Vivaldifreenet

The Vivaldi Giove FREENETMK2 is an in-wall stand alone amplifier for multiroom audio applications, in a 503-3 modules standard case, and RS-485 control port. As each FREENETMK2 is addressable, multiple units can be connected over a single RS-485 bus. See the Vivaldi FREENETMK2 installation guide for the detailed specifications and requirements.

Communication

Connect a RS-485 serial port, either directly from the HSYCO Server or via a serial gateway to the RS-485 bus that interconnects the FREENETMK2 units.

RS-485 parameters:

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

FREENETMK2 Configuration

Each FREENETMK2 device connected to the same RS-485 bus must be assigned a unique address.

HSYCO Configuration

Add a VIVALDIFREENET 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 Rs-485 bus.

High Availability

• Shutdown when inactive: defaults to true.

Options

ID	Default	Values	Description
addresslist		list of positive integer numbers	the list of all addresses of FREENETMK2 devices connected to the RS-485 bus. The numbers can be separated by spaces, commas or semi-colon characters

Datapoints

ID	Value	R/W	Description
<n>.power	1	R	device <n> is on
		W	turn device <n> on. An “on” value is equivalent to 1
	0	R	device <n> is off
		W	turn device <n> off. An “off” value is equivalent to 0
	flip	W	toggle the power status of device <n>
<n>.source	<s>	R	device <n> audio source is <s> (valid sources are: "RADIO", "CD", "DVD", "TV", "DVR", "AUX1", "AUX2", "MP3", "AUXIN", "MICBASE", "USB", "MICIN", "MICOUT", "BT")
		W	set device <n> to source
	flip	W	set zone <n> to the next source (cycling between: "RADIO", "AUXIN", "AUX2", "BT", "USB")
<n>.volume	off	R	device <n> volume is muted
		W	mute device <n>. A 0 value is also interpreted as mute
	on	W	un-mute device <n>
	flip	W	mute or un-mute device <n>
	<v>	R	device <n> volume level is 1 to 50
		W	set device <n> volume level to <v>
	up	W	increase volume (by one step) for device <n>. "+" is equivalent to "up"
	down	W	decrease volume (by one step) for device <n>. "-" is equivalent to "down"

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)

UISET Actions

ID	Attribute	Set to
z<n>.zonedisplay	visible	true when the menu display for the zone is not active, false otherwise
z<n>.name	value	the zone name, retrieved from the MPU configuration
z<n>.source	value	the source number followed by the source name, as set in the MPU
z<n>.volume.status	value	invisible: zone off; MUTE: muted; <x%>: volume level, 1% to 100%
z<n>.displine.1	value	the line 1 of the source display, for the source currently in use by this zone
z<n>.displine.2	value	the line 2 of the source display, for the source currently in use by this zone
z<n>.displine.3	value	the line 3 of the source display, for the source currently in use by this zone
z<n>.displine.4	value	the line 4 of the source display, for the source currently in use by this zone
z<n>.status	value	ON: generic on for not NuVo Net sources; OFF: off; PAUSE: paused; PLAY: playing; PLAY [SH]: playing, shuffle mode; PLAY [REP]: playing, repeat mode; PLAY [SH][REP]: playing, shuffle repeat mode; FAST FORWARD: fast forward mode; REWIND: rewind mode
z<n>.menudisplay	visible	true when the menu display for the zone is active
menu.wait	visible	true when the NuVo MPU takes some time to retrieve a menu (this can happen when retrieving long lists of songs from the iPod, for example)
menu.name	value	menu title
menu.line.<n>	value	the menu items’ text lines. <n> starts from 1, up to the number of menu display lines as set in the options (default is 10)
menu.line.header	value	this object shows a few dots (....) when you can scroll up the menu. Place this object above the first menu line
menu.line.footer	value	this object shows a few dots (....) when you can scroll down the menu. Place this object below the last menu line
z<n>.volume	value	0: mute or zone off; <x%>: volume level, 1% to 100%

USER Commands

Name	Param	Action
z<n>	power	zone power on/off button
z<n>	menu	simulate MENU button on Control Pad
z<n>	up	simulate UP button on Control Pad (increment volume level in approx. 5% steps, or move up one line in the menu)
z<n>	down	simulate DOWN button on Control Pad (decrement volume level in approx. 5% steps, or move down one line in the menu)
z<n>	playpause	simulate zone PLAY/PAUSE button on Control Pad
z<n>	ok	simulate zone OK button on Control Pad
z<n>	prev	simulate zone PREV [ << ] button on Control Pad
z<n>	next	simulate zone NEXT [ >> ] button on Control Pad
z<n>	source	cycle zone sources
z<n>	source.	select source (1 to 6) for this zone

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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