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Russound RIO

The Russound RIO integrationIntegrations connect and integrate Home Assistant with your devices, services, and more. [Learn more] allows you to control Russound devices that make use of the RIO protocol.

The platform automatically discovers all enabled zones and sources. Each zone is added as a media player device with the enabled sources available as inputs. Media information is supported if the selected source reports it. The integration allows you to navigate presets, control volume of all zones, and play radio stations all from your Home Assistant dashboard.

Supported devices

This integration allows you to connect the following controllers:

  • Russound MBX-PRE
  • Russound MBX-AMP
  • Russound ACA-E5
  • Russound MCA-C3
  • Russound MCA-C5
  • Russound MCA-66
  • Russound MCA-88
  • Rusosund MCA-88x
  • Russound XSource
  • Russound XZone4
  • Russound XZone70V
  • Russound XStream-X5

Configuration

To add the Russound RIO integration to your Home Assistant instance, use this My button:

Russound RIO 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 Russound RIO.

  • Follow the instructions on screen to complete the setup.

Host

The IP address of your device can be found by navigating to the device on the Russound app and selecting Settings. If you are using a third-party RS232 to IP adapter, refer to the user manual about finding the IP address.

Port

The port of your device. This is 9621 on all devices except for the XZone4, which uses ports 9621-9624. The port may be different if a RS232 to IP adapter is used.

Data updates

Russound RIO devices push data directly to Home Assistant, enabling immediate updates for device state changes, media information, and playback status.

Removing the integration

This integration follows standard integration removal. No extra steps are required.

To remove an integration instance from Home Assistant

  1. Go to Settings > Devices & services and select the integration card.
  2. From the list of devices, select the integration instance you want to remove.
  3. Next to the entry, select the three dots menu. Then, select Delete.

Available configuration entities

The integration provides a few entities to configure the device settings. The following entities are supported:

  • Bass and Treble
  • Balance
  • Loudness
  • Turn on volume

Playing media

Russound RIO supports recalling AM/FM and Sirius XM presets using the media_player.play_media action.

Examples:

Russound RIO can recall any stored presets saved on the device for a given source. The preset ID can be between 1-36. Some devices may display presets within banks of six presets total. The preset ID can be calculated by combining the current bank and preset. An example action using a preset for Bank 1, Preset 1:

action: media_player.play_media
target:
  entity_id: media_player.russound_deck
data:
  media_content_type: "preset"
  media_content_id: "1"

An example action using a preset for Bank 2, Preset 1:

action: media_player.play_media
target:
  entity_id: media_player.russound_deck
data:
  media_content_type: "preset"
  media_content_id: "7"

The action will only impact the current source for a zone. If you want to recall a preset on a specific source, you can use the format source_id,preset_id. For example, if you want to recall Bank 2, Preset 2 using Source 1:

action: media_player.play_media
target:
  entity_id: media_player.russound_deck
data:
  media_content_type: "preset"
  media_content_id: "1,8"

Troubleshooting

There is a delay on getting the current status

Some older Russound devices have a slight delay before posting a new status to Home Assistant. This can be resolved by updating the unit to the latest firmware.