Setup Russound CAV 6.6

[seallred]

I just got my new Russound CAV 6.6 and got it all hooked up. Most everything seems to just work and I love it. Just a couple of things that I am sure I just haven't configured correctly. None of my Sources seem to be working. I am using the new FlatStyle CCF that's provided with NetRemote. I setup my sources in Girder using the DM Manager but what I see in NetRemote is "Source 1 1", "Source 2 2", etc. Plus if I select one it doesn't change. What am I doing wrong.

Thanks,

[Promixis]

Scott, make sure you have set the display name as well as name and location. Will ask Rob about the source selection - something is definitely wrong here.

[speedbump49]

I have the same issue reported by Scott.

[seallred]

Just thought I would post a few screenshots to show you what I am seeing.

Thanks,

[Promixis]

That's what I am seeing as well. Think some debug code leaked out. Lets see what Rob says.

[Rob H]

Hmm... I thought I'd fixed that bug a while ago - try this one

[Promixis]

fixed here

[seallred]

That seemed to fix it for me as well. On minor nit, when I change zones it doesn't automatically display the current source information. If I select the source or change the source then it updates.

Thanks for the help.

[speedbump49]

Yes fixed for me too. Thanks. Any news on a PPC version?
-mw

[seallred]

All of the sudden the Russound Plug-in is not working for me. I have rebooted my machine and I have tried to turn my CAV 6.6 on and off to see if either would fix it. Here is what I am seeing.

1) When I go into the Device Manager for configure Russound sources I noticed the status bounces back and forth between Ok and No Response. From Russound controller #1.

2) All the sources I had defined are gone.

3) I am seeing this in the Lua console:
Transport: .\Russound_RNET.lua:1528: attempt to index field `Settings' (a nil value)
stack traceback:
.\Russound_RNET.lua:1528: in function `GetSources'
.\Russound_RNET.lua:1040: in function `SetZoneInfo'
.\Russound_RNET.lua:1297: in function `ProcessMessage'
.\Russound_RNET.lua:1222: in function <.\Russound_RNET.lua:1203>

Over and over again.

Thanks,

[speedbump49]

My Russound plugin stopped working again too. It was working great, now not. I'm on build 521. The device is not found. What should I do?
-mw

[seallred]

Bump. Any idea what might be causing this. I even tried to re-install Girder, but still no luck.

[Rob H]

Not at present, I'll try to take a look at this tomorrow

[speedbump49]

After posting my problem last night, I seemed to have found the root cause of my specific problem. I noticed that Ron had posted a Russound Plug-in license extension.

As far as I know, prior to release 521, a Russound license was not needed. However, once I entered the license info, the Russound plug worked!

I'm not sure if this is the same issue as Scott's problem. For Scott, have you confirmed your baud rate is set correctly in Windows device manager?

[seallred]

Thanks for the tip, I did verify the configuration of my serial port. It is 19,200, 8,N,1. My license key is still valid as well. Still getting the errors I described in the previous post in the Lua Console.

The only things I can think of that have changed on my Girder machine is I updated J-River and then when I started seeing these errors I re-installed Girder. I can't think of anything else that changed.

Thanks,

[speedbump49]

Scott, Another suggestion. I doubled checked my serial setup, and I have the FIFO buffers check box turned "off". Its in the Advanced area of Windows Device Manager. I hope this helps.
-mw

[seallred]

Scott, Another suggestion. I doubled checked my serial setup, and I have the FIFO buffers check box turned "off". Its in the Advanced area of Windows Device Manager. I hope this helps.
-mw

Thanks for the additional tip. I had this on, so I turned it off but still getting the same errors in the Lua console. I even tried to recycle the power on my CAV 6.6 unit after changing the settings, still no luck.

Thanks,

[seallred]

Bump. Still no luck, have been trying all kinds of things. Here is the latest output from the lua console.

