hello keith!

thank you for your extensive response!

is there a possibility to downgrade the firmeware to the version before 1.41a?

greetings from vienna

beoandy

Hi beoandy,

if you want to downgrade to 1.34a you have to install and use the old 1.30 version of the tool and modify the file: Beo5CT.exe.config in following lines. Change the value from 1.34a to 1.44a. Now the tool will downgrade the firmware.

<add key="Beo5RevD.bin" value="1.44a" />
<add key="Beo5RevE.bin" value="1.44a" />
<add key="Beo5RevF.bin" value="1.44a" />

Why, is it impossible to put in the same room, a Beovision 6 and a Beolab2000 ?? This Two product are in the kitchen.

I only have 3 room : a kitchen, a bedroom and a sitting room and the BeoCT forced me to creat another room.

Thank you for your answer, if anyone have a idea.

The action is correct because the Beolab 2000 is a link product, so it will be forced to create the same buttons for both products which it cannot do in the same zone. An example of the same buttons are TV and DTV.

If you add the Beovision 6 to the Kitchen and then drag the Beolab 2000 over, it asks if it is OK to add a zone, if you accept it, it will create a Kitchen-1 zone. Now when you go to edit both zones you will have at least a TV button in both zones, yet one is being controlled from a link product and the other may or may not depending on what is the video master. That's the reason why it is in two zones. This is because of the design of the Configuration Tool and the configuration XML file

In the Beo5 world a zone does not always mean a room.

Assuming the option settings are already set in the Beolab 2000 and Beovision 6 and it is working correctly with a Beo4 in your kitchen, then just do not add the Beolab 2000 to your Beo5 configuration.

Keith Saunders wrote:

Assuming the option settings are already set in the Beolab 2000 and Beovision 6 and it is working correctly with a Beo4 in your kitchen, then just do not add the Beolab 2000 to your Beo5 configuration.

Thank you for your answer, you are right, the best way is not to tell de Beo5 that there is a Beolab2000. When I'll press the sound, or the radio buton for exemple, the beolab 2000 will start has well as it was with the Beo4 ??

Keith Saunders wrote:

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As previously stated I am compiling a detailed list of issues which I will publish soon of which the problem you highlighted is one of them.

I have been able to implement "work arounds" for many of the issues, but as yet not this one.

I have just bought a second-hand Beo5 (fw 1.20 but got automatically upgraded to fw. 1.41a when I finalized the first project) with CT (Beo5CTSetup_3.00.02) and I do experience the mentioned battery drain problems as well.

Here are my observations:

1) The person I bought it from had a working configuration with several B&O products. When I came home I started playing with Beo5 and seemed to work fine (although I didn't controlled anything because I don't have any B&O products).

2) I am the happy owner of a Roomba 560 (vacuum cleaner) and downloaded the configuration file (link)

3) Just a comment: I created a zone but couldn't add the Roomba 560 alone. CT kept saying "Add a product first!". Anybody knows why? I added a B&O product (BC2 MKI in this case) then I could add Roomba 560.

4) I finalized the project and went directly to my Roomba to see whether I could control it. I pressed the three buttons "clean", "dock", "spot" in a random sequence and the after 5-10 seconds (!!) Beo5 shut down because the battery level was too low.

5) I recharged the battery around 30min. went back to my Roomba, pressed "clean" and Beo5 shut down immediately.

So I guess I am in the same boat as many others here in the forum?

Very frustrating

sacarino wrote:

I have just bought a second-hand Beo5 (fw 1.20 but got automatically upgraded to fw. 1.41a when I finalized the first project) with CT (Beo5CTSetup_3.00.02) and I do experience the mentioned battery drain problems as well.

Here are my observations:

1) The person I bought it from had a working configuration with several B&O products. When I came home I started playing with Beo5 and seemed to work fine (although I didn't controlled anything because I don't have any B&O products).

2) I am the happy owner of a Roomba 560 (vacuum cleaner) and downloaded the configuration file (link)

3) Just a comment: I created a zone but couldn't add the Roomba 560 alone. CT kept saying "Add a product first!". Anybody knows why? I added a B&O product (BC2 MKI in this case) then I could add Roomba 560.

4) I finalized the project and went directly to my Roomba to see whether I could control it. I pressed the three buttons "clean", "dock", "spot" in a random sequence and the after 5-10 seconds (!!) Beo5 shut down because the battery level was too low.

5) I recharged the battery around 30min. went back to my Roomba, pressed "clean" and Beo5 shut down immediately.

So I guess I am in the same boat as many others here in the forum?

Very frustrating

The first thing you need to be aware of is that for some (most) 3rd party products, the firmware is NOT backward OR forward compatible.

With regard to your comments related to item 3, the B&O Configuration Tool MUST have at least ONE B&O product added before a 3rd party product, because key elements get added to the configuration by adding that first B&O product which will also be needed by any 3rd party product subsequently added.

With regards to your item 4 & 5  -- When using the latest firmware and a RAW XML template (Roomba template uses RAW) which are either:-

• Not compatible with the firmware loaded in the Beo5; OR
• Has the carrier frequency incorrectly set; OR
• The carrier frequency uses the incorrect number of digits 5 vs. 2
• The RAW string leaves the IR transmiters turned on

Then the battery will immediately go flat.

You must have loaded the Roomba template prior to the firmware update, so the best action to take is as follows:-

1. Turn the Beo5 off by holding the OK button for many seconds
2. Charge the Beo5 on the charger for at least 2 hours
3. Create a new configuration with just a B&O product and download it to the Beo5 and confirm the Beo5 works correctly
4. If the Beo5 works correctly, add your Roomba template and download to the Beo5
5. Check that the Roomba now works

Do not be frustrated as all the "Battery flat" issues have solutions.

Hi Keith,

Thank you very much for your fast and encouraging answer. 🙂

It still sounds strange to me that I have to add a B&O product to be able to add a 3rp party product. The key elements could be added by default independently on whether you select a B&O or a non-B&O product. But Ok, I can easily live with that "workaround" solution.

You are correct, I did load the Roomba template prior to the firmware update.

I am now charging Beo5 as you suggest. I'll post a follow-up with the results when I try to control Roomba again.

I have done the steps you wrote above and now Beo5 seems to work great

Thank you once again, Keith.

Regards,

sacarino