README.md

sonos-pi-controller

A touch screen (Adafruit PiTFT Plus 3.5") Sonos controller for Raspberry Pi. Runs in a Docker container.

This controller relies upon the SoCo library for communicating with Sonos speakers and the pygame library for the UI.

No Docker

sudo apt install libsdl2-dev sudo apt-get install python3-sdl2 echo 'SUBSYSTEM=="backlight",RUN+="/bin/chmod 666 /sys/class/backlight/%k/brightness /sys/class/backlight/%k/bl_power"' | sudo tee -a /etc/udev/rules.d/backlight-permissions.rules

Features

The sonos-pi-controller includes the following features:

• Familiar interface similar to the official Sonos controller
• Stays synced with all your other Sonos controllers
• View album art, track name, artist, album
• Select room (top right icon)
• Group rooms (bottom right icon)
  • Select/deselect all rooms (top right party icon)
• Select music from music library (top left icon)
  • Artists
  • Albums
  • Genres
  • Playlists (Imported Playlists)
  • Favorites (i.e., items added to 'My Sonos')
• Play & Pause
• Next & Previous Track
• Adjust volume (including grouped rooms)
• Mute and unmute
• Automatic backlight shutoff after period of inactivity

Installation & Requirements

You will need the following hardware:

• Raspberry Pi 3B or armv7 compatible version
• Adafruit PiTFT Plus 3.5" TFT+Touchscreen
• Optional: PiTFT Pibow+ Case

Installation

• Flash your Raspberry Pi with the latest Raspberry Pi OS Lite (right now it's buster)
• Login to your Pi via SSH and install docker, docker-compose, and git.
  • Here is a very helpful guide if you need help.
• Attach your touchscreen to the Pi, reboot, and run the installer script from Adafruit to setup your touchscreen.
  • Choose 0 degrees (portrait) for the rotation.
  • Answer Yes when asked Would you like the console to appear on the PiTFT display?.
  • My personal settings in /boot/config.txt:

    gpu_mem=16
    # --- added by adafruit-pitft-helper Tue 30 Oct 10:12:27 MDT 2018 ---
    dtparam=spi=on
    dtparam=i2c1=on
    dtparam=i2c_arm=on
    dtoverlay=pitft35-resistive,rotate=0,speed=32000000,fps=60
    # --- end adafruit-pitft-helper Tue 30 Oct 10:12:27 MDT 2018 ---

• Copy sample.env to .env and adjust BACKLIGHT_TIMEOUT to your preference. The default is 30 seconds.
• Start the container with:

  docker-compose up -d

Screenshots

Troubleshooting

If your touchscreen is not calibrated correctly, try running the calibration program:

sudo TSLIB_FBDEVICE=/dev/fb1 TSLIB_TSDEVICE=/dev/input/touchscreen ts_calibrate