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Arcam FMJ Receivers

The Arcam FMJ Receivers integration allows you to control Arcam Receivers and Processors from Home Assistant.

Supported devices:

  • AV 40
  • AV 41
  • AV 860
  • AVR 5
  • AVR 10
  • AVR 11
  • AVR 20
  • AVR 21
  • AVR 30
  • AVR 31
  • AVR 380
  • AVR 390
  • AVR 450
  • AVR 550
  • AVR 750
  • AVR 850
  • AVR 860
  • SA 10
  • SA 20
  • SA 30
  • SR 250
  • ST 60

This integration may also work with JBL and AudioControl receivers and processors as they share the same firmware as Arcam.

  • SDP-55/58

Configuration

To add the Arcam FMJ Receivers device to your Home Assistant instance, use this My button:

Arcam FMJ Receivers can be auto-discovered by Home Assistant. If an instance was found, it will be shown as Discovered. You can then set it up right away.

Manual configuration steps

If it wasn’t discovered automatically, don’t worry! You can set up a manual integration entry:

  • Browse to your Home Assistant instance.

  • Go to Settings > Devices & services.

  • In the bottom right corner, select the Add Integration button.

  • From the list, select Arcam FMJ Receivers.

  • Follow the instructions on screen to complete the setup.

Supported functionality

Binary sensors

The integration provides the following diagnostic binary sensors, one for each zone. They are disabled by default.

  • Zone incoming video interlaced
    • Description: Indicates whether the incoming video signal is using interlaced scanning. It is on when the signal is interlaced, off when it is progressive, and unknown when video parameters are not available.

Sensors

The integration provides diagnostic sensors for monitoring the incoming audio and video stream properties of each zone. All sensors are disabled by default and can be enabled from the device page.

Video sensors

  • Incoming video horizontal resolution
    • Description: The horizontal resolution of the incoming video signal, in pixels.
  • Incoming video vertical resolution
    • Description: The vertical resolution of the incoming video signal, in pixels.
  • Incoming video refresh rate
    • Description: The refresh rate of the incoming video signal, in Hz.
  • Incoming video aspect ratio
    • Description: The aspect ratio of the incoming video signal.
    • Options: 16:9, 4:3, Undefined
  • Incoming video color space
    • Description: The color space of the incoming video signal.
    • Options: Normal, HDR10, HDR10+, HLG, Dolby Vision

Audio sensors

  • Incoming audio format
    • Description: The format of the incoming audio signal.
    • Options: Analogue direct, Auro-3D, Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital EX, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Digital Surround, Dolby TrueHD, DTS, DTS 96/24, DTS Core, DTS-ES Discrete, DTS-ES Discrete 96/24, DTS-ES Matrix, DTS-ES Matrix 96/24, DTS-HD High Resolution Audio, DTS-HD Master Audio, DTS Low Bit Rate, DTS:X, IMAX Enhanced, PCM, PCM zero, Undetected, Unsupported
  • Incoming audio configuration
    • Description: The spatial channel configuration of the incoming audio signal.
    • Options: Mono, Mono + LFE, Dual mono, Dual mono + LFE, Stereo only, Stereo only Lo/Ro, Stereo only Lo/Ro + LFE, Stereo + LFE, Stereo downmix, Stereo downmix + LFE, Stereo center, Stereo center + LFE, Stereo surround mono, Stereo surround mono + LFE, Stereo surround L/R, Stereo surround L/R + LFE, Stereo surround L/R back mono, Stereo surround L/R back mono + LFE, Stereo surround L/R back matrix, Stereo surround L/R back matrix + LFE, Stereo surround L/R back L/R, Stereo surround L/R back L/R + LFE, Stereo center surround mono, Stereo center surround mono + LFE, Stereo center surround L/R, Stereo center surround L/R + LFE, Stereo center surround L/R back mono, Stereo center surround L/R back mono + LFE, Stereo center surround L/R back matrix, Stereo center surround L/R back matrix + LFE, Stereo center surround L/R back L/R, Stereo center surround L/R back L/R + LFE, Auro quad, Auro 2.2.2, Auro 5.0, Auro 5.1, Auro 8.0, Auro 9.1, Auro 10.1, Auro 11.1, Auro 13.1, Undetected, Unknown
  • Incoming audio sample rate
    • Description: The sample rate of the incoming audio signal, in Hz.

Power state

Arcam receivers turn off their network port when in standby, the integration will try to reconnect to the receiver every 5 seconds. This means powering on the first zone is not possible over the built-in network connection.

Note: Some newer models offer the ability to configure the device to keep the network port active when in standby mode. This can be found under HDMI Settings > HDMI Bypass & IP. Enabling HDMI & IP On will allow full power control from Home Assistant.

Two other options for complete power control exists: IR or Serial gateway.

IR command

Use an IR blaster to send a command to turn the device on using these discrete codes:

  • Zone 1: Protocol: RC5 Device: 16 Function: 123
  • Zone 2: Protocol: RC5 Device: 23 Function: 123

Turn on sometime requires two IR codes to be sent. You can generate the raw, broadlink or other IR format string using irgen tool like:

irgen -i rc5 -d 16 0 123 -o broadlink_base64 -r 2

To trigger this IR command add an automation on the event arcam.turn_on filtering on the entity_id of the media_player zone entity. This can be added using device automations or manually using normal automations.

Serial port to network gateway

Use a network to a serial port gateway to connect to the serial port of the receiver. The serial port is always available and can power on the device. This is the most reliable communication method as well.