Sonos Port Alarm and AVR that 'Works with Sonos'

As far as I can tell by going in circles on sonos.com all the real information on Works with Sonos is hidden behind a by  invitation only block. Lots of ad copy but nothing useful that I could see.

That’s as far as I got, too.

Here’s an explanation of “Works with Sonos”. It’s been given approval by a Sonos Mod with a link.
 

I’ve seen that. Although it has some good info in it, it doesn’t contain details of what it takes to be certified as “Works with Sonos”. And the link the Sonos mod provided it just to a Sonos ad copy page.

Keep scrolling down. Once on the page you’ll find additional links to take you where you may want to go. Follow the links 😉

However, in order to understand what it takes to be certified as “Works with Sonos” it appears you’ll need to be associated with a legitimate product and/or developing one. That’s makes since as I would assume there is proprietary information involved requiring an NDA.  It wouldn’t be in Sonos best interest in such a competitive market to publish that information for the general public including this community. I’m just saying 🤷

Been through all the links on the developer.sonos.com site. As ​Stanley_4 said  “As far as I can tell by going in circles on sonos.com all the real information on Works with Sonos is hidden behind a by  invitation only block. Lots of ad copy but nothing useful that I could see.”

Well... I think that’s the point. It’s not intended to be viewed by the masses. Gotta go through the vetting process and receive an “invitation” (if that’s the final step) in order to be “read in”. 😂

No offense...but looking at the Victrola Turntable for example; the how it works with Sonos is of little importance to me….just so long as it works. Victrola also provides an app to help with the interation to work their magic with Sonos integration. I assume that any product that makes the claim “Works with Sonos’ will provide steps to make the integration possible

Not looking for so much how it works, but what works.

Reciecer power, volume other functions. 

Sonos controls what, receiver controls what, feedback between the two sides.

Stuff a non-technical user would care about and possibly use. 

It’s worth noting that “Works with Sonos” is a badge that requires certification from Sonos. It’s not just a phrase. Companies are not allowed to use that unless the product is certified by Sonos and meets all the requirements needed to earn that badge.

Which is why it would be nice to know what functions the product needs to perform to get it.

Products that just use the Sonos API to communicate with Sonos devices are not included in this. The API is published in the developer documentation and anyone can use it.

On the other hand, I suspect there’s a list of functions that can be implemented, and not all manufacturers choose to implement all of them. Dunno. It seems like ​@Stanley_4 ‘s suggestion is an intelligent choice, by calling a third party, and investigating various choices.

I would think anything that takes a 12 volt trigger has to be ‘on’ enough to recognize the trigger. Like a TV set recognizing a remote power on function. It really isn’t all the way ‘off’ unless it’s unplugged, like many/most electronics these days.