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  • Page 96 DIGITAL MUSIC FILES AND FORMATS WD053-1-1 3/16/2006 DIGITAL MUSIC FILES AND FORMATS A Guide to Understanding Digital Music Files, Formats, and Tags 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 97 MP3 / WMA http://www.apple.com/itunes/ Mp3tag v2.35 MP3 / WMA / http://www.mp3tag.de/en/ FLAC The GodFather MP3 / FLAC http://users.otenet.gr/~jtcliper/tgf/ Taggin’ MP3 http://www.lazorsoftware.com/lazorsoft/tagginmp3.php Tag & Rename MP3 / WMA / http://www.softpointer.com/tr.htm 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 98 <Artist> - <Album> - <Track #> - <Title> - <Genre>.wav Example: The Eagles - Greatest Hits - 1 - Take It Easy - Rock.wav 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 99 Windows Media Player. To import your music files, select File>Add to Library and choose one of the provided methods of importing your files. 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 100 This information should include Artist, Album, Track #, Track Name, Genre and Cover Art (optional) in order for the Fireball to properly display this information once your music files have been imported. 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 101 You will then need to uncheck “Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library” from the General tab and change “Import Using” from the Importing tab to MP3 Encoder. 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 102 It may also be beneficial to select multiple files when selecting the genre for an album. After selecting the desired files, right click and select “Get Info”. 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 103 Fireball compatible format. In order to do so, select all tracks which will be imported to the Fireball, right click and select “Convert ID3 Tags”. 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 104 In order to properly edit your digital music files using MP3 Tag, you must first import these files into MP3 Tag. To import your music files, select File>Change Directory and choose the desired location to import your files from. 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 105 After each change to the metadata associated with your file(s) you will need to click the Save icon at the top left of the application in order to commit your changes. 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 106 FIREBALL REMOTE CONTROL GUIDE WD049-1-2 12/9/2005 FIREBALL REMOTE CONTROL GUIDE Programming the (black) Escient FireBall Catalyst 48 Wireless IR Remote Control and Venture Wireless Keyboard 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 107 In addition, any of the 8 source buttons on the remote can be programmed to operate one legacy Escient FireBall product, such as a FireBall H, FireBall E-40, FireBall E-120, FireBall MP-100, or TuneBase 200. 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 108 Press & Hold the “Code Set” button on the remote until the LED flashes twice. Enter “987” using the remote’s numeric keypad. The LED should again flash twice. 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 109 FB button on the legacy FireBall product remote, therefore, you must set the legacy FireBall device to use the “FB” source button within it’s Setup/Utilities/IR Remote menu. 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 110 Press the “CH-” button on the left side of the keyboard. The LED will flash four times. Press the Fireball (swoop) source button. Press & Hold the “Set” button on the keyboard until the LED flashes twice. Slowly enter: 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 111 Slowly enter “997” using the number buttons on the keyboard. The LED will flash twice again. Press the “CH-” button on the left side of the keyboard. The LED will flash four times. 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 112 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. 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 113 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 IR NUMBERS. 