Home Assistant integration for Bang & Olufsen products

The bang_olufsen integration enables control of some of the features of certain Bang & Olufsen devices through Home Assistant.

This integration uses the Mozart open API

Compatible devices

Devices that have been tested and should work without any trouble are:

• Beolab 8
• Beolab 28
• Beosound 2 3rd gen
• Beosound A5
• Beosound A9 5th gen
• Beosound Balance
• Beoconnect Core
• Beosound Emerge
• Beosound Level
• Beosound Theatre

Configuration

This integration can be added to a Home Assistant installation using HACS by adding https://github.com/bang-olufsen/bang_olufsen-hacs as a custom repository.

Afterwards, devices can be added to your Home Assistant installation manually by using the UI or by auto-discovery.

Entities

This integration adds an array of different useful entities that are generated and added automatically upon setup, customized for the supported features of the device. Some of these features, such as proximity sensor and home-control are manually defined based on model name in the code, as they currently can't be determined in any other way.

Media Player entity

• Playback control: play/pause/stop/previous/next
• Adjust volume: set volume/mute
• Clear playlist
• Enable shuffle / repeat
• Select playback source
• Display artwork from currently playing music
• Displaying currently playing artist and track
• Displaying playback progress
• Media seeking (Currently only when using Deezer)
• Media browsing:
  • Playback of local media
  • Radio Browsing
  • TTS
• Displaying various extra state attributes
  • Beolink:
    • Own JID
    • Beolink leader (if available)
    • Beolink listeners (if available)
    • Beolink peers (if available)
  • Bluetooth devices:
    • Currently connected bluetooth devices such as phones (if available)
    • Paired remotes (if available)
• Using the play_media service:
  • Activate a favourite
  • Play from a URI
  • Play a local file
  • Play a radio station
  • Play a Deezer flow
  • Play an album from Deezer (with optional starting position)
  • Play a playlist from Deezer (with optional starting position)
  • Play a track from Deezer
• Custom services:
  • Overlay
    • overlay_audio: Overlaying audio over any currently playing audio.
  • Beolink:
    • beolink_allstandby: Set all connected Beolink devices to standby
    • beolink_expand: Expand the Beolink experience with a device
    • beolink_join: Join a Beolink experience, either with specific JID or automatically
    • beolink_leave: Leave a Beolink experience
    • beolink_unexpand: Unexpand a device from a Beolink experience
    • beolink_set_volume: Set volume level on all devices in the Beolink experience
    • beolink_leader_command: Run media_player commands on the Beolink leader from anywhere in the experience:
      • set_volume_level
      • media_seek
      • mute_volume
      • select_source
      • turn_on
      • turn_off
      • volume_up
      • volume_down
      • media_play_pause
      • media_pause
      • media_play
      • media_stop
      • media_next_track
      • media_previous_track
      • toggle

Binary Sensor entity

• Battery Charging (If available)
• Proximity sensor (If available)

Button entity

• Favourite entities

Number entity

• Treble
• Bass

Sensor entity

• Battery Level (If available)
• Battery Charging Time (If available)
• Battery Playing Time (If available)
• Media ID (Disabled by default)
• Input Signal (Disabled by default)

Select entity

• Sound mode (If available)
• Listening Position (If available)

Switch entity

• Loudness

Text entity

• Friendly Name
• Home Control URI (If available)

Getting Deezer URIs

In order to find Deezer playlist, album URIs and user IDs for Deezer flows, the Deezer website has to be accessed. When navigating to an album, the URL will look something like: https://www.deezer.com/en/album/ALBUM_ID, and this simply needs to be converted to: album:ALBUM_ID and the same applies to playlist, which have the format: playlist:PLAYLIST_ID.

Additionally a Deezer user ID can be found at https://www.deezer.com/en/profile/USER_ID by selecting the active user in a web browser.

Deezer track IDs can currently only easily be found by playing the track on the device and looking at the extra state attributes, where it is shown with the key "deezer_track_id". Tracks do not have a prefix so the ID needs to be used directly.

Automations

All device triggers can be received by listening to bang_olufsen_event event types.