control missing: notice
TreeScript (golua): ... Files\Promixis\Girder5\/plugins/treescript/init.lua:179: Control not found group
stack traceback:
[C]: in function `assert'
... Files\Promixis\Girder5\/plugins/treescript/init.lua:179: in function `?'
...romixis\Girder5\luascript\Classes/DUI/ConfigEdit.lua:130: in function `SetupControlsForMode'
...romixis\Girder5\luascript\Classes/DUI/ConfigEdit.lua:112: in function `SetMode'
...is\Girder5\luascript\Classes/DUI/ConfigComponent.lua:99: in function `OnShow'
...s\Girder5\/plugins/treescript/CallerIDHandler UI.lua:155: in function `OnShow'
...romixis\Girder5\luascript\Classes/DUI/ConfigBase.lua:32: in function <...romixis\Girder5\luascript\Classes/DUI/ConfigBase.lua:28>
TreeScript (golua): ...mixis\Girder5\/plugins/treescript/MediaBridge UI.lua:132: attempt to call method `GetCurrentZone' (a nil value)
stack traceback:
...mixis\Girder5\/plugins/treescript/MediaBridge UI.lua:132: in function `UpdateControls'
...is\Girder5\luascript\Classes/DUI/ConfigComponent.lua:73: in function `OnComponentEnable'
...is\Girder5\luascript\Classes/DUI/ConfigComponent.lua:97: in function `OnShow'
...mixis\Girder5\/plugins/treescript/MediaBridge UI.lua:185: in function `OnShow'
...romixis\Girder5\luascript\Classes/DUI/ConfigBase.lua:32: in function <...romixis\Girder5\luascript\Classes/DUI/ConfigBase.lua:28>
TreeScript (golua): ...gram Files\Promixis\Girder5\\luascript\Additions.lua:37 4: bad argument #1 to `getn' (table expected, got nil)
stack traceback:
[C]: in function `getn'
...gram Files\Promixis\Girder5\\luascript\Additions.lua:37 4: in function `load'
...ogram Files\Promixis\Girder5\luascript\girconfig.lua:136 : in function `ReadConfigTable'
.\Russound_RNET.lua:959: in function <.\Russound_RNET.lua:861>
(tail call): ?
(tail call): ?
...gram Files\Promixis\Girder5\/plugins/serial/init.lua:1646: in function `DeviceInitialize'
...Promixis\Girder5\/plugins/treescript/Russound UI.lua:202: in function <...Promixis\Girder5\/plugins/treescript/Russound UI.lua:180>
Transport: .\Russound_RNET.lua:1528: attempt to index field `Settings' (a nil value)
stack traceback:
.\Russound_RNET.lua:1528: in function `GetSources'
.\Russound_RNET.lua:1040: in function `SetZoneInfo'
.\Russound_RNET.lua:1297: in function `ProcessMessage'
.\Russound_RNET.lua:1222: in function <.\Russound_RNET.lua:1203>
TreeScript (golua): .\Russound_RNET.lua:1533: attempt to index field `Settings' (a nil value)
stack traceback:
.\Russound_RNET.lua:1533: in function `SetSources'
...Promixis\Girder5\/plugins/treescript/Russound UI.lua:219: in function <...Promixis\Girder5\/plugins/treescript/Russound UI.lua:180>
Transport: .\Russound_RNET.lua:1528: attempt to index field `Settings' (a nil value)

I have also noticed that the RussoundRNET.cfg is empty. At one point I had this defined and it was all working fine.

As a reminder, in the Russound Component Manager I get a status that toggles between "Ok." and "No Response. from Russound controller #1".

Any ideas?

Thanks,

[seallred]

More... I just finished testing my serial connection using Docklight Software used to test serial communications. I was able to successfully connect to my CAV 6.6 and send a serial command to turn zone 1 off when it was on.

This should prove that my connection is good.

Thanks,

[seallred]

I got it working again, but I had to re-install Girder under a different user and in a different directory on the same home automation box I have been having problems with. I would really like to know how to fix my original install because that is were I have all my other home automation stuff running that Girder is driving. This includes 37 Insteon devices that I don't want to have go through the setup process again. I did try to copy over some of the Insteon config files from the original install of Girder and that got some of my Insteon stuff working but for some reason it didn't get all the Location Descriptions.

Any help with this would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

[Rob H]

I was about to suggest a reinstall.

Sounds as though the first time you installed it for just the one user rather than all users.

If you take a look in c:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\Promixis\Girder\5\Config you should see all your old config files which you should be able to copy over to the new config directory.

[seallred]

I was about to suggest a reinstall.

Sounds as though the first time you installed it for just the one user rather than all users.

If you take a look in c:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\Promixis\Girder\5\Config you should see all your old config files which you should be able to copy over to the new config directory.

Thanks for the info, I was actually planning on doing that just was afraid that by doing so I would just bring along the problem I was having in the other environment. Also, is it a recommended practice to install to all users? This was kind of nice because I was able to trouble shoot the problem by just installing as another user. I had already tried to reinstall over the top of the current install and that didn't help.

Thanks,

[Rob H]

It sounds as though your other install may have an old version of a file - I think the normal RussSound is supplied precompiled - you may have a Russound-work.lua file somewhere.

