Instruction manual

Multi Room Audio System

It is highly recommended that you complete a C-Bus Training Course

before configuring a Clipsal Multi Room Audio system. Sections 10.1 and

10.2 take you through the configuration process. These sections assume

you are familiar with the C-Bus Toolkit software. They use the example

system shown in

Figure 19. This system consists of three zones

and uses

the following units (all on the same C-Bus network):

1 × Matrix Switcher

2 × Remote Amplifiers

1 × Desktop Amplifier

1 × Ulti Saturn DLT wall switch

1 × 6 button Ulti Saturn wall switch

1 × 8 button Neo wall switch

1 × radio tuner (audio source #1)

1 × digital TV set top box (audio source #2)

1 × DVD player (audio source #3)

1 × 4 Channel Dimmer.

10.1 C-Bus Toolkit

C-Bus programming is accomplished using the C-Bus Toolkit software. It

involves:

• creating a C-Bus project with a Group Address structure which is

used by MRA Amplifiers and the MARPA software

• enabling a C-Bus system clock and burden in the Matrix Switcher

(if required)

• configuring each MRA Amplifier so it can be controlled by one or

more C-Bus wall switches.

1) Start Toolkit, and create a new C-Bus project and network for the

MRA system. If a project and network already exist (such as when you

are adding to an existing C-Bus network), open that project and

network.

2) Decide which Application you will use for the MRA system. You may

create a unique Application (such as “Lighting/Audio” Application

Address 55). However, if you use C-Bus wall switches to control both

lights and audio, both need to use the same Application Address. In

this case it may be best to use the default “Lighting” Application

Address 56.