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nfarina / homebridge-sonos

Sonos plugin for homebridge: https://github.com/nfarina/homebridge
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Sonos Connect does not display under Speakers & TV's but as a switch #84

Closed rdouma closed 1 year ago

rdouma commented 1 year ago

Any idea how this can be?

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JohnathonMohr commented 1 year ago

Hmm, I guess this is not very clear in the README, but showing as a switch is actually by design. Implementing it as a speaker is not straightforward, potentially not possible with how Homebridge works. There is an alternative mentioned in the README you can explore, with its own tradeoffs.

rdouma commented 1 year ago

Thanks for your answer! So the Sonos Connect doesn't "behave" like other Sonos speakers from Homebridge's perspective? The alternative you mention is the one where you can have a dimmer instead of an on/off switch right? That still wouldn't show it as a speaker. Anyway, it's not really a big deal, I am just trying to get Homekit as tidy as I can get it.

JohnathonMohr commented 1 year ago

Showing as a switch isn't unique to Connect - that's the design for all Sonos speakers. (It looks like you also have a Beam set up, showing as a switch as well, next to the Connect in the screenshot.) It's certainly not ideal, but it's what this plug-in can accomplish. And yes, the dimmer is the alternative - also not ideal, but can give some sort of volume control if that functionality is more desirable.

rdouma commented 1 year ago

Sure, I see the Beam as a switch but also as a speaker. Anyway, thanks for explaining.