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Содержание Fireball E-2

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Страница 107: ... Users Guide WD041 1 1 10 26 2004 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis IN 46278 317 616 6789 phone 317 616 6790 fax www escient com FIREBALL ADVANCED USER S GUIDE An Advanced Guide to the Escient FireBall E2 300 Music Manager ...

Страница 108: ...alup Connection 16 Retail Demo Mode 19 What is FLAC 20 Notable features of FLAC 20 What FLAC is not 21 Networked Audio using FireBall Music Clients 22 Servers 22 Clients 22 Limitations 22 Locating the FireBall Clients and Servers 22 Configuring a FireBall Client 25 Backup and Restore 27 FireBall Music Backup 27 FireBall Music Restore 28 About ID3 Tags 28 Advanced Utilities 29 Restore Factory Defau...

Страница 109: ...xternal Control Protocol Specification 50 Commands and Responses Overview 50 External Control Command Structure 50 Command Responses 50 Unsolicited Status Events 51 Remote Button Keyboard Commands 53 Database Commands 56 Status Commands 62 Control Commands 63 Optional Accessories 65 Escient EWP 1000 Wireless Web Pad 65 Escient ETP 1500 LCD Touch Panel 66 Hayes Compatible Modem 66 FireBall to Sony ...

Страница 110: ...x FireBall Networking Beyond Ethernet x Registration x Retail Demo Mode x What is FLAC x Networked Audio using FireBall MP 100 and DVDM 100 Music Clients x Backup and Restore x Advanced Utilities x Escient Touch Panel Integration x Remote and Keyboard Control Programming x Escient RC 6 IR Key Codes x Control Cable Pin outs and Requirements x External Control Specifications x Optional Accessories x...

Страница 111: ...ink Coax and analog audio outputs are active when playing media from the internal hard drive or Internet Radio Both digital and analog connections must be made from the changer to the FireBall for the FireBall to output both digital and analog outputs This table shows which audio outputs are active for each type of audio source Analog Out Digital TosLink Out Digital Coax Out Hard Drive Audio YES Y...

Страница 112: ...rface but will require that your video system has an available component input The FireBall user interface is 720x480 480i and will appear stretched horizontally on a 16x9 display If your display has the option to select different resolutions for each input you can select another viewing resolution which eliminates the horizontal distortion One of the S Video outputs is typically used for the opti...

Страница 113: ...vides a much faster path for data transfer External Modem Connections Use of an external modem for connecting to the Gracenote and Escient disc lookup services should only be used if a broadband connection is not available Any external modem which supports the standard AT Hayes command set and supports a serial connection RS 232 will work USB modems will not work Contact Escient for more informati...

Страница 114: ...our wires are used if the cable has 8 wires all the wires have to be connected in both jacks Straight through cables are used for connecting computers to a hub Crossed cables are used for connecting a hub to another hub there is an exception some hubs have a built in uplink port that is crossed internally which allows you to uplink hubs together with a straight cable instead In a straight through ...

Страница 115: ...l Way Indianapolis IN 46278 317 616 6789 phone 317 616 6790 fax www escient com CAT5 cabling should not exceed 100 meters The following drawing depicts the typical wiring scheme for CAT5 For more information about wiring an Ethernet network please refer to the Linksys web site ...

Страница 116: ...Changer 1 should be connected to Analog Audio in 1 x Changer 2 should be connected to Analog Audio in 2 x Changer 3 should be connected to Analog Audio in 3 Sony CD Mega Changer Hookup x Up to three Sony 200 300 or 400 disc changers may be connected via S Link cables 1 8 mono or stereo mini x S link cable must 15 or less x All audio outputs from changers are connected to the E2 do not daisy chain ...

Страница 117: ...ired when recording from external changers x Set each changer to address MAIN x Only CDs in Kenwood changer will appear in Fireball Music Guide Pioneer DVD CD Changer Hookup Note The Pioneer FV 07 is ONLY supported for CDs with the FireBall Music Managers The Pioneer FV 07 can not be used for Movie storage x Up to three Pioneer DV F07 300 disc changers connected via individual custom RS232 cables ...

Страница 118: ...sys web site is an excellent source for information on building home networks Wireless Networking Wireless Networking commonly referred to as WiFi or 802 11a b g is defined as a local area network that uses 2 4GHz radio signals to transmit and receive data over distances of a few hundred feet using the ethernet protocol FireBall can be added to a wireless home network using an external Ethernet to...

Страница 119: ...5 Digital Way Indianapolis IN 46278 317 616 6789 phone 317 616 6790 fax www escient com Be sure to use an adapter which supports the version of 802 11 A B or G that the user s Wireless Access Point supports Refer to the Access Point s documentation for more information ...

Страница 120: ...must be turned on using software proided by the devices manufacturer The HomePlug specification incorporates a technology called PowerPacket This new technology is what makes HomePlug different from the old powerline networks PowerPacket eliminates noise from electrical appliances like hair driers and televisions plus it offers security For more information on Powerline Networking please visit the...

Страница 121: ...stry with excitement but limited success 2 0 brought the speed up to a good level and brought the price down too Since then HPNA 2 0 has been adopted by almost all of the home network manufacturers Network adapters routers and bridges are all available FireBall connects to an HPNA network using an HPNA to Ethernet Bridge The HPNA to Ethernet Bridge will bridge the gap between the FireBall s Ethern...

Страница 122: ...he perform test button This will start the Ethernet Connection test which will test the following network settings a The ethernet link to your router or hub b The DHCP addressing if you selected Dynamic IP Addressing c The connection to your default Gateway your route to the Internet d The connection between your router and the Escient server If any of these tests fail check your ethernet wiring w...

Страница 123: ...s will use tone or touch tone instead of pulse dialing b Enter a prefix if you have to dial 9 or some other number to access an outside line when using your phone system c If your phone line has Call Waiting service select the prefix to disable it from the Disable Call Waiting spin control Typically this will be 70 in the US d If you have voice mail service from your phone company that provides a ...

Страница 124: ...hese tests fail check your modem and phone line wiring with the proper test equipment Using the same modem and cables test that you can access the internet using a standard PC Static IP Addressing is not allowed with a dialup internet connection Your ISP will supply a dynamic IP address once the connection is established and the user s account has been authenticated ...

Страница 125: ...time the RDM will reactivate as the screensaver Follow these steps to enable the Retail Demo Mode in your FireBall display model 1 Follow the Quick Start instructions to connect and register your demo FireBall 2 When your FireBall is configured and you see the Music Guide press the SETUP key on the remote 3 Select the General menu 4 Select the Screen Saver menu 5 Select the Demo Mode option and th...

Страница 126: ... hardware x Hardware support Because of FLAC s free reference implementation and low decoding complexity FLAC is currently the only lossless codec that has any kind of hardware support x Streamable Each FLAC frame contains enough data to decode that frame FLAC does not even rely on previous or following frames FLAC uses sync codes and CRCs similar to MPEG and other formats which along with framing...

Страница 127: ...nt et cetera There is no intention to support any methods of copy protection which are for all practical purposes a complete waste of bits Another way to look at it is that since copy protection is futile it really carries no information so you might say FLAC already losslessly compresses all possible copy protection information down to zero bits Of course we can t stop what some misguided person ...

Страница 128: ...You can not stream over the Internet Only MP3 and FLAC audio files can be streamed to clients You can t stream CDs from the internal drive or from external changers Playlists that contain only MP3s FLAC files will be available on the clients Playlists that contain MP3s FLAC files and non streamable tracks will NOT appear on the clients You may have an unlimited number of clients on the network but...

Страница 129: ...erial control over RS 232 Two way serial control over ethernet Wireless IR remote and Keyboard options Support for 4 different IR banks 4 IR zones Templates for integration into many third party wired and wireless IR distribution systems Philips and Marantz Pronto remote control templates Distributed A distributed FireBall installation means that your FireBall Servers and Clients are physically di...

Страница 130: ... The biggest advantage of a distributed client server system over a central system is that everything you need is built into FireBall Networking zoned IR independent high quality audio and video feeds as well as support for an unlimited number of rooms or zones using standard ethernet wiring Note only 4 clients can stream from the same server at one time ...

Страница 131: ...icServer are all good examples Do not use spaces in the FireBall Server Name FireBall Server Name screen Optionally you can assign a password for web access to the FireBall This password is independent from the Parental Controls password and is used to limit access to FireBall s web server from any standard web browser on your network If a password is entered here the user will be asked to enter i...

Страница 132: ...erver on your network you can manually select a different server using the Server Connection screen which can be accessed from Setup Internet Configuration Server Connection Select Server Connection screen on FireBall Clients The Server Connection screen displays a list of FireBall Servers found on your network by their default or user defined FireBall Name Once you select a server and save your s...

Страница 133: ...customers One such method involves attaching an external FireWire or USB hard drive to your PC and backing up your Content directory by using a simple drag and drop from the Content directory to the external drive or using more elaborate features provided by a third party backup software product such as Dantz Retrospect A free trial of this software is provided by Dantz for both Mac and Windows us...

Страница 134: ...ill rebuild the internal database based on the music file s ID3 tag information About ID3 Tags All MP3 and FLAC files should have the proper ID3 tags in each file in order for FireBall to properly add each music file to it s internal Library The following ID3 tag formats are supported by FireBall x ID3v1 0 x ID3v1 1 x ID3v2 2 0 x ID3v2 3 0 Use an MP3 Tag Editor such as iTunes to change the ID3 tag...

Страница 135: ...ted by Escient Tech Support engineers The Advanced Utilities include x Restore Factory Defaults x Rebuild Databases x Hardware Re registration x Lookup All Covers To reduce the possibility that these tools are inadvertently accessed by inexperienced users the Advanced Utilities menu is hidden from the user To access the Advanced Utilities Menu 1 Go to the Main Setup Menu 2 Enter 8020 on the FireBa...

Страница 136: ...top the process and all of their settings music and preferences will be deleted and the FireBall will be restored to it s original software version You should perform a manual Software Update after a Restore Factory Defaults to update the FireBall to the most recent software version Force Re Registration The Re registration function will reset the internal registration to the default settings forc...

Страница 137: ... unlikely event that your database becomes corrupt by a power failure or other unknown cause FireBall will go through each database entry for movies music and radio and reconstruct the correct indices x You should only run this utility when instructed to do so by Escient technical support personnel x Once Rebuild Databases starts you must wait until it completes which could be several hours for a ...

Страница 138: ...okup All Covers feature is to be used by customer service in the unlikely event that a system failure causes the cover art links to become corrupt You will be asked to confirm the execution of this feature because it performs a permanently destructive action by replacing every custom cover then attempts to download new covers over the Internet connection Lookup All Covers Screen ...

Страница 139: ...by 2 Connect the RS 232 serial cable to COM PORT 4 on the rear panel of your FireBall 3 Connect the other end of the RS 232 serial cable to the bottom of the ETP 1500 4 Connect one end of an S Video cable to one of FireBall s two S Video outputs 5 Connect the other end of the S Video cable to the S Video input on bottom the ETP 1500 6 Connect the ETP 1500 to an AC power source 7 Press the power bu...

Страница 140: ... obtain the maximum performance form the ETP 1500 Touch Panel the main user should calibrate the display using the Calibration tool Follow these steps to calibrate the ETP 1500 Touch Panel 1 Press the SETUP key on the remote control 2 Select the External Control Menu 3 Select the Touch Panel Menu 4 Select the Calibration Menu 5 The calibration screen is displayed 6 Follow the on screen instruction...

