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MadskpAlso Someone has made a hat for a raspberry pi for controlling ML/MCL device. They also have some documentation for how the data signals look like. Check this link.
Ah interesting that project seems to be alive again 🙂 nice work @B3OHACK3R although it still seems to require some DIY work to get it running?
The ML Gateway alone won’t help you much as it requires a master system (video or audio) to provide power to the ML bus.
Just to clarify this, a Beolink Converter type 1611 or a ML powerbox can be used to provide the power, so no music system and TV is needed.
and I think I recall an On/Off trigger.
Could this be what is used for timer start which I think might have been the only scenario where starting the BL3500 via the MCL/ML bus would be needed in an original intended B&O setup.
The 3500 I have at the shop is on FW 1.0, so it may fall into the “not yet implemented” category and not indicative of the later variants.
I tried to assemble a SW update list at one point https://forum.beoworld.org/forums/topic/bl3500-and-the-mcl-pl-connector/page/3/#post-44591
From what it says the SW 1.x versions does not fully inplement Masterlink, and there was an issue with the clock on MCL at one point. But it probably was implemented. I also have a SW 1.0 in my collection
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