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® Audio/Video Automation System Processor EXT -GA V A User Manual www .gefen.com[...]

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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................1  Important Operating Notes....................... ................................................... ....................2  Features........................ .........................................[...]

CONTENTS  Addingan A/VMatrix....................................................................................................69   Controlling the Matrix............................................................................................70   Addinga Roomto aMatrix (SelectingMatrixOutpu[...]

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1 INTRODUCTION Congratulationsonyourpurchaseofthe Audio/Video AutomationSystemProcessor . Y ourcompletesatisfactionisveryimportanttous. Gefen Gefendeliversinnovative,progressivecomputerandelectronicsadd-onsolutionsthat harnessintegration,extension,distri[...]

2 Important Operating Notes READ THESE NOTES BEFORE INST ALLING OR OPERA TING THE PROFESSIONAL AUTOMA TION CONTROL SYSTEM • TheGA V A isshippedwithastaticIPaddressof192.168.1.82. Thisaddressmayneed tobechangedbeforetheGA V A willworkontheLocal AreaNetwork.See?[...]

3 Features • IntegratedHTML5WebServersupportsanysmartphoneorW ebbrowser . • IntuitiveGraphicalUserInterface(GUI). • Locallow-powerLinuxprocessorcontainssystemcontrollers,deviceinterfacecodes, andaWebserver . • EasyWizardsetupwithnoprogra[...]

4 Panel Layout INTRODUCTION T op 4 3 2 1 6 5 7 Left Right[...]

5 Panel Descriptions 1 LA N Co nne ct th e GA V A t oa n etw or k. 2 12 VD C Co nne ct th e inc lu ded po we rs up ply t ot hi sp owe r rec ep tac le . 3 RS -23 2 Th is po rt ca nb e use d to co ntr ol a dev ic ev ia bi di rec tio na lR S- 232 s eri al ?[...]

6 Connections 1. ConnectanEthernetcablebetweentheGA V A andthenetwork. 2. Connecttheincluded12VDCpowersupplytothepowerreceptacleontheGA V A. 3. Connecttheincluded ACpowercordfromthepowersupplytoanavailableelectrical outlet. Wiring[...]

7 CONNECTING THE GA V A Installing GA V A - Setting up the Network Thingsyou’llneed: • Gefen A/V AutomationSystemProcessor • GefenP ACS/MiniP ACS • Localareanetwork(LAN)  InordertoinstalltheGA V A (andP ACS/MiniP ACS),youneedtorstinstalland[...]

8 CONNECTING THE GA V A 1. Downloadandinstall Fing onyourmobiledevice. 2. MakesureyourmobiledeviceisconnectedtothesamenetworkastheGA V A and P ACSboxesthenopen Fing . 3. Clickonthe“refresh”iconandalistwillappearshowingeachd[...]

9 CONNECTING THE GA V A IftheIPaddressesdostartwith“192.168.1...”,thenyoushouldseeadevicenamed “Gefen”at192.168.1.72.ThatisyourrstP ACS.Y oushouldalsoseeadevice named“PCEngines”at192.168.1.82.ThatisyourGA V A.There?[...]

10 Onceitisinstalled,makesureyouriPod/iPad/iPhonedeviceisconnectedtothesame networkasyourGA V A andP ACSboxes,andclickthe“Fing”icononyourdevice. Clickonthe“refresh”iconandalistwillappearshowingeverydeviceonthen[...]

1 1 CONNECTING THE GA V A Installing more than one P ACS / Mini P ACS IfyouwillbeinstalledmorethanoneP ACSinyoursystem,rstyouneedtochangethe IPaddressoftheonethatisconnectedtoadif ferentIPaddressthatisnotbeingused. Logintothe?[...]

12 USING THE GA V A WIZARD Introduction TheGA V A usesanintuitiveWebinterfacewhichallowseasyadditionandcongurationof devicestotheGA V A.Beforeusingtheinterface,theIPaddressmayneedtobecongured ontheGA V A.Seetheinstructionsbeginnin[...]

13 USING THE GA V A WIZARD 3. The Control Gateway sidebarbuttonshouldnowbeopenontheleft-handsideof thescreen.  OncetheControlGatewaytabisopened,a Quick guide isdisplayedontheright sideofthescreen.Thistabprovidesastep-by-steplistof[...]

14 4. Onthebottom-rightportionofthescreen,aretwolinks:Clickingononeofthelinks willdisplaytheGA V A UserManual.TheotherlinkwilldisplaythisQuick-StartGuide.  Context-sensitivehelpisalsoavailablebyclickingthe“?”icon?[...]

15 Layout and Design Flow TheGA V A Wizardisdesignedforeasynavigationandisorderedinsuchawaytoprovide astep-by-stepprocessforconguringyourentire A/Vsetup.Therefore,itisimportantthat eachbuttonortabbecompletedintheorderin?[...]

16 Using the Sidebar Buttons Thecontrolpanelontheleftsideofthescreenallowseasynavigationofeachsection duringtheset-upprocess.                       • Left-clickonanyclosedsectiontoexpandit.The[...]