Страница 141: ...w escient com Touch Panel Calibration Screen When the calibration procedure is complete you can operate the FireBall by touching the buttons around the perimeter of the screen Although these buttons duplicate the functionality of the FireBall remote you can still use the wireless IR remote and Escient keyboard even when the ETP 1500 is in use ...

Страница 142: ... bank 2 Setup the FireBall to receive or listen for a specific code bank Setting up the remote to transmit one of the four code banks is as easy as pressing the FB1 FB2 FB3 or FB4 keys Pressing one of these keys selects the one of the four FireBall code banks Next you need to tell each FireBall which bank you want it to listen to All FireBalls ship from the factory assigned to listen for codes on ...

Страница 143: ... brand is not listed at all try scanning for your code Follow these steps to scan for a code for your TV 1 On the Remote press TV once 2 Press and hold CODE SET until the LED blinks twice then release CODE SET 3 Enter 9 9 1 The LED will blink twice 4 Aim the remote control at the TV and slowly alternate between pressing PWR and TV Stop when the TV turns off NOTE In the scan mode the remote will se...

Страница 144: ...r the most popular components When a reassignment is done the LED will blink twice to confirm your choice At that time you will need to program the Remote to control the new component following the instructions above The following devices can be assigned to the TV CBL RCV and DVD source mode buttons on the Escient remote Source Button Device Assignment TV TV CBL Cable Video Accessories Satellite D...

Страница 145: ...tilities IR Remote menu Resetting the FB Source Buttons The FB1 FB2 FB3 and FB4 source buttons are preprogrammed at the factory with the correct codes to control four FireBall products If you changed these buttons to control other devices you will have to reset the FB Source buttons back to the original codes in order to control a FireBall again Following steps to program these buttons back to the...

Страница 146: ...ect Movie Title Macro 6 movie title access number Enter Direct Playlist Macro 7 playlist access number Enter Direct Track Macro 8 track number Enter Direct iRadio Station Macro 9 iRadio access number Enter The direct access numbers are available for all music and movie titles playlists groups and radio stations To view these numbers press SETUP then select the UTILITIES menu and then VIEW DIRECT I...

Страница 147: ... 0420 SAE 0157 Sansui 0157 0305 Sanyo 0179 Scott 0305 Sears 0305 Sharp 0037 0861 Sherwood 1067 Sonic Frontiers 0157 Sony 0000 0490 Soundesign 0145 Tascam 0420 Teac 0420 Technics 0029 Victor 0072 Wards 0053 0157 Yamaha 0036 0888 HOME AUTOMATION CODES GE 0240 One For Al 0167 Radio Shack 0240 Security System 0167 Universal X10 0167 X10 0167 VIDEO CODES Panasonic 1120 Pioneer 1010 Sensory Science 1126...

Страница 148: ...66 0679 Portland 0019 0092 Princeton 0717 Prism 0051 Proscan 0047 Proton 0178 Pulsar 0017 0019 Quasar 0051 0250 RCA 0047 1347 1147 0679 1247 0019 0051 0090 0093 1047 1447 Radio Shack 0180 0030 0178 0154 0019 0047 0056 Realistic 0180 0154 0030 0178 0019 0056 Runco 0017 0030 SSS 0019 0180 Sampo 0030 Samsung 0060 0019 0178 0030 0056 Sansei 0451 Sansui 0463 Sanyo 0154 Scimitsu 0019 Scotch 0178 Scott 0...

Страница 149: ...andex 0037 Realistic 0000 0104 0047 0048 0037 0035 ReplayTV 0614 0616 Runco 0039 STS 0042 Samsung 0045 0240 Sanky 0039 0048 Sansui 0479 0000 0067 0209 Sanyo 0047 0104 0240 Scott 0184 0121 0043 0045 Sears 0037 0042 0000 0035 0047 0104 Semp 0045 Sharp 0048 Shintom 0072 Shogun 0240 Singer 0072 Sony 0033 0032 0000 0035 0636 1032 Sylvania 0035 0081 0000 0043 Symphonic 0000 TMK 0240 Teac 0000 Technics 0...

Страница 150: ...beled TV RCV and DVD can be programmed to operate other devices Programming the Keyboard to Control FB1 FB2 FB3 or FB4 Sources Swoop Button The FireBall swoop source button is preprogrammed at the factory to correspond to the FB1 button on the remote The FireBall source button can be programmed to correspond to any of the FB source buttons Follow these steps to program the keyboard to control any ...

Страница 151: ...e keyboard This button punches thru to the swoop key so that both are enabled when either the Swoop or the CBL button has been pressed However the CBL button is not available as a universal source when it has been programmed as the FireBall transport source button DO NOT program the CBL source button to control any other devices Doing so will prohibit the use of the transport keys for controlling ...

Страница 152: ...er Tuner Phono Misc Audio CD Home Automation MD DVD VCR Audio Cassette DVD LDP DAT PVR Locate the 4 digit device code for the device you want to control in Appendix A Press the source button to be programmed Press Hold the Code Set button on the remote until the LED flashes twice Enter the 4 digit code using the remote s numeric keypad The LED will flash twice indicating the code was accepted Note...

Страница 153: ... in the table that are not available on the IR remote but can be used by control systems for functions such as discrete Power On and Off Escient Company Code 32790 FB1 Address 1 FB2 Address 2 FB3 Address 3 FB4 Address 4 IR Remote RC6 Mode 6A Key Codes Remote Key Label Key Type RC6 Key Code TV Mode VCR Mode CABLE Mode AUX Mode AMP Mode TNR Mode CD Mode SAT Mode POWER Primary 0Fh 1 Primary 01h 2 ABC...

Страница 154: ...ry 24h RECORD Primary 23h MOVIES Primary 26h SUBTITLE Primary 27h AUDIO Primary 30h MACRO Primary 31h IRADIO Primary 2Ah NEXT Primary 2Bh PREV Primary 32h REPEAT Primary 33h MUSIC Primary 2Ch ADD Primary 2Dh PLAY Primary 2Eh RANDOM Primary 2Fh Discrete RC6 Mode 6A Key Codes Discrete Function RC6 Key Code Power On 41h Power Off 42h Normal Play Mode 43h Repeat Track Play Mode 44h Repeat Title Play M...

Страница 155: ...d null modem cable to connect between it s RS 232 COM ports and external changers and control systems Cables must be 25 feet or less in length FireBall DB 9 Female Component DB 9 Female Pin Function Pin Function 2 RD 3 TD 3 TD 2 RD 5 GND 5 GND 4 DTR 6 DSR 6 DSR 4 DTR Note DR and DSR lines are only required for connection to Kenwood DVD changers FireBall uses the DTR DSR lines to determine a connec...

Страница 156: ... 01 02 10 20 50 70 sub command specific task specific data of data items and a size of data packet then the actual data packet repeated for the of data items and a carriage return end marker External Control Command Structure DESCRIPTION PREAMBLE COMMAND GROUP SUB COMMAND DATA ITEMS DATA ITEM 1 SIZE DATA 1 DATA ITEM 2 SIZE DATA 2 END MARKER Bytes 4 2 2 3 4 5 4 3 1 Example ESCX 01 08 002 0005 Hello...

Страница 157: ... system is in setup or options mode AutoBuilding a changer etc Note that a key press command will never return this response as even audio transport keys play stop have alternate functions in various modes Unsolicited Status Events Unsolicited status events can be sent to report the state changes of the Escient products There are two currently defined message levels 5 track changes and 10 all incl...

Страница 158: ...Playing Artist Title Song has changed 02 Event Format ESCX02040070002aa0003bbbccccdddeeeefffgggghhhiiiijjj0002kk aa the play state 01 Play 02 Stop 03 Pause Radio only 04 Locating Station 05 Buffering data 06 Station Not Found bbb current track number 0 if Radio Mode cccc length of artist name ddd artist name eeee length of title name fff title name station name if Radio Mode gggg length of track n...

Страница 159: ...x the new video mode 00 Video is in normal mode FireBall video 01 Video is in passthru mode DVD changer video The Remote Button Keyboard commands are used when the video output of the FireBall system is displayed on a TV or large screen projector and it is desired to directly select the FireBall control functions through an external control system The up down left right and select functions can be...

Страница 160: ...ode Play Normal Only works in Player 10 34 Mode Play Repeat Track Only works in Player 10 35 Mode Play Repeat Title Only works in Player 10 36 Mode Play Repeat Group Only works in Player 10 37 Mode Play Random Title Only works in Player 10 38 Mode Play Random Group Only works in Player 10 39 Setup 10 40 Option 10 41 Guide toggles between Guide and Player 10 42 Guide Explicit always goes to Guide 1...

Страница 161: ...3 Macro 10 54 Play 10 55 Stop 10 56 Pause 10 57 Previous Track 10 58 Next Track 10 59 Record 10 10 60 Movies 10 61 Music 10 62 iRadio 10 63 Title 10 64 Audio 10 65 Previous 10 66 Next 10 67 Add Favorites 10 68 Play Favorites 10 69 Random 10 70 10 71 BACKSPACE 10 74 A 10 75 B 10 76 C 10 77 D 10 78 E 10 79 F 10 80 G 10 81 H 10 82 I 10 83 J 10 84 K 10 85 L 10 86 M 10 87 N 10 88 O 10 89 P 10 90 Q 10 9...

Страница 162: ...lay which will return an error response if attempted during standby The groups styles and custom genres are grouped into system groups and user groups The system groups have system groupings such as the All group MP3 group and Playlists groups The user groups contain the genres for your music and your custom genres that have been created The All radio station group and the NetRadio group are conta...

Страница 163: ...plied by 2 Each group is made up two items so 20 GROUP1 above XXXXxxxxYYYYyyyyyyyy where XXXX length of item 1 by default this is 0003 but may be 0004 if there are more than 999 titles in the group xxxx number of titles in the group YYYY length of item 2 length of group name yyyyyyyy group name length depends on YYYY GROUP2 etc have the same format as GROUP1 20 03 Get title music or movie or stati...

Страница 164: ... tracks Each TRACK is made of one item so TRACK1 bbbbzzzzzzz yyyy length of track name zzzzzzz track name length depends on yyyy TRACK2 etc have the same format as TRACK1 20 05 Play music track radio station Playlist 20 ESCX20050040002aa0004bbbb0004cccc0004dddd aa which database to get groups from where 01 System Music Groups 02 User Music Groups 03 System Radio Groups 04 User Radio Groups allow d...

Страница 165: ...ples are All NetRadio 20 04 User iRadio group name examples are Alternative Classic Rock Classical Country Eclectic Hip Hop Holiday International Jazz New Age Oldies R B Religious Soft Rock News Talk Top 40 Rock Other 20 Reply Format ESCX20060010004xxxx Where xxxx group number for the group specified by aaaa 20 Once group number is known use the 02 subcommand for info 20 07 Get title music or movi...

Страница 166: ...ever if you have duplicate titles TITLE2 etc have the same format as TITLE1 Once the title station Playlist number and the number of tracks are known you can use the 04 Get track information command or the 05 Play music track radio station Playlist command 20 08 Get title music or movie or station radio cover art includes Playlists because they are virtual CD titles 20 ESCX20080040002aa0004bbbb000...

Страница 167: ...y length of item 2 length of label location YYYY record label for Music station location for Radio length depends on yyyy For Movies TITLE1 above WWWWwwwwXXXXxxxxYYYYyyyyZZZZzzzz WWWW length of item 1 length of year wwww year of title for Movies length depends on WWWW XXXX length of item 2 length of rating xxxx rating of title for Movies length depends on XXXX YYYY length of item 3 length of cast ...

