xPL remote. Basic receiver
By this job, Squeezebox™ unit can be used also as IR-interface. If a Squeezebox™ will be managed by remote control, it deposes xPL telegrams. This job makes is possible to interpret these telegrams and to create actions in bus out of this. Precondition for this is, that scheme remote. Basic will be supported.
Example for application:
By a second remote control you can switch light. Squeezebox™ works hereby as an IR-receiver.
Job Name
Required field. Assign a unique name for the job. The name must not contain more than 15 characters.
Gate Group Addresses
By Gate Group Addresses job will be released or blocked. The release object releases or locks the job. It is about an EIS1 object:
Field blank = Job is released.
Field completed, value 1 = Job released.
Field completed, value 0 = job locked.
Field completed, no value = job locked.
As soon as one address is filled in, release will behave respective to the value of the group address. If no value was sent to the address and the address is presently without values, job will be blocked.
Address field
If one address field is marked in yellow, no valid group address was entered before. You can enter one group address by keyboard or by ESF-dialogue, which will be opened by pressing the arrow symbol beside the input array. There you can easily choose the address out of previously imported ETS-data. (For further information see chapter ETS).
xPL wildcard?
By activating this entry, xPL telegrams of all xPL devices and applications will be processed. In case you will only listen to one device, so you have to inactivate this entry and the complete name ( xPL-vendor/- device/-instance) has to be assigned.
xPL-vendor/device/instance
These values serve as unique addressing of xPL-equipment, they can take from xPL-Hal manager under xPL device. See “Appendix”
zone wildcard?
By activating this entry, all xPL-diagrams out of all zones will be processed. By inactivating this entry, xPL-diagrams will be regarded exclusively of this zone, which name is assigned.
”remote” zone [Instance name]
According to the device or application, zone name is assigned firmly, or it can be modified freely. Zone of SqueezeCenter™ is named „slimserver“.
device wildcard?
By activating this entry, all xPL-telegrams of all in LAN working xPL-devices will be processed. By inactivating this entry, only xPL-telegrams of that device will be processed, which name is assigned.
”remote” device
This name can be chosen freely by using most of all units. Which names will be assigned and where they will be entered, depends on type of device and application. Please read the instruction manual of manufacturer, therefore. SqueezeCenter™ terminal name is similar to xPL-instance.
Tip for xPL-settings: The easiest way of changing xPL-settings, is to use monitor of XPL Hal manager. There you can see all xPL-datagrams in the network and you can deduce particular parameters (see appendix “xPL-requirements”)
Power status
Here it will be differenced, in which state unit should be situated, that xPL-telegrams will be processed along.
on:
xPL-datagram only will be processed when unit is active.off:
xPL-datagram only will be processed when unit is inactive. SqueezeCenter™ will send only the key „dead“, in spite of using all buttons of inactivated remote control!don’t care:
Das xPL-Datagram will be processed, independent from status.
Entry- No.
If the send mode EIS 14 is chosen the entry-number will be sent on the corresponding group address in. The EIS 14 value can be used then to trigger another job.
Outputs
Entered group address will be sent after receiving respective command.
Send mode
Send mode determines, what will be sent to selected group address. Following sending modes could be chosen:
EIS 1 toggle
EIS 1 ON
EIS 1 OFF
EIS 14: with entry – No. as a value.
EIS 15: key code will be sent to group address. In case key code „RE: +“ will be entered, all received key codes will be transmit to the group address.
Key code
Here entered key code depends on the xPl unit. Please look up in documentation/manual of xPL unit or use the monitor of xPL-Hal manager for observing. There you can see several xPL-datagrams in plain text.
Key code also can be visualised in bus monitor or on displays. Therefore you select sending mode EIS 15 and for the key code „RE:.+“ (RE double dot plus). Now all received keycodes will be transmitted to selected group address as text and can visualise in bus monitor or on displays.