(October 29, 2020) BluOS has announced new technology initiatives with two big names in the world of residential integration. Beginning today, URC’s award-winning Total Control residential and commercial automation platform can be integrated with BluOS. The result is two-way control of high-definition audio streaming to BluOS enabled products, including Bluesound, Bluesound Professional, NAD, DALI, and Monitor Audio, via Total Control.
“URC is always innovating and supporting the Custom Installation market and their most recent innovation in supporting high definition audio products completely aligns to our values,” says Andrew Haines, BluOS Product Manager. “We appreciate their support and guidance on developing a robust and feature-rich module that delivers what dealers and customers need.”
Integrators will find several innovations, including:
- Macro integration via two-way module commands and automation capabilities with Device Events
- Compatibility with any Total Control or Total Control Flex system
- Ability to assign a different Default Player to any/each interface
- Discovery and display of all supported BluOS devices in the system
- Source distribution such as a NODE 2i Wireless Multi-Room Hi-Res Music Streamer which can be connected as a source to HDA amplifiers for streaming throughout the entire system
- Ability to generously configure and control macros and user settings
BluOS also announced Crestron certification of its newly released BluOS Media Player Driver v1.0.1. The driver, along with BluOS Public API, gives Crestron integrator access to a content-rich user interface with controls such as browse and search. It also offers support for programmatic control of the player transport, volume, and preset recall, while streamlining the setup process.
“The new BluOS Crestron Media Player Driver is a large leap forward in our ability to integrate BluOS with Crestron in a way that offers end users a level of control and browse capabilities similar to what would likely be used in the BluOS app,” said Joe de Jesus, Product Manager, Custom Installation Lenbrook International.
Key features of the BluOS Media Player Driver include:
- Support for Bluesound, Bluesound Professional and NAD products.
- Automatic player discovery and static IP settings.
- Now playing information, playback controls, play queue management, source selection (including analog, optical, coaxial and HDMI auxiliary inputs), content browsing, searching and preset selection.
- Programmatic control to now playing information, playback controls and preset selection.
- Support for all BluOS languages.
Integrators can download the Media Play Driver in the Crestron Application Market or by visiting supported products on NAD’s website.
