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Curiosity …

What can I learn from the information I can see when I go to ‘About my Sonos system…’ ?

I understand the serial numbers (MAC addresses plus a character), Sonos OS (mine are all S2), IP addresses, and wireless modes (presently mine are all WM:0).

I take the hardware version and ‘Version’ (software version) to be self-explanatory.

Series ID is interesting.  I wonder what it means.

OTP is even more interesting.  Some of my players have this and some not.  I wonder whether it’s something to do with SonosNet.  Perhaps, if I understood it, I’d know which players are supporting which other players in the network.  This could be useful if I were planning to move them.  FYI, presently only the Boost is wired to my router.

 

Peter

Hi @bamber2001 

Thanks for your post! And, apologies for the delay.

Yes, those are all mostly self-explanatory, except for WM:0, WM:1,WM:2 and WM:3 which mean connected to SonosNet/Ethernet, connected to WiFi, Home-Theatre-Bonded-Surround/Sub and Home-Theatre-Bonded-Surround-that-doesn’t-support-SonosNet respectively (note that the new Sonos app does show these, but is not currently reporting them correctly in all cases).

I have never noticed “Series ID” anywhere on my system, and that might be because I don’t have some of the older units that you have, but I suppose it’s possible that you are misreading “Sonos ID” which is a unique number for your Sonos account. If you are not misreading, then it is likely the hardware revision of the product. There were 3 versions of Connect, for example (which does not include ZP80 or Port).

OTP is One Time Programmable, which refers to one of the types of memory that the specific product uses. What it is is explained here on Wikipedia, but the short story is it’s nothing to worry about. I don’t think newer products use it, as I don’t see any reports of it on my own system (my oldest product is Amp).

I hope this helps.

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