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Also there here a few software examples.
Also there here a few software examples.
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That’s a very polished website!
Best of luck with sales + customers.
Best of luck with sales + customers.
I join the enthusiasm and find this an exciting product and an impressive website!
Unfortunately I’m not such an expert in electronics and a lot sounds like Chinese for me :)
So I stay with some ’simple’ questions:
- related to the ML-RJ45 adapter and the ethernet cables: can these fully replace a ‘normal’ MasterLink network, or is this just for the MasterDataTool functionality?
- I have BS9000 with BS5/BM5 as N.RADIO/N.MUSIC source => how to activate the BS5/BM5 and the MasterDataTool separately?
- I also have some ‘link rooms’ => how to activate the MasterDataTool there?
I join the enthusiasm and find this an exciting product and an impressive website!Great, thanks! :-)
related to the ML-RJ45 adapter and the ethernet cables: can these fully replace a ‘normal’ MasterLink network, or is this just for the MasterDataTool functionality?Yes, compatible with normal ML cables. You can easily use them even without the MDT.
I have BS9000 with BS5/BM5 as N.RADIO/N.MUSIC source => how to activate the BS5/BM5 and the MasterDataTool separately?Good question. One of the setup options I haven't looked into yet. It can easily replace the BS5 in that setup and feed the Net" sources into the BS9000. Nevertheless when retaining the setup like that I see two possibilities right now. If you have no TV setup in your ML system - MDT could emulate that. So e.g. the BS9000 can be set up in option 2 and MDT can play and control everything via the TV source for example. Second possibility would be finding out if the BS9000 can handle the "Server" or "CD2" sources which the BS5 should not allocate. Then those could be used by MDT as well. Haven't tested that yet.
Location: Warwickshire, UK
My B&O Icons:
Is the IR command ‘Server’ the same as ‘CD2’?No, it's different. Server" is command "0x95" while CD2/Join is "0x97". Then on "0x96" there is also "Spotify". Not sure if and how the older systems are handling those sources. For example if you request the N.Radio source from a BC2 it will forward that request to a "source center device" (which is either a BM5 or a BM1). Gave it a quick try in that BSys3 + BC2 setup here. The BS3 knows that Server and CD2 are audio sources which it will then request from the audio master. Unfortunately the BC2 answers that this source is not available - without making a "source center" request to another device. So likely those sources cannot be used in setups with just an audio master (but with a video master I think it could work).
How do you figure inserting in an existing ML system? It looks like there is still a 'female' ML-RJ45 adapter missing that you can plug onto a 16-pin Molex connector that you take out of one of your existing B&O devices. You could then reconnect it with common RJ45-ethernet cables and insert and connect your MDT via the RJ45 passive ML distributor.
Or how do you see this?
Or how do you see this?
The female 16-pin ones are a bit problematic to source. I still couldn't find them at Molex but
Another idea for a usecase for this adapter:
As systems like BC2, BS3000/3200, BS4 and BS9000 does not have datalink control of the Aux connection the adapter could be used to have tape2 and phono available via Masterlink and control connected record and tape players.
This would require the use of datalin80 on the datalink connection, but I gues that is not a limitation hardware vise
As systems like BC2, BS3000/3200, BS4 and BS9000 does not have datalink control of the Aux connection the adapter could be used to have tape2 and phono available via Masterlink and control connected record and tape players.
This would require the use of datalin80 on the datalink connection, but I gues that is not a limitation hardware vise
Location: Denmark
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