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YamahaEc

The Yamaha Extended Control (or YXC) is Yamaha’s new communication protocol sent over Ethernet and Wi-Fi to control MusicCast enabled device.

The version of the protocol (1.20) used for this I/O server supports the following devices: Vx81(OSD), Vx81(GUI), WXA-50 WXC-50, R-N402/D, CRX-N470/D, ISX-18/D, WX-010, YAS-306, YAS-706, YSP-2700, Vx79(OSD),Vx79(GUI),R-N602, NX-N500, CD-NT670/D, ISX-80, WX-030, SRT-1500, YSP-1600, YSP-5600. For the updated list of compatibility consult the Yamaha official documentation.

In order to be able to control the device with HSYCO the Yamaha device must be connected to a LAN with a fixed ip assigned.

Add a YAMAHAEC I/O Server in the I/O Servers section of the Settings and set its parameters:

  • IP Address: the IP address of the device.
  • Port: the TCP/IP port used for connecting (default 80)
  • Shutdown when inactive: defaults to true.
ID Value R/W Description
connection online R connection established
offline R HSYCO can't connect to the panel
power 1 R the amplifier is on
W turn on
0 R the amplifier is off
W turn off
volume 0..100 R the current volume
<value> W se the volume to <value>
sleep 0 R the sleep time is set to off
W set the sleep time to off
30 R the sleep time is set to 30 minutes
W set the sleep time to 30 minutes
60 R the sleep time is set to 60 minutes
W set the sleep time to 60 minutes
90 R the sleep time is set to 90 minutes
W set the sleep to 90 minutes
120 R the sleep time is set to 120 minutes
W set the sleep time to 120 minutes
input <src>[Note 1] R the input is set to <src>[Note 1]
W set the input to <src>[Note 1]
mute 1 R volume is muted
W mute
0 R the volume is not muted
W un-mute
device.id value R The device id of the amplifier
model.name value R The model name of the amplifier
api.version value R API version of the protocol
system.version value R System version of the amplifier

Note 1
Inputs name are retrieved by the driver, an example of valid names: napster,spotify,juke,qobuz,tidal,deezer,airplay,mc_link,server,net_radio,bluetooth,usb,optical,aux.
  • initial release

YAMAHA is a registered trademark of Yamaha Corporation