Adding music locally can be done by manually adding music to the Music folder on the music server. Loxone Music Servers can store music locally or play from Internet music services which you can setup in CasaSetup by entering your login details for the different services such as Spotify and Grooveshark. If you have also ticked the box “Enable transmitting CasaTunes music to AirPlay speakers” you can play music from the server through the speakers of an Airplay device. Then you can Airplay music from your phone to the server. Make sure you have ticked the box in the Airplay menu that allows you to use iOS devices with the server. The Loxone Music Server also supports Airplay. This then allows you to play a particular source to a room group, for example ‘Downstairs’ play the party source! ![]() ![]() You can also create combinations of rooms called Room Groups. You can either enable all sources for a room or choose a particular source. You can choose to hide the room if necessary and you can choose all the volume settings for each room. There will either be 8 or 12 rooms depending on the Music Server you have bought (8 or 12 zone). Similar to the Sources menu you can also edit the rooms. You can choose the type of source that is connected if available and you can also edit the gain. Now you can edit the external source in CasaSetup as well. They are the 3.5mm jack inputs on the back of the Music Server: There are also 1-2 external sources on the Music Server which can have CD players or AM/FM tuners connected to. If you don’t want to show all the sources you can hide them by ticking the ‘Hide Source’ box. For example one could be Jazz Playlist, and another could be Dad’s Favourites. These sources allow you to setup different music on them and then you choose which source to play in which room. There will be 8 or 12 inbuilt sources depending on which Music Server you have bought. Next up is the Sources, in this menu you can give the sources names. Then in Control Type select ‘Enable third party control using TCP/IP (telnet) communication’. Tick the box next to ‘Enable third party control of CasaTunes’ under the Settings. ![]() Once in CasaSetup you need to change the Third party Control settings to allow the Miniserver to control the Music Server. The trigger inputs require a voltage to trigger them. This option allows you to use the trigger inputs to play a doorbell sound or mute pages. You will be on the Select Controller page of the menu and here the controller type should be CasaTunes CT.įor the option ‘Enable muting or paging when triggered?’ you can set this to Disable. You can change the language with the drop down list in the top right hand corner. Once you are connected to CasaSetup you will be greeted with the screen below. To find the IP of the Music Server look at the connected devices in your router by going to your router setup on your browser (usually the IP address 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1 you can find this in the information that comes with your router).Ĭlick on the below menu options to see how to configure each part of CasaSetup for your Music Server. To directly connect to CasaSetup from the Music System itself the address is: For Windows the addresses to enter into your browser are: ![]() You can remotely run CasaSetup on any computer that is connected to the LAN. You also need to run a CAT cable from the Music Server to your router. We are looking to provide installation boxes that suit our speakers via our webshop soon.īelow is a diagram of how speakers would be connected either in mono or stereo setup. Speaker installation boxes for cast concrete ceilings should have a volume of 7-10l as well as suitable options for mounting the speaker. If the cable length is more than 50m, the cross-section rule must be adapted accordingly. If the user name for logging on to the server is changed, this must be taken into account in the path statement. For example, the user name of “userold” changed to “usernew”, so the directory C:\Users\userold\Music\CasaTunes must be changed to C:\Users\usernew\Music\CasaTunes.Ĭable cross-section between a speaker and the music server: up to 20m should be 1.5 mm², from 20 to 50m should be 2.5mm².If you change the username or password the computer may reboot specifying the new login information is required.Nevertheless, should a new username be used the following points should be noted: If you log on to the actual Loxone Music Server using a screen and keyboard the username is “Loxone” (no password) and the computer name is “MusicServer”. We recommend that these are not changed, as home networks are usually protected by the router and the Music Server is not a big security risk. In this guide you can find all the information for setting up your Loxone Music Server and how to set it up with Loxone Config so you can use the apps to control the music! GENERAL INFORMATION
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