTTS function. The function will return as soon as the plug-in has established the linked configuration (alternatively you can just add a wait to your script). Now you do all the speaker actions that you would like to do. Once done you generate one more event which is the Unlinking of the TTS zone.

What will be more user friendly is that I allow Multiple actions to be grouped in one SpeakerEx command so the plug-in will play them sequentially. Multiple actions for example separated by a "|" character. I'll add it to the list of feature requests

Originally posted by w0012979 View Post

Note. I noticed if the zone player is muted the announcement would be muted also. That is why I use the command for All zones mute off. Is there a command to just turn off the mute on the zone player that is doing the announcement?
Deon

I thought about this one to, but decided that if the zone is muted, the user doesn't want music neither announcements. There is a unmute-all button which you can call from a script. Now the trick is when to call it. If you were to script everything as above, you can call unmute after the link operating, then do the announcements. If you now activate the Unlink function, remember the plug-in will store state as before the Link action was done, that means that any zone that was initially muted will (should :-)) go back to mute.
I can see another configurable option here to "overrule" a muted zone or not but as I wrote, I can see people creating scripts, events and actions but then when they want to exclude a zone, they can just mute it and the zone will not be disturbed by anything as opposed to changing the configuration each time

Dirk

**w0012979** · November 5, 2010, 08:36 PM

I have done this. Thanks. It seems to work ok but I get an error in the log. What does it mean?

05/11/2010 10:08:13 PM Event Event Trigger "Garage door unlocked"
05/11/2010 10:08:13 PM Device Control Device: Sonos SONOSCONTROLLER Music UPNP Master ([1) Value set to 3
05/11/2010 10:08:13 PM Device Control Device: Sonos SONOSCONTROLLER Music UPNP Master ([1) Value set to 6
05/11/2010 10:08:13 PM Event Running script in background: SonosTTSWait.vb
05/11/2010 10:08:13 PM Error 1 Running script SonosTTSWait.vb :method not found
05/11/2010 10:08:13 PM SONOSCONTROLLER SetIOEx called for SONOSCONTROLLER Sonos Music UPNP Master, Cmd=19
05/11/2010 10:08:13 PM SONOSCONTROLLER SetIOEx called for SONOSCONTROLLER Sonos Music UPNP Master, Cmd=19
05/11/2010 10:08:13 PM SONOSCONTROLLER HandleLinking called with LinkgroupName = TTS and OnEvent = True
05/11/2010 10:08:14 PM SONOSCONTROLLER HandleLinking done with LinkgroupName = TTS and OnEvent = True
05/11/2010 10:08:18 PM TTS Speak ()

lease lock the garage door
05/11/2010 10:08:20 PM SONOSCONTROLLER SetIOEx called for SONOSCONTROLLER Sonos Music UPNP Master, Cmd=19
05/11/2010 10:08:20 PM SONOSCONTROLLER HandleLinking called with LinkgroupName = TTS and OnEvent = False
05/11/2010 10:08:20 PM Device Control Device: Sonos SONOSCONTROLLER Music UPNP Master ([1) Value set to 7
05/11/2010 10:08:37 PM SONOSCONTROLLER HandleLinking done with LinkgroupName = TTS and OnEvent = False

Event action:

Device Command:
Sonos SONOSCONTROLLER Music UPNP Master Value Set set to All Zones Mute Off
Device Command:
Sonos SONOSCONTROLLER Music UPNP Master Value Set set to Link-TTS
Run script:
SonosTTSWait.vb
Speak and wait:
D:\shares\Music\Pre_announcement chimes\timbre1.wav
Speak and wait:
please lock the garage door
Device Command:
Sonos SONOSCONTROLLER Music UPNP Master Value Set set to Unlink-TTS

Deon

**dcorsus** · November 5, 2010, 10:42 PM

Originally posted by w0012979 View Post

I have done this. Thanks. It seems to work ok but I get an error in the log. What does it mean?

05/11/2010 10:08:13 PM Error 1 Running script SonosTTSWait.vb :method not found

Deon,

the script needs an input as to the Method. Your screen should look something like this and I would reverse your mute command with the ttson so you will go back to the original state after TTS, including muting zones

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**dcorsus** · November 5, 2010, 11:21 PM

Originally posted by w0012979 View Post

I have setup Sonos to play a pre-announcement chime before ever announcement message.
is there a way to create the script so that the Sonos is linked and wait until both the chime and announcement are done and then unlink the Sonos?

Deon,

if you can wait, I have already added to v 1.0.0.36 the capability to pass a concatenated string into the speakerproxy and then the plug-in will link, play or say each piece of announcement and when all announcements are done, unlink. I wanted to add a few more things before I release v1.0.0.36 but if you cannot wait email me and I'll email you an updated dll.

Dirk

Announcement

pre-announcement chime, link and unlink

pre-announcement chime, link and unlink

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