17 • Left-clickontheexpanded(highlighted)sectiontocloseit:                       • Left-clickonanysectionthatwasclosedtoexpanditonceagain:        USING THE GA V A WIZARD[...]

18 USING THE GA V A WIZARD The Network sidebarbuttonallowsyoutoconguretheGA V A foruseonanetwork.                             DHCP checkbox Left-clickthischeckboxtoenableDHCP .  Forthebest[...]

19 USING THE GA V A WIZARD                              Save and Restart Ifyoumadeanychanges,left-clickthis buttontosaveallchangesandrestart theGA V A. Serial number ThisistheElectronicSerialNumber (E[...]

20 USING THE GA V A WIZARD The Software Update screendisplaystheversioninformationfortheDeviceLibraryand systemrmwarethatiscurrentlyinstalledontheGA V A.Thisscreenalsoallowsyouto checkfornewerversionofrmware.Ifanewerversionof?[...]

21 USING THE GA V A WIZARD The Support screenshowstheCustomerSupportVPNbutton.TheCustomerSupport VPNbuttonallowsyourGA V A tondandconnecttoGefen’sW ebServertoallowremote supportandtroubleshooting. Allcommunicationsareencryptedforyours[...]

22 The Conguration sidebarbuttonallowsyoutoResettheGA V A backtoFactorydefaults, savethecongurationdatatoaleonyourcomputer ,orrestoreanexistingGA V A  congurationletotheGA V A Controller .           ?[...]

23                            USING THE GA V A WIZARD Download TheDownloadCongurationbuttonletsyousavetheentireGA V A  congurationtoanXML leonyourcomputer .Thislemaybesavedasa bac[...]

24 USING THE GA V A WIZARD 1. Underthe Gateway tab,selecttheControlgateway(P ACS&miniP ACS)icon. The System tabwillbedisplayed. 2. T ypethenameofthecontroldeviceinthe Name eld. 3. SelecttheManufacturerandModelusingthedrop-downlist?[...]

25   Intheexamplebelow ,wehaveaddedtheGefenMiniP ACSasaControlGateway .  Intheexamplebelow ,takenoteofthe Ping button.IftheIPaddressofthecontrol gatewayisfound,thenthePingbuttonwilldisplay“PingOK”.If[...]

26 USING THE GA V A WIZARD 5. OncethecontrolgatewayhasbeenaddedandtheIPaddressveried,clickthe Save and Close buttontosaveallchanges.                        6. Theaddeddevicewillnowappearunderthe[...]

27 USING THE GA V A WIZARD LutronRadioRA®2andHomeWorks®QSsystemsshouldrstbesetup,congured, programmed,anddownloadedtotheLutroncontrollerviatheLutronsoftwarebefore addingthemtotheGA V A system.SeetheLutrondocumentationfordetails.[...]

28 Adding the Lutron Control Gateway 1. Click ADD NEW ... underthe Control Gateways sidebarbuttonandselecttheBuilding automationicon.                  2. T ypethenameofthelightingcontrolinthe Name eld.     [...]

29 USING THE GA V A WIZARD Using IP Control • IfIPcontrolisselectedforthismodelreceiver ,thenthe Control tabwillprovidean optiontoenteranIPaddress:                    • Clickthe Next buttoninthelower[...]

30 Using RS-232 Control • IfRS-232controlisselectedforthismodelreceiver ,thenthe Control tabwillprovide anoptiontoselectanRS-232controldevice:                     Oncethecontrollerhasbeenselected,ch[...]

31 USING THE GA V A WIZARD 6. Clickthe Next buttoninthelower-rightcornerofthescreen. Adding Elements 1. Underthe Elements tab,clickthe Upload a le button. 2. Locatethedevice .xml leonthecomputer(e.g. 5DbXmlInfo2.xml ). See“ExtractingtheXML fro[...]

32 USING THE GA V A WIZARD 4. Click ADD NEW ... toaddanelementfromtheprogrammeddevicelisttotheGA V A  Wizardmenu. Addalloftheelementsthatwillbeusedinthesystemhere. ElementswillbeassignedtospecicroomslaterintheRoomsmenu.?[...]

33 USING THE GA V A WIZARD Adding a Dimmer 1. Selectthetypeofelementfromthe T ype drop-downlist.Forthisexample,wewill selecta Dimmer control.              2. T ypeanidentierforthisdeviceinthe Name eld. NOTE: S[...]

34 USING THE GA V A WIZARD 3. Selecttheaddressfromthe Address drop-downlist.Thislistisautomaticallycreated fromthedataintheLutron .xml le.                        4. T osavethecurrentelementand?[...]

35 Adding a Keypad 1. Click ADD NEW ... 2. Select Keypad fromthe T ype drop-downlist. 3. T ypeadescriptionnameofthebuttonthatwillbeusedtocontrolthedeviceinthe Name eld.Intheexamplebelow ,wewillassignabuttontodimalllights?[...]

36 Adding a Shade 1. Click ADD NEW ... 2. Select Shade fromthe T ype drop-downlist. 3. T ypeanamefortheshadeinthe Name eld.                           4. Selectthebuttonnamefromthe Address [...]

