Home Assistant Custom Component for Pioneer VSX

Older Pioneer VSX amplifier/receivers require extra carriage returns to be sent to the receiver to wake up the CPU before they are ready to accept commands. This custom component fixes that issue.

Known models that require wakeup:

• Pioneer VSX-920
• Pioneer VSX-2021

Installation

1. Copy manifest.json and media_player.py to /custom_components/pioneervsx/ directory
2. Add configuration below to configuration.yaml
3. Restart Home Assistant
4. If required, add a media_player control to the UI

Configuration.yaml

media_player:
  - platform: pioneervsx
    name: "VSX920"
    host: 192.168.1.2
    port: 8102
    enabled_sources_only: true

Extra Features

• enabled_sources_only: Limits the list of sources to only those enabled on the Receiver. (true by default, set to false to see all sources)