This is golden!!!How to roll back the FW and what version?Let me also try whether i can join from the Beoremote in the way you described. I guess it won’t work through the b&o app though. Still cool!
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This is golden!!!
How to roll back the FW and what version?
Let me also try whether i can join from the Beoremote in the way you described. I guess it won’t work through the b&o app though. Still cool!
You need to contact BeoCare with the serial numbers of your Moment and ask for the rollback because you have an integrated setup. They do it remotely. Good luck, though. They're not particularly quickly responsive. Without the rollback, you should still be able to get an integrated setup. The problem we were all having was that the music would start cutting out after a few minutes and it would lose its connection.
Beojeff,
I remember reading about your Lutron-integration on Kiran's thread a long time ago.
Could you elaborate a bit on the setup and how it works, and how well it works.
I am very intrigued by the prospect of physical buttons.
How quick is the reaction? Do the buttons trigger TuneIn-stations or specific playlists?
What physical items are necessary for your installation?
Best regards!
Beojeff,
I remember reading about your Lutron-integration on Kiran's thread a long time ago.
Could you elaborate a bit on the setup and how it works, and how well it works.
I am very intrigued by the prospect of physical buttons.How quick is the reaction? Do the buttons trigger TuneIn-stations or specific playlists?
What physical items are necessary for your installation?
Best regards!
While the Lutron RadioRa 2 system is primarily intended for its light dimmers, shades, and fan control, its very easy to use it to trigger macros for anything connected by the BLGW. The reaction is instantaneous and solid. You can trigger macros to control Hue lights, B&O audio sources, B&O video sources, B&O commands such as play, pause, ff, rewind, etc.; Deezer playlists, TuneIn stations....really ANYTHING in the BLGW. Likewise, you can use B&O commands such as LIGHT and CONTROL commands to trigger control of the RadioRa2 devices such as lights, fans, blinds, etc. The BLGW bridges everything together.
On the RadioRa 2 side, you use what they call a "main repeater" that is connected to your home network. The main repeater serves as the bridge to wirelessly control all the RadioRa 2 devices. Devices you might use could be light dimmers, fan control, shades, wall keypads, tabletop keypads, occupancy/vacancy sensors, and the tiny pico button remotes. There is a computer program that is used to activate the various components to be connected to the main repeater. That computer program is also used if you want to map the keypad and pico buttons to control lights connected to the dimmers. However, if you leave those buttons unassigned, you can just as easily use them as triggers for anything in the BLGW via the BLGW. The computer program is free, however you can only get it if you complete the online training modules and pass their online efficiency test -- which is rather challenging. I also added the new add-on bridge that allows integration with homekit, alexa, and google. For an example of a very bare minimum setup, you could just have the following: a main repeater for about $300 USD and a tiny pico remote for $14 USD. The wall keypads and tabletop keypads come with a voucher that you can redeem for engraving. You fill out a form with what you want engraved on the buttons and email it to Lutron. In a couple of weeks, Lutron sends to you a plastic button overlay that you can replace for the blank button overlay that you just pop off. The buttons can be whatever color or layout you want with that new overlay. The engraved words are cut out of the plastic so that the light from the underlying part of the keypad shines through the cutout.
On the B&O side, you add the RadioRa 2 as a system on the BLGW. You then add each button, etc, as resources on the BLGW. You can do this by just pressing a button on the keypad and the BLGW can capture that event -- including both button press as well as button release. These resources now show up as events that you can use when building macros for the BLGW. It really is all very simple.
The RadioRa 2 system is available in the US, but it's not available in Europe. In Europe, you would need to instead use the Homeworks QS system which has similar keypads (but with even nicer finishes available) but it's more expensive and requires a dealer for installation since the computer program is not at all available to the end user. I've heard that the far cheaper Caseta system can also be used with the BLGW, but with that you primarily just have pico remotes available. You can't use the keypads with that system.
I hope this provides a better understanding!
Interesting experiences. Anyone controlling this with a Bluetooth remote through Harmony or Eclipse?
Location: Utrecht
Quite a challenge to achieve "Less is More" while having the Beovirus.
Is there someone who has the combination of a Harmony (or Eclipse) and a (MCL driven) Beosystem 6500 (or 7000)?
Location: Utrecht
Quite a challenge to achieve "Less is More" while having the Beovirus.
Hi Jeff
I have a setup like yours - not so big in terms of number of ML products.
I normally use the BeoLiving app, as I have curtains, lights, heating etc to control as well. The BeoLiving is much better than the B&O App to control ML products via NL/ML converter. Try it ...
The B&O App - I normally use this for headphone, earphone etc.
Rudi
@Beojeff Would this kind of integration work out as well with the MLGW instead of using the BLGW?
I've done the same! I used the turntable icon for turntable sources.
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