37 Adding a Switch 1. Click ADD NEW ... 2. Select Switch fromthe T ype drop-downlist. 3. T ypeanamefortheswitchinthe Name eld.                           4. Selectthebuttonnamefromthe Address [...]

38 USING THE GA V A WIZARD • Addmoreelementsbyclicking ADD NEW ... • Clickthe Save buttontoaddeachelementtotheelementlist. • Deleteelementsbyclickingtheiconnexttotheelementtobedeleted. • Edit/changeelementsettings[...]

39 USING THE GA V A WIZARD 6. T ocompletetheadditionofelementstothelistboxandreturntotheHomescreen, clickthe Done buttoninthelower-rightcornerofthescreen.                     7. Underthe Control gatew[...]

40 The Rooms taballowsyoutospecifyzones(rooms)anddevicestoeachroom.The congurationandcontroldatathatisspeciedforeachdeviceisthenuploadedtothe P ACSorMiniP ACS. 1. Clickthe Rooms sidebarbutton. 2. Clickon ADD NEW ROO[...]

41 USING THE GA V A WIZARD               • TV / Single Room T emplate Allsourcesareconnectedtodifferentinputsonthe TVandareselectedbyswitching theTVinputs. • A VR / Home Theater T emplate Allsourcesareconnectedtoan A/Vreceiveror?[...]

42 USING THE GA V A WIZARD • Building Automation only Addsandcongureslightingandshadecontrolsystemsforroomsthatdonothave videodisplays.. 6. Clickthe Save and Congure button.                           Thec[...]

43 USING THE GA V A WIZARD 1. Fillinthe Receiver informationunderthe Basic tab:                     Name T ypeadescriptivenameforthe receiverintheNameeld. Manufacturer Selectthedevice Manufacturerfromthis drop-do[...]

44 USING THE GA V A WIZARD 2. Thedriversfortheeachmodelwillhavecertaincontrolcapabilities.Inthelistbelow , wehaveselectedaDenonamplier .Themodelwehaveselectedisthe A VR21 13. Therearetwomethodsavailableforcontrollingthisdevi[...]

45 USING THE GA V A WIZARD IP Control • IfanIPdriverisselected,entertheIP addressoftheReceiverinthe IP Address eld.                          RS-232 Port • IfRS-232controlisselectedforthismodel?[...]

46 USING THE GA V A WIZARD IR Port • IfanIRDriverwasselectedforthismodelreceiver(e.g.Harman-Kardon A VP-1),then the Control tabwillprovideanoptiontoselectanIRPort.  The Model drop-downlist,underthe Basic tab,wouldallowthisselect[...]

47 USING THE GA V A WIZARD Function Keys Functionkeyscanbeassignedtoanyofthecommandsthatareavailablefromthe drop-downlistforthecurrentdevice. Forthisexample,wewillassigntwocommands:“play_favorites”and“Pandora”. 1. Select Command fromthe?[...]

48 USING THE GA V A WIZARD 3. Fromthedrop-downlist,scrolldownandselect play_favorites .                    4. Select Command fromtheactiondrop-downlistfor Function Key 2 andthenselect pandora fromthedrop-downcommand[...]

49 Basic 1. Fillinthe Display informationunderthe Basic tab:                     USING THE GA V A WIZARD Next ClicktheNextbuttonafter theName,Manufacturer ,and Modelhavebeenentered. Manufacturer SelectthedeviceManufact[...]

50 Thedriversfortheeachmodelwillhavecertaincontrolcapabilities.Inthelist below ,wehaveselectedaWestinghousedisplay .Themodelwehaveselected istheLD2240.                           2[...]

51 Input / Output 1. Selecttheoutputportonthereceiver(usuallyHDMI1)fromthedrop-downlistonthe left.Thisportwillconnectthereceivertothedisplay . 2. Selecttheinputportonthedisplayfromthedrop-downlistontheright. 3. Selectthe?[...]

52 USING THE GA V A WIZARD 4. Clickthe Next buttononthelower-rightcornerofthescreentocontinuetothe Control tab. Control 1. Selectthecontroller(thedevicewhichwillcontroltheTV)fromthe Controller drop-downlist.Earlierintheset-upprocess,[...]

53 USING THE GA V A WIZARD       3. Clickthe Next buttoninthelower-rightcornerofthescreentocontinuetothe Function Keys tab. Function Keys TheFunctionsKeysareusedtosendcommandstothedevicethatarenotincludedinthe defaultcontrol[...]

54 USING THE GA V A WIZARD 2. Fromthedrop-downcommandlist,scrolldownandselect pc .  Thedrop-downlistincludesallcommandsthatareinthedriverforthatparticular device.                      3. Select Command ?[...]

55 4. Clickthe Next buttoninthelower-rightcornerofthescreen. Adding Favorite Channels 1. Upto12Favoritechannelscanalsobeadded:Selectthechannelnamefromthe drop-downlistandenterthechannelnumberinthe Channel number eld.     [...]

