Is it possible to send any command to the AVR?

Use the Denon myServer native driver and let us know if something is missing that is important.

glad to hear you are making good progress!
Thanx!

Yes you can send any command to the Denon using the driver's Test command.

AV|<id>~Test~<any valid Denon command>

Most drivers that use a plain text ascii protocol have a Test command in them for sending non-standard AV commands.

Hi Guys,
Many thanks for the quick responses!
My laptop just celebrated by crashing it's wifi driver

I'm already using your standard Denon driver - and I'd noted I can use the test command, which should deal with all commands.

I'm hoping you can tell me if there is a way to add the other variables from the list I posted above (queries in iRule speak) - as my ex setup uses them all on a comprehensive control that I'm trying to replicate!.
I'm assuming the test command doesn't work for text variables - or is there a way to make it work - or is there a way of adding these to the driver?
Creating a new server variable in the dashboard seems to need the actual command to be in the background/ in the driver?

As an example, I'm keen to make the command MS? work, and then display this as a variable above all the soundfield buttons on my control. This should then report the actual mode the receiver is outputting (DD+/ Atmos etc) - which is very useful when the physical amp is in a different room...
There are many other possible server variables (you only have a few main ones in the driver currently) - hence my asking if this is something I could have any way of editing/ adding myself!

I didn't say in the above how impressed I am with myserver - it's fantastic and very powerful. Setting it up with my own Pi4 was a breeze once I'd fully digested the instructions.
I love that you guys actively use it and continually develop it for your own installations

I've been trying to stay off the forum until I've read everything - so I'm not bothering you - will post a few other questions I've come across in the relevant threads if we ever get to the weekend!

I don't believe there is any way to run what I would call "query" commands and get the results back in MyServer variables. For my lumagen I wrote some python scripts that use the MyServer command RunParseResults to put them into MyServer variables. You could probably do that with the Denon since I believe there are python libraries that can talk to the Denon. That's probably more work than you want. It would be nice if we could write our own drivers so we could implement some of these features but I don't think the Allonis team has had a chance to really look into that yet.

bowlingbeeg wrote:

I don't believe there is any way to run what I would call "query" commands and get the results back in MyServer variables. For my lumagen I wrote some python scripts that use the MyServer command RunParseResults to put them into MyServer variables. You could probably do that with the Denon since I believe there are python libraries that can talk to the Denon. That's probably more work than you want. It would be nice if we could write our own drivers so we could implement some of these features but I don't think the Allonis team has had a chance to really look into that yet.
 

This answers a longstanding question of mine. Thanks for the input!

Hi David,

If it is possible - please can the following be added to the server variables for the Denon AVR?
(note - these were pulled from iRule - I'm unsure if the spaces are necessary or not between the command and question marks...)
I'd love to know how this could be worked round by Python as suggested by one of the responses to this thread - but I suspect this may be way beyond me - without detailed instructions...!

POWER STATUS QUERY PW?
POWER MAIN ZONE STBY QUERY STBY?
POWER MAIN ZONE ECO QUERY ECO?
POWER MAIN ZONE SLEEP QUERY SLP?
POWER Z2 STANDBY QUERY Z2STBY?
HDMI AUDIO OP QUERY VSAUDIO ?
SOUND IP MODE QUERY SD ?
VOL SPEAKER LEVEL QUERY CV?
VOL SUB ON/OFF QUERY PSSWR ?
LEVEL CENTER QUERY PSCLV ?
LEVEL DIALOG QUERY PSDIC ?
LEVEL LFE QUERY PSLFE ?
TONE CONTROL QUERY PSTONE CTRL ?
TONE BASS QUERY PSBAS ?
TONE TREBLE QUERY PSTRE ?
TONE LOUD QUERY PSLOM ?
TONE BASS SYNC QUERY PSBSC ?
SURROUND MODE QUERY MS?
AUDIO OPT VIRT QUERY PSSPV ?
AUDIO OPT NEURAL QUERY PSNEURAL ?
AUDIO OPT IMAX QUERY PSIMAXAUD ?
AUDIO OPT IMAX SUB QUERY PSIMAXSWM ?
AUDIO OPT CINE EQ QUERY PSCINEMA EQ. ?
AUDIO OPT MULTEQ QUERY PSMULTEQ: ?
AUDIO OPT DYNAMIC EQ QUERY PSDYNEQ ?
AUDIO OPT REF OFFSET QUERY PSREFLEV ?
AUDIO OPT DYN VOL QUERY PSDYNVOL ?
AUDIO OPT AUD LFC QUERY PSLFC ?
AUDIO OPT CONT QUERY PSCNTAMT ?
AUDIO GR EQ QUERY PSGEQ ?
AUDIO HPEQ QUERY PSHEQ ?
AUDIO DRC QUERY PSDRC ?
AUDIO OPT EFFECT QUERY PSEFF ?
AUDIO DEL QUERY PSDEL ?
AUDIO DEL2 QUERY PSDELAY ?
AUDIO OPT REST QUERY PSRSTR ?
AUDIO OPT AURO PST QUERY PSAUROPR ?
AUDIO OPT AURO STR QUERY PSAUROST ?
AUDIO OPT AURO MODE QUERY PSAUROMODE ?
VIDEO SIGNAL ASPECT QUERY VSASP ?
VIDEO SIGNAL MONITOR QUERY VSMONI ?
VIDEO SIGNAL RES QUERY VSSC ?
VIDEO SIGNAL RES HDMI QUERY VSSCH ?
VIDEO PROCESSING MODE QUERY VSVPM ?
VIDEO SELECT QUERY SV ?
PICTURE MODE QUERY PV ?
PICTURE DNR QUERY PVDNR ?
PICTURE CONTRAST QUERY PVCN ?
PICTURE BRIGHTNESS QUERY PVBR ?
PICTURE SATURATION QUERY PVST ?
PICTURE ENHANCER QUERY PVENH ?
BLUETOOTH QUERY BTTX ?

Many thanks
Ben