Страница 168: ...Delete music playlist ESCX20120010004aaaa aaaa which playlist to delete number in the Playlists group 20 13 Add music track to the Favorites playlist 20 ESCX20130040002aa0004bbbb0004cccc0004dddd aa which list to get groups from where 01 System Music Groups 02 User Music Groups bbbb group number cccc title station number dddd track number Status Commands COMMAND GROUP SUB COMMAND DESCRIPTION 50 01 ...

Страница 169: ...the GUI possible future implementation 50 Reply Format ESCX50050010002xx Where xx current GUI screen where 01 guide 02 player 03 options 04 configuration Control Commands COMMAND GROUP SUB COMMAND DESCRIPTION 70 01 Select guide source 70 ESCX70010010002xx xx guide source where 01 Music 02 iRadio 03 Movies 70 02 Register for unsolicited events by default you are registered to receive the unsolicite...

Страница 170: ...View music and movies 70 06 Lock this control interface enter password protected mode 70 ESCX7006 70 07 Unlock this control interface leave password protected mode 70 ESCX7007001aaaabbbb aaaa length of security password bbbb security password Note that when the host is in power standby mode any command will cause the unit to enter the power on mode before executing the command There are two except...

Страница 171: ...Features x Full FireBall remote control over wireless 802 11b networks x Customized Internet Explorer Web Browser x Touchscreen for finger or stylus input x 8 4 backlit active matrix LCD screen x Full color 800x600 FireBall user interface designed for touchscreen use x Select and control networked FireBall E servers x Sleek lightweight design under 2 lbs x Rechargeable battery and charger docking ...

Страница 172: ...play Mode VGA 640x350 70Hz VGA 640x480 60 72 75Hz Contrast Ratio 300 Brightness 230 cd m2 Display Colors 16M dithering Viewing Angle 60 60 L R 40 60 U D Max Video in PAL NTSC S video Wide Viewing Angel Power Universal 90 240V 12V 35W Dimensions 355 5x379x162 mm Weight Net 7 5Kg Hayes Compatible Modem Any Hayes compatible modem such as the US Robotics USR5686E which supports the standard AT command...

Страница 173: ...41 1 1 10 26 2004 Page 67 of 70 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis IN 46278 317 616 6789 phone 317 616 6790 fax www escient com FireBall to Sony DVD Changer Serial Cable Optical Digital Audio Cable 3 FireBall IR Keyboard FireBall IR Remote ...

Страница 174: ...ent com Technical Support Escient Technical Support engineers are available from 9am to 7pm GMT 05 00 Indiana time Monday through Friday US holidays excluded Dial 1 800 ESCIENT 800 372 4368 then select 3 for support 24 Hour Technical Support is available from the Escient Web site http www escient com support or via email mailto support escient com ...

Страница 175: ...st block is nothing but a single class A network number while the second block is a set of 16 contiguous class B network numbers and the third block is a set of 255 contiguous class C network numbers The complete RFC 1918 can be found via FTP on http nic ddn mil x Crestron AMX or other third party controllers capable of controlling the FireBall over Ethernet use port 251 Make sure your router has ...

Страница 176: ... 7 0 2 Eureka 000 log Where my_address is the IP address of your FireBall e g http 192 168 0 100 7 0 2 Eureka 000 log 8 Repeat Step 7 to retrieve 001 log and 002 log 9 To get retrieve the Core file in the address bar of the browser type http my_address 7 0 2 core x Addresses ARE case sensitive so be careful when you type x The PC must be on the same subnet as the FireBall x These files may be larg...

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Страница 180: ...UIDE WD007 1 2 5 27 2005 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis IN 46278 317 616 6789 phone 317 616 6790 fax www escient com E2 DVDM REMOTE CONTROL GUIDE Programming the Escient FireBall E2 and DVDM Remote Control and Wireless Keyboard ...

Страница 181: ... FB3 and FB4 buttons This remote will NOT operate a FireBall E2 or DVDM FireBall E 40 and E 120 Music Servers which have been updated with the E2 Software Update do not have the same IR chip and therefore cannot use this new remote Continue to use the original FireBall remote with FB TB PP and RCV source buttons for the FireBall E 40 and E 120 The 4 source buttons on the E2 DVDM remote control lab...

Страница 182: ...light and Select the Utilities menu item Highlight and Select the IR Remote Control menu item Highlight and Select which source button to use to control this FireBall Press the new source button on your remote to reconfigure the remote and confirm the change by selecting the OK button on screen Repeat these steps for each FireBall in your system selecting a different FB button for each Resetting t...

Страница 183: ...n to be programmed Press Hold the Code Set button on the remote until the LED flashes twice Enter the 4 digit code using the remote s numeric keypad The LED will flash twice indicating the code was accepted Note If the LED does a single long flash then the entered code was not valid for that source button See Appendix B for details and instructions for accessing the other various functions availab...

Страница 184: ...can be programmed to operate other devices Programming the Keyboard to Control FB1 FB2 FB3 or FB4 Sources Swoop Button The FireBall swoop source button is preprogrammed at the factory to correspond to the FB1 button on the remote The FireBall source button can be programmed to correspond to any of the FB source buttons using the following method Press Swoop Press Hold the Set button on the keyboar...

Страница 185: ...n it has been programmed as the FireBall transport source button WARNING DO NOT program the CBL source button to control any other devices Doing so will prohibit the use of the transport keys for controlling the FireBall If you accidentally reprogram the CBL source button use the following steps to program the CBL button back to control the FireBall transports Press the CBL source button Press Hol...

Страница 186: ...DVD LDP DAT PVR Locate the 4 digit device code for the device you want to control in Appendix A Press the source button to be programmed Press Hold the Code Set button on the remote until the LED flashes twice Enter the 4 digit code using the remote s numeric keypad The LED will flash twice indicating the code was accepted Note If the LED does a single long flash then the entered code was not vali...

Страница 187: ...P playlist access number Enter Direct Group Macro G group access number Enter Direct Media Access IR Remote Definitions Function Multi Key Combinations Direct Play Mode Macro 1 play mode number Enter Direct Disc Macro 2 changer number Macro disc number Enter Direct Artist Title Macro 3 artist title access number Enter Direct Group Macro 4 group access number Enter Direct Movie Title Macro 6 movie ...

Страница 188: ...y feature please check that the direct IR numbers are still correct under SETUP Example 1 Use the keyboard to play disc 14 in changer 1 Press MACRO C 1 D 1 4 ENTER Example 2 Use the keyboard to play playlist number 5 Press MACRO P 5 ENTER Example 3 Use the remote to play disc 14 in changer 1 Press MACRO 2 1 MACRO 1 4 ENTER Example 4 Use the remote to play playlist number 5 Press MACRO 7 5 ENTER Ex...

Страница 189: ...e Macro Subtitle Play Mode Repeat Group SHIFT Audio Macro Audio Play Mode Random Title SHIFT Repeat Macro Repeat Play Mode Random Group SHIFT Guide Macro Guide Guide SHIFT Mode Macro Mode Player SHIFT Info Macro Info Music View Cover SHIFT Option Macro Option Music View Artist SHIFT Next Macro Play Favorites Music View Title SHIFT Setup Macro Setup Music View Song SHIFT Random Macro Random Movie V...

Страница 190: ...FOR CABLE ABC 0003 0017 Americast 0899 Bell South 0899 General Instrument 0276 0476 0810 GoldStar 0144 Hamlin 0009 0273 Jerrold 0003 0276 0476 0810 Memorex 0000 Motorola 1106 Pace 0237 Panasonic 0107 0000 Paragon 0000 Philips 0305 0317 Pioneer 0144 0533 0877 Pulsar 0000 Quasar 0000 Regal 0273 0279 Runco 0000 Samsung 0144 Scientific Atlanta 0017 0477 0877 Starcom 0003 Toshiba 0000 Zenith 0000 0525 ...

Страница 191: ...sonic 0029 Parasound 0420 Philips 0157 0626 Pioneer 0032 0468 0305 1062 1063 Polk Audio 0157 Proton 0157 QED 0157 Quasar 0029 RCA 0053 0032 1062 0468 0305 0179 Realistic 0179 0420 Rotel 0157 0420 SAE 0157 Sansui 0157 0305 Sanyo 0179 Scott 0305 Sears 0305 Sharp 0037 0861 Sherwood 1067 Sonic Frontiers 0157 Sony 0000 0490 Soundesign 0145 Tascam 0420 Teac 0420 Technics 0029 Victor 0072 Wards 0053 0157...

Страница 192: ...hilips 1089 1189 1269 Pioneer 0150 0531 0630 1023 Proscan 1254 Quasar 0039 RCA 1254 0531 1023 Sansui 1089 Sharp 0186 Sony 1158 1058 1258 Soundesign 0670 Sunfire 1313 Technics 0039 1308 1518 1309 Thorens 1189 Victor 0074 Yamaha 0176 0186 1176 SETUP CODES FOR SATELLITE AlphaStar 0772 Chaparral 0216 Echostar 0775 1005 Expressvu 0775 GE 0566 General Instrument 0869 HTS 0775 Hitachi 0819 Hughes Network...

Страница 193: ... Carver 0054 Celebrity 0000 Cineral 0451 0092 Citizen 0056 0030 0060 0092 Concerto 0056 Contec 0180 Craig 0180 Crosley 0054 Crown 0180 Curtis Mathes 0060 0030 0016 0047 0051 0054 0056 0093 0145 0154 0166 0451 1147 1347 Daewoo 0092 0623 0019 0624 0451 Daytron 0019 Denon 0145 Dumont 0017 0019 Electroband 0000 Emerson 0236 0180 0178 0179 0463 0624 0623 0019 0154 Envision 0030 Fisher 0154 Fujitsu 0179...

Страница 194: ...ultitech 0180 NAD 0156 0166 0178 NEC 0030 0019 0056 NTC 0092 Nikko 0178 0030 0092 Onwa 0180 Optimus 0250 0166 0154 Optonica 0093 Orion 0463 0179 0236 Panasonic 0051 0250 Penney 0047 1347 0060 0030 0178 0051 0019 0056 0156 Philco 0145 0019 0030 0054 0463 Philips 0054 Pilot 0019 0030 Pioneer 0166 0679 Portland 0019 0092 Princeton 0717 Prism 0051 Proscan 0047 Proton 0178 Pulsar 0017 0019 Quasar 0051 ...

Страница 195: ...efunken 0056 Toshiba 0156 0060 0154 1256 Vector Research 0030 Victor 0053 Vidikron 0054 Vidtech 0019 0178 Wards 0054 0178 0016 0019 0030 0056 0179 White Westinghouse 0624 0623 0463 Yamaha 0019 0030 Zenith 0017 0624 0016 0092 0463 SETUP CODES FOR VCR Admiral 0048 0209 Adventura 0000 Aiko 0278 Aiwa 0000 0037 America Action 0278 American High 0035 Asha 0240 Audiovox 0037 Beaumark 0240 Bell Howell 010...

Страница 196: ...loyd s 0000 Logik 0072 MEI 0035 MGA 0043 0240 MGN Technology 0240 MTC 0000 0240 Magnasonic 0278 Magnavox 0035 0081 0563 0000 0039 0149 Magnin 0240 Marantz 0081 0035 Marta 0037 Matsushita 0035 0162 Memorex 0104 0047 0479 0000 0037 0048 0035 0240 1037 0039 0162 0209 1162 1262 Minolta 0042 Mitsubishi 0043 0048 0067 Motorola 0035 0048 Multitech 0000 0072 NEC 0038 0067 0104 Nikko 0037 Noblex 0240 Olymp...