56 Adding a Disc Player     Basic 1. Clickthe Disc Player icon.                   2. Enteradescriptionofthesourcedeviceinthe Name eld.Intheexamplebelow , wehaveaddedthename“player”tothedevice?[...]

57 USING THE GA V A WIZARD 3. Usethedrop-downliststoselectthe Manufacturer and Model ofthesourcedevice.                       4. Clickthe Next buttoninthelower-rightcornerofthescreentocontinue. Control 1[...]

58 USING THE GA V A WIZARD 2. Clickthe Next buttoninthelower-rightcornertocontinuetothe Control tab.  SincetheGefenMiniP ACSisourcontroller ,wewillselectitfromthe Controller drop- downlist.                 [...]

59 USING THE GA V A WIZARD 4. Clickthe Next buttoninthelower-rightcornerofthescreentocontinuetotheFunction keystab. Function Keys Thefunctionkeyscanacceptcommands(On,Off,ChannelUp,etc.)ormacroswhicharea setofcommandsthatperformasp[...]

60 3. Clickthe Save buttontointhelower-rightcornerofthescreentosavethechanges andreturntothe Source tab.  }                 4. Addmoresourcesbyclicking ADD NEW ...             [...]

61 USING THE GA V A WIZARD Using iT unes® with the GA V A TheGA V A notonlyallowscontrolofdisplaysandvideosourcesbutalsoyourmusic collectionusingiT unes.Whencongured,aniTunesdevicecontrolwillappearinthe DevicePanelwithintheGUI.  1. Click?[...]

62 5. Clickthe iT unes icon.                      6. ProvideanamefortheiT unescontrolinthe Name eld. 7. EntertheIP AddressofthecomputerthatisrunningiTunesinthe IP Address eld. Name T ypea?[...]

63 USING THE GA V A WIZARD IfyoudonotknowtheIPaddressofthecomputerthatisrunningiT unes,usethe followingstepstoobtainthisinformation. Microsoft™ Windows® • OnthecomputerrunningiT unes,clickonthe Start Menu buttonandthenselect Run .?[...]

64 USING THE GA V A WIZARD  8. Clickthe Next buttoninthelower-rightcornerofthescreentocontinuetothe Input  tab. Ping IftheIPaddressisfound,thenthePingbutton willdisplay“PingOK”.Ifnot,then“PingError”will bedisplayed.O[...]

65 Input 1. Underthe Input tab,selecttheinputonthereceiverusingthe Only Audio drop-down list.  Inourexample,wewillconnecttheaudiooutputfromtheiT unescomputertotheCD inputonthereceiver .              ?[...]

66 USING THE GA V A WIZARD Using Apple TV® with the GA V A TheGA V A allowsdirectIPcontrolofyour AppleTV(series2). AppleTVcanalsoaccess youriT unesmusiccollection.Whencongured,an AppleTVdevicecontrolwillappearin theDevicePanelwithinthe[...]

67 USING THE GA V A WIZARD 4. Provideanameforthe AppleTVinthe Name eld. 5. EntertheIP Addressofthe AppleTVinthe IP Address eld.                            6. UndertheInputtab,sele[...]

68 USING THE GA V A WIZARD Adding “Generic” Sources Y oucanusethe“Generic”Sourceoptiontoaddinputselectionofdevicesthatdonothave controloptions,suchasCameras,T uners,orotherinternalsourcesonyourReceiver . Y oucannamethesource,selectaRe[...]

69 Onceallyourdevicesaresetupineachroom,youcanaddandsetupamatrixtocontrol eachdevice.Werecommendedthatyouaddandcongurealldevicesineachroom beforeaddingamatrix. 1. Openthe Rooms tabandclick ADD NEW A/V MA TRIX DEVICE...[...]

70 4. Enteradescriptionofthesourcedeviceinthe Name eld.Thisnamemustbe differentthanthematrixnameprovidedinstep2. 5. Usethedrop-downliststoselectthe Manufacturer and Model ofthe sourcedevice. 6. Clickthe Next buttonin?[...]

71 USING THE GA V A WIZARD 2. SelecttheRS-232controlport.                    3. Clickthe Next buttoninthelower-rightcornerofthescreen. 4. Selecttheoutputsandinputstoconnectthematrixtoeachdevice.The[...]

72 Adding a Room to a Matrix (Selecting Matrix Outputs) 1. SelecttheRoomandDeviceconnectedtoeachmatrixoutputportfromthe drop-downlist. 2. SelecttheinputontheDevicethatselectstheMatrixsource. Adding System Sources (Selecting Matrix Inputs) Y oucanaddSourcesthat[...]

73 USING THE GA V A WIZARD WehavealreadyaddedtheLutronRadioRA 2controlgateway .However ,wewillneedto addthesecontrolstotheroom(“LivingRoom”)wecreated.Theautomationcontrolswill appearinthedevicepanel. 1. Clickthe Building Automati[...]

74 USING THE GA V A WIZARD 4. Selectthedesiredelementsbyclickingonthem. Afteranelementisselected,itwill behighlightedandappearunderthe Selected heading.                                ?[...]

