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homebridge-anthemreceiver

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Homebridge plugin for Anthem Receiver.

  • Zone 1 and Zone 2 Power/Input accessories (External accessories to be manually added in Home App)
  • Zone 1 and Zone 2 Power, Volume, Mute, Input and Dolby Audio Processing accessories
  • Zone 1 ARC and Audio Listenning Mode accessories
  • Front Panel Brightness Accessory

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Supported models

  • AVM 60, AVM 70, AVM 90
  • MRX 310, MRX 510, MRX 710
  • MRX 520, MRX 720, MRX 1120
  • MRX 540, MRX 740, MRX 1140

Getting started

  • Install Homebridge and Homebridge UI
  • Install homebridge-anthemreceiver plugin
  • Enable Connected Standby option on Anthem Receiver (Web UI: System setup -> General -> General Setting)
  • Configure plugin by using Homebridge UI interface
  • Restart Homebridge server
  • ARC, Power, Volume, Mute, Input, Panel Brightness and Audio Listenning Mode accessories will be added automatically if enabled.
  • Power/Input accessories are to be manually added in Home App. This step is needed for Apple Remote to be present in control center. See procedure below.

Adding External Power/Input accessory in Home App

iOS 16

  • Enable "Power/Input" accessory in Homebridge UI config page. Restart Homebridge after any modifications
  • Open Home App
  • Select "+" on the right upper corner of the screen and select "Add Accessory"
  • Select "More options"
  • Select "Zone1" or "Zone2" Power/Input Television accessory
  • Follow further on screen instructions to complete configuration

Apple Remote in Control Center

  • Device UP and DOWN physical volume buttons to change volume
  • UP and DOWN to change volume
  • PLAY AND PAUSE to toggle mute
  • LEFT, RIGHT to select input (Main Zone)
  • BACK button to switch curent audio mode (Main Zone)
  • INFO button to show and hide menu display (Main Zone)
  • CENTER button so select option (Main Zone)

Known issues

General Operation

  • It takes a few seconds for the receiver to become responsive to HomeKit commands on startup even if the receiver reports being powered on in Homekit.

External Power/Input Accessories

  • Zone needs to be powered off and on if inputs are added or removed on the receiver for changes to appear in HomeKit. If inputs are not visible under Power/Input Accessory, please kill and reopen Home App.

Platform Accessories

  • Zone inputs accessory needs to be remove and readded to homebridge if inputs are added or removed on the receiver for changes to appear in HomeKit.
  • All switch under Input and ALM accessories will be set with default name "Zone Input" and "Zone1 ALM". This is a known iOS bug/feature. Please select every swith accessory details view and delete accessory name. The intended name will be available as a placeholder.