Re: Controlling Yamaha RX-V3900 (Noob question)

Is there a web interface you can use which sends these commands?
If so, try running it in Firefox and use the Live HTTP Headers addon
for firefox so you can see exactly what is being sent.

Jarrod

On Jun 3, 4:51 am, Neil <neil.s.bar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Jarrod
>
> Thanks for the link to the relevant Wiki page.  Managed to get it
> setup even with feedback going to a text control.
>
> Now I have got to a 400 error from Amp - at least this means that I am
> talking to it. Now I just need to get the message in the right format.
>
> Been trying lots of options:
> POST /avctrl/ctrl.cgi\x0D\x0AHTTP/1.1\x0D\x0AContent-Type: text/plain
> \x0D\x0AContent-length: 135\x0D\x0AHOST: 192.168.1.77\x0D\x0A\x0D\x0A<?
> xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>\x0D\x0A<YAMAHA_AV cmd="PUT">\x0D
> \x0A<System>\x0D\x0A<Power_Control><Power>3</Power></Power_Control>\x0D
> \x0A</System>\x0D\x0A</YAMAHA_AV>\x0D\x0A\x0D\x0A
>
> POST /avctrl/ctrl.cgi HTTP/1.1 Content-Type: text/plain Content-
> length: 135 HOST: 192.168.1.77\x0D\x0A\x0D\x0A<?xml version="1.0"
> encoding="UTF-8"?><YAMAHA_AV
> cmd="PUT"><System><Power_Control><Power>3</Power></Power_Control></
> System></YAMAHA_AV>\x0D\x0A\x0D\x0A
>
> POST /avctrl/ctrl.cgi HTTP/1.1\x0D\x0AContent-Type: text/plain Content-
> length: 135 HOST: 192.168.1.77\x0D\x0A\x0D\x0A<?xml version="1.0"
> encoding="UTF-8"?><YAMAHA_AV
> cmd="PUT"><System><Power_Control><Power>3</Power></Power_Control></
> System></YAMAHA_AV>\x0D\x0A\x0D\x0A
>
> POST /avctrl/ctrl.cgi\x0D\x0AHTTP/1.1\x0D\x0AContent-Type: text/plain
> \x0D\x0AContent-length: 135\x0D\x0AHOST: 192.168.1.77\x0D\x0A\x0D\x0A<?
> xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><YAMAHA_AV
> cmd="PUT"><System><Power_Control><Power>3</Power></Power_Control></
> System></YAMAHA_AV>\x0D\x0A\x0D\x0A
>
> POST /avctrl/ctrl.cgi\x0D\x0AHTTP/1.1\x0D\x0AContent-Type: text/plain
> \x0D\x0AContent-length: 135\x0D\x0AHOST: 192.168.1.77\x0D\x0A\x0D\x0A<?
> xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><YAMAHA_AV
> cmd="PUT"><System><Power_Control><Power>3</Power></Power_Control></
> System></YAMAHA_AV>\x0D\x0A\x0D\x0A
>
> Thanks also to Fiasco for the spreadsheet, there is also another one
> with the actual commands  http://www.awe-europe.com/documents/V3900_Z7_Function_Tree_1.0.xls
>
> I'll be trying again tomorrow.
>
> Thanks guys
>
> On Jun 2, 9:08 am, Jarrod Bell <jar...@guilink.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Wow what a terrible protocol to implement...
> > Good luck to anyone doing this. It's very possible, but will not be a
> > walk in the park!
>
> > Jarrod
>
> > On Jun 2, 5:37 pm, Fiasco <dgvoll...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > >http://webpix.ca/files/RX-V3900_Z7_ETHERNET_IF_Spec_e_1.0.xls
>
> > > What an awful protocol.  Soooo glad I purchased an onkyo before
> > > getting into automation.

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