Clare Controls CS-BR-1 Installation Sheet

CS-BR-1 Streams Bridge Installation Sheet
Last modified: 09/29/16

Description

The CS-BR-1 Streams Bridge is based on CobraNet, the
leading standard for distributing high-quality, real-time, digital
audio over Ethernet. The bridge connects to the Clare
controller via a USB connection to encode up to three
simultaneous soft audio streams (e.g., Pandora over Internet,
or SiriusXM via satellite) onto the CobraNet network.
Models herein and their appearance are subject to
Note:
change without any prior notice.
Please read all instructions before attempting to
WARNING:
install equipment. Failure to follow directions may cause bodily
injury and damage to equipment.

Package contents

Remove and inventory all contents from the CS-BR-1
packaging.
• CS-BR-1 device
• Power supply
• USB cable
• USB cloud hub

Installation

You must install the CS-BR-1 Streams Bridge device on a
separate CobraNet dedicated audio network and not on the
home data network. The data transmission on the network
causes the devices to communicate frequently, and there will
be no latency on a dedicated audio network.
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Notes

Record the device Mac address (labeled on the bottom of

the device). Your system programmer will need this
information to configure the CS-BR-1 device.
The CS-BR-1 device does not support PoE. You must

connect a power supply unit to the device.
The Clare controller supports only one CS-BR-1 per

installation/project.
To install the CS-BR-1:
1. Connect the USB cable from the USB port on the
CS-BR-1 and to the USB port on the Clare controller.
(See Fig. 1)
2. Connect an RJ-45 (Ethernet, not included) cable from the
CobraNet port on the CS-BR-1 to the CobraNet network
switch.
3. Connect the power cord to the power socket (12 V) on the
CS-BR-1.
4. Connect the USB cloud hub (included) to the top USB port
on the CLIQ.host, and then connect one end of the USB
cable to the USB cloud hub, and the other end to the USB
port on the CS- BR1. (See Fig. 2)
Note: The USB cloud hub is used to convert the
transmission signal from the 1.0 USB port on the
CLIQ.host to the 2.0 USB port on the CS-BR1.
Figure 1: CS-BR-1 rear connections
(1) USB Type B port for connection with Clare controller.
(2) COBRANET port for connection with CobraNet switch.
(3) POWER port, 12 V.
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(1) (2) (3)
USB COBRANET +12V
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