75 USING THE GA V A WIZARD Arranging Control Elements Eachelement(Dimmer ,Keypad,orShade)canbearrangeddifferentlywithintheGUI, basedonthecontroltype.Ifwelookatourcurrentsetup,weaddedalltheavailable controlelements:          [...]

76 USING THE GA V A WIZARD Theillustrationbelowshowsthe Keypad controlscreen,underthedevicepanel comparedwiththeorderofeachelementunderthe Selected list. Noticethattheorderofeachbuttonisthesameasthe Selected list.        [...]

77 USING THE GA V A WIZARD Afterchangingtheorderoftheelements,theelementsunderthe Keypad device panelwillappearasfollows:                                   Thissameprocedurecanbeu[...]

78 USING THE GA V A WIZARD Adding Macros Macrosareusedtoassignasequenceofeventstoasinglefunctionkey:  1)T urnontheTV .2)Dimthelightsby80%.3)Openthecurtains.4)Starttheprojector (orplaybackdevice). Althougheachofthese[...]

79 USING THE GA V A WIZARD 4. Selectthedevice(HDTV)thatwillreceivethecommandfromthe Device drop-down list.Inthisexample,themacrowillbereceivedbythe HDTV device. 5. Selectthecommandfromthe Command drop-downlist.         ?[...]

80 USING THE GA V A WIZARD 6. IftheCommandneedsa“value”(suchas“Set_V olume=50%”),enterthevalue(50)in the V alue eld.                                           [...]

81 USING THE GA V A WIZARD 8. Clickthe Add command buttoninthelower-leftcorneroftheMacroscreentoadd anothercommand.                        9. Fillintheinformationforthe A/V Receiver ,asshownbelow . Ad[...]

82 USING THE GA V A WIZARD 10. Adda power_on commandfortheBlu-rayplayerbyusingthe Add command button. • Usetheicontodeletedamacro. • Usetheandiconstochangethese[...]

83 12. Repeatsteps3through9tocreatea“PowerOFF”macro. 13. Afterthe“PowerOFF”macrohasbeencreated,boththe“PowerON”and“Power OFF”macrosshouldappearunderthe Macros tab,asshownbelow .             [...]

84 USING THE GA V A WIZARD Assigning a Macro to a Function Key Onceamacrohasbeencreated,itwillappearontheHomescreenoftheselectedGUI (seepage57).MacroscanalsobeassignedtoFunctionKeys.   1. Openthe Rooms tabandclickonthenameofthe[...]

85 USING THE GA V A WIZARD 4. Select Macro fromthedrop-downlistnexttoanunassignedFunctionKey .Inour example,wewillselect Function Key 3 .                         5. Sincewealreadycreatedamacrocalle[...]

86 USING THE GA V A WIZARD Clickthe Save buttonnearthebottom-rightcornerofthescreen.                       AftertheGUIisgenerated,FunctionKey3fortheHDTVdevicewillbeprogrammed withthe“PowerON”ma[...]

87 USING THE GA V A WIZARD TheViewstabletsyoucreatedif ferentGraphicalUserInterfaces(GUI’s)fordifferent devices.Forexample,theiPadyouuseintheLivingRoomcanshowonlytheLivingRoom system,whiletheiPodT ouchintheBedroomcanshowjust?[...]

88 USING THE GA V A WIZARD View name T ypethenameofviewinthis eld,thenclickthe Add view buttontoaddtheview . View buttons Eachviewthatiscreatedusingthe Add view buttonwillhave anassociatedViewbutton.Clickthedesired V iew buttonto show?[...]

89 USING THE GA V A WIZARD  1. T ypethenameoftheviewtobecreatedintheviewnameeld.Inourexample,we willuse“Bedroom”.Becausewehavetworooms(“LivingRoom”and“Bedroom”)we willwanttodenethedevicesineachroom. 2.?[...]

90 USING THE GA V A WIZARD Additionalviewscanbecreatedbyfollowingsteps1and2.Forthisexample,wewill onlycreatetwoviews:“Standard”and“Bedroom”. AtleastoneViewnamemustexist.  Thedefaultviewname(“Standard”)cannotberenamed?[...]

91 USING THE GA V A WIZARD Generating the GUI AfteralldeviceshavebeenaddedtotheGA V A systemandtheViewshavebeensetup, usingtheWebinterface,thenalstepistogeneratetheGUI. 1. Startingfromthe Views tab,clickthe Next buttoninthelower-r[...]

92 USING THE GA V A WIZARD 3. Clickthe Create cong buttoninthelower-rightcornerofthescreentobegin generatingtheGUI. A progressbarwillbedisplayedastheGA V Aconguresand uploadsthecontrollerdatatotheP ACS/MiniP ACS.     ?[...]

93 USING THE GA V A WIZARD Pairing iT unes with the GA V A InorderfortheGA V A tobeabletocommunicatewithiT unes,itmustbepairedwiththe GA V A.ThepairingprocedureisperformedafterthedesiredGUI(s)havebeensuccessfully rendered(seepage84).This?[...]