Страница 197: ...un 0240 Singer 0072 Sony 0033 0032 0000 0035 0636 1032 Sylvania 0035 0081 0000 0043 Symphonic 0000 TMK 0240 Teac 0000 Technics 0035 0162 Teknika 0000 0035 0037 Thomas 0000 Tivo 0618 0636 Toshiba 0045 0043 Totevision 0037 0240 Unitech 0240 Vector 0045 Vector Research 0038 Video Concepts 0045 Videosonic 0240 Wards 0035 0060 0000 0047 0240 0042 0048 0072 0081 0149 White Westinghouse 0072 0278 0209 XR...

Страница 198: ...78 317 616 6789 phone 317 616 6790 fax www escient com Optimus 0571 Oritron 0651 Panasonic 0490 0677 0632 Philips 0539 0503 Pioneer 0571 0525 0632 Proscan 0522 RCA 0522 0571 Samsung 0573 Sharp 0630 Sony 0533 Technics 0490 Theta Digital 0571 Toshiba 0503 Yamaha 0490 0545 Zenith 0591 0503 ...

Страница 199: ... the last key press 2 When an invalid code is entered upon which the LED will display one long blink The programming mode will be exited at any time by pressing any key other than the digit key ID Code Verification 990 The device code for a mode will be verified as follows Mode Æ Code Set Æ 9 Æ 9 Æ 0 Æ 1 count blinks Æ 2 count blinks Æ 3 count blinks Æ 4 count blinks The number of blinks counted a...

Страница 200: ...hat was last sampled The search function will indicate it has cycled through all of the available codes by blinking the LED three times The remote will begin to cycle through the available codes again The LED will light each time a function is sent If no key is pressed within 10 seconds the remote will exit the set up mode and return to the code previously set up before Step and Set was initiated ...

Страница 201: ...ng programming Example To designate the AUX key to become a second DVD key Code Set Æ 9 Æ 9 Æ 2 Æ DVD Æ AUX Reset to Defaults Operational Features Reset 980 Clear all setup features not related to ID code setup Namely Key Movers Volume lock ID lock and any EEPROM information related to these features Code Set Æ 9 Æ 8 Æ 0 The remote will blink two times pause then blink two more times after success...

Страница 202: ...e 2 blinks if no EEPROM or EEPROM is bad The remote will time out after 10 seconds during programming Code Lock Unlock for Specific Mode 982 After a valid code has been set the code for a specific mode will be locked and unlocked as follows Mode Æ Code Set Æ 9 Æ 8Æ 2 The remote will blink two times upon being locked and blink 4 times when unlocked The remote will time out after 10 seconds during p...

Страница 203: ...des listed in the table that are not available on the IR remote but can be used by control systems for functions such as discrete Power On and Off Escient Company Code 32790 FB1 Address 1 FB2 Address 2 FB3 Address 3 FB4 Address 4 IR Remote RC6 Mode 6A Key Codes Remote Key Label Key Type RC6 Key Code TV Mode VCR Mode CABLE Mode AUX Mode AMP Mode TNR Mode CD Mode SAT Mode POWER Primary 0Fh 1 Primary...

Страница 204: ...ECORD Primary 23h MOVIES Primary 26h SUBTITLE Primary 27h AUDIO Primary 30h MACRO Primary 31h IRADIO Primary 2Ah NEXT Primary 2Bh PREV Primary 32h REPEAT Primary 33h MUSIC Primary 2Ch ADD Primary 2Dh PLAY Primary 2Eh RANDOM Primary 2Fh Discrete RC6 Mode 6A Key Codes Discrete Function RC6 Key Code Power On 41h Power Off 42h Normal Play Mode 43h Repeat Track Play Mode 44h Repeat Title Play Mode 45h ...

Страница 205: ... OWN COVER ART WD012 1 2 12 22 2003 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis IN 46278 317 616 6789 phone 317 616 6790 fax www escient com ADDING YOUR OWN COVER ART How to Add Your Own Music and Movie Covers to Your FireBall ...

Страница 206: ...oad htm Fetch is available as a free 15 day download from http fetchsoftworks com Where to Get Cover Art You can create your own images using your computer and a graphics program or scan your own cover art from the original DVD or CD covers using your computer and a flatbed scanner Cover art is also available on the Internet at most popular sites that sell DVDs and CDs Simply right click on the im...

Страница 207: ...re only going to be viewed on a relatively low resolution output device your TV set so a resolution of 72dpi is sufficient Anything higher will just be wasted space Color Depth If you are using JPEG images your color depth will automatically be 24 bits GIF images typically are only 8 bit images If you are using GIF images save them with 256 colors and turn dithering on ...

Страница 208: ...Information menu 5 Locate the IP Address of your FireBall and write it down This information is located at the bottom right of the System Information screen under Ethernet The IP Address will have 4 numbers separated by periods It will look something like this 192 168 1 100 6 Press SETUP again to exit from Setup System Information Screen Connecting your PC to your FireBall You will make an FTP con...

Страница 209: ...ew Connection Dialog in WS_FTP LE on the PC New Connection Dialog in Fetch on the Mac WARNING Do not place DVD covers in the Music directory or CD covers in the Movies directory on FireBall Place DVD covers in the Movies directory only Place CD covers in the Music directory only You must log out and then log in again to switch directories ...

Страница 210: ...e FireBall Once you have made the FTP connection to your FireBall you can just drag and drop the images you want to upload into your FireBall into the Music or Movies panel in the FTP window Note Your FTP client transfer mode should be set to automatic or binary Transferring a Movies Cover with WS_FTP on the PC Transferring a Music Cover with Fetch on the Mac ...

Страница 211: ...Digital Way Indianapolis IN 46278 317 616 6789 phone 317 616 6790 fax www escient com Only your new cover art images will appear in the Music or Movies directories You will not see the covers that FireBall already provides for your music and movie titles ...

Страница 212: ...Highlight the desired cover art image name from the scrolling list As you highlight each name the corresponding cover image will be displayed on the right 7 Press Select to assign the highlighted cover to the current disc Select Movie Covers Follow these steps to select and assign a cover to one of your Movie titles 1 Press the Movies key on the remote to enter Movies Mode 2 Highlight the Movie Ti...

Страница 213: ... STATIONS WD010 1 2 12 22 2003 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis IN 46278 317 616 6789 phone 317 616 6790 fax www escient com ADDING INTERNET RADIO STATIONS How to add your own Internet radio stations to FireBall s Radio Guide ...

Страница 214: ...e Internet radio stations using various Internet Radio web sites that can be accessed using the Internet Browser on a PC One example is Radio Locator Simply go to http www radio locator com and type in the station call letters zip code State code Genre or Country in the fields provided and press GO The radio locator will return information about the station or the area that you requested Click on ...

Страница 215: ...am over the Internet or the radio broadcaster may also select to change formats and no longer deliver a stream that can be played back by the FireBall Escient will work hard to guarantee the quality of the stations that are provided in the Radio Guide however there can be no guarantee to those station created by the users FireBall Supported Internet Radio Formats and Bit Rates The following table ...

Страница 216: ...napolis IN 46278 317 616 6789 phone 317 616 6790 fax www escient com Mono 44 1KHz Stereo 32 Khz Stereo 64Kbps 44 1KHz Stereo 80Kbps 44 1KHz Stereo 96Kbps 44 1KHz Stereo 44 1KHz Stereo 128Kbps 48KHz Stereo 44 1KHz Stereo 160Kbps 48KHz Stereo 44 1KHz Stereo 192Kbps 48KHz Stereo ...

Страница 217: ...FIREBALL ACCESSORIES WD015 1 1 12 22 2003 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis IN 46278 317 616 6789 phone 317 616 6790 fax www escient com FIREBALL ACCESSORIES Accessories for Escient FireBall Products ...

Страница 218: ...atures LCD Display 15 TFT Active Matrix Panel Display Size 304 1x228 1 mm Pixel Pitch 0 297x0 297 mm Display Mode VGA 640x350 70Hz VGA 640x480 60 72 75Hz Contrast Ratio 300 Brightness 230 cd m2 Display Colors 16M dithering Viewing Angle 60 60 L R 40 60 U D Max Video in PAL NTSC S video Wide Viewing Angel Power Universal 90 240V 12V 35W Dimensions 355 5x379x162 mm Weight Net 7 5Kg FireBall to Pione...

Страница 219: ...SSORIES WD015 1 1 12 22 2003 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis IN 46278 317 616 6789 phone 317 616 6790 fax www escient com Optical Digital Audio Cable 3 FireBall IR Keyboard FireBall IR Remote FireBall DVDM IR Keyboard ...

Страница 220: ...22 2003 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis IN 46278 317 616 6789 phone 317 616 6790 fax www escient com FireBall DVDM IR Remote USB to Ethernet Adapter Smart Nic2 QuickTime and a TIFF Uncompressed decompressor are needed to see this picture ...

Страница 221: ...PC Integration WD044 1 1 2 24 2005 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis IN 46278 317 616 6789 phone 317 616 6790 fax www escient com PC Integration A Guide to Using FireBall with Windows XP ...

Страница 222: ... Retrospect Backup Software 8 Backing Up Your FireBall Every Night with Retrospect 9 Integrating with iTunes and iPod 16 What You Can Do 16 What You Can t Do 16 Importing Music Into iTunes 16 Creating iTunes Playlists 21 Burn CDs from iTunes 22 Sync Playlists and Music to your iPod 22 ID3 Tags and the PC 23 What is an ID3 Tag 23 FireBall s ID3 tag Requirements 24 Importing Music Into FireBall 26 M...

Страница 223: ...inAmp and Rio Media Manager This document will explain how to do all of these things using your PC and your FireBall over your home network Requirements In order to connect to your FireBall you will need to have your FireBall and PC on the same network This document assumes that you already have a home network correctly setup and configured If you need help setting up your network please review th...

Страница 224: ...work Setting up the FireBall Server Before you can connect to your FireBall you must configure FireBall s server settings Follow these steps to configure your FireBall server 1 Using your FireBall remote press SETUP to display the Setup Menu 2 Select the NETWORK menu item 3 Select the SERVER SETTINGS menu item to display the Server Settings screen 4 Enter a name for your FireBall using the remote ...

Страница 225: ... click on My Computer and select Map Network Drive from your PC Choose an available drive letter then type in the name of your FireBall Example suppose you named your FireBall MyFireBall in the Server Settings screen you would then enter MyFireBall Content in the Folder name and click Finish Your FireBall s CONTENT volume will now be accessible to any application on your PC and will appear as anot...

Страница 226: ...g it is recommended to do a simple drag and drop of the Content volume to another hard drive or volume mounted on your PC This one time backup method is useful if your FireBall music collection is not going to change much from day to day and you simply want to preserve a copy as a failsafe to some catastrophic event such as theft loss by fire or hard drive crash This is typically done by an instal...

Страница 227: ...enu 4 Go to your Backup drive and choose PASTE from the Edit Menu 5 All of the items in the current selection will now be copied to the backup drive Depending on the size of your music collection this may take a while to complete The FireBall will transfer about 5GB of data per hour 120GB a day At this rate it will take approximately 2 and a half days to backup an entire 300 GB drive over an Ether...

Страница 228: ...have changed compared to what is in the backup folder and copies only those files which have changed keeping the FireBall s CONTENT volume in sync with a duplicate volume Installing the Retrospect Backup Software The Escient FireBall Backup Kit makes backup easy by using the included Retrospect backup software Follow these steps to install the Retrospect backup software onto your PC 1 Insert the M...