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 114 Example 4: Use the remote to play playlist number 5. Press: MACRO, 7, 5, ENTER Example 5: Use the remote to play the movie number 123. Press: MACRO, 6, 1, 2, 3, ENTER 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 115 The Macro, [key] means to press and release the Macro key first and then press and release the other key See Appendix B for details and instructions for accessing the other various functions available on the remote control: 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 116 SETUP CODES FOR CD PLAYERS Aiwa 0157 Burmester 0420 California Audio Labs 0029 Carver 0157, 0179 0000 Denon 0003, 0873 Emerson 0305 Fisher 0179 Garrard 0420 Genexxa 0032, 0305 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 117 SETUP CODES FOR HOME AUTOMATION 0240 One For All 0167 Radio Shack 0240 Security System 0167 Universal X10 0167 0167 SETUP CODES FOR VIDEO Panasonic 1120 Pioneer 1010 Sensory Science 1126 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 118 Next Level 0869 Panasonic 0247, 0701 Philips 1076, 1142, 0722, 0724, 0749 Proscan 0392 0566, 0392, 0143, 0855 Radio Shack 0869 Samsung 1109 Sony 0639 Star Choice 0869 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 119 0178, 0019, 0030, 0056 Gradiente 0056, 0053 Grunpy 0179, 0180 Hallmark 0178 Harley Davidson 0179 Harman/Kardon 0054 Harvard 0180 Hitachi 0145, 0056, 0016 Infinity 0054 Inteq 0017 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 120 0060, 0019, 0178, 0030, 0056 Sansei 0451 Sansui 0463 Sanyo 0154 Scimitsu 0019 Scotch 0178 Scott 0236, 0019, 0178, 0179, 0180 Sears 0154, 0056, 0156, 0047, 0054, 0171, 0178, 0179 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 121 0278, 0037 Colt 0072 Craig 0037, 0072, 0047, 0240 Curtis Mathes 0035, 0060, 0162 Cybernex 0240 Daewoo 0278, 0045 Denon 0042 Dynatech 0000 Electrohome 0037 Electrophonic 0037 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 122 Pentax 0042 Philco 0035, 0209, 0479 Philips 0081, 0035, 0618, 1081, 1181 Pilot 0037 Pioneer 0067 Polk Audio 0081 Profitronic 0240 Proscan 0060 Protec 0072 Pulsar 0039 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 123 0522 Gradiente 0651 Hitachi 0573, 0664 Hiteker 0672 0623, 0558 Kenwood 0682, 0534 Konka 0719, 0711, 0720, 0721 Magnavox 0503, 0675 Marantz 0539 Mitsubishi 0521 Onkyo 0503 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 124 Pioneer 0571, 0525, 0632 Proscan 0522 0522, 0571 Samsung 0573 Sharp 0630 Sony 0533 Technics 0490 Theta Digital 0571 Toshiba 0503 Yamaha 0490, 0545 Zenith 0591, 0503 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 125 Example: To verify the TV code is 0047: <TV> <<Code Set>> <1> 0 blinks <2> 0 blinks <3> 4 blinks <4> 7 blinks 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 126 <Volume Down> The remote will blink 4 times upon being unlocked. The remote will time out after 10 seconds during programming mode if no keys are pressed. 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 127 10 seconds during programming. Basic User Reset (977) Similar to the Operational Features Reset (980) with the exception that the remote will reset codes to the default settings: 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 128 The remote will blink two times upon being locked and blink 4 times when unlocked. The remote will time out after 10 seconds during programming. Step and Set and Mode Reassignment will not be allowed when the code has been locked. 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 129 Primary + (VOLUME) Primary - (VOLUME) Primary MODE (LAST) Primary SETUP (SLEEP) Primary OPTION (INPUT) Primary + (CH/PAGE) Primary - (CH/PAGE) Primary GUIDE Primary OPENGLOBE Primary Primary 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 130 Repeat Track Play Mode Repeat Title Play Mode Repeat Group Play Mode Random Title Play Mode Random Group Mode View Artist View Title View Song View Cover Player Guide 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 131: Adding Internet Radio Stations

    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 132 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 133 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 134 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 135 FIREBALL CLIENT SERVER INSTALLATION GUIDE WD008-1-3 3/8/2006 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 136 You may have an unlimited number of clients on the network, but you can only stream to 4 clients simultaneously. Movies can not be streamed over a network. Internet Radio can not be streamed (but it is available on all standalone products). 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 137: Locating The Fireball Clients And Servers

    Direct IR input Two way serial 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) 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 138 (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 139: Configuring A Fireball Server

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

  • Page 140: Server Selection

    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 141 Although the DVDM/MP-200 system delivers two independent zones of A/V, you can route the second zone output to several rooms at one time to deliver DVD movies to multiple 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 142 All sources are available in all zones. Using one of these systems, you would centrally locate the DVDM and MP-200 and use them as two 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 143 Any room connected to the matrix switcher’s output could access either FireBall Zone. Matrix switchers are available from companies such as Key Digital, Knox Video, Zektor, and others. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 144 EXTERNAL CONTROL PROTOCOL WD031-1-3 6/21/2006 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 145 Use the FireBall TV user interface to set the FireBall Ethernet port to a Static IP address. With the TV user interface displayed, press the Setup button on the remote, navigate to and select 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 146 IP address from the PC to be certain that address is not already in use on the network. If the above steps are not familiar then Escient tech support can help or just use an RS232 connection.
  • Page 147 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 148 (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 149 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 150 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 151 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 152 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 153 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 154 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 155 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 156 = 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 157 = 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 158 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 159 = 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 160 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 161 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 162 = 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 163 = 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 164 = 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 165 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 166 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 167 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 168 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 169 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 170 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 171 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 172 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 173 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 174 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 175 (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 176 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 177 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 178 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 179 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 180 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 181 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 182 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 183 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 184: 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 185 PC Integration WD044-1-3 3/8/2006 PC Integration A Guide to Using FireBall with Windows XP 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 186: Table Of Contents

    Selecting Custom Backgrounds ................... 32 Using the Photo Screen Saver ..................... 33 Photo Image Requirements ....................33 Mounting the Photos Volume ....................33 Setting the Photo Screen Saver Preferences............... 34 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 187: 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 188: 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 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 189: Mounting The Content Volume

    If you want to transfer custom backgrounds to your FireBall, use the /BACKGROUNDS volume instead of /Content. If you want to transfer photos for the Photos Screen Saver, use the /PHOTOS volume instead of /Content. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 190: 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 191 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. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 192: Playlist Backup

    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 193 PC Integration WD044-1-3 3/8/2006 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 194: 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. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 195 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 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 196 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). 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 197 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. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 198 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. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 199 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”. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 200 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. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 201: 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. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 202 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. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 203 PC Integration WD044-1-3 3/8/2006 5. Drag and drop the CONTENT volume from your PC Desktop to the iTunes browser window. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 204 PC Integration WD044-1-3 3/8/2006 6. Wait while iTunes scans the CONTENT volume for valid MP3 files and adds them to the iTunes Library. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 205: 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. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 206: 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. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 207: Id3 Tags And The Pc

    FireBall uses ID3 tags to store information about MP3 and FLAC files which are recorded or ripped into FireBall. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 208: 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. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 209 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. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 210: 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. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 211: 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. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 212 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 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 213: Controlling Fireball From Internet Explorer

    On your PC, 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 PC. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 214: 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. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 215: Using Custom Backgrounds

    3/8/2006 Using Custom Backgrounds In addition to the Escient Classic user interface theme, the FireBall allows you to select a custom theme and select your own background images for each Guide, Player, Options, Setup, and Message screens. You can import your own background images into the Backgrounds shared directory using Windows Networking.

  • Page 216: Selecting Custom Backgrounds

    6. Press the Select key on the remote to select the desired image. 7. Repeat steps 6 – 8 for each screen you want to customize. 8. Select the Save button when you are done to return to the Setup menu. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 217: Using The Photo Screen Saver

    FireBall. Example: suppose you named your FireBall “MyFireBall” in the Server Settings screen, you would then enter \\MyFireBall\Photos in the Folder name, and click Finish. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 218: Setting The Photo Screen Saver Preferences

    Note: If you want to manually activate the screen saver feature without waiting for the specified idle time to pass, press the MACRO key then the UP_ARROW key on the remote. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 219 Mac OS X Integration WD029-1-3 3/8/2006 Mac OS X Integration A Guide to Using FireBall with Mac OS X Panther 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 220 Selecting Custom Backgrounds ................... 30 Using the Photo Screen Saver ..................... 31 Photo Image Requirements ....................31 Mounting the Photos Volume ....................31 Setting the Photo Screen Saver Preferences............... 33 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 221: 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 222: 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. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 223 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. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 224 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. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 225: 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 226: Playlist Backup

    FireBall’s CONTENT volume in sync with a duplicate volume. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 227 Mac OS X Integration WD029-1-3 3/8/2006 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. The FBK-1 is available from your Escient dealer.

  • Page 228: 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 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 229 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. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 230 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 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 231 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”. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 232 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. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 233 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. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 234: 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 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 235 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. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 236 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! 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 237: 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 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 238: 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. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 239: 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 240 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. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 241: 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. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 242 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. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 243: 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 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 244: 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. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 245: 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. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 246: Using Custom Backgrounds

    3/8/2006 Using Custom Backgrounds In addition to the Escient Classic user interface theme, the FireBall allows you to select a custom theme and select your own background images for each Guide, Player, Options, Setup, and Message screens. You can import your own background images into the Backgrounds shared directory using Windows Networking.
  • Page 247 FireBall server. 6. The Backgrounds volume, which contains all of your FireBall’s custom Background images, will be mounted on your Mac’s Desktop. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 248: Selecting Custom Backgrounds

    6. Press the Select key on the remote to select the desired image. 7. Repeat steps 6 – 8 for each screen you want to customize. 8. Select the Save button when you are done to return to the Setup menu. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 249: Using The Photo Screen Saver

    7. Go to the Finder and select Connect to Server… from the Go Menu. 8. Enter “smb://” (without the quotes) and the name of your FireBall server into the Server Address field in the Connect to Server dialog. Example: smb://MyFireBall 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 250 FireBall server. 12. The Photos volume, which contains all of your FireBall’s Photo Screen Saver images, will be mounted on your Mac’s Desktop. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

  • Page 251: Setting The Photo Screen Saver Preferences

    Note: If you want to manually activate the screen saver feature without waiting for the specified idle time to pass, press the MACRO key then the UP_ARROW key on the remote. 6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 252 PDA WEB INTERFACE WD052-1-1 3/16/2006 PDA WEB INTERFACE A Guide to Controlling a FireBall Media Manager from a PDA 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 253 Wi-Fi information. Status Icons Wi-Fi off Wi-Fi on Connected to a network Signal strength: Full strength decreasing to minimum signal Wi-Fi on Connected to a network No Signal 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 254 If your network does not require any encryption settings, select None. If your network requires either WEP or WPA-PSK encryption, select the appropriate method. 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 255 You can either add a wireless network when an existing network is detected or add a network by entering the required settings manually. Step 2 To manually enter information, tap Start > Settings > Connections tab > Network Cards > Wireless tab. 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 256 1. Tap the Start icon and select Internet Explorer. 2. Enter the Fireball’s PDA interface address in the devices web browser as displayed below. PDA Intefacce Address: Via IP address: http://192.168.0.101/pda Via server name: http://myfireball/pda 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 257 Down Prev Track Play Next Track PDA Interface Navigation Source Selection Music Playlists Artists Albums Songs Genres Options (Playmode) Movies Titles Genres Radio Stations Genres Now Playing 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 258 DVDM-552 to MP-200 CONNECTIONS WD050-1-1 3/9/2006 DVDM-552 to MP-200 CONNECTIONS A Guide to Connecting the Multi-Zone FireBall DVDM-552 to the MP-200 Remote Media Player 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 259 Although the DVDM-552/MP-200 system delivers two independent zones of A/V, you can route the second zone output to several rooms at one time to deliver DVD movies to 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 260 All sources are available in all zones. Using one of these systems, you would centrally locate the DVDM and MP-200 and use them as two 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 261 Any room connected to the matrix switcher’s output could access either FireBall Zone. Matrix switchers are available from companies such as Crestron, AutoPatch, Extron, Key Digital, Knox Video, and others. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...

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