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Stanley_4
Stanley_4
Grand Maestro
March 14, 2018

Feature request: Reboot All Devices Option

  • March 14, 2018
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I have assigned new IP numbers to all of my Sonos devices so that they line up prettily in my DHCP server's list. I know that was totally unnecessary but I was bored. So now my system is glitching even after all the DHCP assigned addresses have renewed. I know what is needed, rebooting my tablets running the Controller and all my Sonos devices but that is a real pain due to some of the Sonos devices locations.

What I'd like to see is a "Reboot All Devices" option on the advanced settings menu so I don't have to crawl / climb around the house pulling power plugs.
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    Smilja
    Smilja
    November 12, 2018
    [...] The Playbar 20 feet line-of-sight from the router starts to drop out when playing music, but wireless 4k video to the TV above it has never once had a problem, that sort of thing. The most reliable fix is to reboot the devices, and the "interference" magically goes away for awhile.

    Regardless, software bugs happen. Having a simple way to restart the entire system would be a nice feature.
    Sure, because your Apple TV doesn't need to play in sync with itself; in other words it isn't capable of multiroom. Hook the Playbar to the router and change over to SonosNet and the dropouts may go away. If you have any WiFi extenders or Powerline disconnect them beforehand.

    https://support.sonos.com/s/article/3209?language=en_US
    https://support.sonos.com/s/article/3235?language=en_US
    »And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space, Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind.« (›Windmills Of Your Mind‹ [1967]. Music by Michel Legrand ; English lyrics written by Alan & Marilyn Bergman)
      phillipmcmahon
      Trending Lyricist I
      December 10, 2018
      Doesn't seem to work anymore, I get a 4030 error denied when trying to access that URL pattern http://SONOSIP:1400/reboot. Absolute pain to have to get to all devices to do a restart. Any suggestions?
      controlav
      controlav
      Lead Maestro
      December 11, 2018
      Security changes removed many of the special web pages, including the reboot one.

      It might be possible to force a reboot using the SystemProperties.DoPostUpdateTasks API but that's just a guess.
      Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.
      Chemdream
      Contributor II
      January 16, 2019
      +1 for a simple reboot button in the app.
        Dave_Young
        Contributor I
        February 7, 2019
        One more person here, in favor of a reboot button in the controller app.
        Or even a button combination on the speaker: press + and - for 5 seconds. (Or something similar)
        Removing power cables is frustrating when all cables are tidied away ......
          controlav
          controlav
          Lead Maestro
          February 7, 2019
          Lets say Sonos decided to do this: given their recent security changes, this would require a Sonos account login to proceed. As a Player is presumably misbehaving (which is why it needs a reboot), what are the chances of the network stack on the player working well enough to get through the cloud connection and the authentication process to the reboot, on a partially functioning player? Slim, I would say. Call me skeptical.
          Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.
            Stanley_4
            Stanley_4Author
            Grand Maestro
            February 8, 2019
            I'm sure there are situations where the option to reboot from the web would fail, still be nice to have for the times it would work.

            I've gone to a manually switched power cord for the Sonos gear that is hard to get to, may go fancy with networked power switches at some point.
            chock
            chock
            Trending Lyricist I
            June 19, 2019
            +1 for the system wide (all Sono's Connect:AMPs, speakers, device controls, etc..) too all reboot at the same time.

            About once a month during heavy use, Sonos just goes off and does it's thing and is just uncontrollable. Walking around the house rebooting 3 apps and 5 amps is a pain in the ass/not worth it so I end up ditching Sonos and going back to old school music.
              Airgetlam
              Airgetlam
              June 19, 2019
              I would hazard a guess that you may need to assign reserved IP addresses to your devices. The Sonos system should not be going offline, nor should it require a reboot of the devices.
              Bruce
              chock
              chock
              Trending Lyricist I
              June 19, 2019
              Airgetlam - you mean to tell me your Sonos never goes AWOL? No way, not buying it.
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