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title: "Russound RNET"
description: "Instructions on how to integrate Russound RNET devices into Home Assistant."
date: 2016-07-21 22:00
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ha_category: Media Player
ha_release: 0.25
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The `russound_rnet` platform allows you to control Russound devices that make use of the RNET protocol.

This has initially been tested against a Russound CAV6.6 unit with six zones and six sources.

Connecting to the Russound device is only possible by TCP, you can make use of a TCP to Serial gateway such as [tcp_serial_redirect](https://github.com/pyserial/pyserial/blob/master/examples/tcp_serial_redirect.py)

To add a device to your installation, add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file:

```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
media_player:
  platform: russound_rnet
  host: 192.168.1.10
  port: 1337
  name: Russound
  zones:
    1:
      name: Main Bedroom
    2:
      name: Living Room
    3:
      name: Kitchen
    4:
      name: Bathroom
    5:
      name: Dining Room
    6:
      name: Guest Bedroom
  sources:
    - name: Sonos
    - name: Sky+
    - name: iPod
    - name: Unused 1
    - name: Unused 2
    - name: Kodi
```

Configuration variables:

- **host** (*Required*): The IP of the TCP gateway
- **port** (*Required*): The port of the TCP gateway
- **name** (*Required*): The name of the device
- **zones** (*Required*): This is the list of zones available
- **sources** (*Required*): The list of sources available, these must be in order as they are connected to the device
