Greetings,
We've released updated versions of our Control4 drivers for all Kaleidescape players. These drivers remove the obsolete iPod proxy that was causing the old drivers to stop working on recent versions of Control4's operating system. Note that this means that the "stand-alone touch panel" music browsing functionality has been removed and will not be replaced.
There are some exciting changes in these new drivers!
First, the Alto and Strato drivers now support Control4's device-discovery protocol (SDDP). Composer can discover Alto and Strato players on your network and automatically add the correct driver to your project. When using SDDP, it's not necessary for your player to have a fixed IP address.
Second, all of the drivers in this release support extensive customization of the key mappings. Some keys like the transport control keys and the cursor navigation keys are fixed-function, but other keys that don't have a direct mapping to a Kaleidescape function (like Prev, the channel buttons, the color buttons, and the assignable buttons on the SR-260) can be assigned to functions of your choosing. They even support being mapped to different functions during movie playback and OSD navigation (for example, I have my color buttons mapped to the standard Blu-ray color button functions during media playback, but they jump to specific onscreen display places like covers or collections when playback is not active).
Third, we've made enhancements to the volume control and feedback functionality of these drivers, to support new functionality added in the Kaleidescape Mobile App. In addition to volume up/down commands, the driver now also supports setting a volume level directly using the slider in the app. (Note that using this functionality requires you to set up some additional programming in your Control4 system. See the driver documentation for details.)
All of the drivers are now available within Composer Pro, or you can get them from our website.
We've released updated versions of our Control4 drivers for all Kaleidescape players. These drivers remove the obsolete iPod proxy that was causing the old drivers to stop working on recent versions of Control4's operating system. Note that this means that the "stand-alone touch panel" music browsing functionality has been removed and will not be replaced.
There are some exciting changes in these new drivers!
First, the Alto and Strato drivers now support Control4's device-discovery protocol (SDDP). Composer can discover Alto and Strato players on your network and automatically add the correct driver to your project. When using SDDP, it's not necessary for your player to have a fixed IP address.
Second, all of the drivers in this release support extensive customization of the key mappings. Some keys like the transport control keys and the cursor navigation keys are fixed-function, but other keys that don't have a direct mapping to a Kaleidescape function (like Prev, the channel buttons, the color buttons, and the assignable buttons on the SR-260) can be assigned to functions of your choosing. They even support being mapped to different functions during movie playback and OSD navigation (for example, I have my color buttons mapped to the standard Blu-ray color button functions during media playback, but they jump to specific onscreen display places like covers or collections when playback is not active).
Third, we've made enhancements to the volume control and feedback functionality of these drivers, to support new functionality added in the Kaleidescape Mobile App. In addition to volume up/down commands, the driver now also supports setting a volume level directly using the slider in the app. (Note that using this functionality requires you to set up some additional programming in your Control4 system. See the driver documentation for details.)
All of the drivers are now available within Composer Pro, or you can get them from our website.