Script in order to control Philips A111/12 docking station
The Philips AS111/12 is a bluetooth speaker with clock and micro-usb port.
This script runs with Linux and Windows.
Usage:
$ as111.py
USAGE: as111.py <mac|alias|-|--|docks|stop> [command1] [params] [command2] ...
EXAMPLE: Set volume to 12
$ ./as111.py vol 12
Hacks and command queueing
as111.py 00:1D:DF:52:F1:91 display 5 8765 countup 0:10 countdown 0:10 mins-n-secs 5
<mac|alias|-|docks> Use specific mac, alias
Use "-" for current connected (and sinked) dock
Use "--" to perform commands for all connected docks
"docks" lists all paired docking stations
"stop" sends a signal in order to terminate a running as111 process
sync Synchronizes time between PC and dock
vol [+-]<0-32> Sets volume to value which is between 0 and 32
mute Sets volume to 0
sink Sets this device as audio sink
alarm-led <off|on> Activates / deactivates alarm LED
Hacks:
date Displays date
mins-n-secs <secs> Displays minutes and seconds instead of hour and minutes for <secs> seconds
alarm-led blink <n> let alarm LED blink n times
countdown <mm:ss> Starts countdown
countup <mm:ss> Starts counting up
display <secs> <number> Displays any 4-digit <number> for <secs> seconds
sleep <n> Hold processing for n seconds
Other:
stop use in order to stop long running thread, e.g. as111.py stop
info Prints device info
list-codecs lists supported codecs
switch-codec <codec> switch to codec
json Prints device info in JSON format
verbose Verbose mode
debug Debug mode
help Information about usage, commands and parameters
Before you can use this script you must pair the device.
Note On Ubuntu this script runs as expected after paring. But on Raspbian it was a hard to make it work since I've always got the error 'connection refused'. I think that the following command make it work
sudo hciconfig hci0 sspmode 0
For PIN use 0000.
For convenience reasons I recommend to use aliases. Instead of entering the mac address and pin each time you want to run the script, you can call the script by using meaningful names.
The script tries to read a file called .known_as111 which must be located in your home folder. It is a text file with three columns:
- MAC address
- Meaningful name
My .known_as111 looks as follows:
$ cat ~/.known_as111
00:1D:DF:51:53:2B Küche
00:1D:DF:52:F1:91 Wohnzimmer
This enables you to call the script like this
$ as111.py W vol 10
instead of
$ as111.py 00:1D:DF:52:F1:91 vol 10
You need to establish a RFCOMM connection via bluetooth. Port is 1.
All requests follow the same schema.
153 <length> <sequence no> <command> <payload> ... <checksum>
| | | | | + see checksum
| | | | + payload, that depends on command
| | | + Command, e.g. 17 in order to set time
| | + sequence number which identifies this request
| + length of request incl. command, payload, checksum
+ static value, alwaws 153
Responses follow the schema of requests.
You should run the script by using the debug mode to see what is going over the air.
DEBUG: Connnect to 00:1D:DF:52:F1:91
DEBUG: Connnected to 00:1D:DF:52:F1:91
DEBUG: request device name
DEBUG: >>> 153 3 1 8 248
DEBUG: <<< 153 8 1 9 65 83 49 49 49 207
DEBUG: device name is "AS111"
DEBUG: request device version
DEBUG: >>> 153 3 2 19 237
DEBUG: <<< 153 15 2 20 48 50 50 46 49 48 97 46 0 0 0 0 56
DEBUG: device version is "022.10a."
DEBUG: request current volume
DEBUG: >>> 153 4 3 15 0 241
DEBUG: <<< 153 5 3 16 0 12 225
DEBUG: current volume is 12
DEBUG: sync time to 2020-05-01 18:08:46
DEBUG: >>> 153 11 4 17 8 20 20 4 1 18 8 46 114
DEBUG: <<< 153 4 4 4 0 248
DEBUG: time synced
DEBUG: Set volume to 12
DEBUG: >>> 153 5 5 17 0 12 227
DEBUG: <<< 153 4 5 4 0 247
DEBUG: volume set to 12
DEBUG: Set volume to 12
DEBUG: >>> 153 5 6 17 24 1 214
DEBUG: <<< 153 4 6 4 0 246
DEBUG: volume set to 12
DEBUG: disconnect
DEBUG: disconnected
In order to automatically synchronize time after bluetooth device has connected you have to setup a udev rule and a systemd service as follows:
Create a file called 80-as111.rules in folder /etc/udev/rules.d like this
ACTION=="add", ATTR{name}=="PHILIPS AS111 (AVRCP)", SUBSYSTEM=="input", RUN+="/usr/bin/systemctl --no-block start as111.service"
Now create a file called as111.service in folder /etc/systemd/system like this:
[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=<path to script>/as111 -
Note: Don't forget to change the placeholder to the location where you have placed the as111 script!
There are two additional scripts so that the Philips AS111/12 turns into a internet radio receiver, i.e.
omxplay is a little script that plays radio stations given in an xspf file, e.g.
./omxplay Internetradio.xspf 917xfm
Plays the Hamburg music radio station 917xfm. Its URL is taken from xspf playlist.
You can list all stations of xspf playlist as follows
./omxplay /home/heckie/Daten/Musik/Internetradio.xspf -l
104.6 RTL
1Live
89.0 RTL
917xfm
Absolut Relax
Alsterradio
Alternativ FM
Antenne 1 Stuttgart
Antenne Bayern
Antenne Bayern Chillout
...
Deutschlandfunk
Deutschlandfunk 24
Deutschlandfunk Kultur
Deutschlandfunk Nova
...
You FM
Run ./omxplay -t in order to stop omxplayer.
The script as111_play sychronizes time with Philips AS111/12 before playing music by using omxplay