94 TheIPaddresswillbeprecededbytheword“GA V A @”.Inourexample,theIP addressis GAVA @ 192.168.1.222 .TheIP addressisthesame astheGA V A. 4. ClickontheIPaddressandenterthe4-digitpasscodetoallowtheGA V A tocontrol [...]

95 The GA V A User Interface[...]

96 THE GA V A USER INTERF ACE Accessing the GUI on a mobile device 1. Openabrowserwindowonthedevice(s)youwishtouseandentertheIPaddressof theGA V A.  T apthe Views menu,justbelowtheaddresswindowonthedevice,todisplayother views.    [...]

97 THE GA V A USER INTERF ACE 3. Provideanamefortheiconasshownbelowandclickthe Add buttontoaddtheicon totheHomescreen.                         4. T aptheGA V A icontolaunchtheGUI.[...]

98 GA V A Control User Interfaces HereistheGUIforaniOSdevice(iPhone).Selectthedevicetocontrolfromthemenubar onthebottomofthescreen.TheillustrationbelowshowstheHomescreenwithRooms andMacros.  THE GA V A USER INTERF ACE Room tab Displays?[...]

99 THE GA V A USER INTERF ACE Device Slider Panel Eachdevicethatisaddedtothis roomwillappearinthisareaofthe GUI.TheDevicePanelwillscroll side-to-sideifmorethanthree deviceshavebeenadded. Device tabs T apanytabwithintheGUIto expand/op[...]

100 THE GA V A USER INTERF ACE NA V (Navigation) Disc Player Rewind Previous Next FastForward Stop Eject Play Pause Room Name Theuser-denedroom name. Device Name Thenameofthe device.[...]

101 THE GA V A USER INTERF ACE  Back Returnstotheprevious deviceintheDevicePanel Background tab Selectthistabto viewthenexttabfor thisdevice.Some deviceswillhave multipletabs. Select Presstoswitchthe Receivertodisplay andlisttothissource. [...]

102 THE GA V A USER INTERF ACE Digit tab  “dot” key Thiskeycanfunctionas eithera“.”(dot)or“-”(dash), dependinguponthedevice. V olume control Controlsthevolumeforthe currentroom.[...]

103 THE GA V A USER INTERF ACE NA V (Navigation)  Set-top Box V ol -, Mute, V ol + Thesebuttonswillbedisplayedinplaceofavolume slider ,iftheroomusesIRorone-wayvolumecontrol. Digit OpenstheDigit(numeric keypad)usedforchannel selection,etc.[...]

104 THE GA V A USER INTERF ACE Digit tab  DVR OpenstheDVR(DigitalVideo Recorder)tab,ifavailablefor thisdevice. F A V OpenstheFavorite Channelstab.[...]

105 THE GA V A USER INTERF ACE DVR (Digital Video Recorder) tab  Record Recordbutton(ifavailableon thisdevice).[...]

106 THE GA V A USER INTERF ACE F A V (Favorites) tab  Favorites User-denedfavoritechannelswillbe displayedhere.[...]

107 THE GA V A USER INTERF ACE NA V (Navigation) tab  A/V Receiver NOTE: thisbuttonisnot usedonthisscreen. Inputs Allowsdirectselectionof allinputs.[...]

108 THE GA V A USER INTERF ACE Inputs tab  Inputs Allowsdirectselectionofallinputsthatarenot availableontheDeviceSliderPanel(seepage98).[...]

109 NA V (Navigation) tab  THE GA V A USER INTERF ACE Display Back Returnstothe previouspage. Power Powerbutton. Switch Selectsthedisplaydeviceas theaudiosource. AudioReturn Channel(ARC)isusedifavailable.[...]

1 10 THE GA V A USER INTERF ACE Digit tab  Function Keys (1-5) Thesebuttonscanbeassigned user-denedfunctions.Seepage 55formoreinformation.[...]

1 1 1 THE GA V A USER INTERF ACE DVR (Digital Video Recorder) tab [...]

1 12 THE GA V A USER INTERF ACE F A V (Favorites) tab  Favorites User-denedfavoritechannelswillbe displayedhere.Seepage53. V olume slider Usethisslidercontroltoadjustthevolumeinthisroom.[...]

1 13 THE GA V A USER INTERF ACE Player tab  Apple TV Previous / Beginning Presstogotothebeginningofthemediaor playthepreviousmedia.Thesebuttonare usedinthe AppleTVandiT unesinterface. Next Jumpaheadandplaythenextmediale.  Usedinbotht[...]

1 14 THE GA V A USER INTERF ACE NA V (Navigation) tab [...]

1 15 THE GA V A USER INTERF ACE Player tab  iT unes V olume slider DisplayedonlyifthedeviceisusingRS-232 orIPtwo-wayinterfaces Album artwork IftheiT unestrackcontainsalbum artwork,itwillbedisplayedhere. Song Data Thisinformationwillbe displayedifprovided.[...]

1 16 THE GA V A USER INTERF ACE Playlist tab [...]