Страница 229: ... screen instructions to install the Retrospect software Backing Up Your FireBall Every Night with Retrospect 1 Follow the instructions above for installing the Retrospect 6 0 software and connecting the external hard drive 2 Mount your FireBall s CONTENT volume see above for instructions 3 Launch Retrospect 6 0 4 Select the Duplicate button ...

Страница 230: ... 317 616 6789 phone 317 616 6790 fax www escient com 5 Select Source then CONTENT as the Source volume then the OK button 6 Select Destination then select the external Maxtor hard drive as the Destination Make sure that Replace Entire Volume is selected Select the OK button ...

Страница 231: ...Note If you want to turn off Verification select Options and turn it off Verification will verify that all files were backed up correctly but will increase the overall backup time 8 You can run the backup immediately by selecting the Duplicate button or to schedule the backup to run every day select the Schedule icon at the top of the toolbar or just type Ctrl S ...

Страница 232: ...dianapolis IN 46278 317 616 6789 phone 317 616 6790 fax www escient com 9 Name the new Schedule Daily FireBall Backup and select the New button 10 When the following dialog is displayed select the Schedule button 11 Select Add button to add a new schedule ...

Страница 233: ...ient com 12 When the following dialog is displayed select Day of the week then the OK button 13 Select the start date usually today the start time usually overnight when you are sleeping and on which days to run the backup usually every day Select 1 week to have the schedule run every week Select OK when you are done ...

Страница 234: ...89 phone 317 616 6790 fax www escient com 14 You should see the following dialog with your scheduled options If this is correct select the OK button 15 You should now have a Duplicate dialog screen that looks like this with a series of scheduled execution dates listed next to Schedule ...

Страница 235: ...ld see one script listed called Daily FireBall Backup Duplicate You backup is now scheduled to run IMPORTANT Remember that your PC must be on and your CONTENT directory must be mapped on your PC in order for Retrospect to run automatically Retrospect will launch automatically you do not have to keep it running For more detailed information on Retrospect read the full documentation included on the ...

Страница 236: ...x Sync Playlists and Music to your Apple iPod What You Can t Do Here are some things you can t do with iTunes x Copy Music from an iPod to FireBall x Copy iTunes Playlists to your FireBall x Import FLAC files Note WinAmp is the preferred PC Music Player for playing FLAC files stored on the FireBall music server A FLAC plugin for WinAMP is required to play the FLAC files Please refer to the http fl...

Страница 237: ...pen iTunes on your PC 2 Select Preferences from the iTunes menu 3 Click the Advanced icon in the toolbar to display the Advanced Preferences panel 4 Make sure that Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library is NOT checked If it is checked all music files imported into iTunes will be copied into your hard drive as they are imported We don t want to do this because we simply want to ac...

Страница 238: ...ntegration WD044 1 1 2 24 2005 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis IN 46278 317 616 6789 phone 317 616 6790 fax www escient com 5 Drag and drop the CONTENT volume from your PC Desktop to the iTunes browser window ...

Страница 239: ...PC Integration WD044 1 1 2 24 2005 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis IN 46278 317 616 6789 phone 317 616 6790 fax www escient com ...

Страница 240: ...on WD044 1 1 2 24 2005 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis IN 46278 317 616 6789 phone 317 616 6790 fax www escient com 6 Wait while iTunes scans the CONTENT volume for valid MP3 files and adds them to the iTunes Library ...

Страница 241: ...been added to the iTunes Library you can create iTunes Playlists Playlists can contain any combination of music available in the iTunes browser no matter where it actually resides The only thing to remember is that FireBall s CONTENT directory must be mounted on your PC in order for iTunes to locate and play FireBall music Please refer to the iTunes Help screens for more detailed information about...

Страница 242: ...you want on your CD then click the Burn icon in the upper right corner of the screen Please refer to the iTunes Help screens for more detailed information about creating Playlists within iTunes Sync Playlists and Music to your iPod Once again since your FireBall music has been added to the iTunes Library you can also sync iTunes Playlists to your iPod Your iPod can contain any combination of music...

Страница 243: ...lse that didn t provide the same quality of information anymore ID3 was born An ID3 tag is a small piece of information stored physically inside the MP3 file in the beginning or in the end of the file depends on ID3 s version ID3 tags as the pieces of information that ID3s contain are called can contain various information about the MP3 like album name song name artist original artist genre compos...

Страница 244: ...3 version 2 2 or 2 3 tags There are several programs available to do this including iTunes however since iTunes does not support FLAC files you cannot use it for editing ID3 tags embedded into FLAC files Apple iTunes is a PC program that can edit ID3 tags embedded into MP3 files Follow these steps to convert your MP3 files to use ID3v2 3 tags BEFORE importing them to your FireBall 1 Select the Lib...

Страница 245: ...hin all of the selected songs will be converted to v2 3 and thus compatible with the FireBall Note Because the CONTENT volume is a read only volume you cannot edit anything You must first copy any files you want to edit onto your PC and then import them back into your FireBall replacing the originals Please see the section Importing Music Into FireBall for instructions on how to get your music fil...

Страница 246: ...r volumes one for reading your music collection and one for importing your music collection The difference is that the IMPORT volume is a writeable volume while the CONTENT volume is read only Mounting the IMPORT Volume Mount your FireBall s IMPORT volume by right clicking on My Computer and selecting Map Network Drive Choose an available drive letter then type in the name of your FireBall Example...

Страница 247: ...imply drag and drop any MP3 or FLAC audio file into the IMPORT volume and the files will be copied to FireBall and added to the FireBall Music Library You can drag and drop whole collections a folder of songs or just a single song When the music files are copied to the FireBall you will see the new songs appear on your FireBall s Music Guide under the artist album name as defined in the file s ID3...

Страница 248: ...usic into your FireBall These files are just temporary cache files that appear to be the original music files however they are not They are just temporary stub files that indicate what you previously imported into your FireBall You can delete these files without actually deleting the originals which physically reside on the CONTENT volume The IMPORT volume displaying the temporary cache files for ...

Страница 249: ...Internet Explorer included with XP Connecting to Your FireBall Before you can connect to your FireBall from Internet Explorer you must obtain the IP Address of your FireBall Follow these steps to determine the IP Address 1 Press the SETUP key on the remote to display the Setup menu 2 Select the Utilities menu item 3 Select the System Information menu item 4 Write down the IP Address of your FireBa...

Страница 250: ... graphics and control system web pages that appear in your Internet Explorer browser From this web page you can control almost every aspect of your FireBall just as you would from the original IR remote and TV You will notice that unlike the TV user interface there are buttons along the left and right edges of the web browser These buttons duplicate the features found on your remote control ...

Страница 251: ...Mac OS X Integration WD029 1 1 2 24 2005 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis IN 46278 317 616 6789 phone 317 616 6790 fax www escient com Mac OS X Integration A Guide to Using FireBall with Mac OS X Panther ...

Страница 252: ...ckups 8 Using the FireBall Backup Kit to Backup your FireBall Every Night 9 Integrating with iTunes and iPod 15 What You Can Do 15 What You Can t Do 15 Importing Music Into iTunes 15 Creating iTunes Playlists 18 Burn CDs from iTunes 18 Sync Playlists and Music to your iPod 19 ID3 Tags and the Mac 20 What is an ID3 Tag 20 FireBall s ID3 tag Requirements 20 Importing Music Into FireBall 22 Connectin...

Страница 253: ...nt will explain how to do all of these things using your Mac and your FireBall over your home network Requirements In order to connect to your FireBall you will need to have your FireBall and Mac on the same network This document assumes that you already have a home network correctly setup and configured If you need help setting up your network please review the Home Network Primer available on th...

Страница 254: ... connect to your FireBall you must configure FireBall s server settings Follow these steps to configure your FireBall server 1 Using your FireBall remote press SETUP to display the Setup Menu 2 Select the NETWORK menu item 3 Select the SERVER SETTINGS menu item to display the Server Settings screen 4 Enter a name for your FireBall using the remote or keyboard Do not use spaces in the name 5 Select...

Страница 255: ...alog Example smb MyFireBall 3 Select the Connect button and wait for the Mac to locate your FireBall on the Network When your FireBall is located the SMB Mount dialog will appear 4 Select OK to select the default volume called Content 5 Depending on your network configuration the SMB CIFS Filesystem Authentication dialog might be displayed If it is just click the OK button There are no usernames o...

Страница 256: ...6789 phone 317 616 6790 fax www escient com 6 The Content volume which contains all of your FireBall s music content will be mounted on your Mac s Desktop The Content volume is mounted as a Read Only volume in order to minimize the chances of accidentally deleting music from your FireBall ...

Страница 257: ...ne time backup method is useful if your FireBall music collection is not going to change much from day to day and you simply want to preserve a copy as a failsafe to some catastrophic event such as theft loss by fire or hard drive crash This is typically done by an installer or dealer who wants to keep an offsite copy of the installed FireBall for safety reasons Escient recommends that a 300 GB ex...

Страница 258: ... system This type of backup requires the use of a third party backup software application and a computer that can access your FireBall over the network Each night the contents of your FireBall which have been added deleted or edited will be copied to the backup folder on your computer The backup software manages which files have changed compared to what is in the backup folder and copies only thos...

Страница 259: ...p software from the CD Rom disc included with the 300 GB Maxtor FireWire drive 2 Connect the Maxtor drive to your Mac using the included FireWire cable The Maxtor drive should appear on your Mac desktop 3 Mount your FireBall s CONTENT volume see above for instructions 4 Launch Retrospect Express 5 Select Immediate at the top of the Retrospect window 6 Select the Duplicate button 7 Select CONTENT a...

Страница 260: ...e external Maxtor FireWire hard drive as the Destination and make sure that Replace Entire Disk is selected Select the OK button 9 The following dialog is displayed Note If you want to turn off Verification select Options and turn it off Verification will verify that all files were backed up correctly but will increase the overall backup time ...

Страница 261: ...lecting the Duplicate button or to schedule the backup to run every day select Schedule from the Script menu 11 Name the new Schedule Daily FireBall Backup and select the New button 12 When the following dialog is displayed select the Schedule button 13 Select Add button to add a new schedule 14 When the following dialog is displayed select Day of the week then the OK button ...

Страница 262: ...ght when you are sleeping and on which days to run the backup usually every day Select 1 week to have the schedule run every week Select OK when you are done 16 You should see the following dialog with your scheduled options If this is correct select the OK button 17 You should now have a Duplicate dialog screen that looks like this with a series of scheduled execution dates listed next to Schedul...

Страница 263: ...hone 317 616 6790 fax www escient com 18 Close all windows and Save if asked to do so To verify that the Schedule is set select Automate and Scripts from the Main Retrospect Express screen You should see one script listed called Daily FireBall Backup Duplicate You backup is now scheduled to run ...

Страница 264: ...r Mac must be on and your CONTENT directory must be mounted on your Mac Desktop in order for Retrospect to run automatically Retrospect will launch automatically you do not have to keep it running For more detailed information on Retrospect Express read the full documentation included on the Maxtor CD Rom or visit the Retrospect web site at http www dantz com ...

Страница 265: ...an t do with iTunes x Copy Music from an iPod to FireBall x Copy iTunes Playlists to your FireBall x Import FLAC files Importing Music Into iTunes iTunes allows music files to reside on different volumes or hard drives including network volumes Since FireBall s CONTENT volume is really just another network volume to the Mac OS you can add your FireBall music to iTunes iTunes creates and maintains ...

Страница 266: ...nces panel 4 Make sure that Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library is NOT checked If it is checked all music files imported into iTunes will be copied into your hard drive as they are imported We don t want to do this because we simply want to access the music from FireBall not duplicate it on the Mac 5 Drag and drop the CONTENT volume from your Mac Desktop to the iTunes browser ...

