wiim adapter for ioBroker
adapter to access Wiim/Arylic and other devices based on the Linkplay streaming/multiroom technology
supported devices
The adapter has been tested with:
Wiim Amp
Wiim Mini
Arylic up2stream v3
Arylic S10+
Audiocast M5
August WR320B (after firmware upgrade to 4.6.415156.0)
August WS350K
Audio Pro Addon C5A
Müzo Cobblestone
Wiim devices use https communication, Arylic devices use http communication. At least one feature (playPromptUrl) -works only with Arylic devices with firmware >=4.6.415145 Currently only the most important features of the API are implemented. Please let me know if other features are useful to you.
You can find information on the devices here:
WiiM: https://www.wiimhome.com/wiimvibelink/overview Arylic: https://www.arylic.com/ Audiocast: https://audiocast.io/ remark: Audicast M5 is sold under many different generic brands, I assume they all work with the adapter August: https://augustint.com/ remark: the WR320B seems to be discontinued
Adapter Configuration
interval for refresh of player data in seconds: time between two requests for updated data
States & Control Channels
The adapter automatically creates states for each detected WiiM, Arylic, or Linkplay-based streaming device. The states are divided into read-only metadata and read/write control states.
Metadata & Status (Read-Only)
These states represent the current playback information and hardware metrics fetched from the device.
| State ID | Type | Role | Unit | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
artist | string | media.artist | - | Name of the currently playing artist. |
album | string | media.album | - | Name of the current album. |
title | string | media.title | - | Title of the current track. |
albumArtURI | string | media.cover | - | HTTP URL or URI pointing to the album cover artwork. |
mode | string | media.input | - | Current audio source mode (e.g., Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Line-In). |
loop_mode | number | value | - | Raw numeric loop/repeat mode returned by the hardware. |
sampleRate | number | value | Hz | Audio sample rate of the currently playing stream (e.g., 44100). |
bitDepth | number | value | bit | Audio bit depth of the stream (e.g., 16 or 24 bit). |
lastRefresh | string | text | - | Timestamp of the last successful data refresh from the device. |
Playback Controls (Read/Write)
Use these states to control the playback, routing, and system parameters of your streamers.
| State ID | Type | Role | Values / Range | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Play_Pause | boolean | button | trigger | Toggles between play and pause states. |
next | boolean | button | trigger | Skips to the next track in the queue or playlist. |
previous | boolean | button | trigger | Returns to the previous track. |
volume | number | level.volume | 0 to 100 % | Controls the device master volume. |
loopmode | number | level | 0 to 5 | Set selection dropdown for repeat and shuffle modes:0: Repeat all1: Repeat once2: Shuffle + Repeat3: Shuffle4: No repeat5: Shuffle + Repeat once |
jumptopos | number | media.elapsed | ms | Seeks to a specific position (in ms) within the current track. |
play_preset | number | media.playid | integer | Triggers a preset favorite slot pre-configured inside the WiiM/Arylic App. |
play_URL | string | media.url | URL string | Plays a direct custom audio stream URL (e.g., HTTP raw mp3 link). |
playPromptUrl | string | media.url.announcement | URL string | Plays an instant audio prompt or notification sound (e.g., for chimes/TTS). |
switchmode | string | media.input | input mode | Manually changes the active input source channel. |
setShutdown | number | level.timer | seconds | Sets the integrated sleep timer (in seconds) after which the device turns off. |
Multiroom & Synchronization (Read/Write)
Manage your device grouping and multiroom synchronous zones directly.
| State ID | Type | Role | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
setMaster | string | text | Enter the target IP address to pair this player as a multiroom slave group member. |
leaveSyncGroup | boolean | button | Triggers the device to leave its current multiroom sync group instantly. |
multiroom_slave_volume | string | text | Adjusts the relative volume offsets for active multiroom slave instances, format "ip:volume". |
multiroom_slave_mute | string | text | Mutes or unmutes all attached slave clients in the synchronized group, format "ip:0" or "ip:1". |
multiroom_kickout | boolean | button | Kicks out a predefined device context from the active multiroom tree. |
Changelog
0.6.1 (2026-10-18)
Migration to seconds instead of ms, corrected bonjour name handling
0.6.0 (2026-10-06)
- (KaiIOB) Addition of most API features, code optimization
0.5.0 (2026-02-22)
- First release with frequent auto-detection of new streamers in network
0.4.3 (2026-02-04)
- corrections based on test feedback, simplyfied streamer detection, simplified state subscription, state roles corrected, r/w of state correted
0.4.1
- (KaiIOB) minor correction
For older releases, see CHANGELOG_OLD.md.
License
MIT License
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