Hello,
When I leave home, I shut down all the electricity on my devices. On coming back, when I switch Roon Core on, I need to start the playlist or radio manually via the controller. Can we automate the process so that when Roon boots up, it starts an internet radio stream, for example, or any playlist? In this case, it will work as a stand-alone radio; start it, and it will play. If you need to change something, you will go to the controller later.
Hello @CODE1 , this request should really be in the
Feature Suggestions category as it is for something that doesn’t exist at the moment.
I’ll move it there for you. And don’t forget to vote for it!
You could use something like Home Assistant to turn on Roon Core - and play automatically when you get home.
I have my Ropiee endpoints power off when no-one is in the house - and turn on when we get home.
I also have my system set-up to play my favourite radio station automatically…
It requires a dedicated raspberry Pi - and does take some setting up.
Hello GregD,
I have a few RPIs. Could you share details on how RPI could start playing a stream through the Roon Core on switching it on? Thank You!
You can see details of home assistant here: https://www.home-assistant.io/
It has a sophisticated way of setting up rules of the form ‘if this happens, do this’.
It integrates with multiple remote control switches and sensors, I use a mixture of zwave and zigbee.
They have a phone app which allows you to detect when home owners get home.
If you have a ROCK you can use a mixture of WoL and rest commands (both available in HA) to turn it on and off. Basics here Roon module for Home Assistant - #318 by GregD
I maintain a Roon integration that connects HA to Roon and allows you to see the status of roon endpoints and send ‘play’ commands. Details here RoonLabs music player - Home Assistant
So if you had a ROCK you could do presence detection via the app to know someone arrived home, use WoL to turn the ROCK on, wait for it to start, and then send a play command.
Otherwise I think my HA integration will disable roon endpoints in HA when it sees your roon core has shut down, and enable then when it re-starts. So you can use the enabling of an endpoint as a trigger to start playing.
Hope that makes sense.
There is a long thread about HA and roon. It starts as it was being developed, but later posts describe how people are using it: Roon module for Home Assistant