Страница 267: ...6 6789 phone 317 616 6790 fax www escient com 6 Wait while iTunes scans the CONTENT volume for valid MP3 files and adds them to the iTunes Library 7 When all your MP3 files have been imported the iTunes browser window will display the music content from your FireBall including cover art ...

Страница 268: ... that FireBall s CONTENT directory must be mounted on your Mac in order for iTunes to locate and play FireBall music Please refer to the iTunes Help screens for more detailed information about creating Playlists within iTunes Note iTunes actually streams each MP3 from FireBall in real time over your network This may limit the number of simultaneous client streams that your FireBall server can play...

Страница 269: ...iled information about creating Playlists within iTunes Sync Playlists and Music to your iPod Once again since your FireBall music has been added to the iTunes Library you can also sync iTunes Playlists to your iPod Your iPod can contain any combination of music available in the iTunes browser no matter where it actually resides The only thing to remember is that FireBall s CONTENT directory must ...

Страница 270: ...e artist original artist genre composer releasing year additional comment fields cover art etc Nowadays ID3s are de facto in audio world and they can be added to most of the audio formats and even to certain video formats in order to provide additional information of the file FireBall uses ID3 tags to store information about MP3 and FLAC files which are recorded or ripped into FireBall FireBall s ...

Страница 271: ...r Note Because the CONTENT volume is a read only volume you cannot edit anything You must first copy any files you want to edit onto your Mac and then import them back into your FireBall replacing the originals Please see the section Importing Music Into FireBall for instructions on how to get your music files into your FireBall using the IMPORT volume ...

Страница 272: ...r importing your music collection The difference is that the IMPORT volume is a writeable volume while the CONTENT volume is read only Connecting to the FireBall Server Follow these steps to connect to your FireBall from your Mac OS X computer 1 Go to the Finder and select Connect to Server from the Go Menu 2 Enter smb without the quotes and the name of your FireBall server into the Server Address...

Страница 273: ...Select IMPORT from the share popup menu and click OK 5 Depending on your network configuration the SMB CIFS Filesystem Authentication dialog might be displayed If it is just click the OK button There are no usernames or passwords to enter for connecting to your FireBall server 6 The IMPORT volume will be mounted on your Mac s Desktop ...

Страница 274: ... copied to the FireBall you will see the new songs appear on your FireBall s Music Guide under the artist album name as defined in the file s ID3 tag Note The IMPORT directory may contain special cache files in it if you have previously imported music into your FireBall These files are just temporary cache files that appear to be the original music files however they are not They are just temporar...

Страница 275: ...must be on the same Ethernet network x Mac OS X 10 3 or later x Safari version 1 2 3 or later Connecting to Your FireBall Before you can connect to your FireBall from Safari you must obtain the IP Address of your FireBall Follow these steps to determine the IP Address 1 Press the SETUP key on the remote to display the Setup menu 2 Select the Utilities menu item 3 Select the System Information menu...

Страница 276: ...e is the graphics and control system web pages that appear in your Safari browser From this web pages you can control almost every aspect of your FireBall just as you would from the original IR remote and TV You will notice that unlike the TV user interface there are buttons along the left and right edges of the web browser These buttons duplicate the features found on your remote control ...

Страница 277: ...ation PC WD048 1 1 7 18 2005 6640 Intech Blvd Suite 250 Indianapolis IN 46278 317 616 6789 phone 317 616 6790 fax www escient com iPod Integration for PC A Guide to Using FireBall with iTunes and iPod for PC Users ...

Страница 278: ...your PC 5 Integrating with iTunes and iPod 6 What You Can Do 6 What You Can t Do 6 Importing Music Into iTunes 6 Creating iTunes Playlists 10 Burn CDs from iTunes 11 Sync Playlists and Music to your iPod 11 ID3 Tags and the PC 12 What is an ID3 Tag 12 FireBall s ID3 tag Requirements 13 Importing Music Into FireBall 15 Mounting the IMPORT Volume 15 Importing your Music Files 16 Importing iTunes Mus...

Страница 279: ...d the Apple iPod This document will explain how to do all of these things using your PC and your FireBall over your home network Requirements In order to connect to your FireBall you will need to have your FireBall and PC on the same network This document assumes that you already have a home network correctly setup and configured If you need help setting up your network please review the Home Netw...

Страница 280: ...er a network Setting up the FireBall Server Before you can connect to your FireBall you must configure FireBall s server settings Follow these steps to configure your FireBall server 1 Using your FireBall remote press SETUP to display the Setup Menu 2 Select the NETWORK menu item 3 Select the SERVER SETTINGS menu item to display the Server Settings screen 4 Enter a name for your FireBall using the...

Страница 281: ...es right click on My Computer and select Map Network Drive from your PC Choose an available drive letter then type in the name of your FireBall Example suppose you named your FireBall MyFireBall in the Server Settings screen you would then enter MyFireBall Content in the Folder name and click Finish Your FireBall s CONTENT volume will now be accessible to any application on your PC and will appear...

Страница 282: ...ng iTunes x Sync Playlists and Music to your Apple iPod What You Can t Do Here are some things you can t do with iTunes x Copy Music from an iPod to FireBall x Copy iTunes Playlists to your FireBall x Import FLAC files Importing Music Into iTunes iTunes allows music files to reside on different volumes or hard drives including network volumes Since FireBall s CONTENT volume is really just another ...

Страница 283: ... above open iTunes on your PC 2 Select Preferences from the iTunes menu 3 Click the Advanced icon in the toolbar to display the Advanced Preferences panel 4 Make sure that Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library is NOT checked If it is checked all music files imported into iTunes will be copied into your hard drive as they are imported We don t want to do this because we simply wa...

Страница 284: ...tion PC WD048 1 1 7 18 2005 6640 Intech Blvd Suite 250 Indianapolis IN 46278 317 616 6789 phone 317 616 6790 fax www escient com 5 Drag and drop the CONTENT volume from your PC Desktop to the iTunes browser window ...

Страница 285: ...WD048 1 1 7 18 2005 6640 Intech Blvd Suite 250 Indianapolis IN 46278 317 616 6789 phone 317 616 6790 fax www escient com 6 Wait while iTunes scans the CONTENT volume for valid MP3 files and adds them to the iTunes Library ...

Страница 286: ...sic has been added to the iTunes Library you can create iTunes Playlists Playlists can contain any combination of music available in the iTunes browser no matter where it actually resides The only thing to remember is that FireBall s CONTENT directory must be mounted on your PC in order for iTunes to locate and play FireBall music Please refer to the iTunes Help screens for more detailed informati...

Страница 287: ... songs you want on your CD then click the Burn icon in the upper right corner of the screen Please refer to the iTunes Help screens for more detailed information about creating Playlists within iTunes Sync Playlists and Music to your iPod Once again since your FireBall music has been added to the iTunes Library you can also sync iTunes Playlists to your iPod Your iPod can contain any combination o...

Страница 288: ...ething else that didn t provide the same quality of information anymore ID3 was born An ID3 tag is a small piece of information stored physically inside the MP3 file in the beginning or in the end of the file depends on ID3 s version ID3 tags as the pieces of information that ID3s contain are called can contain various information about the MP3 like album name song name artist original artist genr...

Страница 289: ... use ID3 version 2 2 or 2 3 tags There are several programs available to do this including iTunes however since iTunes does not support FLAC files you cannot use it for editing ID3 tags embedded into FLAC files Apple iTunes is a PC program that can edit ID3 tags embedded into MP3 files Follow these steps to convert your MP3 files to use ID3v2 3 tags BEFORE importing them to your FireBall 1 Select ...

Страница 290: ...ags within all of the selected songs will be converted to v2 3 and thus compatible with the FireBall Note Because the CONTENT volume is a read only volume you cannot edit anything You must first copy any files you want to edit onto your PC and then import them back into your FireBall replacing the originals Please see the section Importing Music Into FireBall for instructions on how to get your mu...

Страница 291: ...o server volumes one for reading your music collection and one for importing your music collection The difference is that the IMPORT volume is a writeable volume while the CONTENT volume is read only Mounting the IMPORT Volume Mount your FireBall s IMPORT volume by right clicking on My Computer and selecting Map Network Drive Choose an available drive letter then type in the name of your FireBall ...

Страница 292: ...drive simply drag and drop any MP3 or FLAC audio file into the IMPORT volume and the files will be copied to FireBall and added to the FireBall Music Library You can drag and drop whole collections a folder of songs or just a single song When the music files are copied to the FireBall you will see the new songs appear on your FireBall s Music Guide under the artist album name as defined in the fil...

Страница 293: ...orted music into your FireBall These files are just temporary cache files that appear to be the original music files however they are not They are just temporary stub files that indicate what you previously imported into your FireBall You can delete these files without actually deleting the originals which physically reside on the CONTENT volume The IMPORT volume displaying the temporary cache fil...

Страница 294: ...not play AAC files m4a files nor protected AAC files m4p files like those purchased from the iTunes Music Store however there is a way to convert these files for import into your FireBall Importing Whole iTunes Music Store Albums Apple allows you to make 7 legal CD burns or copies of any album downloaded from the iTunes Music Store Follow these instructions for importing protected AAC or iTunes Mu...

Страница 295: ...the Disc Format as Audio CD with 2 second gaps and select the OK button 5 Select the Playlist name in the Source panel and press the Burn Disc button 6 Remove the new CD from your Mac and insert it into your FireBall 7 You can now use the new CD just as if you purchased it from a store Look it up using the Gracenote CDDB and rip it into your FireBall ...

Страница 296: ...be imported using the same method described above however no cover art or metadata about the track will be imported This is due to the fact that metadata is not burned onto an Audio CD there are no ID3 tags per se Because the Audio CD is a compellation of songs FireBall and the Gracenote CDDB have no idea what the original artist album song data really is After importing individual songs you will ...

Страница 297: ...NSTALLER CHECKLIST WD003 1 1 12 22 2003 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis IN 46278 317 616 6789 phone 317 616 6790 fax www escient com INSTALLER CHECKLIST Installation Checklist for Escient FireBall Products ...

Страница 298: ...ty _______________________________________________________ State _______________________________________________________ Zip Code _______________________________________________________ Phone _______________________________________________________ Email _______________________________________________________ Dealer Installer Information Dealer ______________________________________________________...

Страница 299: ...eway Router ___________________________________________________ Net Mask _______________________________________________________ Domain Name Servers _______________________ ____________________ Note If installing more than 1 FireBall on a Static network each will require its own IP Address FireBall 2 IP Address ________________________________________________ FireBall 3 IP Address ________________...

Страница 300: ... escient com Audio Connections Analog Stereo Optical Digital Coax Digital 5 1 Analog Video Connections Composite S Video Component Optional Accessory Checklist Escient Touch Panels _____ Extra IR remotes _____ Extra IR keyboards _____ S Link Cables _____ RS 232 Cables _____ Ethernet Hub _____ Extra Ethernet Cables _____ ...

Страница 301: ... FOR UNKNOWN DISCS WD032 1 1 12 22 2003 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis IN 46278 317 616 6789 phone 317 616 6790 fax www escient com ADDING DISC INFORMATION FOR UNKNOWN DISCS A Guide to Editing Disc Information for DVDs and CDs ...

Страница 302: ...ithout an active Internet connection FireBall can t contact the online Gracenote CDDB database or the Escient MovieDB database where information is stored for millions of music and movie titles This document assumes that you have a working dialup or Ethernet connection to the Internet Please refer to you User Guide and Manual the Escient Web site or your Escient dealer if you have questions concer...

