SoundTouch AUX_INPUT

Third party integrations
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I have a Amazon Dot connected to the Aux input of a Bose SoundTouch. I’ve been trying to set the source of the SoundTouch to the AUX input using the “media_player.select_source” service. I’ve tried using “AUX” and “AUX_INPUT” and other strings for the source, but this has not worked. Has anyone had success?

Thank you!

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A little late but here’s the restful command I use for this:

rest_command:
  pc_source_select_aux:
    url: !secret soundtouch_wireless_link
    method: POST
    headers:
      content-type: application/xml
    payload: '<ContentItem source="AUX" sourceAccount="AUX"></ContentItem>'
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@sleezly
It took be some time to try this out, but it works perfectly! Thank you!

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Hi there.

I’ve been searching these forums for information on whether people have got soundtouch devices working reliably through the media_player.soundtouch component.

This component doesn’t seem to have active maintenance.
I cannot get SOUNDTOUCH_CREATE_ZONE, SOUNDTOUCH_ADD_ZONE_SLAVE, SOUNDTOUCH_REMOVE_ZONE_SLAVE to work reliably.

Only SOUNDTOUCH_PLAY_EVERYWHERE is reliable(ish) - working say 90% of the time. Then I turn down the volume on everything I dont want “on”.

Have you had any luck?

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Unfortunately, I can’t add anything. My control of the SoundTouch has been limited to simply playing media. I haven’t tried any of the SoundTouch specific controls other than using the information above to select the AUX input.

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So I’m embarking on fiddling with this lot - I’ll be happy to paste my setup once I get it working.

Currently I’m looking at getting my Soundtouch 300 to switch sources. I plan on creating a card in the LovelaceUI.yaml that will call the rest services. (described above by @sleezly )

I’m about to dig on the bose developer website found here . This is pointing me to everything I need (after signing up for a dev account) for the API. Seems straight forward.

You can start off by plugging this into your browser to see what sources are available:

`

http://<ip address of your bose soundtouch>:8090/sources

`

that will display an xml file with all the source information you need. :slight_smile:

I’m amazed it’s taken this long for me to find reference to it on the web.

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And the follow up to my endeavours, I posted my conclusion (well, point in time) here: