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  • Page 75 ADDING INTERNET RADIO STATIONS WD010-1-2 12/22/2003 ADDING INTERNET RADIO STATIONS How to add your own Internet radio stations to FireBall’s Radio Guide 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 76 Your FireBall is able to deliver a variety of Internet radio station programming through its connection to the Internet. Escient’s OpenGlobe Internet radio service provides a large variety of stations including Radio Free Virgin and various other stations from across the country.
  • Page 77 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.
  • Page 78 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 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 79 FIREBALL ACCESSORIES WD015-1-1 12/22/2003 FIREBALL ACCESSORIES Accessories for Escient FireBall Products 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 80 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 Pioneer DVD Changer Serial Cable FireBall to Sony DVD Changer Serial Cable 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 81 FIREBALL ACCESSORIES WD015-1-1 12/22/2003 Optical Digital Audio Cable (3’) FireBall IR Keyboard FireBall IR Remote FireBall DVDM IR Keyboard 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 82 FIREBALL ACCESSORIES WD015-1-1 12/22/2003 FireBall DVDM IR Remote USB to Ethernet Adapter (Smart Nic2) QuickTime™ and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 83 INSTALLER CHECKLIST WD003-1-1 12/22/2003 INSTALLER CHECKLIST Installation Checklist for Escient FireBall Products 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 84 Feel free to add your own information to this list depending on what other equipment will be installed with the FireBall systems. Note: Escient FireBall products require a dialup or broadband Internet connection to operate fully. Please pay special attention to the Network Information section.
  • Page 85 FireBall 5 IP Address: ________________________________________________ Disc Changers Up to 3 of the same brand are supported per FireBall. #1: Brand:___________Model:________________ Serial Number:_____________ #2: Brand:___________Model:________________ Serial Number:_____________ #3: Brand:___________Model:________________ Serial Number:_____________ 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 86: Audio Connections

    Component Optional Accessory Checklist Escient Touch Panels _____ Extra IR remotes _____ Extra IR keyboards _____ S-Link Cables _____ RS-232 Cables _____ Ethernet Hub _____ Extra Ethernet Cables _____ 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 87 HOME NETWORKING PRIMER WD005-1-2 12/22/2003 HOME NETWORKING PRIMER An overview of the different types of home networks 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 88 Q: Who makes networking products? Several companies make wired and wireless network products for the home. Some of the most prominent are: Linksys 3Com Intel D-Link NetGear Apple Computer Cisco Belkin 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 89 Ethernet networking is built into most modern computers and the current Escient FireBall product line. There are many companies who provide ethernet networking products and they are available at any computer or electronics retailer.
  • Page 90 Here is a sample wireless network where the FireBall=E Music Server and FireBall DVDM-100 are each connected to an Ethernet to Wireless adapter. The computer has built-in wireless connectivity and the router is a hybrid router/wireless access point. The wireless devices are 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 91 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 networking. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 92 (1.5Mbps) it is not appropriate as a replacement for other networks but IS valuable for connecting peripherals. Wireless HomeRF 2.0: 10Mbps Developed to compete with 802.11b, HomeRF made a brief appearance and died off. Siemens and Proxim were the main supporters. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 93 Ethernet to Fiber media converters are starting to come down in price - they can be found for under $150. When 100Meters is not enough distance, an Ethernet to fiber media converter can 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 94 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 two homes. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 95 40bit and 64bit encryption is the same. it’s just a matter of how the manufacturer decided to label the product. Often 128bit cards can often be placed in 40/64bit mode. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 96 When a 802.11g product communicates with an 11Mbps 802.11b product, it drops down to 11Mbps or less depending on signal strength. In other words, if you purchase an 802.11g product for use with an 802.11b access point, expect only 11Mbps. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 97 Powerline network adapters come in PCI and USB versions but are fairly expensive right now - about $50 to $100 per computer. There are also Powerline to Ethernet bridges and Powerline broadband routers with ethernet bridges built-in, in the same price range. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 98 PRODUCT WARRANTY WD014-1-2 12/22/2003 FireBall Client-Server Installation Guide A Guide to Installing Multiple FireBall Products 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 99 The following table indicates which servers are compatible with which clients. Server FireBall FireBall-E 40/120 Client FireBall FireBall-E 40/120 FireBall-MP FireBall DVDM-100 Limitations Client-Server networking is limited to the same local subnet. You can not stream over the Internet. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 100 FireBall is built from the ground up with many features that allow you to centrally locate and remotely control your FireBall clients and servers, such as: 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 101 (Note: only 4 clients can stream from the same server at one time). 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 102 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 home networking. Server Selection FireBall clients will automatically select the first server it sees on the network and connect to it upon startup.
  • Page 103 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. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 104 EXTERNAL CONTROL PROTOCOL WD031-1-3 4/18/2005 EXTERNAL CONTROL PROTOCOL Escient FireBall External Control Protocol Specification 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 105 The external control protocol is standard ASCII based. ESCX is the four-letter preamble that is used for all commands. This preamble must be uppercase. The commands provided in this protocol allow an external control system to navigate the Escient products, get library information to build custom user interfaces, perform transport controls, and receive unsolicited feedback on system status.
  • Page 106 (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).
  • Page 107 Guide Mode changed (Playlist edit mode, Record mode, Delete mode, etc) [possible future implementation] Screen Mode changed (Guide, Player, Options, Setup, etc) [possible 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 108 Select Move To X and Y Coordinates and Select The upper left point on the screen is (0,0) and the resolution of the screen is 720 by 480 pixels. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 109 Player Explicit (always goes to Player) ** OpenGlobe Info Menu (DVD Menu and Guide View Increment) Guide View – Covers Guide View – Artist Guide View – Title Guide View - Song 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 110 Play Favorites Random “ “ BACKSPACE “A” “B” “C” “D” “E” “F” “G” “H” “I” “J” “K” “L” “M” “N” “O” “P” “Q” “R” “S” “T” “U” “V” “W” 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 111 Titles are returned listed in alphabetical order by title regardless of the state of the user interface. Database Commands COMMAND DESCRIPTION GROUP COMMAND Get number of groups (genres) in the database ESCX20010010002xx xx = which list to get groups from, where 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 112 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 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 113 04 = User Radio Groups 05 = System Movie Groups 06 = User Movie Groups 07 = System HardDrive Music Groups (sorted by Artist) 08 = User HardDrive Music Groups (sorted by Artist) 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 114 = title number to get tracks for (ignored if sorted by Song) dddd = starting track number eeee = ending track number Reply Format: ESCX2004xxxTRACK1TRACK2etc…, Where xxx = total number of tracks, Each TRACK is made of one item so: 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 115 = length of track bitrate ZZZZ = track bitrate (length depends on zzzz) aaaa = length of track length AAAA = track length in seconds (length depends on aaaa) 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 116 98 = User HardDrive Music Groups (sorted by Song) BBBB = length of the group name bbbbbbbb = which group you want the number for 01 – System Music group name examples are: All, Playlists, CDs, MP3s 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 117 = 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 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 118 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) 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 119 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) 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 120 = length of item #2 (length of label) TTTT = record label (length depends on tttt) uuuu = length of item #3 (length of title) UUUU = record title (length depends on uuuu) 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 121 = length of new playlist name cccc = new name of the playlist ESCX20110030004aaaabbbbcccccccc0002dd aaaa = which playlist to rename (number in the indicated groupings Playlists group) 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 122 = 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) 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 123 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 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 124 ZZZZ = track bitrate (length depends on zzzz) aaaa = length of track length AAAA = track length in seconds (length depends on aaaa) TRACK2INFO, etc… have the same format as TRACK1INFO 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 125 02 = User Music Groups (sorted by Artist) gggg = current group number hhhh = current title number Get current screen that is displayed in the GUI [possible future implementation] 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 126: Control Commands

