Declare a Sonos speaker in Link’nX with its IP address

Declare a Sonos speaker in Link’nX with a name and its IPv4 address. The declared device can then be controlled from a scenario or from the KNX bus, and its declaration edited or deleted from the Sonos list.

Intended for installers and administrators.

Before you start

• Note the speaker’s IPv4 address. Ask the installer for it if you do not know it.
• The Sonos option is available in your context. If it is not, contact support.

Declare the speaker

1. Check the project and the gateway displayed, then open Sonos in the equipment navigation. The navigation guide explains how to access the cards and the mobile menu.
2. In the Sonos list, click Add. The Sonos device declaration form opens.
3. Fill in Name, required, 64 characters maximum, for example the fictitious name Living room speaker.
4. Fill in IP address with the device’s IPv4 address: four numbers from 0 to 255 separated by dots. The field expects an address, without protocol, port or path, and not a host name.
5. Click the round button with a floppy disk at the bottom right. If this button is disabled, check the name and the address format.
6. Wait for Success!.

The form has no Sonos password field.

Check the result

Check Name and IP address in the list. An empty list means that no declaration is shown in this context: Link’nX does not search for devices on the network automatically.

Saving the address confirms neither a connection nor actual playback. Then test a command from a scenario action or from the KNX bus and listen to the speaker.

Control the declared speaker

• From the KNX bus: on the device row, the two opposite horizontal arrows, Gateway mode configuration, open the Sonos mappings with KNX.
• From a scenario: prepare a command with the Sonos actions.

Edit the declaration

Click the Edit pencil of the row. In Sonos device modification, correct the fields, use the floppy disk and wait for Updated!. Then check the row.

Delete the declaration

1. First check the actions that use the device: the deletion confirmation does not show the list of scenarios concerned.
2. Click the Delete trash can, then reread Delete item name? in the browser confirmation. Canceling keeps the device; confirming requests its deletion.
3. After Deleted!, check that the row has disappeared.

No restore button is offered. Removing the declaration does not restore the previous audio state of the device.

Troubleshooting

• The floppy disk stays disabled: check the name and the IPv4 format of the address.
• The Sonos entry is missing or unavailable: check the project and the gateway, then the Sonos option of your context.
• For other symptoms, follow the Sonos troubleshooting guide.

Contact support

If the correct address is still rejected, if a declaration is not confirmed or if you deleted a device by mistake, write to support@can-nx.com with the context, the device name, the message and the steps already tried.