Has anyone got an official answer from SONOS about AMAZON ECHO Integration?

Jwctech,

I've followed your instructions and seem to have most of it working. I can control my sonos from inside my network as well as from outside using the http commands, but when I test in Lambda I get the following error. I don't have the Sonos controller app running on the machine that is hosting internally and as I've said everything works from the outside. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Dave



START RequestId: 00d65d9e-a422-11e5-92c1-6b12cc78cc9e Version: $LATEST
2015-12-16T18:22:45.541Z 00d65d9e-a422-11e5-92c1-6b12cc78cc9e session applicationId: amzn1.echo-sdk-ams.app.xxxxxxxxxxx
2015-12-16T18:22:45.541Z 00d65d9e-a422-11e5-92c1-6b12cc78cc9e dispatch intent = playIntent
2015-12-16T18:22:45.541Z 00d65d9e-a422-11e5-92c1-6b12cc78cc9e playIntent: checking zone
2015-12-16T18:22:45.541Z 00d65d9e-a422-11e5-92c1-6b12cc78cc9e checkZones: zoneSlot set to:kitchen
2015-12-16T18:22:45.541Z 00d65d9e-a422-11e5-92c1-6b12cc78cc9e checkZones: calling Sonos at: myFQDN:5005/zones
2015-12-16T18:22:47.044Z 00d65d9e-a422-11e5-92c1-6b12cc78cc9e checkZones: Error connecting to Sonos API: socket hang up
2015-12-16T18:22:47.044Z 00d65d9e-a422-11e5-92c1-6b12cc78cc9e getZonesCallback: Error received
END RequestId: 00d65d9e-a422-11e5-92c1-6b12cc78cc9e
REPORT RequestId: 00d65d9e-a422-11e5-92c1-6b12cc78cc9e Duration: 1521.62 ms Billed Duration: 1600 ms Memory Size: 128 MB Max Memory Used: 10 MB

Hi all,

I have read through this and unfortunately if the system does not work flawlessly my wife will despise it. It took me enough just to talk her into getting the system to begin with, I was about to dive into Sonos further and add to the ecosystem but as mentioned above I think the Echo is so good that if Sonos is not planning an elegant solution I will need to look at a new home system....

Sonos, either work with Amazon or develop your own interface that is as strong as Amazon's (but that is a tall order)

Hi everyone,

I'm the guy who wrote the echo-sonos code at https://github.com/rgraciano/echo-sonos

This past weekend, I fixed some bugs and made it smarter - features like next, previously, & what's playing now all work reliably. I also added a bunch of features like playlists and favorites, and many new phrasings to make voice control feel more natural.

Hope it helps!
Ryan

Very cool - I have added a listFavorites function and added error checking to the playFavorite function to ensure that the fave is valid. I'm happy to share my code

Would this eventually be released as an app?

@boykster - great! Feel free to submit a PR or send me a patch.

@andrew77uk - something has to sit behind your firewall & communicate with your Sonos system. I could publish my code as an app, but I'd still need you to install software on a server behind your firewall to talk to your Sonos, and I doubt Amazon would publish Skills that require that level of DIY effort. So, practically speaking, only Sonos (& Amazon themselves) have the capability to publish an end-to-end Sonos app, as they're both guaranteed to have a device sitting in the right place already.

Well you could release desktop app and one for the mobile.

SONOS, there is enough technology savvy customers that support the word of mouth about your product that influences others to buy Sonos as a great product. But, I have to say, this holiday brought Echo and PS4 into my home (connected to a projector). Lack of integration is suddenly, in a weekend, rendering my Sonos system obsolete. Yeah, get your CEO to care and it will happen. Your churn, retention, repeat buyer and roadmap products are under pressure now from a customer perception standpoint. My Sonos buying decisions - which had Playbar, Play 1 and others suddenly. Why am I even on this thread? I have never been here as long as I can remember. It breaks my heart to learn in the last 48 hours that I should sell my Sonos. Suffer lower quality sound for convenience. My kid just walked in the house during this sentence and changed the Pandora station to Taio Cruz through Echo. Or just add your own voice control (don't make me by a new sonos speaker though.) Or let Amazon roll out an echo that replace your hub (too hard?). Suggest your CEO talk about voice interaction coming at CES.

Hi everyone,

I'm the guy who wrote the echo-sonos code at https://github.com/rgraciano/echo-sonos

This past weekend, I fixed some bugs and made it smarter - features like next, previously, & what's playing now all work reliably. I also added a bunch of features like playlists and favorites, and many new phrasings to make voice control feel more natural.

Hope it helps!
Ryan

Ok, so this looks complicated and will take a while for me to understand some of this, but given the money spent on sonos, echo and home automation, integrating sonos to echo is a must if i want to keep playing (and spending money) on gadgets with the girlfriends approval.

So a couple questions:
When you say the files need to be installed on a server, will this work on a NAS (have a drobo FS).
Is a Echo developer account still needed to get this operational? Was that difficult to get?

Hi everyone,

I'm the guy who wrote the echo-sonos code at https://github.com/rgraciano/echo-sonos

This past weekend, I fixed some bugs and made it smarter - features like next, previously, & what's playing now all work reliably. I also added a bunch of features like playlists and favorites, and many new phrasings to make voice control feel more natural.

Hope it helps!
Ryan

I found your GitHub before I found this post and want to say thank you. I haven't embarked on the journey yet but I read through the github and I don't think I'll have any issues. Currently have a multi room sonos setup and hadn't ordered an echo yet but now that you have made the two possible I'm going to move forward with the echo purchase. Thanks for you and everyone else's hard work.