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

Support

Visit the community support discussion thread for issues with this integration. The developers are just volunteers from the community and do not provide any support, so it is best to ask the entire community for help or questions. Please submit Pull Requests with bug fixes!

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 Xantech / Dayton Audio / Sonance multi-zone amps community discussion. The developers are just volunteers from the community and do not provide any support, so it is best to ask the entire community for help or questions.

Step 1: Install Custom Components

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

Step 2: Configuration

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/