Страница 303: ...cenote CDDB for Music discs or to the Escient MovieDB for DVDs using your Internet connection The CDDB and MovieDB return information about the disc to your FireBall FireBall adds this information to your local media library and displays it on your TV Causes of Unknown Discs The five possible causes for Unknown discs are as follows 1 Unsupported Disc Format Only the following disc formats are vali...

Страница 304: ...cenote CDDB and Escient s MovieDB are updated regularly however you may find that a new release is not yet in the database and will not be correctly identified 5 Different Version Release Edition or Pressing The record labels and movie studios often release more than 1 version of a CD or DVD For example there are often two versions of a movie released on DVD wide screen and standard 4 3 as well as...

Страница 305: ...sc Lookup a single disc Quick Lookup Lookup Range and Lookup All These automatic methods of adding disc information are available from the Setup Changer Management menu and automatically lookup disc information based on the disc s unique key WARNING These automatic lookup methods will lookup and download all information for each of the selected discs Any information you manually entered will be re...

Страница 306: ...y empty slots for the new discs and leave the slots empty for discs you are removing If you don t have free slots to add the new discs first remove your discs close the changer door and wait for Quick Lookup to complete FireBall will mark the newly vacant slots as empty Open the door and insert the new discs into the same empty slots Close the door and the new discs will be looked up Lookup Range ...

Страница 307: ...rms a complete lookup of all discs in all changers completely replacing your media library with the original data from the Gracenote CDDB and Escient MovieDB servers All manually entered data is replaced Get Movie Music Info The Get Movie Info and Get Music Info features are available via the Options Menu when in the Movies Guide or Player and the Music Guide or Player ...

Страница 308: ...the Music library This is useful if you have previously added new releases which weren t recognized or did not have an Internet connection when you recorded tracks to FireBall Get Movie Info provides two features Unknown Info and Unknown Covers Unknown Info will lookup all information for the Unknown movie discs in your changer Unknown Covers will lookup the cover art images for all movies that do...

Страница 309: ...want to lookup information for only this one disc Lookup This Disc uses the unique Key from the disc to identify the disc The Lookup This Disc feature is available from the Options Edit Disc dialog screen and uses the Get Movie Info screen When disc information is returned for the disc the Edit Disc Information screen displays the new data if available This gives you the opportunity to CANCEL or S...

Страница 310: ... Search For Movie The most useful tool for manually adding disc information to an Unknown Movie title is Search For Movie Search For Movie allows you to enter a movie title or portion of a movie title then search the Escient MovieDB Here s how it works Highlight the Unknown DVD title in the Movies Guide Press OPTION then navigate down and SELECT the Edit Disc menu item Navigate to the Search For M...

Страница 311: ...ed in the Edit Disc Info screen If no matches are found the previous information is displayed in the Edit Disc Info screen If there is more than 1 match the Multiple Match dialog screen is displayed where you can highlight each title to view it s cover art When you decide which title is the correct title press the SELECT key and the Edit Disc Info screen will display the information for the select...

Страница 312: ...he from movie titles Upper and lowercase don t matter You can use all lowercase letters or all uppercase letters in you title You will get the same results Try to use the actual movie title as you would see it advertised on the marquee Leave off information about the release edition or any other special name added to the movie title For example use Monster s Inc instead of Monster s Inc Collectors...

Страница 313: ... that just isn t in the Escient MovieDB you can manually type information into the Edit Disc dialog The Edit Disc Info dialog screen allows you to manually enter information for your Unknown discs and assign generic or custom cover art Use your IR remote or keyboard to enter data into each field on the screen Highlight any DVD title in the Movies Guide Press OPTION then navigate down and SELECT th...

Страница 314: ...um Title These two text strings are used to locate possible cover matches on the Escient cover server Highlight any title in the Music Guide Press OPTION then navigate down and SELECT the Edit Disc menu item Navigate to the Search For Cover button and press SELECT You should see the following dialog Press the PLAY key on the remote if you want to clear the current artist name and enter an artist n...

Страница 315: ...en or press STOP to cancel and discard the current information Tips for Using Search for Cover Try removing punctuation marks in the artist name or album title Remove all disc numbers volume numbers and years from the title Try removing indefinite and definite articles a an and the from artist names and album titles Select Cover The Select Cover tool allows you to manually select a cover to attach...

Страница 316: ...or keyboard to save the selected cover with the current movie or press STOP to cancel and discard the current selection Edit Disc If you have an Unknown disc that just isn t in the Gracenote CDDB database you can manually type information into the Edit Disc dialog The Edit Disc Info dialog screen allows you to manually enter information for your Unknown discs and assign generic or custom cover art...

Страница 317: ... or keyboard to save the information displayed in the Edit Disc Info screen or press STOP to cancel and discard the current information Edit Tracks Edit Tracks allows you to enter track names for every track found on the current Music title Highlight any Music title in the Music Guide Press OPTION then navigate down and SELECT the Edit Tracks menu item You should see the following dialog ...

Страница 318: ...90 fax www escient com Enter the name of each track using the IR remote or keyboard Press SELECT to save the current track name and advance to the next track name Press the RECORD key on the remote or keyboard to save the information displayed in the Edit Disc Info screen or press STOP to cancel and discard the current information ...

Страница 319: ... NETWORKING PRIMER WD005 1 2 12 22 2003 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis IN 46278 317 616 6789 phone 317 616 6790 fax www escient com HOME NETWORKING PRIMER An overview of the different types of home networks ...

Страница 320: ... set up and more convenient Q Do I really need a home network A For households with more than one PC a simple home network is worth the expense Rather than buy a dedicated peripheral for each PC one can be shared Even better but more complicated to set up is splitting a broadband connection among several PCs Q Can I mix and match networking products from different vendors A Yes but unless you re t...

Страница 321: ...ple Ethernet Network with a cable or dsl modem connection to the Internet A Router is used to connect multiple Ethernet Devices including a FireBall E Music Server and a FireBall DVDM 100 to share a single broadband Internet connection Each device needs to be connected to the router using an ethernet cable Sample Ethernet Network Powerline Networking Powerline Networking also called HomePlug Netwo...

Страница 322: ...Router location so that the Powerline signals can be connected to the rest of the network and access Internet connection Sample Powerline Network Wireless 802 11b 11 Mbps 802 11b is now the standard for wireless networking in both the home and business It has become inexpensive has good speed but may not be appropriate for some secure communications Wireless 802 11g 22 54 Mbps An upgrade to 802 11...

Страница 323: ...router access point provides the bridge between the wireless and wired networks Sample 802 11 Wireless Network HomePNA 2 0 Phone Line 10Mbps HPNA PhoneLine or HomePNA networking works over the existing copper telephone wires in your home without interfering with voice or DSL communications HomePNA 3 0 will push the speed up to 100Mbps when it comes out Escient FireBall H products use HomePNA netwo...

Страница 324: ...02 11a 54 Mbps A new standard for wireless ethernet 802 11a is incompatible with 802 11b and g It does however offer amazing speeds for a wireless network but is not as popular as 802 11g Firewire Networking 400Mbps Modern operating systems now support networking over firewire cables Most appropriate for short distances firewire is FAST and inexpensive to install Great for transferring huge video ...

Страница 325: ...ers are present A special kind of Ethernet cable can be used called a CROSSOVER cable Cables 10 100 Ethernet cables have 8 wires of which 4 are used for data The other wires are twisted around the data lines for electrical stability and resistance to electrical interference The cables end in RJ 45 connectors that resemble large telephone line connectors Two kinds of wiring schemes are available fo...

Страница 326: ...nother use for fiber is electrical insulation Some people like to run cables underground between homes If you run CAT5 cable the homes have different ground potentials and you will burn out network card during any electrical storm The solution is fiber Run fiber between the homes or run a pair of fiber converters on one end of the cable with a short fiber run This will electrically separate the tw...

Страница 327: ...l not route traffic back This type can be used to share an Internet connection Lastly there are hybrid NAT router Bridge devices that bridge your wired and wireless networks then route them both to the internet using a single IP address This is good for sharing an Internet connection when you have both wired and wireless computers in your home These are often called Cable or DSL routers with wirel...

Страница 328: ...2 11b in the same area Distance Distance will very widely depending on which wireless networking device you are using what kind of antenna it uses the construction materials in your home electrical interference and capabilities of the wireless receiver Some people have used directional antennas to get some serious range out of their 802 11b products miles Faster Wireless 802 11g The 802 11g spec w...

Страница 329: ...yption to ensure that your neighbors can not eavesdrop on your network traffic Note encryption is usually not enabled by default and must be turned on using software provided by the devices manufacturer The HomePlug specification incorporates a technology called PowerPacket This new technology is what makes HomePlug different from the old Powerline networks PowerPacket eliminates noise from electr...

Страница 330: ...E WEB INTERFACE WD045 1 1 5 18 2005 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis IN 46278 317 616 6789 phone 317 616 6790 fax www escient com Volume Control from the Web Interface How to Control Audio Volume using the Web Server Interface ...

Страница 331: ... browser on your PC Mac or from the Escient EWP 2000 Wireless Web Pad Since FireBall is a source component and not an audio receiver or preamp FireBall can tell your audio system to increase decrease or mute the volume This is accomplished by enabling the volume up down and mute buttons on the web interface and sending command strings to the audio system whenever the buttons are pressed by the use...

Страница 332: ...x www escient com Setup To configure and setup volume control connect to your FireBall from a web browser using it s IP address and go to Setup External Control Volume Control The Volume Control page lets you enable the volume control buttons and configure the settings for each room Select ENABLE and then click the CONFIGURE button ...

Страница 333: ...ontrolling volume up down and mute The strings provided are the default strings for sending volume up down and mute commands using the FireBall External Control Protocol over the RS 232 control port and port 251 over a TCP IP network These strings are useful if you have an external control system such as a Crestron or AMX system that can listen for command strings over a serial or TCP IP connect a...

Страница 334: ...ctive Selecting these buttons should send the command string to your control system The control system will then need to be programmed to translate the strings into the appropriate IR codes for your audio system The default string for volume up down and mute follow the Escient external control format with the following syntax ESCX preamble 0212 command code 0002 number of data packets 0003 number ...

Страница 335: ...t port number into the port field in the Volume Control Configure screen Use FireBall s on screen user interface to select the external control serial port You may also change the actual volume up down and mute command strings to suit your own needs Use r to enter a carriage return 0x13 which may be required to complete the string depending on your control system Use n for line feed 0x10 Here are ...

Страница 336: ...y device such as a Global Cache GC 100 Network Adapter This device will send out IR signals to your audio system based on special command strings sent to it over an Ethernet network Please visit the Global Cache web site for information about purchasing the GC 100 http www globalcache com The Global Cache connects to your Ethernet network and converts an IR text string into an actual IR signal whi...

Страница 337: ...ress Field The Global Cache defaults to 192 1 1 70 5 Enter the Global Cache port number into the Port Field The Global Cache defaults to port 4998 6 Using the CCFCONVERT utility convert the following Raw CCF codes into GC 100 IR code strings Note These raw CCF codes were obtained from a SonyTV CCF file on www remotecentral com Command Raw CCF Code GC 100 IR Code String Volume Up 0000 0067 0000 000...

Страница 338: ...n 9 Select the SAVE button and then the SETUP to exit Setup 10 The Volume and Mute buttons are now active Selecting these buttons should send the command string to your GC 100 and it should then convert the strings into the appropriate IR codes for a Sony TV Controlling Volume In Multiple Rooms FireBall s Web Interface supports controlling volume in multiple rooms Simply follow the instructions ab...