[seallred]

Background: To fix a problem I was having where the Russound plugin was give me the errors I have described earlier in this thread and pasted at the bottom of this not as a reminder. I reinstalled Girder as a different user on the same machine. My oringinal install had not installed across all users just a specific account. That fixed it for a while but today I experience the same problem after rebooting my Home Automation server. I started seeing these errors again and the keep repeating every so many seconds.

x10-work
Welcome to Promixis Girder 5.0.0 build 521
Serial Error: ... Files\Promixis\Girder5Test\\luascript\Additions.lu a:374: bad argument #1 to `getn' (table expected, got nil)
stack traceback:
[C]: in function `getn'
... Files\Promixis\Girder5Test\\luascript\Additions.lu a:374: in function `load'
...m Files\Promixis\Girder5Test\luascript\girconfig.lua :136: in function `ReadConfigTable'
.\Russound_RNET.lua:959: in function <.\Russound_RNET.lua:861>
(tail call): ?
(tail call): ?
... Files\Promixis\Girder5Test\/plugins/serial/init.lua:1646: in function `DeviceInitialize'
... Files\Promixis\Girder5Test\/plugins/serial/init.lua:1507: in function <... Files\Promixis\Girder5Test\/plugins/serial/init.lua:1503>
Transport: .\Russound_RNET.lua:1528: attempt to index field `Settings' (a nil value)
stack traceback:
.\Russound_RNET.lua:1528: in function `GetSources'
.\Russound_RNET.lua:1040: in function `SetZoneInfo'
.\Russound_RNET.lua:1297: in function `ProcessMessage'
.\Russound_RNET.lua:1222: in function <.\Russound_RNET.lua:1203>
Transport: .\Russound_RNET.lua:1528: attempt to index field `Settings' (a nil value)
stack traceback:
.\Russound_RNET.lua:1528: in function `GetSources'
.\Russound_RNET.lua:1040: in function `SetZoneInfo'
.\Russound_RNET.lua:1297: in function `ProcessMessage'
.\Russound_RNET.lua:1222: in function <.\Russound_RNET.lua:1203>
TreeScript (golua): ...5Test\luascript\Classes/DUI/ConfigComponentApply.lua:74: attempt to index field `notice' (a nil value)
stack traceback:
...5Test\luascript\Classes/DUI/ConfigComponentApply.lua:74: in function `OnComponentEnable'
...5Test\luascript\Classes/DUI/ConfigComponentApply.lua:102: in function `OnShow'
...s\Girder5Test\/plugins/treescript/ConfigFiles UI.lua:39: in function `OnShow'
...xis\Girder5Test\luascript\Classes/DUI/ConfigBase.lua:32: in function <...xis\Girder5Test\luascript\Classes/DUI/ConfigBase.lua:28>

After digging a bit I noticed that the RussoundRNET.cfg file was empty. So I did the following:
1. Shutdown Girder.
2. Backed up the config file and then deleted it hoping Girder will recreate it.
3. Restarted Girder
4. No errors.
5. Go to the Russound device manager and re-enter my sources.

Then I was back in business.

I was able to reproduce with the following steps:
1. Stop Girder
2. Open the RussoundRNET.cfg file (after backing it up)
3. Delete everything in the file and save it.
4. Restart Grider
5. I see the errors again and Russound doesn't work
6. Stop Girder
7. Open the RussoundRNET.cfg file
8. Replace with information in backup file
9. Restart Girder
10. Everything works again.

Hope that gives you info to fix. Not sure why the RussoundRNET.cfg file is getting trashed occasionally.

Thanks,

[Rob H]

Interesting - were the backup files in the config directory okay?

I'll take a look at the code that updates the config files to see if I can see where a problem might lie.

At the very least it should probably attempt to recover from the backup files.

[speedbump49]

Scott, What OS are you running?

[seallred]

Windows XP Professional SP2

Thanks,

[Mortie]

Hi,

The numbering postfix bug is back in 2.0.0.99.
The case where all Russound sources are being postfixed with a counter from 1 to six in the flatstyle ccf.
http://www.promixis.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=3851&d=1182307149

Regards,
Morten

[Rob H]

Use the CCF that's further up in this thread - looks like it didn't get updated in the install. Thanks for letting us know.

[seallred]

I purchased Girder 5 Whole Home Pro on 8/23/2007 and the license for the Russound Plugin has expired. For the life of me I cannot find where I go to either get a new license key or to purchase the plugin. Can you help?

Thanks

[Ron]

Contact sales@promixis.com, they'll help you out.