Hi
Quick Question about the recommend route for home automation / AV automation for LE? I realise the software has to be reduced to allow reliable playback etc so wanted to know how best to integrate LE with remote control for powered devices (e.g. AV Amps, powered speakers etc) I have several devices to power up / down ideally directly or indirectly from LE (eg. socket call to a remote server 433mHz link etc)
Background (Simpler working example)
I've a Kodi (On Orange Pi) set up in the kitchen TV and a couple of speakers. I used a Belkin Wemo to turn the speakers on via 1) The keymap add on to 2) the Wemo Toggle add on 3) The Audio Profile add on to adjust volume for TV Vs the Studio Speakers. Its all working fine. Downside is the Wemo switch cost me £30!
Project (More complex as there are more devices)
I want to use this kind of automation in the AV room the set up there is similar, just a more kit. I've already got the 7.1 speakers, TV, AMP running off 433mHz controlled sockets 9 in total. Rather than pay for >10 Wemos. The setup uses active studio monitor speakers and a sub so thats 9 speakers, the TV and the AMP. I want to use the 433Mhz transmitters that link up via the GPIO pins of the Rasberry Pi. I'm using LibreELEC (Krypton) v7.95.3 BETA as this now has support for the Rev3 HD Star Tuner so I'd like to stick with this version as the RP2 in the AV room is working well with that.
I want to do the same with the LibreELEC (Krypton) v7.95.3 BETA running in the Gym to power up the AMP / TV in there and optionally the running machine again that's setup with 433Mhz controller.
Option 1 (all the software and hardware on the RP2 running LibreElec)
The most direct way to get this working would be to use 1) LIRC 2) wiringPi 3) rcswitch-pi all installed on Kodi as Kodi is running as root this should all be ok. (Refer to this guide Raspberry Pi • View topic - Controlling 433MHz RF outlets with Android devices )
Option 2 (Put the remote control stuff on a separate unit and get Kodi to signal the second box not sure the best way to do this TCP / Web page request?)
Of course its not possible I could slap the controller onto a Orange Pi and use Diet Pi on that just to operate the radio unit or Arduino and then get the RP to call the remote server.
I'm also happy to use the Fauxdunio type control where a seperate linux box is used to manage Amazon Echo to controll the 433Nhz model rather than the raw relays in this example Turn ESP8266 wifi module into fake WeMo switch for Amazon Echo - Melbourne Makerspace
I get that LibreElec is a specialised distro so we can't have lots of software added etc. However this is lightweight in terms of CPU / Memory it might be possible to do option 1? Any pointers from anyone who has done this type of thing before is welcome as well as advice from the LibreElec sages.