& User Manual Music - Multiroom V 0.
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Table of Content 1. Audiomatrix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1.1 Electrical outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1.2 Software activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1. Audiomatrix 1.1 Electrical outlet You may distribute analogue audio sources to a max. of 8 rooms with the myGEKKO Audiomatrix. The operation of the audio sources is carried out directly via the touch display, push-button or via smartphones or pads. An MP3-player, which can be used as source, is integrated into the myGEKKO Touch (Mod. Touch and Slide). The MP3 files may be located on a USB flash drive or on a NAS network drive (see NFS data storage configurations manual).
4/8 channel analogue Audiomatrix RTI AD-4 / AD-8 The AD-4 (AD-8) Audio Distribution System developed by RTI is equipped with 4 (8) analogue audio inputs and outputs and, thanks to the integrated 8-channel-amplifier, it offers enough power for your music.
Anschlussübersicht Audiomatrix Source 4 example: TV device Source 3 example: Home cinema Source 2 example: Apple AirPort Express with iPhone Source 1 Source 2 RS232 data connection Source 4 LAN Internet Source 3 Source 1: myGEKKO MP3 & Internet radio Bus max. 15 mt.
Connection details Audiomatrix Mono The Audiomatrix is connected to an RS232 interface. It may be connected to the RIO 29 (Aux 2 RS485/RS232), to a free interface directly on the myGEKKO Touch (COM 1 by default, poss. also to COM2 if no Wago or RIO IO station are connected and the RS485 is currently not assigned) or to the interface distributor USB/quadruple RS232 (USB. COM 1-4) (Art. Nr. ACC-RS201).
Cascading of audio matrices To setup 8 zones you need to use 2 audio matrices of the type ACC-AMR01. They are connected via a custom made cable of the type ACC-AMR02. This cable contains the supply for both matrices. You may now distribute 8 sources to 8 zones. Matrices are delivered as Master and Slave devices. The data connection to the myGEKKO Touch is established via the Master.
Connection details Audiomatrix RTI AD-4 The RTI AD-4 as well as the RTI AD-8 are connected to a RS232 interface. For this purpose, the interface may be connected to the Rio 29, directly to the myGEKKO Touch/Slide (to COM 1 by default, eventually also to COM 2, if the RS485 connection is currently not assigned) or to the interface distributor USB/quadruple RS232 (USB.COM 1-4) (Art. Nr. ACC-RS201).
1.2 Software activation Activate the Audiomatrix 1. Log in as configurator. -> Music -> Music Mixer 2. Change to system menu 3. Select the port to which the Audiomatrix is connected (e.g. directly to the Touch COM port 1) and select ‘Standard’ for the Mono Audiomatrix or ‘Bose’ for the BOSE ESP88 Audiomatrix. Assigning sources 1. Change to system menu -> Music -> Music Mixer 2. Define the sources you have connected. You can choose between ‘Player’ and ‘External source’ in this section.
2. Barix Exstreamer The operation of the Barix is carried out via the myGEKKO Touch through the touch display, push-button or via smartphones and pads. MP3s on a USB Stick or NAS hard drive (See manual NFS data storage) can be used as sources. You can play also MP3 streams like Internet radio. The myGEKKO, the Barix player and possibly other devices (eg routers) must be in the same. It is important that in this network no DHCP server is running.
To set the configurations open a web browser and type the IP address of the Barix player into the address line. Log in the myGEKKO Touch as configurator. -> Netzwork -> myGEKKO Player 1. Change to system menu 2. Type the Mac address of the Barix player into the ‘1.Mac’ entry field and a free IP into the ‘IP’ entry field. 3. Tap the ‘None’ button to activate the player and close the Barix player. 4. Select the green button next to IP and check the DHCP and Status values. They have to show the value 1.
3. Music menu on the myGEKKO Touch 3.1 Zones / Rooms setup 1. Change to system menu -> Music 2. Tap the first of the 8 green bars on the list and change to the IO Configuration . The bars represent the 8 rooms / zones. Caution At the Audiomatrix zone number 1 corresponds to output number 1. 3. Tap the title bar and enter a name for the room, e.g. kitchen. 3. 4.
3.4 Create playlists 1. Change to the ‘Music’ section on the start screen. 2. Tap ‘>>’ (1) to go to the playlist overview section. You may create a maximum of 16 playlists. 3. Select the first free playlist (2). Enter a name for the playlist in the ‘Album’ section. On the right-hand side you can choose where (4) the music for the playlist is to be taken from: External source Select your connected sources. Now, if a room / zone plays this playlist the myGEKKO changes automatically to this external source.
Exemplary playlists The following playlists were created in the example: Playlist USB = ‘AUTO SEARCH’ with source from ‘MSTICK1’ from the ‘music’ folder Playlist Internet radio = ‘PLAYLIST’ with a list of internet radio stations Playlist AirportExpress = ‘EXTERNAL SOURCE’ -> AirportExpress Playlist Home cinema = ‘EXTERNAL SOURCE’ -> Home cinema Playlist TV = ‘EXTERNAL SOURCE’ -> TV device Overview playlists Playlist Internet radio 3.5 Turn music on and off via display 1. Tap the desired playlist. 2.
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