1 17 THE GA V A USER INTERF ACE Generic Sources The“Generic”SourceisusedforInputsthatdonotrequirecontrol,suchascameras,etc. Therearealsove“FunctionKeys”thatcanbeusedforstoredMacros.Seepage68. Matrix Normally ,thereisnoneedto?[...]

1 18 THE GA V A USER INTERF ACE  TheDimmersinterfacedisplaysalltheDimmerandSwitchelementsthatweredened usingtheWebinterface(seepage33). Feedback indicator Iftheautomationsystemprovides feedbackforaspecicstate,then thisLEDindicatorwill?[...]

1 19 THE GA V A USER INTERF ACE  TheDimmersinterfacedisplaysalltheDimmerandSwitchelementsthatweredened usingtheGA V A Wizard(seepage33). Off button Setthelighttoitslowest brightness(OFF). Sliders Fine-adjustmentofthe brightnessofeachlight. On bu[...]

120 THE GA V A USER INTERF ACE TheShadeinterfacedisplaysalltheShadeelementsthatweredenedusingtheWeb interface. Down Pressthisbuttontoopenthe shade. Pressinthemiddletostop theshade,afterpressingthe  Down or Up button. Up Pressthisbutt[...]

121 APPENDIX “A” Learning a New Device TheGA V A isshippedwithalibraryofvariousdevices.Evenifyourspecicmodelisnot listed,eachmanufacturersuppliesastandardsetofIRcommandsthatarecommonto theirproduct(e.g.theSonyXBR4andXBR7share?[...]

122 APPENDIX “A” 5. T ypethe Name , Manufacturer , Model ,and Controller . 6. SelectthecontrollerfromtheP ACSdrop-downlist.Theavailablechoiceswillbe denedbywhatControlGatewaysweredened(P ACSand/orMiniP ACS). Name T ypethenameofthe?[...]

123 APPENDIX “A” 7. Clickthe Start learning button. 8. TheGA V A willbeginloadingtheappropriatetemplate.                       9. RefertotheP ACS/MiniP ACSmanualforlearningIRcommands.[...]

124 APPENDIX “B” Setting the IP Address BeforeconnectingtheGA V A toanetwork,locatethelabelonthebottomoftheGA V A.The MACaddressandthedefaultIPaddresswillbelistedonthelabel. ThedefaultIPaddress ( 192.168.1.82 )willbeusedtoconnect[...]

125 ThecomputermusthaveanIPaddressinthesamesubnetastheGA V A,butwithan addressthatisdifferentfromtheGA V A address.IfyoucomputerhasanIPaddressof 192.168.1.XXX ,and 192.168.1.82 isanavailableaddress,youcanaccesstheGA[...]

126 APPENDIX “B” 4. ClickonInternetProtocolV ersion4(TCP/IPv4).                                      5. Clickthe Properties buttontodisplaytheInternetProtocolV ersion4 (TCP/IPv4)[...]

127 APPENDIX “B” 6. ChangetheIPsettingstothefollowing: Use the following IP address Clickthisradiobutton. IP address* 192.168.1.80 Subnet mask 255.255.255.0 Use the following DNS server addresses Clickthisradiobutton. Cleartheseboxes. *IftheIPaddress 192.168.1.80 isalreadyinus[...]

128 7. Clickthe OK button,thencloseallControlPanelwindows. 8. RefreshyourWebbrowserandgoto http://192.168.1.82 toopentheGA V A  Webinterface. 9. GototheCongurationMenu(seepage35)andchangetheIPaddressfortheGA V A, toana[...]

129 APPENDIX “C” Browser Recommendations for GA V A  Thefollowinglistservesasaguidelinetodeterminewhichbrowseronwhichoperating systemisbestsuitedforHTML5. • Theorderreectsevaluationorrecommendation • Theversionnumberislistedinbrackets Windo[...]

130 APPENDIX “D” Using the GA V A with a KNX Automation System AswiththeLutronRadioRA®2andHomeWorks®QSsystems,itisimportantthatthe KNXsystembesetup,congured,andfunctioningproperlybeforeattemptingtoaddthis automationsystemtotheGA V A. 1.[...]

131 APPENDIX “D”                 3. Getthegatewayinformationfromtheinstaller/electrician.Inmostcases, aKNXIP-Routerdevicewillbeused.However ,GA V A canalsouseaKNXTunnel deviceasthegateway .  ?[...]

132 APPENDIX “D” GAVA KNX SAMPLE FILE CENTRAL.LIGHTING.0/0/1 CENTRAL.LIG.ON/OFF EIS 1 ‘Switching’ (1 Bit) Low CENTRAL.LIGHTING.0/0/2 CENTRAL.LIG.VALUE EIS 6 ‘Scaling - percent’ (8 Bit) Low LIGHTING.DIMMER.1/1/0 CHANNEL.A.ON/OFF EIS 1 ‘Switching’ (1 Bit) Low 0/0/1 LIGHTING.DIMMER.1/1/1 CHANNEL.A.RelDIM EIS 2 ‘Dimming - control’ ([...]

133 APPENDIX “D”                   5. ClicktheNextbuttontogotothe Control tab. 6. Enterthebusaddressinthe Physical Address eld.TheIPaddresscanalsobe enteredinthe IP eld.       ?[...]

