Janus AudioControl Director M4800 User Manual

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Page 1 Director M4800 / M6400 / D4600 Control4 Driver User Guide Driver developed by...
Page 2: Table Of Contents
Control4 Driver User Guide Contents Introduction ....................... 2 AudioControl Configuration ..................2 Driver Installation ....................... 3 Driver Configuration....................4 D-series specifics ......................7 Zone to Group mapping....................8 Driver Commands ..................... 14 Driver Variables ....................... 15 Janus Technology Ltd Copyright © 2018...
Page 3: Introduction
AudioControl M6400/M4800/D4600 Control4 Driver User Guide Introduction This driver has been designed to provide two-way control of AudioControl Director M4800, M6400 and D4600 network amplifiers, via TCP/IP. This has been tested with firmware version 0.1.16_NCB RA. AudioControl Configuration It is recommended that the AudioControl system be installed, configured and tested by a suitably qualified engineer, according to AudioControl documentation, prior to integration with this driver.
Page 4: Driver Installation
Search tab from the Items pane. Figure 1: Driver Search The driver can be found under: Device Type: A/V Switch Manufacturer: AudioControl Add the driver entitled “AudioControl M6400” into your project. Figure 2: Driver Janus Technology Ltd Copyright © 2018...
Page 5: Driver Configuration
Bus A and Bus B sub-devices and the local input, output and room control connections for each zone on the sub-device for that zone. Any connections with names in square brackets, e.g. [Zone 1 Bus A In] are managed internally by the driver and should not be changed. Janus Technology Ltd Copyright © 2018...
Page 6 AudioControl M6400/M4800/D4600 Control4 Driver User Guide Now that the connections are established the driver properties should be populated with information from the AudioControl amplifier; choose System Design and select the driver: Figure 4: Driver Properties Janus Technology Ltd Copyright © 2018...
Page 7 Control 4 zones can be mapped to either AudioControl zones, or AudioControl Y to AudioControl groups. See an explanation below. Debug Mode For support use only Debug Subsystems For support use only Debug Level For support use only Table 1: Driver Properties Janus Technology Ltd Copyright © 2018...
Page 8: D-Series Specifics
It is the responsibility of the installer to ensure that the same input device is connected to each of these local inputs if the intention is that all the zones should be playing the same source. Janus Technology Ltd Copyright © 2018...
Page 9: Zone To Group Mapping
Kitchen Lounge Bedroom One output Three outputs Three outputs One output In this setup, we’d want the lounge and gym to be grouped with the kitchen and bedroom remaining as separate zones. Janus Technology Ltd Copyright © 2018...
Page 10  Zones 4-6 will be the Gym  Zone 7 will be the Kitchen  Zone 8 will be the Bedroom Note that grouping for digital zones is not officially supported by this driver. Janus Technology Ltd Copyright © 2018...
Page 11 PLEASE NOTE: If you do not set the Group Lock feature, then group volume commands will not work. If an C4 zone is set as an AudioControl group (in the properties), this means that you will not be able to adjust volume for that group. Janus Technology Ltd Copyright © 2018...
Page 13 You would then set up your connections in C4 something like this: Figure 9: Connections Control 4 zones 3-6 will be unused, as the grouping means that Control 4 zones 1-2 will control them. Janus Technology Ltd Copyright © 2018...
Page 14 AC input zone 3 and C4 output zone 5 appears to be connected to AC input zone 1, but this is false feedback and should be ignored. Switching C4 zone 7 will switch AudioControl zone 7 Switching C4 zone 8 will switch AudioControl zone 8 Janus Technology Ltd Copyright © 2018...
Page 15: Driver Commands
Turns the main power on or off Mute All Zones Mutes or unmutes all zones Signal sense Turns signal sense on or off Recalls an equalizer preset for a specific C4 zone (note, not for Recall EQ an AudioControl zone) Janus Technology Ltd Copyright © 2018...
Page 16: Driver Variables
The current treble level for zone xx OUTPUT_xx_LOUDNESS The current loudness state for zone xx OUTPUT_xx_MUTE The current mute status for zone xx OUTPUT_xx_VOLUME_LEVEL The current level for volume xx Table 2: Driver Variables Janus Technology Ltd Copyright © 2018...

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