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https://github.com/frostworx/hassio-squeezebox-buttons

Send all your squeezebox buttons to Home Assistant via webhook
https://github.com/frostworx/hassio-squeezebox-buttons

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Send all your squeezebox buttons to Home Assistant via webhook

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# hassio-squeezebox-buttons



Send all your squeezebox buttons to Home Assistant via webhook



Short script which send all button presses on a Logitech Squeezebox

to your Home Assistant via webhook _(only tested with Squeezebox Radio)_



Trigger whatever action you like for each of them using a Home Assistant Automation.



No dependencies, just scp it to your Squeezebox and add it to the init scripts.



The only linux tools used are already preinstalled in the squeezebox



- hexdump to read the raw input event

- wget to send the curresponding snippet to the home assistant webhook api



On Home Assistant side, just add a webhook for each of your Squeezeboxes and an additional automation for all buttons.



Heavily unpolished, feel free to send PRs or _(even better)_ write a proper hassio-addon with a better user-experience.



_(the buttons are completely independant from LMS - in theory we could even get rid of the Logitech Media Server (or Slim Proto) part and turn the Squeezebox into a fully fledged Home Assistant Client including GUI)_



# Installation



- replace the example webhook in sbevmon _(and the example home assistant automation)_ with your own one - for example using sed:



`sed "s:87161aac-f0ae-4939-8ad3-4f36b6482bb9:7ca6e1d5-0343-42fa-a707-545c76e1b4df:g" -i sbevmon`



`sed "s:87161aac-f0ae-4939-8ad3-4f36b6482bb9:7ca6e1d5-0343-42fa-a707-545c76e1b4df:g" -i mysb-send-button`



optionally replace `homeassistant.local` with your home assistant dns or ip in `sbevmon`



example:



`sed "s:homeassistant.local:10.10.3.123:g" -i sbevmon`



You can easily generate a custom uuid on [duckduckgo](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=uuid&ia=answer) _(found in [this excellent howto](https://community.home-assistant.io/t/sensor-for-computer-usage/59522/20))_



- copy the script to your squeezebox _(using ssh)_



example:



 `scp -O sbevmon yoursqueezebox:/usr/bin/`



_(default squeezebox root password is '1234'')_



- add a template webhook to your home assistant 'configuration.yaml' for each of your squeezeboxes (use the same uuid as above)



`

template:

  - trigger:

      - platform: webhook

        webhook_id: 87161aac-f0ae-4939-8ad3-4f36b6482bb9

`



- ssh into your squeezebox:



## in the squeezebox



- add the script to `/etc/init.d/rcS.local` _(does not exist by default)_

_(commented for a reason, you might have already a custom rcS.local)_:



#echo "/usr/bin/sbevmon &" > /etc/init.d/rcS.local

#echo "exit 0" >> /etc/init.d/rcS.local



example _(ymmv)_:



`

# cat /etc/init.d/rcS.local

/usr/bin/sbevmon &

exit 0

`



- make the scripts and the init script executable



`chmod +x /usr/bin/sbevmon`



`chmod +x /etc/init.d/rcS.local`



- reboot - `sbevmon` should automatically start and run in the background

- _(ssh back in and check with 'ps aux | grep sbevmon' if you want)_



# home assistant:



add a new automation for the squeezebox buttons

You might want to use the provided 'mysb-send-button'

_(don't forget to adjust the webhook_id to your uuid used avove)_

and adjust it to your needs



*Done*  - every button pressed should appear in the home assistant messages separately _(tested with 3 Squeezeboxes)_



Adjust every action to your _(more useful)_ needs.

Might make sense to trigger different actions, depending on the current media_player state.

Would be glad to read of your ideas.



Currently I do not plan do actively enhance the current state, but if you're interested in making something bigger out of it, I'd be glad to help.



# TODO(?):

- maybe some cosmetical clean-ups, source a central config file...