Additionally the "raw" WebSocket notifications received from the device are fired as events in Home Assistant. These can be received by listening to bang_olufsen_websocket_event event types where device_id is used to differentiate devices.

Physical buttons and sensors

The "shortPress" of all the buttons, except for volume control, are available as device triggers.

If the device has a proximity sensor, then a proximity sensor binary sensor will be available in Home Assistant.

Beoremote One

Device triggers for the Beoremote One are supported and will be available once the integration detects that it has been paired with the device. To trigger these triggers, enter the "Control" or "Light" submenu, and press any of the compatible buttons. Each button press will send a "press" and a "release" event and therefore also a "press" and a "release" device trigger.

The favourite buttons correspond to the physical favourite buttons on the device.

Automation examples

Using the overlay as doorbell

description: Play doorbell sound overlay on doorbell press.
mode: single
trigger:
  - platform: device
    device_id: 1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef
    domain: example
    type: doorbell
condition: []
action:
  - service: bang_olufsen.overlay_audio
    data:
      uri: media-source://media_source/local/doorbell.mp3
      absolute_volume: 60
    target:
      entity_id: media_player.beosound_balance_12345678

Using the overlay TTS as a bedtime reminder

description: "Daily bedtime reminder using overlay TTS."
mode: single
trigger:
  - platform: time
    at: "22:00:00"
condition: []
action:
  - service: bang_olufsen.overlay_audio
    data:
      absolute_volume: 70
      tts: It is 22:00. Time to go to bed!
    target:
      entity_id: media_player.beosound_balance_12345678

Using the Beoremote One to control lights

description: Use the Beoremote One to control living room lights.
mode: single
trigger:
  - platform: device
    device_id: 234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1
    domain: bang_olufsen
    type: Light/Digit1_KeyPress
condition: []
action:
  - service: light.toggle
    target:
      entity_id: light.living_room

Setting all devices to standby when leaving home

description: Set all Bang & Olufsen devices to standby when leaving home.
mode: single
trigger:
  - platform: zone
    entity_id: person.example
    zone: zone.home
    event: leave
condition: []
action:
  - service: bang_olufsen.beolink_allstandby
    data: {}
    target:
      entity_id: media_player.beosound_balance_32836899

Services

play_media services

The Bang & Olufsen integration supports different playback types in the media_player.play_media service: playback from URL, activating a favourite, playback from a local file, playing a radio station, activating a Deezer flow and Deezer playlists, albums and tracks.

play_media examples

Playing DR P1 from a URL:

service: media_player.play_media
target:
  entity_id: media_player.beosound_balance_12345678
data:
  media_content_type: url
  media_content_id: http://live-icy.dr.dk/A/A03H.mp3

Activating the first favourite:

service: media_player.play_media
target:
  entity_id: media_player.beosound_balance_12345678
data:
  media_content_type: favourite
  media_content_id: 1

Playing a local file:

service: media_player.play_media
target:
  entity_id: media_player.beosound_balance_12345678
data:
  media_content_id: media-source://media_source/local/example.mp3
  media_content_type: music

Playing a Deezer flow. Optionally define a Deezer user ID:

service: media_player.play_media
target:
  entity_id: media_player.bang_olufsen
data:
  media_content_type: deezer
  media_content_id: flow
  extra:
    id: 1234567890

Playing a Deezer playlist. Optionally define starting position for the playlist:

service: media_player.play_media
target:
  entity_id: media_player.beosound_balance_12345678
data:
  media_content_type: deezer
  media_content_id: playlist:1234567890
  extra:
    start_from: 123

Playing a Deezer album. Optionally define starting position for the album:

service: media_player.play_media
target:
  entity_id: media_player.beosound_balance_12345678
data:
  media_content_type: deezer
  media_content_id: album:1234567890
  extra:
    start_from: 123

Playing a Deezer track:

service: media_player.play_media
target:
  entity_id: media_player.beosound_balance_12345678
data:
  media_content_type: deezer
  media_content_id: 1234567890

Playing a B&O Radio station:

service: media_player.play_media
target:
  entity_id: media_player.beosound_balance_12345678
data:
  media_content_id: 1234567890123456
  media_content_type: radio

NOTE: To easily obtain the media_content_id for a Deezer track or B&O Radio station, you can enable the 'Media id' sensor on Mozart device in Home Assistant (disabled by default). Once enabled, start playing the content you wish to activate in a service call - the Media id sensor will then provide the value to be used in the media_content_id field.

