Xantech/Dayton Audio/Sonance Multi-Zone Amp Control for Home Assistant

Support

Visit the community support discussion thread for issues with this integration. If you have a code change or bug fix, feel free to submit a Pull Request.

FEATURES NOT SUPPORTED

• Snapshot/Restore: this has never been fully implemented, thus is not supported until someone contributes this code

Supported Amplifiers

See pyxantech for a full list of supported hardware.

Manufacturer	Model(s)	Zones	Supported	Series	Notes
Xantech	MRAUDIO8X8 / MRAUDIO8X8m	6+2	YES	xantech8	audio only; zones 7-8 are preamp outputs only
	MX88a / MX88ai	8	YES	xantech8	audio only; ai = Ethernet support (MRIP)
	MRC88 / MRC88m	6+2	YES	xantech8	audio + video; zones 7-8 are preamp outputs only
	MX88 / MX88vi	8	YES	xantech8	audio + video; vi = Ethernet support (MRIP)
	CM8X8 / CM8X8DR	8	UNTESTED	xantech8	commercial rack mount matrix controller (BNC)
	ZPR68-10	6	UNTESTED	zpr68-10	6-zone output; 8 source inputs
	MRAUDIO4X4 / BXAUDIO4x4	4	NO	N/A	audio only; only supports IR control
	MRC44 / MRC44CTL	4	NO	N/A	audio + video; only supprots IR control
Dayton Audio	DAX66	6	UNTESTED	monoprice6	audio only
	DAX88	6+2	YES	dax88	audio only
Sonance	C4630 SE / 875D SE / 875D MKII	4-6	UNTESTED	sonance	audio only
Monoprice	MPR-SG6Z / 10761	6	UNTESTED	monoprice6	audio only
Soundavo	WS66i	6	UNTESTED	monoprice6	audio only; see pyws66i; does not support telnet/IP control (yet)

• The Monoprice MPR-SG6Z and Dayton Audio DAX66 appear to have licensed or copied the serial interface from Xantech. Both Monoprice and Dayton Audio use a version of the Xantech multi-zone controller protocol.

• Some Xantech MX88 models only support RS232 control using the DB15 output on the rear. This requiries either Xantech's special DB15 to DB9 adapter cable (PN 05913665), or a custom built DB15 to DB9 cable using the pinouts (see pyxantech for correct details on making this cable.

• This MAY work with Monoprice if you specific the monoprice6 config type, but pyxantech has not been able to be tested with a physical amplifier.

Installation

If you have trouble with installation and configuration, visit the Monoprice Home Assistant community discussion.

Step 1: Install Custom Components

ake sure that Home Assistant Community Store (HACS) is installed and then add the "Integration" repository: rsnodgrass/hass-xantech.

Step 2: Configuration

Configuration is similar to the monoprice component here: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/monoprice/

Example configuration.yaml:

media_player:
  - platform: xantech
    type: xantech8
    port: /dev/ttyUSB0
    zones:
      11:
        name: "Main Bedroom"
      12:
        name: "Living Room"
      13:
        name: "Kitchen"
    sources:
      1:
        name: "Sonos"
      5:
        name: "FireTV"

Remote IP232 (UNTESTED)

With Home Assistant it is rumored that if you are using a remote IP232 module instead of a direct serial onnection that you can specify file paths as socket://: in the port setting. This has not been tested.

media_player:
  - platform: xantech
    type: xantech8
    port: socket://192.168.1.10:888/

Lovelace

Example of multiple room volume/power control with a single Spotify source for the entire house (credit: kcarter13).

entities:
  - artwork: cover
    entity: media_player.spotify
    group: true
    hide:
      power: true
      volume: false
    shortcuts:
      columns: 4
      buttons:
        - name: Country Mix
          type: playlist
          id: 'spotify:user:spotify:playlist:37i9dQZF1DX1lVhptIYRda'
        - name: Classic Rock
          type: playlist
          id: 'spotify:user:spotify:playlist:37i9dQZF1DWXRqgorJj26U'
    info: short
    source: icon
    type: 'custom:mini-media-player'
  - entity: media_player.back_porch
    group: true
    hide:
      controls: true
    type: 'custom:mini-media-player'
  - entity: media_player.office
    group: true
    hide:
      controls: true
    type: 'custom:mini-media-player'
  - entity: media_player.garage
    group: true
    hide:
      controls: true
    type: 'custom:mini-media-player'
  - entity: media_player.kitchen_speaker
    group: true
    hide:
      controls: true
    type: 'custom:mini-media-player'
type: entities

Examples

@kbrown01

See the example YAML for how this was setup.

See Also

• Community support discussion thread
• pyxantech
• Home Assistant Monoprice integration
• RS232 to USB cable

Sites with active community engagement around the Xantech, Monoprice, and Daytona Audio multi-zone amplifiers:

• Monoprice Home Assistant community discussion
• AVSForum
• http://cocoontech.com/forums/topic/25893-monoprice-multi-zone-audio/