    01 = Artist View (music) or Title View (movies) 02 = Title View (music only) 03 = Song View (music only) 04 = Cover View (music and movies) Lock this control interface (enter password protected mode) ESCX7006 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 127 Status Command “Get Power State” (ESCX5001) will return the current state of the unit without turning it on. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 128 PC Integration WD044-1-1 2/24/2005 PC Integration A Guide to Using FireBall with Windows XP 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 129: Table Of Contents

    Mounting the IMPORT Volume .................... 26 Importing your Music Files ....................27 Controlling FireBall from Internet Explorer................. 29 Requirements........................29 Connecting to Your FireBall ....................29 Controlling Your FireBall ...................... 30 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 130: Fireball To Pc Networking Basics

    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 the Escient web site, or contact your Escient dealer. The following items are required for connecting your PC to your FireBall:...

  • Page 131: Connecting To Your Fireball

    4. Enter a name for your FireBall using the remote or keyboard. Do not use spaces in the name. 5. Select the SAVE button to save your settings. 6. Press SETUP again to exit the Setup menus. Server Settings screen 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 132: Mount Your Fireball On Your Pc

    \\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 another mounted volume in the Windows Explorer. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 133: Backing Up Your Fireball

    FireBall for safety reasons. Escient recommends that a 300 GB external USB drive be used for each full FireBall backup and stored in a different physical location from the FireBall to reduce the possibility of loosing both the FireBall and the Backup Drive in a single catastrophic event.
  • Page 134 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 Ethernet connection. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 135: Automated Backups

    This type of backup requires the FireBall Backup Kit (available from your Escient dealer) and a computer that can access your FireBall over the network. Each night the contents of your FireBall that have been added, deleted, or edited will be copied to the backup folder on your computer.

