Add an AV Entertainment Component

It is incredibly easy to configure Ubiquity to control a home theater or distributed AV system. If the AV components you are using already have Device Description Files for them, then most home theaters should take less than 5 minutes to set up - including the generation of a Graphical User Interface, assigning the buttons to a hand held remote control, and creation of a schematic for wiring it. There are 2 steps to configuring Audio/Video equipment in the house:1) Add the components to the rooms and 2) tell the system how the components are wired.

The information in this section is meant as a reference to controlling entertainment equipment. It provides links to other sections of the manual. Please use the back button to return to this outline. If you want a better understanding of the step-by-step process, please click here.

Configure your Theater

• Architecture for Controlling your Theater

• Add IR Emitters to your AV components

• Get Power Status

• Sketch a Block diagram

• Auto generated Schematic of the AV equipment

• AV Wizard New

• Add the Components

• The Layout of the Schematic Menu

• The Add Component Menu

• Add a DVD player, Satellite/PVR, Surround Receiver, Projector TV, Speakers

• Wire them together

• Basic concepts

• Add a Wire

• Orange colored Ports are Already Connected

• De-Select all Ports

• Delete the AV component

• View the Wire More Easily

• Color key of Wire Types

• The Info Menu

• Name and Display Name

• Manufacturer, Model, Device Description File

• Edit this Device Description File

• Use a different Device Description File

• Turn the Power on and off as Needed

• Energize a Relay

• Audio and Video Wires

• Add a Video Wire

• Wire the Speakers

• Wire to an Assignable Input

• Re-Assign an Assignable Input

• Control Wires

• IR Control

• Power Sync

• RS-232 Control

• Dropdown Screen

• Print the Schematic

• User Interfaces

• Open the Browser GUI

• Destiny remote control

• Test (very important)

• Open Check My Destiny

• Test the AV and Control Wires

• Test the Power Status Signals

• Test the Serial Controls

• Test the Remote Control
• Test the Range of the Remote Control