Async Pioneer AV amp

My VSX-924 AV amp works with the original Home Assistant Pioneer driver for a few hours, a day or two at max only. After that it freezes, and only a power off/on cycle makes it useable again. This is because that driver creates a new telnet connection to the amp for every update, it queries the required info, and then closes the connection. The telnet software in the amp firmware probably has memory leak, that might be the reason for this freeze after a few thousands of telnet connections.

No firmware updates available for this amp anymore, so I re-wrote the driver in an async workflow: it creates a single connection and listens to the replies from the amp in an endless loop. The idea is probably right, because my amp hardly freezes now. As a bonus, it was also possible to capture the display-content of the amp.

I recommend the Mini Media Player from kalkih as a nice UI for the amp.

Install

1. Download and copy media_player.py and init.pyinto config/custom_components/asyncpioneer directory.

2. Add a reference to this inside your configuration.yaml:

media_player:
- platform: asyncpioneer
  host: 192.168.8.121
  port: 8102

  # Options
  serial_bridge: true
  last_radio_station: "D06"
  radio_stations:
     "Bartok"          : "B02"
     "Novi Sad"        : "B03"
     "Petofi"          : "B04"
     "Panda"           : "B05"
     "Szabadkai Rádió" : "C02"
     "Pannon Szabadka" : "C03"
     "Prvi Radio"      : "D05"
     "Hit FM Szabadka" : "D06"
  disabled_sources:
    - "HDMI 4"
    - "HDMI 5"
    - "HDMI 6/MHL"
    - "iPod/USB"
    - "THome"

Options

serial_bridge: If set to true, a 100ms delay will be added between sequential telnet commands. This pause is necessary for those connecting connecting to their amp with an RS-232 to Ethernet bridge. Without the delay, the connection to the amp becomes unreliable and eventually fails. Default value, if not specified in configuration.yaml, is false.

last_radio_station: If not set, "next track" button in radio tuner mode will simply send "next station" command to the amp, which is not convenient, if you only have a few stations stored in the amp's memory. If this is set to eg. "B03", then sending a "next track" command when listening to "B03" will result in a "select A01 station" command. Likewise, a "previous track" on "A01" results in "select B03 station".

radio_stations: You can name the stored stations here, because not every radio use RDS. Dictionary format.

disabled_sources: A simple list to disable unwanted input sources, to make the source selector list shorter.

zones: Zone2 or HDZone can be switched on here. It creates another instance of media_player with "_zone2" or "_hdzone" added to the name. Eq. if the main device is media_player.pioneer_avr, zone 2 will be named as media_player.pioneer_avr_zone2

  zones:
    - zone: "Zone2"
      name: "Zone 2"

(name: can be whatever, not in use yet)

Services

pioneer_select_speaker:

Select output speaker "A", "B" or "A+B"

- service: media_player.pioneer_select_speaker
  data:
    entity_id: media_player.pioneer_avr
    speaker: "A+B"

pioneer_select_hdmi_out:

Select HDMI output

- service: media_player.pioneer_select_hdmi_out
  data:
    entity_id: media_player.pioneer_avr
    hdmi_out: "1+2 ON"

where possible values for hdmi_out:

• "1+2 ON"
• "1 ON"
• "2 ON"
• "1/2 OFF"

pioneer_select_radio_station:

Select stored radio station by its name.

- service: media_player.pioneer_select_radio_station
  data:
    entity_id: media_player.pioneer_avr
    station: "My favorite radio"

pioneer_dim_display:

Dim the FL display in 4 levels

- service: media_player.pioneer_dim_display
  data:
    entity_id: media_player.pioneer_avr
    dim_display: 2

where possible values for display brightness:

dim_display	Result
0	Maximum brightness
1	Bright display
2	Dim display
3	Display off

pioneer_select_speaker_config:

Configures the speaker arrangement setting of the amp. While I have speakers in the bedroom with "Zone 2" setting, for watching film in the living room, "Height" setting is also useful, but it's too complicated to change this setting with the remote control. With this service call, it is possible to change this config from a Home Assistant automation.

- service: media_player.pioneer_select_speaker_config
  data:
    entity_id: media_player.pioneer_avr
    speaker_config: "Height"

where possible values for speaker_config:

• "Height"
• "Wide"
• "SPK B"
• "Bi Amp"
• "Zone 2"
• "HDZone"

select_sound_mode:

Select sound mode

- service: media_player.select_sound_mode
  data:
    entity_id: media_player.pioneer_avr
    sound_mode: "AUTO SURROUND"

where possible values for sound_mode:

• "STEREO"
• "STANDARD"
• "STEREO"
• "2ch"
• "PRO LOGIC2 MOVIE"
• "PRO LOGIC2x MOVIE"
• "PRO LOGIC2 MUSIC"
• "PRO LOGIC2x MUSIC"
• "PRO LOGIC2 GAME"
• "PRO LOGIC2x GAME"
• "PRO LOGIC2z HEIGHT"
• "WIDE SURROUND MOVIE"
• "WIDE SURROUND MUSIC"
• "PRO LOGIC"
• "Neo:6 CINEMA"
• "Neo:6 MUSIC"
• "Neo:X CINEMA"
• "Neo:X MUSIC"
• "Neo:X GAME"
• "Dolby Surround"
• "Multi ch"
• "DOLBY EX"
• "PRO LOGIC2x MOVIE"
• "PRO LOGIC2x MUSIC"
• "PRO LOGIC2z HEIGHT"
• "WIDE SURROUND MOVIE"
• "WIDE SURROUND MUSIC"
• "DTS-ES Neo"
• "DTS-ES matrix"
• "DTS-ES discrete"
• "DTS-ES 8ch discrete"
• "Neo:X CINEMA "
• "Neo:X MUSIC"
• "Neo:X GAME"
• "Dolby Surround"
• "ADVANCED SURROUND"
• "ACTION"
• "DRAMA"
• "ADVANCED GAME"
• "SPORTS"
• "CLASSICAL"
• "ROCK/POP"
• "EXTENDED STEREO"
• "Front Stage Surround Advance"
• "ECO MODE"
• "ECO MODE 1"
• "ECO MODE 2"
• "RETRIEVER AIR"
• "PHONES SURROUND"
• "AUTO SURR/STREAM DIRECT"
• "AUTO SURROUND"
• "Auto Level Control"
• "DIRECT"
• "PURE DIRECT"
• "OPTIMUM SURROUND"

State attributes

current_radio_station: The currently selected radio station code, like "B07"

current_speaker: The currently selected output speaker: "A", "B" or "A+B"

{{ state_attr("media_player.pioneer_avr", "current_speaker") }}

current_hdmi_out: The currently selected HDMI output: "1+2 ON", "1 ON", "2 ON", "1/2 OFF"

{{ state_attr("media_player.pioneer_avr", "current_hdmi_out") }}

current_sound_mode: The currently selected sound_mode: "AUTO SURROUND", "STEREO", "PRO LOGIC", etc (from the service "select_sound_mode")

{{ state_attr("media_player.pioneer_avr", "current_sound_mode") }}