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WD TV Live IP Driver for Control4

Version: 1.0.0

Filename: mediaplayer_WDTVLIVE_IP.c4i

Release date: 04/19/2014

Introduction

This driver enables IP control of mediaplayer from Western Digital, models Live and Play. It replaces ordinary bug IR drivers.

IP control is considerably better than IR control due to its reliability, avoiding complains from the customer about buggy IR communications.



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Features

The driver provides remote control of the WD TV using applications from Control4 as MyHomePC, MyHome for iOS and Android.

Recommendations

A list of short recommendations to make it a better experience of using this driver.

1) Use Ethernet cable for connection. Wi-‐fi can create problems of communication between Control4 and WD (set static IP always);

2) Assign shortcuts to the numbers of remote control (check following topics in this manual) 3) Do not power off the WD to control ON/OFF using a relay for instance. When WD starts from

cold boot, it takes longer to start up. Tell the user to use the default red button to start it up (you can change it if you want).

Limitations

This driver has the following limitations:

1. No power discrete codes. WD TV Live don’t have discrete ON and OFF codes. This issue makes difficult for Control4 to understand when the device is ON or OFF. To power on or power off the device this driver is configured to use the RED BUTTON. The user must turn on/off manually. You can change to another button by changing the properties of the driver.

2. Mute toggle cannot be identified by Control4 as WD TV do not have discrete codes for that. But the mute button will work property.

3. Models supported: WD TV Live and WD TV Play.

Test before install

You should test this driver on your shop before install on customer’s site. The installation is straightforward. In case of need for support, please contact us on your helpdesk.



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Installing the Driver

First off all, make sure the WD TV Media player has static IP address

The driver communicates directly with the media player through the TCP/IP Network. Make sure that you have set up a static IP address for the media player. Otherwise if the IP changes, the driver cannot connect to the media player. You can set this directly on the media player or in the router by setting the MAC Address of media player in the router’s configuration.

Add the driver to your project In Composer go to the menu named Driver à Add Driver, and select the file that you have received in this package named “mediaplayer_WDTVLIVE_IP.c4i”

Then you need to add the driver to your project.



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Making Connections

FROM THIS POINT ONWARDS YOU WILL NEED TO HAVE PURCHASED AND ACTIVATED THE DRIVER IN ORDER TO SEE THE DRIVER WORKING. REMEMBER YOU CAN ALWAYS RUN A 24 HOURS TRIAL.

Initial Setup All necessary is to enter license key and make settings if necessary.

Enter the License Key on the proper text box. The license status will change to OK is the key is correct. If you are running on TRIAL mode you have a fully functional driver for 24 hours. It will appear something like 24 HOUR TRIAL -‐ Started at: Wed Nov 28 17:18:21 2013, remember that you should register before it expires.



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Remote configuration

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WD Shortcuts Setup

It is possible to assign buttons to create a shortcut to the required service or any WD menu using the WD Setup for it.

Follow the procedure in WD:

1) Go to Setup Screen, Press OK

2) Go to Operation, Press OK



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3) Go to Remote Settings, Press OK

4) Select the button that you want to assign a service or shortcut, press OK

5) Select a service or any item indicated and press OK



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6) The setup is finished, you have set the number or colored buttons to the service (in this example, number 1 will start the Netflix service). Test it by pressing the assigned button in the Control4 user interface to start the service in WD.

OBS: by default, the red button in Control4 is assigned to Power Toggle; you can change it in the Composer driver’s properties

Example of services:

Netflix, AccuWeather, ADC, AOL HD, Asian Crush, Bolly Mistures, CommedyTime, Creeoster Channel, DailyMotion, Deezer, euronews, Facebook, Flickr, Flixter, etc.

Driver’s parameters

License Key: type your license key given by Control4 Dealer to register the driver.

License Status: show status of the licensing of this driver in your system.

Driver Version: show the current driver’s version

Control4 MAC Address: current MAC address of Control4 controller.

Driver Information: show information about the driver functioning.

WD TV IP Address: set the IP address of the mediaplayer that you want to control.

RED BUTTON to STAR BUTTON: set command for the colored button.

Debug Mode: you can use this parameter when you are facing problems with the driver. With this you can see what the driver is doing under the LUA tab.

Queue Speed (milliseconds): delay in milliseconds between each command sent to the mediaplayer. The default 50ms is enough for the regular network, but in some cases you must change that.

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