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Hi. Has anyone attempted to get an IMS and Home Assistant to talk to one another? I am certain there is a way but after two days of trying, I am in need of help. Any help is greatly appreciated!
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Last edited by David Ellis; 07-30-2025, 11:55 PM. -
Try talking with Dolby technical support. The IMS3000 communication protocols are reasonably well documented. Their primary form, however is WSDL/SOAP based. -
I have been meaning to look into this myself. One day. But, I can see a reasonable amount of capability as .. I have posted in the past how you can emulate a http GET with Dolby (And likely others) socket communication. So, I expect you could do something. Just need to look. And I don't have any more time to work on pet projects. Too many already in the air.Comment
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The most direct path might be an intermediate translation device? Something to react to the home assistant commands and issue the corresponding IMS ones.
Maybe the Junior automation folks have looked into supporting this? Or a single board computer of any flavor.
Home assistant is open source, so I’m sure it is doable internally too, just might require more developer level knowledge in HA.Comment
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What direction do you want the communication to flow? And what type of calls do you want to do? Dim some lights? Start a show based on external triggers?
The IMS can do TCP callouts, which could simulate a HTTP call with JSON payload.
The cleanest way would be to implement a plugin for Home Assistant, but also the least efficient way, as in time spent on the project.
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