Sonos

With the Sonos integration, you can control your Sonos speakers through the nomos system Controller and include them in automations.

Steps to Set Up:

1. Activate Sonos Integration:

   • Click the on button to enable the Sonos integration.
   • The nomos system Controller will then search for existing Sonos devices on your network.

2. Add Device:

   • Click the "Add Device" button to add a new Sonos device.
   • Note: You need to set up your Sonos speakers in the official Sonos app first, before they can be recognized and added by the nomos system Controller.

3. Conrol Sonos Devices:

   • Once the Sonos devices are added, you can control them directly through the nomos app. This includes basic controls like Play/Pause, volume adjustment, or selecting playlists.

     
     

4. Use Sonos in Automations:

   • In the nomos app, you can include Sonos speakers in your automations. For example, you can create an automation that plays music as soon as you get home or when a specific scene is activated.

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Notes:

• Make sure that the Sonos devices are properly set up in the Sonos app before integrating them into nomos.
• If no devices are found, ensure they are connected to the same network as your nomos system Controller.

Speech

In automations and scenes, the action "Play Speech" speaks a text on the chosen Sonos speaker, for example "The washing machine has finished."

• Text: up to 300 characters. With [Variable] you insert the value of a system variable, for example "It is [Outdoor temperature] degrees outside." The characters <, >, | and ; cannot be spoken.
• Volume: optional. Left empty, the announcement plays at the volume the speaker uses for announcements.
• Sound before the announcement: optional, one of the sounds of "Play Sound" except the alarm. It plays right before the text, in the same file, so nothing comes in between. Two separate actions "Play Sound" and "Play Speech" work too, but only with a delay between them that is longer than the sound; without it the announcement cuts the sound off. If music is playing, it can be heard briefly during the pause.

It needs the switch under Administration → Advanced → Speech. The nomos cloud makes the speech; an announcement is made the first time and played from the controller after that, even without internet. A text without a system variable is made as soon as the automation is saved.

Each controller makes at most 5 new announcements a day; announcements made before do not count towards this. When an announcement cannot be made (limit reached, no internet connection, switch off), the speaker plays the nomos tone instead, or the sound before the announcement when one is chosen. A text with a system variable makes a new announcement for every new value.

Sonos S2 plays the announcement over the music. A speaker without this feature (Sonos S1) pauses the music for the announcement and then carries on as before.