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New Sonos, Genie & Overhead, Blustream SW41, VISCA PTZ Drivers. Updated Philips Hue, RTI VIP-UHD Drivers.

Date 07/17/2023

New Drivers

Sonos v4.0 (Works with Sonos Verified)

Version 4.0 of the driver has undergone certification by Sonos. This means Sonos has tested the driver on RTI hardware to ensure it meets their requirements for both functionally and reliability.

Sonos has been ubiquitous in the market for two decades now as the gold standard in music streaming for the home and small business.  Carefully thought-out products allow you to build a music system tailored to your clients’ needs that suit them, and their surroundings.  RTI Control’s integration driver for Sonos, allows you to take Sonos to the next level for your clients and integrate Sonos into their home’s day to day automation routines.  With Sonos’s on the network approach, you can easily build for your client a powerful and robust, IP based audio matrix streaming system with full control through RTI.

Driver features include:

  • Works with Sonos certified.
  • Volume control of individual players and, group volume with full feedback for mute and volume levels.
  • The ability to route externally connected AV sources from one player to any other player.
  • Full transport control for players and groups including feedback metadata for Cover art, Artist/Track/Album, elapsed time etc.
  • The ability to browse and play any Sonos stored favourites and playlists from simple scrolling lists.
  • Control over Home Theatre options in supported players including night mode and speech enhancement.
  • A pre-built user interface for each Sonos player added to the system is included in the Coral template of the RTI Integration Designer 11 software.  Simply add the player and the user interface is automatically built for you.
  • Easily group players together from within the RTI interface, allowing your clients to group their Sonos zones together however they wish all from within the RTI user interface.
  • The powerful events-based interface within the driver and Integration Designer 11 allows you to automate your client’s system based on condition change feedback from the Sonos system.

Sonos Driver GUI

Sonos Driver GUI

Download New Sonos Driver

 

Genie & Overhead Door v1.1

Genie manufacturers a full line of Wi-Fi enabled garage door openers powered by Aladdin Connect to be controlled within RTI smart home control systems from RTI remotes, touchpanels, and mobile apps.

  • Open and close multiple garage doors.
  • Status feedback of garage door position.
  • Works with Aladdin Connect enabled Genie and Overhead Door garage door operators.

Genie & Overhead Door Driver GUI

Download New Genie & Overhead Driver

 

Blustream SW41 Series v1.0

This driver provides IP and RS-232 control of the SW41HDBT (IP & RS-232) and SW41AB-V2 (RS-232 only).  The SW41HDBT is a 4 input/ 1 output 4K 60Hz 4:4:4 HDBaseT™ / HDMI Switch, and the SW41ABV2 is a 4 input/1 output 4K 60Hz 4:4:4 HDMI Switch.

  • All relevant commands and information are available, see driver instructions for details.

Download New Blustream SW41 Series Driver

 

VISCA PTZ Cameras v1.0

VISCA is a professional camera control protocol for controlling PTZ cameras over serial (RS-232) or IP. The protocol was developed by Sony and is used by many of the world’s top PTZ  camera manufacturers.

  • All relevant commands have been included along with feedback.
  • Up to 127 Presets.
  • For full list of commands, see the driver instructions.

Download New VISCA PTZ Cameras Driver

 

Driver Updates

Philips Hue Lighting System v2.12

Update fixes two field issues that were escalated to the driver team.

  • Hub discovery issue. ID 11.3 or later required.
  • Driver states it is connecting, but can’t pull over commands, light names, or any account information.

Download Updated Philips Hue Driver

 

RTI VIP-UHD-CTRL v1.03

Updated to work with XP Processor FW 23.5.11 or later.

Download Updated RTI VIP-UHD-CTRL Driver

 

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