What I try to build is an extension that makes my power amp a slave device of my Roon endpoint. Meaning that when the endpoint gets out of standby the extension notices this and switches on the power amp as well. This will give a great integration, when I press play the endpoint and amp wake up and the music starts. No need to touch any other remote control
So the trigger I want to pick up is the power state of the endpoint. If that’s not available yet I will start off by using the play state (stop, play), in order to have a proof of concept.
I checked out the source control API. I like how it integrates in the Roon UI and it provides the functionality I need for the idea I described above.
But what I am wondering, is there also an interface available that switches all devices within a zone into standby? I would like to have a ‘single button’ power down as well.
This service let’s an extension manage and control zones. This includes
actions such as zone grouping, transport controls (play, pause, next, prev,
etc…), volume control, standby, etc…
For my Alarm Clock extension I would like to add the possibility to switch a device into standby at a certain time. I can imagine that a function like this would only work in combination with Roon Ready devices.