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PRODUCT WARRANTY WD014-1-2 12/22/2003

Direct IR input

Two way serial control over RS-232 Two way serial control over ethernet Wireless IR remote and Keyboard options Support for 4 different IR banks (4 IR zones)

Templates for integration into many third party wired and wireless IR distribution systems

Philips and Marantz Pronto remote control templates

Distributed

A distributed FireBall installation means that your FireBall Servers and Clients are physically distributed or located in different rooms. Distributed FireBalls communicate over a wired or wireless network to share access to your media.

The biggest advantage of a distributed client-server system over a central system is that everything you need is built into FireBall. Networking, zoned IR, independent high-quality audio and video feeds, as well as support for an unlimited number of rooms or zones using standard ethernet wiring. (Note: only 4 clients can stream from the same server at one time).

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Frequently Asked Questions Ethernet: 10/100Mbps Powerline NetworkingTypes of Networks Wireless 802.11g: 22/54 Mbps Wireless 802.11b: 11 MbpsHomePNA 2.0 Phone Line: 10Mbps Firewire Networking - 400Mbps Wireless 802.11a: 54 MbpsBluetooth Wireless HomeRF 2.0: 10Mbps10/100 Ethernet Ethernet Networkingbe placed on each end making the maximum distance something like 40Km. Another use for fiber is electrical insulation. Some people like to run cables underground between homes. If you run CAT5 cable, the homes have different ground potentials and you will burn out network card during any electrical storm. The solution is fiber! Run fiber between the homes or run a pair of fiber converters on one end of the cable with a short fiber run. This will electrically separate the two homes Access Points Wireless Networking with 802.11bAccess point varieties SecurityForm Factors Faster Wireless 802.11gSpeed Technical SpecsPowerline Networking A Guide to Installing Multiple FireBall Products FireBall Client-Server Installation GuideServers FireBall Client Server ProductsClients Client Server CombinationsCentral Locating the FireBall Clients and ServersDistributed Configuring a FireBall Client Configuring a FireBall ServerNetworking Server SelectionThe Server Connection screen displays a list of FireBall Servers found on your network by their default or user defined “FireBall Name” EXTERNAL CONTROL PROTOCOL WD031-1-34/18/2005 EXTERNAL CONTROL PROTOCOLCommands and Responses Overview External Control Protocol SpecificationExternal Control Command Structure Command ResponsesUnsolicited Status Events Radio only Event FormatRemote Button / Keyboard Commands Power Toggle Play a numbered Playlist argument has Playlist Database Commands GROUP1 above = XXXXxxxxYYYYyyyyyyyy where 20 20 20 INFO1 above = 0003aaabbbbcccccccddddeeeeeee Reply Format of ‘01’ is as followsReply Format of ‘02’ is as follows TRACK1 = yyyyzzzzzzzReply Formats of ‘00’ and ‘01’ are as follows Play music track/radio station/Playlist 02 –UserMusic group name examples are 20 20 TITLE1 above = wwwwWWWWxxxxXXXXyyyyYYYYzzzzZZZZ TITLE1 above = xxxxXXXXyyyyYYYYyyYYYYzzzzZZZZ Reply Formats ‘‘01’ for Music is as followsESCX20110020004aaaabbbbcccccccc bbbb= length of new playlist name TRACK1INFO = wwwwxxxxyyyyzzzzzzz ESCX2016001aaaabbbbbbbbTRACK1INFO = wwwwxxxxyyyyzzzzzzz Reply Formats of ‘00’ and ‘01’ are as followsReply Format of ‘02’ is as follows wwwwWWWWxxxxXXXXXXXyyyyYYYYYYYzzzzZZZZaaaaAAAAgg0004hhhh Status CommandsReply Format Control Commands 70 70 PC Integration A Guide to Using FireBall with Windows XP2/24/2005 Table of ContentsPC Integration WD044-1-1 Requirements FireBall to PC Networking BasicsOverview Setting up the FireBall Server Connecting to Your FireBallMount Your FireBall on your PC Backing Up Your FireBall One Time Backup3.While all the items on the Content volume are highlighted, select COPY from the Edit Menu Installing the Retrospect Backup Software Automated Backups3.Launch Retrospect 4.Select the Duplicate button 5. Select Source, then CONTENT as the Source volume, then the OK button 7. The following dialog is displayed 11. Select Add button to add a new schedule 12. When the following dialog is displayed, select “Day of the week” then the OK button 14.You should see the following dialog with your scheduled options. If this is correct, select the OK button 16.Close all windows and Save if asked to do so. To verify that the Schedule is set, select Manage Scripts from the Retrospect sidebar Importing Music Into iTunes Integrating with iTunes and iPod2.Select Preferences… from