Monoprice Whole House Audio Binding

This binding can be used to control a Monoprice MPR-SG6Z (10761), Monoprice Passive Matrix (39261) & Dayton Audio DAX66 whole house multi-zone amplifier system. All amplifier functions available through the serial port interface can be controlled by the binding. Up to 18 zones can be controlled when 3 amps are connected together (if not all zones on the amp are used they can be excluded via configuration). Activating the 'Page All Zones' feature can only be done through the +12v trigger input on the back of the amplifier.

The binding supports two different kinds of connections:

• serial connection,
• serial over IP connection

For users without a serial port on the server side, you can use a USB to serial adapter.

You don't need to have your whole house amplifier device directly connected to your openHAB server. Some newer versions of the amplifier have a built-in ethernet port that supports serial over IP. Or you can connect it for example to a Raspberry Pi and use ser2net Linux tool (opens new window) to make the serial connection available on the LAN (serial over IP).

Supported Things

There is exactly one supported thing type, which represents the amplifier controller. It has the amplifier id.

Discovery

Discovery is not supported. You have to add all things manually.

Binding Configuration

There are no overall binding configuration settings that need to be set. All settings are through thing configuration parameters.

Thing Configuration

The thing has the following configuration parameters:

Parameter Label	Parameter ID	Description	Accepted values
Serial Port	serialPort	Serial port to use for connecting to the Monoprice whole house amplifier device	Serial port name
Address	host	Host name or IP address of the amplifier or serial over IP device	Host name or IP
Port	port	Communication port (default 8080 for newer amps with built-in serial over IP)	TCP port number
Number of Zones	numZones	(Optional) Number of amplifier zones to utilize in the binding (up to 18 zones with 3 amplifiers connected together)	1-18; default 6
Polling Interval	pollingInterval	(Optional) Configures how often (in seconds) to poll the amplifier to check for zone updates	5-60; default 15
Ignore Zones	ignoreZones	(Optional) A comma seperated list of Zone numbers that will ignore the 'All Zone' (except All Off) commands	ie: "1,6,10"
Initial All Volume	initialAllVolume	(Optional) When 'All' zones are activated, the volume will reset to this value to prevent excessive blaring of sound 😉	1-30; default 10
Source 1 Input Label	inputLabel1	(Optional) Friendly name for the input source to be displayed in the UI (ie: Chromecast, Radio, CD, etc.) (default "Source 1")	A free text name
Source 2 Input Label	inputLabel2	(Optional) Friendly name for the input source to be displayed in the UI (ie: Chromecast, Radio, CD, etc.) (default "Source 2")	A free text name
Source 3 Input Label	inputLabel3	(Optional) Friendly name for the input source to be displayed in the UI (ie: Chromecast, Radio, CD, etc.) (default "Source 3")	A free text name
Source 4 Input Label	inputLabel4	(Optional) Friendly name for the input source to be displayed in the UI (ie: Chromecast, Radio, CD, etc.) (default "Source 4")	A free text name
Source 5 Input Label	inputLabel5	(Optional) Friendly name for the input source to be displayed in the UI (ie: Chromecast, Radio, CD, etc.) (default "Source 5")	A free text name
Source 6 Input Label	inputLabel6	(Optional) Friendly name for the input source to be displayed in the UI (ie: Chromecast, Radio, CD, etc.) (default "Source 6")	A free text name

Some notes:

• On Linux, you may get an error stating the serial port cannot be opened when the MonopriceAudio binding tries to load.
• You can get around this by adding the openhab user to the dialout group like this: usermod -a -G dialout openhab.
• Also on Linux you may have issues with the USB if using two serial USB devices e.g. MonopriceAudio and RFXcom.
• See the general documentation about serial port configuration for more on symlinking the USB ports.
• Here is an example of ser2net.conf you can use to share your serial port /dev/ttyUSB0 on IP port 8080 using ser2net Linux tool (opens new window):

8080:raw:0:/dev/ttyUSB0:9600 8DATABITS NONE 1STOPBIT LOCAL

Channels

The following channels are available:

