SONOS REMOTE CONTROL

Simple proof of concept for controlling a Sonos system using a standard IR remote. This will work on any linux system that has lirc support. I will not get into detail on how to setup lirc, there are plenty of guides for that on the internet.

My setup includes:

Raspberry Pi (wired to one of my players, no wireless necessary!)
Nwazet tuxedo case http://nwazet.com/nwazet-pi-tuxedo-case
Nwazet IR receiver (for GPIO) http://nwazet.com/nwazet-pi-infrared-receiver
A standard LG remote, but almost any remote will work. Most of them will have pre-made lirc mapping files, if not you can learn lirc your remote.

HOW IT WORKS

If you have a working lirc installation, the lircd daemon will create a socket file (by default, /var/run/lirc/lircd). This socket will output something like this upon key press:

the third column is the actual key pressed. The code you receive might differ for different mapping files (some use lower case, some juse upper case, some prefix every code with KEY_, etc)

The node script will read those and map the actual key code to different actions on the Sonos system, which are sent across the network.

Enjoy!

To watch it in action (early version): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUISofdYYjg