sammck / anthem-receiver

Protocol support for Anthem receivers (AVM-60, etc.)

anthem-receiver: Client library for control of Anthem A/V Receivers over TCP/IP

A tool and API for controlling Anthem A/V receivers via their proprietary TCP/IP protocol.

Table of contents

• Introduction
• Installation
• Usage
  • Command line
  • API
• Known issues and limitations
• Getting help
• Contributing
• License
• Authors and history

Introduction

Python package anthem-receiver provides a command-line tool as well as a runtime API for controlling many Anthem receiver models that include an Ethernet port for TCP/IP control.

Some key features of anthem-receiver:

• JSON results
• Query receiver model
• Query power status
• Power on
• Power standby
• Wait for warmup/cooldown

Installation

Prerequisites

Python: Python 3.8+ is required. See your OS documentation for instructions.

From PyPi

The current released version of anthem-receiver can be installed with

pip3 install anthem-receiver

From GitHub

Poetry is required; it can be installed with:

curl -sSL https://install.python-poetry.org | python3 -

Clone the repository and install anthem-receiver into a private virtualenv with:

cd <parent-folder>
git clone https://github.com/sammck/anthem-receiver.git
cd anthem-receiver
poetry install

You can then launch a bash shell with the virtualenv activated using:

poetry shell

Usage

Command Line

There is a single command tool anthem-receiver that is installed with the package.

API

TBD

Known issues and limitations

• Import/export are not yet supported.

Getting help

Please report any problems/issues here.

Contributing

Pull requests welcome.

License

anthem-receiver is distributed under the terms of the MIT License. The license applies to this file and other files in the GitHub repository hosting this file.

References

• Hubitat community thread
• Anthem D-ILA Receiver RS-232C, LAN and Infrared Remote Control Guide

Authors and history

The author of anthem-receiver is Sam McKelvie.