Страница 339: ...TROL FROM THE WEB INTERFACE WD045 1 1 5 18 2005 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis IN 46278 317 616 6789 phone 317 616 6790 fax www escient com Select the room you want to control from the Setup Volume Control screen ...

Страница 340: ...ARRANTY WD014 1 2 12 22 2003 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis IN 46278 317 616 6789 phone 317 616 6790 fax www escient com FireBall Client Server Installation Guide A Guide to Installing Multiple FireBall Products ...

Страница 341: ...Combinations The original FireBall is a client and a server at the same time It uses a peer to peer client and server networking scheme that allows 2 or more FireBalls to automatically synchronize their MP3 music libraries so that the contents of both the client and server appear in the Music Guides of each FireBall You can create a rather large network providing each room access to the combined F...

Страница 342: ...ovies can not be streamed Internet Radio can not be streamed but it is available on all standalone products Locating the FireBall Clients and Servers Central If you locate your FireBall clients and servers in a central location such as an equipment or utility room you will need to use a third party audio video distribution system to deliver sound and picture to each room This type of installation ...

Страница 343: ...ote control templates Distributed A distributed FireBall installation means that your FireBall Servers and Clients are physically distributed or located in different rooms Distributed FireBalls communicate over a wired or wireless network to share access to your media The biggest advantage of a distributed client server system over a central system is that everything you need is built into FireBal...

Страница 344: ...ing Room Home Theater My Music Server are all good examples Configuring a FireBall Client Networking Each FireBall client must be on the same network as the server This document will assume that you have properly connected your FireBall client to the same network as your FireBall server Please refer to the HomeNetworkingPrimer support document on the Escient web site for more information about hom...

Страница 345: ...st of FireBall Servers found on your network by their default or user defined FireBall Name Once you select a server and save your selection press MUSIC to view the Music Guide on the client In a few moments the Music Guide will display the contents of the FireBall server You can then select and play anything from the Music Guide just as you would from a single FireBall ...

Страница 346: ...CONTROL PROTOCOL WD031 1 3 4 18 2005 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis IN 46278 317 616 6789 phone 317 616 6790 fax www escient com EXTERNAL CONTROL PROTOCOL Escient FireBall External Control Protocol Specification ...

Страница 347: ...task specific data of data items and a size of data packet then the actual data packet repeated for the of data items and a carriage return end marker External Control Command Structure DESCRIPTION PREAMBLE COMMAND GROUP SUB COMMAND DATA ITEMS DATA ITEM 1 SIZE DATA 1 DATA ITEM 2 SIZE DATA 2 END MARKER Bytes 4 2 2 3 4 5 4 3 1 Example ESCX 01 08 002 0005 Hello 0003 Bye Carriage Return The external c...

Страница 348: ...ote that a key press command will never return this response as even audio transport keys play stop have alternate functions in various modes Unsolicited status events can be sent to report the state changes of the Escient products There are two currently defined message levels 5 track changes and 10 all including 1 second playing time updates Clients are registered at level 5 by default Clients m...

Страница 349: ...tation 05 Buffering data 06 Station Not Found bbb current track number 0 if Radio Mode cccc length of artist name ddd artist name eeee length of title name fff title name station name if Radio Mode gggg length of track name hhh track name aspect ratio if Movie Mode Aspect Ratio Movie Mode only 00 Unknown 01 Standard 1 33 02 Standard 1 78 03 Standard 1 85 04 Standard 2 35 05 Anamorphic 1 33 06 Anam...

Страница 350: ...me up yyy zone to which the volume command applies number 000 to 999 The Remote Button Keyboard commands are used when the video output of the FireBall system is displayed on a TV or large screen projector and it is desired to directly select the FireBall control functions through an external control system The up down left right and select functions can be used to navigate objects on the screen a...

Страница 351: ...3 Mode Play Normal Only works in Player 10 34 Mode Play Repeat Track Only works in Player 10 35 Mode Play Repeat Title Only works in Player 10 36 Mode Play Repeat Group Only works in Player 10 37 Mode Play Random Title Only works in Player 10 38 Mode Play Random Group Only works in Player 10 39 Setup 10 40 Option 10 41 Guide toggles between Guide and Player 10 42 Guide Explicit always goes to Guid...

Страница 352: ...4 Play 10 55 Stop 10 56 Pause 10 57 Previous Track 10 58 Next Track 10 59 Record 10 10 60 Movies 10 61 Music 10 62 iRadio 10 63 Title 10 64 Audio 10 65 Previous 10 66 Next 10 67 Add Favorites 10 68 Play Favorites 10 69 Random 10 70 10 71 BACKSPACE 10 74 A 10 75 B 10 76 C 10 77 D 10 78 E 10 79 F 10 80 G 10 81 H 10 82 I 10 83 J 10 84 K 10 85 L 10 86 M 10 87 N 10 88 O 10 89 P 10 90 Q 10 91 R 10 92 S ...

Страница 353: ...h as the All group CDs group MP3 group and Playlists groups The User Music Groups sorted by Artist contain the genres for your music and your custom genres that have been created The System HardDrive Music Groups sorted by Artist are a subset of the System Music Groups sorted by Artist and filter out media that does not exist on the hard drive The User HardDrive Music Groups sorted by Artist are a...

Страница 354: ...ation for a range of groups using the 02 subcommand 20 02 Get group information 20 ESCX20020030002aa0004bbbb0004cccc aa which list to get groups from where 01 System Music Groups sorted by Artist 02 User Music Groups sorted by Artist 03 System Radio Groups 04 User Radio Groups 05 System Movie Groups 06 User Movie Groups 07 System HardDrive Music Groups sorted by Artist 08 User HardDrive Music Grou...

Страница 355: ... sorted by Title 88 User HardDrive Music Groups sorted by Title 91 System Music Groups sorted by Song 92 User Music Groups sorted by Song 97 System HardDrive Music Groups sorted by Song 98 User HardDrive Music Groups sorted by Song bbbb group number to get titles for cccc starting title number dddd ending title number Reply Format ESCX2003xxxTITLE1TITLE2etc Where xxx total number of titles multipl...

Страница 356: ... title for Movie bitrate of station for Radio bbbb length of item 2 length of title ccccccc title radio station length depends on bbbb dddd length of item 3 length of artist name eeeeeee artist name for Music length depends on dddd TITLE_ARTIST2 etc have the same format as TITLE_ARTIST1 20 04 Get track information 20 ESCX20040050002aa0004bbbb0004cccc0004dddd0004eeee aa which list to get groups fro...

Страница 357: ...bbb group number to get tracks for cccc title number to get tracks for ignored if sorted by Song dddd starting track number eeee ending track number ff reply format 00 Reply format uses track names same as above 01 Reply format uses file urls 02 Reply format uses detailed track info Reply Formats of 00 and 01 are as follows Reply Format ESCX2004xxxTRACK1INFOTRACK2INFOetc Where xxx total number of ...

Страница 358: ... System HardDrive Music Groups sorted by Song 98 User HardDrive Music Groups sorted by Song bbbb group number cccc title station number song number if sorted by Song dddd track number ignored for Radio and Music sorted by Song 20 06 Get group number for a specific music radio or movie genre by name 20 ESCX20060020002aaBBBBbbbbbbbb aa which list to get groups from where 01 System Music Groups sorte...

Страница 359: ...national Jazz New Age Oldies R B Religious Soft Rock News Talk Top 40 Rock Other 20 Reply Format ESCX20060010004xxxx Where xxxx group number for the group specified by aaaa 20 Once group number is known use the 02 subcommand for info 20 07 Get title music or movie or station radio information by name includes Playlists also because they are virtual CD titles Partial strings can be used Case does n...

Страница 360: ...ays 3 xxx number of tracks in the title for Music running time of title for Movie bitrate of station for Radio 0004 length of item 2 always 4 zzzz title station number Most likely only one title will be returned for this command however if you have duplicate titles TITLE2 etc have the same format as TITLE1 Once the title station Playlist number and the number of tracks are known you can use the 04...

Страница 361: ...tem Movie Groups 06 User Movie Groups 07 System HardDrive Music Groups sorted by Artist 08 User HardDrive Music Groups sorted by Artist 81 System Music Groups sorted by Title 82 User Music Groups sorted by Title 87 System HardDrive Music Groups sorted by Title 88 User HardDrive Music Groups sorted by Title 91 System Music Groups sorted by Song 92 User Music Groups sorted by Song 97 System HardDriv...

Страница 362: ...82 User Music Groups sorted by Title 87 System HardDrive Music Groups sorted by Title 88 User HardDrive Music Groups sorted by Title 91 System Music Groups sorted by Song 92 User Music Groups sorted by Song 97 System HardDrive Music Groups sorted by Song 98 User HardDrive Music Groups sorted by Song bbbb group number to get titles for cccc starting title number dddd ending title number ee reply fo...

Страница 363: ...dDrive Music Groups sorted by Artist 08 User HardDrive Music Groups sorted by Artist 81 System Music Groups sorted by Title 82 User Music Groups sorted by Title 87 System HardDrive Music Groups sorted by Title 88 User HardDrive Music Groups sorted by Title 91 System Music Groups sorted by Song 92 User Music Groups sorted by Song 97 System HardDrive Music Groups sorted by Song 98 User HardDrive Mus...

Страница 364: ... Title 91 System Music Groups sorted by Song 97 System HardDrive Music Groups sorted by Song 20 13 Add music track to the Favorites playlist 20 ESCX20130040002aa0004bbbb0004cccc0004dddd aa which list to get groups from where 01 System Music Groups sorted by Artist 02 User Music Groups sorted by Artist 07 System HardDrive Music Groups sorted by Artist 08 User HardDrive Music Groups sorted by Artist...

Страница 365: ...ps sorted by Artist 07 System HardDrive Music Groups sorted by Artist 81 System Music Groups sorted by Title 87 System HardDrive Music Groups sorted by Title 91 System Music Groups sorted by Song 97 System HardDrive Music Groups sorted by Song cccc track number ignored if sorted by Song 20 16 Create a new empty playlist 20 ESCX2016001aaaabbbbbbbb aaaa length of name of the new playlist bbbb name o...

Страница 366: ...ly format uses detailed track info Reply Formats of 00 and 01 are as follows Reply Format ESCX2017xxxTRACK1INFOTRACK2INFOetc Where xxx total number of tracks multiplied by 2 Each TRACK is made of two items so TRACK1INFO wwwwxxxxyyyyzzzzzzz wwww length of track number xxxx track number within the indicated group yyyy length of track info zzzzzzz track info length depends on yyyy TRACK2INFO etc have...

Страница 367: ...05 random title 06 random group 50 03 Get sort order possible future implementation 50 Reply Format ESCX50030010002xx Where xx guide sort order where 01 by artist 02 by title 03 by song 50 04 Get current playing title music or movie or station radio information 50 Reply Format ESCX5004007aaaabb0004cccc0003ddd0002ee0002ff0004gg gg0004hhhh aaaa length of the title station that is playing bb title st...

Страница 368: ...xx event level where 05 All events except 1 second updates while playing 10 All level 5 events plus one second track playing time updates during music play If the short version of the command is used event level 5 will be used as the default level 70 03 Unregister for unsolicited events prevent unsolicited events 70 ESCX7003 70 04 Set Music Play Mode 70 ESCX70040010002xx xx music play mode where 0...

Страница 369: ... aaaa length of security password bbbb security password Note that when the host is in power standby mode any command will cause the unit to enter the power on mode before executing the command There are two exceptions to this a client may register and unregister for unsolicited events without turning the host on and the Status Command Get Power State ESCX5001 will return the current state of the ...

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