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Yamaha MusicCast

The yamaha_musiccast platform allows you to control Yamaha MusicCast Receivers from Home Assistant.

Supported devices are listed on their site.

To add a Yamaha MusicCast Receiver to your installation, add the following to your configuration.yaml file:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
media_player:
  - platform: yamaha_musiccast
    host: 192.168.xx.xx

Configuration Variables

host string Required

IP address or hostname of the device.

port integer (Optional, default: 5005)

UDP source port. If multiple devices are present, specify a different port per device.

interval_seconds integer (Optional, default: 480)

Polling interval in seconds.

Supported operations

Currently, this integration supports powering on/off, mute, volume control, and source selection. Playback controls, for instance, play and stop are available for sources that support it.

Example configuration

A full configuration example will look like the sample below:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
media_player:
  - platform: yamaha_musiccast
    host: 192.168.178.97
    port: 5005