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Escient MP-150 manual Mac OS X Integration WD029-1-12/24/2005

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6.Wait while iTunes scans the CONTENT volume for valid MP3 files and adds them to the iTunes Library.

7.When all your MP3 files have been imported, the iTunes browser window will display the music content from your FireBall, including cover art!

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Frequently Asked Questions Powerline Networking Types of NetworksEthernet: 10/100Mbps Wireless 802.11b: 11 Mbps Wireless 802.11g: 22/54 MbpsHomePNA 2.0 Phone Line: 10Mbps Bluetooth Wireless 802.11a: 54 MbpsFirewire Networking - 400Mbps Wireless HomeRF 2.0: 10MbpsEthernet Networking 10/100 Ethernetbe 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 point varieties Wireless Networking with 802.11bAccess Points SecuritySpeed Faster Wireless 802.11gForm Factors Technical SpecsPowerline Networking FireBall Client-Server Installation Guide A Guide to Installing Multiple FireBall ProductsClients FireBall Client Server ProductsServers Client Server CombinationsLocating the FireBall Clients and Servers CentralDistributed Networking Configuring a FireBall ServerConfiguring a FireBall Client 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 EXTERNAL CONTROL PROTOCOL WD031-1-34/18/2005External Control Command Structure External Control Protocol SpecificationCommands and Responses Overview Command ResponsesUnsolicited Status Events Event Format Radio onlyRemote Button / Keyboard Commands Power Toggle Play a numbered Playlist argument has Playlist Database Commands GROUP1 above = XXXXxxxxYYYYyyyyyyyy where 20 20 20 Reply Format of ‘01’ is as follows INFO1 above = 0003aaabbbbcccccccddddeeeeeeeTRACK1 = yyyyzzzzzzz Reply Formats of ‘00’ and ‘01’ are as followsReply Format of ‘02’ is as follows Play music track/radio station/Playlist 02 –UserMusic group name examples are 20 20 TITLE1 above = xxxxXXXXyyyyYYYY TITLE1 above = wwwwWWWWxxxxXXXXyyyyYYYYzzzzZZZZReply Formats ‘‘01’ for Music is as follows yyYYYYzzzzZZZZESCX20110020004aaaabbbbcccccccc bbbb= length of new playlist name ESCX2016001aaaabbbbbbbb TRACK1INFO = wwwwxxxxyyyyzzzzzzzReply Format of ‘02’ is as follows Reply Formats of ‘00’ and ‘01’ are as followsTRACK1INFO = wwwwxxxxyyyyzzzzzzz wwwwWWWWxxxxXXXXXXXyyyyYYYYYYYzzzzZZZZaaaaAAAAStatus Commands Reply Formatgg0004hhhh Control Commands 70 70 A Guide to Using FireBall with Windows XP PC IntegrationTable of Contents PC Integration WD044-1-12/24/2005 FireBall to PC Networking Basics OverviewRequirements Connecting to Your FireBall Setting up the FireBall ServerMount Your FireBall on your PC One Time Backup Backing Up Your FireBall3.While all the items on the Content volume are highlighted, select COPY from the Edit Menu Automated Backups Installing the Retrospect Backup Software3.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 Integrating with iTunes and iPod Importing Music Into iTunes2.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 Burn CDs from iTunes Sync Playlists and Music to your iPodWhat is an ID3 Tag? ID3 Tags and the PCFireBall’s ID3 tag Requirements 4.When the Convert ID3 Tags dialog is displayed, select v2.3 from the drop down menu, then select OK Mounting the IMPORT Volume Importing Music Into FireBallImporting 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 Connecting to Your FireBall Controlling FireBall from Internet ExplorerRequirements Controlling Your FireBall A Guide to Using FireBall with Mac OS X Panther Mac OS X IntegrationTable of Contents FireBall to Mac Networking BasicsFireBall to Mac Networking Basics OverviewRequirements Connecting to the FireBall Server Connecting to Your FireBallSetting up the FireBall Server 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 One Time Backup Once 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 nightBacking Up Your FireBall Automated Backups 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 connection4.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 Integrating with iTunes and iPod Importing Music Into iTunesξImport FireBall MP3 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 You can now access your FireBall music from iTunes just as if it were located on your Mac Creating iTunes PlaylistsBurn CDs from iTunes 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 server Sync Playlists and Music to your iPodID3 Tags and the Mac What is an ID3 Tag?FireBall’s ID3 tag Requirements Media Rage ID3 Editor Connecting to the FireBall Server FireBall’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 onlyImporting Music Into FireBall 4.Select IMPORT from the share popup menu and click OK 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 song Importing your Music FilesControlling FireBall from Safari Connecting to Your FireBallRequirements Controlling 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 TVPage