Podcasts; Controlling Multiple Players With One Slimserver; Wake-On-Lan; Rs-232 Serial Control - Logitech transporter Owner's Manual

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To view RSS feeds as a screensaver:
1. From the web interface, choose Player Settings, then scroll to Screensavers.
2. Choose the RSS News Ticker from the list of screensaver choices. Click Change.

Podcasts

Transporter is capable of playing back podcast recordings from the Internet. SlimServer is pre-
confi gured with subscriptions to a few podcasts.
To listen to a subscribed podcast:
1. Press LEFT to go back to Transporter Home. (You may have to press
once.)
2. Press to scroll to Plugins, then press
DOWN
3. Press to scroll to the Podcasts option. Press
DOWN
4. Press to scroll through the list of available podcast feeds.
DOWN
5. Press RIGHT to view the list of podcast in that feed. You can now press
particular Podcast feed to see what's new.
6. Press to scroll through the list of available casts inside the feed. When you fi nd
DOWN
a podcast you'd like to hear, press
To change the list of podcast feeds available on Transporter:
1. From the web interface, click Server Settings, then Plugins.
2. Scroll down to the Podcasts section and enter the URL for a podcast feed into one of
the fi elds.
You can replace the existing subscriptions, add one to the end, or delete them entirely.

Controlling Multiple Players with one SlimServer

Any number of Transporters or Squeezeboxes can connect to a single SlimServer. Each player
operates independently of the others, so you can play different music on each one. You can
also synchronize them to play the same music in every room of your house simultaneously.
If you have more than one player connected to your SlimServer, a drop-down list will appear
in the upper right-hand corner of the web interface so that you can choose which player to
control.
To synchronize multiple players with the web interface:
1. In the web interface, click on Player Settings, then Audio.
2. In the Synchronize section of the page, choose the player that you'd like to
synchronize. Click Change.

Wake-on-LAN

Your computer may be confi gured to wake up when you access it with your remote control.
This works by sending a special packet to the ethernet port on your computer; it does not
work with computers connected via wireless network adaptors. To use Wake-on-LAN:
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Mac: Open the System Preferences and click on the Energy Saver icon, then click Options.
Check the box "Wake for Ethernet network administrator access." Note that Mac laptops need
to be connected to the power adaptor for Wake-on-LAN to work.
Windows XP: From the Start menu, choose Control Panel, then choose Network Connections.
Open Local Area Connection, then click on Properties. Click on Confi gure, then Power
Management. Check the boxes marked "Allow this devices to bring the computer out
of standby" and "Only allow management stations to bring this computer out of standby."
Then click OK.
Now, when your computer is asleep, you can press the
remote to wake it up.

RS-232 Serial Control

Transporter has an RS-232 (DE-9 / TIA-574 style) serial port for controlling the Transporter
and SlimServer via another hardware device, for instance a Crestron or AMX home automation
controller, or your computer. The control protocol used for this interface is the same as the
command line interface used by the server on TCP port 9090.
For technical information on the protocol, please see the command line interface
documentation in the SlimServer web interface, by clicking Technical Information under Help,
then clicking on The Command Line Interface.
The pinout of the RS-232 connector is:
1. Unused
2. TxD (Transmit from Transporter)
3. RxD (Receive to Transporter)
4. Unused
5. Signal Ground

Infrared Input and Output

Transporter is equipped with an infrared input for control from other systems (IR repeaters,
home automation controllers with IR blasters, etc.) Transporter will respond to signals on this
input identically to signals received via the IR receiver on the front panel and can be directly
connected to IR transmitter devices via a 3.5mm to 3.5mm mono cable as if connecting to
an IR LED dongle.
Transporter also has an infrared output for the Transporter to control other interfaces, for
instance turning on a receiver or preamp and setting the receiver to a particular input
that the Transporter is connected to. This output requires an IR emitter connected via the
3.5mm mono connection and that the SlimServer IR Blaster plugin software is installed
and confi gured appropriately. The IR Blaster software can be found under "Plugins" at
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/
POWER button on the Transporter
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