PANDORA SONOS Support

[scotthpdx]

Hey all,

I posted back in 2010 to see if there was support for Pandora. I want to be able to just start a Pandora station I created.

Does the 3P or PI Sonos plug in do that? I do not see any posts on the topic on either forum.

Scotthdpx

[tenholde]

Yes, Pandora is supported. I just went to the HS web page, clicked of OFFICE button for my office sonos player and started my Pandora Adele channel.

tenholde

[mfisher]

Yep, the plugin definitely lets you play Pandora stations. Here's a sample immediate scripting command you can use from an event to play the Bruno Mars station on the 'Master Bedroom' player:

&hs.runex "SonosController.vb", "PlayRadioStation", "Master Bedroom;Pandora - Bruno Mars Radio"

Please note that the station MUST be entered exactly as it appears in the Sonos Player.

Here's the immediate script command I use to start all of my Sonos devices playing when the house becomes occupied. I have the 'Master Bedroom' Sonos device setup as my group master and all the other Sonos devices are slaved to that device. I use a HS device (z1) to store a list of "radio stations", and the currently selected station is what is played:

&hs.runex "SonosController.vb", "PlayRadioStation", "Master Bedroom;Pandora - " & hs.DeviceString("z1") & " Radio"

"SonosController.vb" is a program included with the plugin install.
"PlayRadioStation" is the command to execute
"Master Bedroom;Pandora - " & hs.DeviceString("z1") & " Radio" is the Sonos device to command ; the 'station' to play.

[dcorsus]

just one note: the PI learns the radio stations, so make sure you have the "learn radio station" option selected in the PI config screen and at least play the radio station once to get it in the music DB. After that, you should be able to use scripting or events/actions to play any learned channel.
Dirk

[scotthpdx]

I think I am running some old SONOS.vbh interface. It is called the Sonos Script Library or something like that. SRSL???? It has been a long time since I played with the Sonos part of my system.

[dcorsus]

I think I am running some old SONOS.vbh interface. It is called the Sonos Script Library or something like that. SRSL???? It has been a long time since I played with the Sonos part of my system.

This PI has nothing to do with the script, that's work from a different author.
Dirk