Nuvo

NuVo Grand Concerto and Essentia E6G are multi-source, multi-zone audio distribution systems that may be integrated to work with external control systems and servers. The central unit is called Main Processor Unit (MPU).

It provides power supply, source audio routing to the zones, amplified stereo audio output for each zone and centralized control and interface for all zones.

Communication

Employ a DE-9 (often called DB-9) male-female RS-232 straight cable to connect the RS-232 MPU port to the serial port on HSYCO SERVER.

You can also define and connect to more than one NUVO MPU to control multiple systems.

RS-232 parameters:

Baud rate	57600
Data bits	8
Stop bit	1
Parity	none
Flow control	none

Nuvo Configuration

On the NUVO device, a number of contiguous sources starting from the source 1 must be configured.

One of the areas 17 to 20 must be reserved for communication with HSYCO.

HSYCO Configuration

Add a Nuvo I/O Server in the I/O Servers section of the Settings and set its parameters:

Communication

• Comm ID: select the comm port connected to the panel.

High Availability

• Shutdown when inactive: defaults to true.

Options

ID	Default	Values	Description
gui	true	true	enable support for the UI object, UISET actions and USER commands
		false	disable UI support
menuzone	20	17 ... 20	defines which virtual zone will be used to access the menu system
menulines	10		the number of menu item lines

Datapoints

ID	Value	R/W	Description
connection	online	R	connection established to the MPU
	offline	R	HSYCO can't connect to the MPU
system.version	<firmware id>	R	version information of the firmware installed on the MPU
system.power	1	R	at least one zone is on
	0	R	the ALLOFF command has been sent and all zones are off
		W	turn the system off. An “off” value is equivalent to 0
system.mute	1	R	system muted
		W	mute all zones. An “on” value is equivalent to 1
	0	R	system un-muted
		W	return all zones to the volume level as set before the system mute command was sent. An “off” value is equivalent to 0
system.page	1	R	page mode is on
		W	enter page mode. An “on” value is equivalent to 1
	0	R	page mode is off
		W	turn page mode off. An “off” value is equivalent to 0
system.message	<text>	W	send a text message to all Control Pads, up to 50 characters
system.response	<text>	R	the native protocol response message. This event is generated only if the message is ignored or not recognized by the driver
system.command	<text>	W	send a native protocol command to the MPU. Do not include the leading “*” character and trailing carriage return in the text value when setting this IO variable
z<n>.name	<name>	R	zone <n> name
z<n>.power	1	R	zone <n> is on
		W	turn zone <n> on. An “on” value is equivalent to 1
	0	R	zone <n> is off
		W	turn zone <n> off. An “off” value is equivalent to 0
z<n>.source	<s>	R	zone <n> audio source is <s> (from 1 to 6)
		W	set zone <n> to source
	next	W	set zone <n> to the next source
z<n>.volume	off	R	zone <n> volume is muted
		W	mute zone <n>. A 0 value is also interpreted as mute
	on	W	un-mute zone <n>
	<x%>	R	zone <n> volume level is 1% to 100%
		W	set zone <n> volume level to X%
	<x>	W	set the zone <n> volume level. <x> is a number between 0 and 100. Decimal numbers are accepted and truncated
	<x>/<y>	W	set the zone <n> volume level. <x>/<y> is a fractional number between 0 and 100. Decimal numbers are accepted and truncated
	up	W	increase volume (by one step) for zone <n>
	down	W	decrease volume (by one step) for zone <n>
z<n>.mute	1	R	zone <n> volume is muted
	0	W	mute zone <n>. An “on” value is equivalent to 1
z<n>.dnd	1	R	Do not disturb (DND) mode is on for zone <n>
		W	enable do not disturb mode for zone <n>. An “on” value is equivalent to 1
	0	R	Do not disturb (DND) mode is off for zone <n>
		W	disable do not disturb mode for zone <n>. An “off” value is equivalent to 0
z<n>.lock	1	R	zone <n> is locked
		W	enable lock mode for zone <n>. An “on” value is equivalent to 1
	0	R	zone <n> is not locked
		W	disable lock mode for zone <n>. An “off” value is equivalent to 0
on	W	lock zone <n>
<xxxx>	W	unlock zone <n>. <xxxx> is the four digit unlock code

User Interface

Nuvo Object

The user interface for the Nuvo multi-room system:

The Nuvo object is listed in the Project Editor’s new object list only when at least one Nuvo I/O Server is defined.

Parameters

• server id: the server ID. Supports Redirect variables
• zone number: zone number of the Nuvo multi-room system. Supports Redirect variables
• position: the object's position. Use the pixels or rows and columns coordinates format

Syntax

(nuvo <server id>; <zone number>; <position>)

E.g.

(nuvo serverid; 1; x10y20)

NuvoMini Object

The user interface for the Nuvo multi-room system:

The NuvoMini object is listed in the Project Editor’s new object list only when at least one Nuvo I/O Server is defined.

Parameters

• server id: the server ID. Supports Redirect variables
• zone number: zone number of the Nuvo multi-room system. Supports Redirect variables
• position: the object's position. Use the pixels or rows and columns coordinates format

Syntax

(nuvomini <server id>; <zone number>; <position>)

E.g.

(nuvomini serverid; 1; x10y20)

USER Commands

ID	Attribute	Set to

Name	Param	Action

Release Notes

3.2.1

• log more verbose in case of failure of initial reading

3.0.1

• various bug fixes
• adds support for z<n>.volume.status text field
• adds support for z<n>.volume.up and <ioserver_id>.z<n>.volume.down (user) buttons

3.0.0

• full integration in HSYCO 3.0.0

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