Custom services

The Bang & Olufsen integration additionally supports different custom services

Service bang_olufsen.beolink_join

Join a Beolink experience.

Service data attribute	Optional	Description
beolink_jid	yes	Manually specify Beolink JID to join.

Service bang_olufsen.beolink_expand

Expand current Beolink experience.

Service data attribute	Optional	Description
beolink_jids	no	Specify which Beolink JIDs will join current Beolink experience.

Service bang_olufsen.beolink_unexpand

Unexpand from current Beolink experience.

Service data attribute	Optional	Description
beolink_jids	no	Specify which Beolink JIDs will leave from current Beolink experience.

Service bang_olufsen.beolink_leave

Leave a Beolink experience.

Service bang_olufsen.beolink_allstandby

Set all Connected Beolink devices to standby.

Service bang_olufsen.beolink_set_volume

Set a volume level for all connected Beolink devices.

Service data attribute	Optional	Description
volume_level	no	Specify the volume level.

Service bang_olufsen.beolink_leader_command

Send a media_player command to Beolink leader.

Service data attribute	Optional	Description
command	no	Specify the media_player command.
parameter	yes	Specify the media_player command's parameter.

Service bang_olufsen.overlay_audio

Overlay audio over any currently playing audio. TTS is generated by Bang & Olufsen and is limited to 100 unique messages a day. Generated TTS messages are cached for 24 hours.

Service data attribute	Optional	Description
uri	yes	Specify the audio to play.
absolute_volume	yes	Specify an absolute volume for the overlay.
volume_offset	yes	Specify a volume offset to be added to the current volume level.
tts	yes	Specify a string to be converted to a TTS message.
tts_language	yes	Specify TTS language.

Blueprints

Announce where music has been joined from (Beolink)

A Blueprint for this scenario: https://youtu.be/AiZbrYQ6u48

Select the speaker you want to announce which other product it joins, when performing a long-press on the Play/Pause button.

Default phrase is “Joined {friendly name}”, but this can easily be modified to a different language, e.g: “Lytter med fra {friendly name}”.

Additionally it is possible to enable announcements when using a remote or the Bang & Olufsen app to expand.

Create an automation for each Mozart product that should announce when joining a different room.

Control lights using Beoremote One BT

A Blueprint to easily set up light control with Beoremote One BT and a Mozart-based product.

Select your Mozart product and the light-bulbs or groups you want to control.

This Blueprint allows for 3 light "zones". See the setup for detailed information on how to control the 3 zones.

To use Light-commands, press “List” on your Beoremote One, navigate down to “Light” and press the center-button. From here, use the described buttons on the remote below to modify brightness.

Control shades using Beoremote One BT

A Blueprint to easily set up shade control with Beoremote One BT and a Mozart-based product.

Select your Mozart product and the shades you want to control.

This Blueprint allows for 3 "zones". See the setup for detailed information on how to control the 3 zones.

To use Control-commands, press “List” on your Beoremote One, navigate down to “Control” and press the center-button. From here, use the described buttons on the remote below to modify the position.

Control scenes using Light and Control menu items on Beoremote One BT

A Blueprint to set up scene control with Beoremote One BT and a Mozart-based product.

Select your Mozart product in the dropdown menu.

Enter the function (e.g. Light/Func1) you want to trigger the scene with. All functions are described in the Blueprint.

Select the action that should be triggered by the defined function. This can be any service call, e.g. scene.turn_on.

In case you have renamed the scenes on your remote, they will not match the documentation. To find the function name of a renamed button, enable the debug mode toggle. Every time a Light or Control item is activated, a notification with the name of the selected function will show up in the Home Assistant dashboard notification panel. We recommend to disable debug mode as soon as the automation is working as expected.

To activate a scene, press “List” on your Beoremote One BT, navigate down to “Light” or "Control" and press the right-arrow key. Navigate to the function you want to activate and confirm with the center-button.