  • Page 136: 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. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 137 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 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 138 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). 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 139 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. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 140 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. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 141 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”. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 142 For more detailed information on Retrospect, read the full documentation included on the Maxtor CD-Rom or visit the Retrospect web site at http://www.dantz.com. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 143: Integrating With Itunes And Ipod

    FireBall CONTENT volume. Note: Since iTunes does not currently support FLAC files, only MP3 files from FireBall can be used with iTunes. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 144 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 PC. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 145 PC Integration WD044-1-1 2/24/2005 5. Drag and drop the CONTENT volume from your PC Desktop to the iTunes browser window. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 146 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...
  • Page 147 PC Integration WD044-1-1 2/24/2005 6. Wait while iTunes scans the CONTENT volume for valid MP3 files and adds them to the iTunes Library. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 148: Creating Itunes Playlists

    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 at once. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 149: Burn Cds From Itunes

    Please refer to the iTunes Help screens for more detailed information about syncing music to an iPod using iTunes. Note: Remember that iTunes does not support FLAC files, so only FireBall MP3 files can be synced to an iPod. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 150: Id3 Tags And The Pc

    FireBall uses ID3 tags to store information about MP3 and FLAC files which are recorded or ripped into FireBall. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 151: Fireball's Id3 Tag Requirements

    1. Select the Library in the iTunes Source list. 2. Type Ctrl+A to select all of the Songs in your Library. 3. Select Convert ID3 Tags… from the Advanced menu. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 152 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 files into your FireBall using the IMPORT volume. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 153: Importing Music Into Fireball

    Network Drive”. 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\Import in the Folder name, and click Finish. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 154: Importing Your Music Files

    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 tag. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 155 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 an imported artist folder 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 156: Controlling Fireball From Internet Explorer

    On your PC, open Internet Explorer and enter the IP address of your FireBall into the Address Bar and press the Return key on your keyboard. You should now see the familiar FireBall user interface on your PC. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 157: Controlling Your Fireball

    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. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 158 Mac OS X Integration WD029-1-1 2/24/2005 Mac OS X Integration A Guide to Using FireBall with Mac OS X Panther 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 159 Connecting to the FireBall Server ..................22 Importing your Music Files ....................24 Controlling FireBall from Safari ................... 25 Requirements........................25 Connecting to Your FireBall ....................25 Controlling Your FireBall ...................... 26 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 160: Fireball To Mac Networking Basics

    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 the Escient web site, or contact your Escient dealer. The following items are required for connecting your Mac to your FireBall:...

  • Page 161: Connecting To Your Fireball

    Once you have setup the FireBall server, you can now connect to it from your Mac. 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. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 162 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. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 163 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. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 164: Backing Up Your Fireball

    FireBall for safety reasons. Escient recommends that a 300 GB external FireWire drive be used for each full FireBall backup and stored in a different physical location from the FireBall to reduce the possibility of loosing both the FireBall and the Backup Drive in a single catastrophic event.

  • Page 165: Automated Backups

    FireBall’s CONTENT volume in sync with a duplicate volume. Escient offers the “FireBall Backup Kit” (FBK-1) to help make FireBall backup easy. The kit is comprised of an external hard drive that connects to your Mac (or PC along with Retrospect backup software.

  • Page 166: Using The Fireball Backup Kit To Backup Your Fireball Every Night

    4. Launch Retrospect Express 5. Select Immediate at the top of the Retrospect window. 6. Select the Duplicate button. 7. Select CONTENT as the Source volume, then the OK button 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 167 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. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 168 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 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 169 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 “Schedule”. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 170 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. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 171 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. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 172: Integrating With Itunes And Ipod

    Follow these steps to import your FireBall music content into iTunes: 1. After mounting your FireBall’s CONTENT volume (see above), open iTunes on your Mac. 2. Select Preferences… from the iTunes menu 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 173 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 window. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 174 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! 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 175: Creating Itunes Playlists

    Playlists on your Mac. Playlists can contain any combination of music available in the iTunes browser, no matter where it actually resides. The only thing to 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 176: Sync Playlists And Music To Your Ipod

    Please refer to the iTunes Help screens for more detailed information about syncing music to an iPod using iTunes. Note: Remember that iTunes does not support FLAC files, so only FireBall MP3 files can be synced to an iPod. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 177: Id3 Tags And The Mac

    Media Rage is a Mac OSX program that can edit ID3 tags embedded into MP3 and FLAC files. Escient recommends that you use this software for editing ID3 tags in your FLAC files. Please visit the Chaotic Software web site to download a trial copy of this great software.
  • Page 178 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. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 179: Importing Music Into Fireball

    Address field in the Connect to Server dialog. 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. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 180 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. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 181: Importing Your Music Files

    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 an imported artist folder 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 182: Controlling Fireball From Safari

    On your Mac, open Safari and enter the IP address of your FireBall into the Address Bar and press the Return key on your keyboard. You should now see the familiar FireBall user interface on your Mac. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 183: Controlling Your Fireball

    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. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

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