Can Wireless Home Audio products be controlled via IP with any other devices?

[wirelesshome]

I'm interested in knowing if the Wireless Home Audio Director, Conductor or Player can be controlled via IP with alternative controllers?  Specifically, I'm interested in integrating the products into a universal remote control or home control system and still have 2 way communications with feedback.  IP and RS232 are the most commons ways of accomplishing this.

[Wilkins377]

Hi,

Maybe for basic functions like (play, stop, next) using the IR remote, a third party IR based universal remote may work but that's a big gamble to take, anyway what would be the purpose then of the Linksys DMRW1000 (IP based remote control) remote that Linksys is selling if its compatible with third party remotes.

Wireless Home Audio remote

Well that's my thoughts on this, I hope you'll find the device your looking for.

[GeckoBlaster]

The WHA product set are all UPNP Media Renders limited to playing audio. Cisco Media Player (download from somewhere here) will act as a media player front end to any UPNP renderer. I have it controlling each of the WHA devices and two different Twonky media renders running on a laptop and PC. Setup works like a charm.

So the answer is yes you can control them via IP using the UPNP protocol. Hopefully one day someone from Cisco will actually getting around to answering these types of questions.

[PFD314@gmail.com]

I am trying out AndroMote & UpNPlay for android.  Neither of them work right now.  It could be me, or the software.  With some luck, and maybe paypal donations....who knows what the devs will be willing to do.