Chowmainsoft has released a driver for Crestron Home, enabling integration of Hegel’s H150, H200, H400 and H600 integrated amplifiers into residential automation systems.

The driver provides IP-based control of amplifier functions, including power, volume, mute and input selection, alongside playback controls for Hegel’s built-in media functions.

Support for model-specific source lists allows the driver to accommodate the different inputs available across the four amplifier models. Standard AV receiver commands provide power on and off, volume adjustment, mute and input selection, while additional controls cover play, pause, stop, track skipping and playback modes.

Supported playback modes include normal, shuffle, repeat one, repeat all, shuffle repeat one and shuffle repeat all.

A separate Blu-ray Disc player and media driver provides dedicated control of Hegel’s integrated media functions, including play, pause, stop, skip forward and skip back, as well as the same selection of playback modes.

The driver supports four amplifiers from Hegel’s integrated range, which combines amplification with digital connectivity and streaming capabilities.

The H150 is positioned as an entry-level model in the range, combining integrated streaming, connectivity and amplification. The H400 delivers 250W per channel into 8Ω and uses a dual-mono architecture, SoundEngine 2 distortion correction and a digital-to-analogue converter derived from the H600.

At the top of the range, the H600 delivers 303W per channel into 8Ω and features a dual-mono design, a reference-grade preamplifier stage and SoundEngine 2 technology.

The new driver extends Crestron Home integration to the four amplifiers, allowing users to access key system and media controls through the home automation platform.