AmpVortex Home Assistant Integration Plugin

Official Custom Component for AmpVortex Multi-Room Streaming Amplifiers

🚀 Introduction

The AmpVortex Home Assistant Plugin is an official custom integration designed for controlling AmpVortex multi-room streaming amplifiers, including the AmpVortex-16060 Series, AmpVortex-16060G (5× Bluetooth Audio), and other whole-home audio processors.

This integration enables smart home enthusiasts, installers, and integrators to unify advanced audio distribution systems with Home Assistant, providing a seamless way to manage whole-home audio, IP-based distributed audio, and multi-zone amplifier control.

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🔊 About AmpVortex

AmpVortex specializes in high-performance multi-room audio amplifiers, distributed audio matrix, and whole-home streaming audio systems.
All modern AmpVortex models support:

• Multi-room AirPlay 2
• Multi-zone Google Cast
• 5× Bluetooth Audio (AmpVortex-16060G)
• Hi-Res 192kHz & Lossless
• KNXnet/IP Smart Home Integration (via firmware update)
• Local Web-based Control Panel
• Official AmpVortex Web API

📄 Official API Documentation https://www.ampvortex.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Ampvortex-Web-API-2023.11.11.pdf

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🏠 Features

This plugin unlocks complete smart home automation for AmpVortex amplifiers:

🔹 Multi-Zone Audio Control

• Power On/Off
• per-zone volume
• dB-accurate volume control
• Mute / Unmute
• Room grouping (Home Assistant level)

🔹 Input Management

Support for all AmpVortex streaming protocols:

• AirPlay 2 Multi-Room
• Google Cast Multi-Zone
• Bluetooth Audio (5× BT Audio)
• Optical / SPDIF
• HDMI ARC (model dependent)
• Analog Inputs

🔹 Real-Time Status & Monitoring

• Active source
• Playback state
• Audio format
• Zone availability
• Network & device health

🔹 100% Local Control (LAN API)

No cloud. No latency.
Perfect for privacy-focused smart homes.

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📦 Installation

1. Copy the ampvortex directory into:

/config/custom_components/

2. Restart Home Assistant.

3. In Home Assistant:

Settings → Devices & Services → Add Integration → AmpVortex

4. Enter the IP address of your amplifier.

Done. Full integration activated.

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🔧 YAML Example

media_player:
  - platform: ampvortex
    host: 192.168.1.120
    name: Living Room Amplifier

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📚 LSI Keywords Used in README

• multi-room audio amplifier
• distributed audio system
• home automation amplifier
• IP-based amplifier control
• whole-home audio
• smart home AV integration
• KNX audio integration
• AirPlay 2 amplifier
• Google Cast amplifier
• high-resolution audio system

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🔗 Official AmpVortex Resources

• 🌐 AmpVortex Official Website
  https://www.ampvortex.com

• 📘 AmpVortex Multi-Room Amplifiers Overview
  https://www.ampvortex.com/products/

• 📄 AmpVortex Web API Documentation
  https://www.ampvortex.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Ampvortex-Web-API-2023.11.11.pdf

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Version

Note

You can check if you firmware has following version For AmpVortex-16060, 2.3.43 (100U) If you don't have latest version, please contact service@ampvortex.com