Vivaldifreenet

The Vivaldi Giove FREENET is an in-wall stand alone amplifier for multiroom audio applications, in a 503-3 modules standard case, and RS-485 control port.

Each FREENET is addressable, and multiple units can be connected over a single RS-485 bus. See the Vivaldi FREENET installation guide for the detailed specifications and requirements.

The VIVALDIFREENET I/O Server supports FREENET MK2 and MK3. Both models can coexist on the same RS-485 bus and the model of each unit is automatically discovered.

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 FREENET units.

RS-485 parameters:

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

FREENET Configuration

Each FREENET 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 FREENET 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>.status	online	R	device <n> is online
	offline	R	device <n> is offline
<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", "DAB")
		W	set device <n> to source
	flip	W	set device <n> to the next source (cycling between: "RADIO", "DAB", "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"
<n>.freq	<f>	R	device <n> frequency is <f>, from 875 to 1080 (100 kHz unit)
		W	set device <n> frequency to <f>
	up	W	increase frequency (by 100 kHz) for device <n>. "+" is equivalent to "up"
	down	W	decrease frequency (by 100 kHz) for device <n>. "-" is equivalent to "down"
	m<x>	W	set frequency to memory x (m0 to m9)
<n>.radio	up	W	move to next FM/DAB radio station for device <n>. "+" is equivalent to "up"
	down	W	move to previous FM/DAB radio station for device <n>. "-" is equivalent to "down"
<n>.cd	up	W	move to next CD/Album for device <n>. "+" is equivalent to "up"
	down	W	move to previous CD/Album for device <n>. "-" is equivalent to "down"
<n>.trk	up	W	move to next track for device <n>. "+" is equivalent to "up"
	down	W	move to previous track for device <n>. "-" is equivalent to "down"
<n>.play	1	W	send play command to device <n>. "play" is equivalent to "1"
	0	W	send pause command to device <n>. "pause" is equivalent to "0"
	flip	W	send play/pause command to device <n>
<n>.high	<v>	R	device <n> treble equalizer level is -10 to 10
		W	set device <n> treble equalizer level to <v> (-10 to 10)
<n>.mid	<v>	R	device <n> mid-range equalizer level is -10 to 10
		W	set device <n> mid-range equalizer level to <v> (-10 to 10)
<n>.low	<v>	R	device <n> low equalizer level is -10 to 10
		W	set device <n> low equalizer level to <v> (-10 to 10)
<n>.m<x>	freq	W	store current tuner frequency to memory <x>
	<f>	W	store frequency <f> to memory <x>
<n>.cd.text	text	R	CD/Album name
<n>.trk.text	text	R	track name
<n>.dab.text	text	R	DAB tuner service name text
<n>.rds.text	text	R	FM tuner RDS text

User Interface

VIVALDIFREENET Object

The user interface for the Vivaldi FREENET multi-room system:

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

Parameters

• server id: the server ID. Supports Redirect variables
• zone number: the device RS-485 address. Supports Redirect variables
• position: the object's position. Use the pixels or rows and columns coordinates format

Syntax

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

E.g.

(vivaldifreenet vivaldi; 1; x10y20)

Release Notes

3.8.0

• added support for FREENET MK3
• new <n>.radio = up|down data point: seek next or previous radio station in FM or DAB modes
• new <n>.dab.text data point: DAB radio service name
• the left/right navigation icons in the vivaldifreenet UI object now seek the previous/next radio station in FM or DAB mode

3.7.0

• initial release

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