Channel ID	Item Type	Description
all#allpower	Switch	Turn all zones on or off simultaneously (those specified by the ignoreZones config option will not turn on)
all#allsource	Number	Select the input source for all zones simultaneously (1-6) (except ignoreZones)
all#allvolume	Dimmer	Control the volume for all zones simultaneously (0-100%) [translates to 0-38] (except ignoreZones)
all#allmute	Switch	Mute or unmute all zones simultaneously (except ignoreZones)
zoneN#power (where N= 1-18)	Switch	Turn the power for a zone on or off
zoneN#source (where N= 1-18)	Number	Select the input source for a zone (1-6)
zoneN#volume (where N= 1-18)	Dimmer	Control the volume for a zone (0-100%) [translates to 0-38]
zoneN#mute (where N= 1-18)	Switch	Mute or unmute a zone
zoneN#treble (where N= 1-18)	Number	Adjust the treble control for a zone (-7 to 7) -7=none, 0=flat, 7=full
zoneN#bass (where N= 1-18)	Number	Adjust the bass control for a zone (-7 to 7) -7=none, 0=flat, 7=full
zoneN#balance (where N= 1-18)	Number	Adjust the balance control for a zone (-10 to 10) -10=left, 0=center, 10=right
zoneN#dnd (where N= 1-18)	Switch	Turn on or off the Do Not Disturb for the zone (for when the amplifier's external page trigger is activated)
zoneN#page (where N= 1-18)	Contact	Indicates if the page input is activated for the zone
zoneN#keypad (where N= 1-18)	Contact	Indicates if the physical keypad is attached to a zone

Full Example

monoprice.things:

// serial port connection
monopriceaudio:amplifier:myamp "Monoprice WHA" [ serialPort="COM5", pollingInterval=15, numZones=6, inputLabel1="Chromecast", inputLabel2="Radio", inputLabel3="CD Player", inputLabel4="Bluetooth Audio", inputLabel5="HTPC", inputLabel6="Phono"]

// serial over IP connection
monopriceaudio:amplifier:myamp "Monoprice WHA" [ host="192.168.0.10", port=8080, pollingInterval=15, numZones=6, inputLabel1="Chromecast", inputLabel2="Radio", inputLabel3="CD Player", inputLabel4="Bluetooth Audio", inputLabel5="HTPC", inputLabel6="Phono"]

monoprice.items:

Switch all_allpower "All Zones Power" { channel="monopriceaudio:amplifier:myamp:all#allpower" }
Number all_source "Source Input [%s]" { channel="monopriceaudio:amplifier:myamp:all#allsource" }
Dimmer all_volume "Volume [%d %%]" { channel="monopriceaudio:amplifier:myamp:all#allvolume" }
Switch all_mute "Mute" { channel="monopriceaudio:amplifier:myamp:all#allmute" }

Switch z1_power "Power" { channel="monopriceaudio:amplifier:myamp:zone1#power" }
Number z1_source "Source Input [%s]" { channel="monopriceaudio:amplifier:myamp:zone1#source" }
Dimmer z1_volume "Volume [%d %%]" { channel="monopriceaudio:amplifier:myamp:zone1#volume" }
Switch z1_mute "Mute" { channel="monopriceaudio:amplifier:myamp:zone1#mute" }
Number z1_treble "Treble Adjustment [%s]" { channel="monopriceaudio:amplifier:myamp:zone1#treble" }
Number z1_bass "Bass Adjustment [%s]" { channel="monopriceaudio:amplifier:myamp:zone1#bass" }
Number z1_balance "Balance Adjustment [%s]" { channel="monopriceaudio:amplifier:myamp:zone1#balance" }
Switch z1_dnd "Do Not Disturb" { channel="monopriceaudio:amplifier:myamp:zone1#dnd" }
Switch z1_page "Page Active: [%s]" { channel="monopriceaudio:amplifier:myamp:zone1#page" }
Switch z1_keypad "Keypad Connected: [%s]" { channel="monopriceaudio:amplifier:myamp:zone1#keypad" }

// repeat for zones 2-18 (substitute z1 and zone1)

monoprice.sitemap:

sitemap monoprice label="Audio Control" {
    Frame label="All Zones" {
        Switch item=all_allpower label="All Zones On" mappings=[ON=" "]
        Switch item=all_allpower label="All Zones Off" mappings=[OFF=" "]
        Selection item=all_source
        Setpoint item=all_volume minValue=0 maxValue=100 step=1
        Switch item=all_mute
    }
    
    Frame label="Zone 1" {
        Switch item=z1_power
        Selection item=z1_source visibility=[z1_power==ON]
        // Volume can be a Slider also
        Setpoint item=z1_volume minValue=0 maxValue=100 step=1 visibility=[z1_power==ON]
        Switch item=z1_mute visibility=[z1_power==ON]
        Setpoint item=z1_treble label="Treble Adjustment [%d]" minValue=-7 maxValue=7 step=1 visibility=[z1_power==ON]
        Setpoint item=z1_bass label="Bass Adjustment [%d]" minValue=-7 maxValue=7 step=1 visibility=[z1_power==ON]
        Setpoint item=z1_balance label="Balance Adjustment [%d]" minValue=-10 maxValue=10 step=1 visibility=[z1_power==ON]
        Switch item=z1_dnd visibility=[z1_power==ON]
        Text item=z1_page label="Page Active: [%s]" visibility=[z1_power==ON]
        Text item=z1_keypad label="Keypad Connected: [%s]" visibility=[z1_power==ON]
    }
    
    // repeat for zones 2-18 (substitute z1)
}

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