134 APPENDIX “D” 1. Underthe Elements tab,clickthe Upload a le button. 2. Locatethe .esf leonthecomputer(e.g. knx.esf ).                   3. Selectthe .esf lefromthe File Upload dialogandclickthe[...]

135 APPENDIX “D”  1. Select Dimmer fromthe T ype drop-downlist. 2. Provideanameforthiscontrolinthe Name eld. 3. Selectthe Status SET statefromthedrop-downlist.Thissettingisusedfor dedicatedONandOFFswitchingwhenusingthebu[...]

136 APPENDIX “E” Usetheseforms(includedwithyourGA V A ortheycanbedownloadedfromwww .gefen.com)todocumentyoursystemtomakeconguration quickandeasy . GA V A Basic Conguration GA V A IP Address 192.168.25.181 GA V A Controller Software V ersion 1.1.40 Subnet Mask 255.255.255[...]

137 APPENDIX “E” Router Conguration Brand Linksys Model EA3500-P IP Address 192.168.25.1 Router Password (if applicable) 5an7a c1au53 WiFi SSID Wireless router WiFi Channel 8 WiFi Security T ype WPA2-PSK WiFi Password 5ham613_60bb13_61bbl3 Router Conguration Example[...]

138 APPENDIX “E”  Room name: #1 - Main System Name Manufacturer Model Control Gateway Port / IP Address Amp Input Amp AUDDEC Gefen GTV-AUDDEC-N PACS Serial 2 -- Display Sony Sony KDLHX-729 PACS IR 1 Optical Source 1 Blu-ray Samsung BD-C5500 PACS IR 2 HDMI 2 Source 2 AppleTV Apple Apple TV IP 192.168.25.116 HDMI 1 Source 3 iTunes Apple iTunes[...]

139 APPENDIX “E”  Room name: #3 - Den System Name Manufacturer Model Control Gateway Port / IP Address Amp Input Amp Denon Denon GTV-AUDDEC-N Den PACS Serial 2 -- Display Sony Sony XBR4 Den PACS IR 1 Optical Source 1 Blu-ray Samsung BD-C5500 Den PACS IR 2 HDMI 2 Source 2 AppleTV Apple Apple TV IP 192.168.25.116 HDMI 1 Source 3 iTunes Apple i[...]

140 APPENDIX “E”  Matrix: 4x4 Name Manufacturer Model Control Gateway Port / IP Address Amp Input 4x4 Gefen GTB-HDFST-444 Main PACS Serial 1 Connects to: on Input: Location Notes: Output 1 AUDDEC HDMI 3 Main System Output 2 Yamaha AUX Bedroom System Output 3 Denon Satellite Den System Output 4 Output 5 Output 6 Output 7 Output 8  Name Man[...]

141 APPENDIX “E” GA V A Basic Conguration GA V A IP Address GA V A Controller Software V ersion Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 GA V A HTML Software Server V ersion Gateway IP Address* GA V A Library V ersion DNS Server IP Address** Support VPN IP Address Electronic Serial Number NS MAC Address 00:0D:B9:26: : Contr[...]

142 APPENDIX “E” Remove page and photocopy if necessary Router Conguration Brand Model IP Address Router Password (if applicable) WiFi SSID WiFi Channel WiFi Security T ype WiFi Password[...]

143 APPENDIX “E”  Room name: Name Manufacturer Model Control Gateway Port / IP Address Amp Input Amp Display Source 1 Source 2 Source 3 Source 4 Source 5 Source 6 Room name: Name Manufacturer Model Control Gateway Port / IP Address Amp Input Amp Display Source 1 Source 2 Source 3 Source 4 Source 5 Source 6 Remove page and photocopy if necess[...]

144 APPENDIX “E”  Room name: Name Manufacturer Model Control Gateway Port / IP Address Amp Input Amp Display Source 1 Source 2 Source 3 Source 4 Source 5 Source 6 Room name: Name Manufacturer Model Control Gateway Port / IP Address Amp Input Amp Display Source 1 Source 2 Source 3 Source 4 Source 5 Source 6 Remove page and photocopy if necess[...]

145 APPENDIX “E”  Matrix: Name Manufacturer Model Control Gateway Port / IP Address Amp Input Connects to: on Input: Location Notes: Output 1 Output 2 Output 3 Output 4 Output 5 Output 6 Output 7 Output 8  Name Manufacturer Model Control Gateway Port / IP Address Input 1 Input 2 Input 3 Input 4 Input 5 Input 6 Input 7 Input 8 Remove page [...]

146 Ethernet Port............................................................................................................. (1) RJ-45 USB Ports................................................................................................................ (2) T ype B RS-232Port.............................................[...]

147 W ARRANTY Gefenwarrantstheequipmentitmanufacturestobefreefromdefectsinmaterialand workmanship. IfequipmentfailsbecauseofsuchdefectsandGefenisnotiedwithintwo(2)yearsfrom thedateofshipment,Gefenwill,atitsoption,repairorrep[...]

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