the iTunes menu PC Integration WD044-1-12/24/2005 PC Integration WD044-1-12/24/2005 PC Integration WD044-1-12/24/2005 Creating iTunes Playlists Sync Playlists and Music to your iPod Burn CDs from iTunesID3 Tags and the PC What is an ID3 Tag?FireBall’s ID3 tag Requirements 4.When the Convert ID3 Tags dialog is displayed, select v2.3 from the drop down menu, then select OK Importing Music Into FireBall Mounting the IMPORT VolumeImporting your Music Files Note: The IMPORT directory may contain special “cache files” in it if you have previously imported music into your FireBall. These files are just temporary cache files that appear to be the original music files, however they are not. They are just temporary “stub” files that indicate what you previously imported into your FireBall. You can delete these files without actually deleting the originals which physically reside on the CONTENT volume Requirements Connecting to Your FireBallControlling FireBall from Internet Explorer Controlling Your FireBall Mac OS X Integration A Guide to Using FireBall with Mac OS X PantherFireBall to Mac Networking Basics Table of ContentsRequirements FireBall to Mac Networking BasicsOverview Setting up the FireBall Server Connecting to the FireBall ServerConnecting to Your FireBall 2.Enter “smb://” without the quotes and the name of your FireBall server into the Server Address field in the Connect to Server dialog. Example: smb://MyFireBall 6.The Content volume, which contains all of your FireBall’s music content, will be mounted on your Mac’s Desktop Backing Up Your FireBall One Time BackupOnce you have successfully mounted your FireBall’s Content volume on your Mac, you now have access to the music content contain on the FireBall’s internal hard drive. Having this access affords you the opportunity to backup your FireBall’s music collection. There are many ways to backup the music files including copying files to another drive mounted on your Mac or using third party backup software to perform automated backups each night 5.All of the items in the current selection will now be copied to the backup drive. Depending on the size of your music collection, this may take a while to complete. It will take approximately 3 days to backup an entire 300 GB drive over an Ethernet connection Automated Backups4.Launch Retrospect Express 9. The following dialog is displayed 13. Select Add button to add a new schedule 15.Select the start date usually today, the start time usually overnight when you are sleeping and on which days to run the backup usually every day. Select 1 week to have the schedule run every week. Select OK when you are done 18.Close all windows and Save if asked to do so. To verify that the Schedule is set, select Automate and Scripts from the Main Retrospect Express screen Page ξImport FireBall MP3 music into iTunes Integrating with iTunes and iPodImporting Music Into iTunes 3.Click the Advanced icon in the toolbar to display the Advanced Preferences panel Mac OS X Integration WD029-1-12/24/2005 Burn CDs from iTunes You can now access your FireBall music from iTunes just as if it were located on your MacCreating iTunes Playlists Sync Playlists and Music to your iPod remember is that FireBall’s CONTENT directory must be mounted on your Mac in order for iTunes to locate and burn CDs that contain music which is physically located on your FireBall music serverFireBall’s ID3 tag Requirements ID3 Tags and the MacWhat is an ID3 Tag? Media Rage ID3 Editor Importing Music Into FireBall Connecting to the FireBall ServerFireBall’s CONTENT volume is read-only,which means you can’t write to it or use it for importing music files from your Mac to your FireBall. There is a way! FireBall actually provides two server volumes, one for reading your music collection and one for importing your music collection. The difference is that the IMPORT volume is a writeable volume while the CONTENT volume is read only 4.Select IMPORT from the share popup menu and click OK Importing your Music Files Once the IMPORT volume is mounted on your Mac’s desktop, simply drag and drop any MP3 or FLAC audio file into the IMPORT volume and the files will be copied to FireBall and added to the FireBall Music Library. You can drag and drop whole collections, a folder of songs, or just a single songRequirements Controlling FireBall from SafariConnecting to Your FireBall The FireBall Web Client Interface is the graphics and control system web pages that appear in your Safari browser. From this web pages, you can control almost every aspect of your FireBall, just as you would from the original IR remote and TV Controlling Your FireBallPage