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The controller is simply the IR receiver. Set the 218 as NCON (non controller) and stick with existing controller.

For volume, the DSP speakers handle this, the controller simply tells them what volume to play as. It doesn't matter what the source is.

However, I would query whether you want an 861 being daisy chained through a 218. Part of what marks out the 800 series is the quality of the digital outputs, in particular timing/jitter. I suspect that the 218 will be inferior to the 861 in that regards and that there is the potential for degradation in audio quality.

There may be some merit in connecting the 218 to DSP's via SpeakerLink, and connecting 861 L/R to coax input (D2) - may need a Reviver or similar if 861 does not offer coax out. This would require the DSP to be reprogrammed for any sources that would now be coming in via D2.