Certified Copyright 2015 Control4 Corporation. All Rights Reserved. QNAP QNAP NAS HD Station NAS HD Station Control4 11/01/2013 12:00 06/19/2017 12:00 106 lua_gen DriverWorks Control4 certified on 1/19/2016 for software released versions: 2.8.0 CONTROL4 DRIVER FOR QNAP HD STATION NAS This driver enables IP control of the QNAP media players. It provides control of the QNAP OSD and the XBMC/KODI media player, if installed. The driver enables automatic playback of movies scanned into the Control4 media database. It is also compatible with the My Movies collection management driver. ---------------------------------- HARDWARE SETUP - Connect to the NAS using its web interface. - Ensure that the HD Station App (HybridDesk) is loaded on the NAS. If not then download it from the QNAP App Center which you access via the NAS web interface. It is a free download. - Open HD Station - Ensure that XBMC/KODI is installed in HD Station. If not, download and install it from the NAS web interface. It is a free download. - Create a user (other than admin) and set the 'Multimedia' option to RW (in Control Panel / Privilege Settings / Users / Action / Edit Shared Folder Permission). This user is dedicated for controlling the HD Station. - The driver provides limited support of the You Tube application among others, which can be downloaded to HD Station if desired. - The driver cannot control Chrome. You will require a keyboard and mouse connected to the NAS in order to use Chrome. ---------------------------------- USING XBMC/KODI NOTE: YOU WILL REQUIRE A MOUSE OR KEYBOARD FOR INITIAL CONFIGURATION! In order to enable the driver to fully control XBMC/KODI and launch movies you must first open XBMC/KODI and modify settings. The default media player app is QNAP HD Player (TS-x51, TS-x53, TS-x70, TVS-x71, TVS-ECx80 Series). This can be changed to XBMC/KODI in the Driver Properties. If you use XBMC V12, V13 or KODI V14, then navigate to the System / Settings / Services / Remote Control, activate 'Allow programs on other systems to control XBMC' If you have XBMC V11 (TS-x69 Series), then navigate to the System / Settings / Network / Services, activate 'Allow programs on other systems to control XBMC' Also ensure that under Settings / System / Input Devices, that 'Remote control sends keyboard presses' is enabled. ---------------------------------- SOFTWARE SETUP - Ensure the QNAP player either has a static IP address or receives the same IP address from the router using a MAC based reservation. - Install HD Station on the NAS and enable those applications you require such as XBMC/KODI. - Record the MAC address of the network port you are connected to on the NAS. The MAC address must be entered manually into the Drivers Properties. - Record the username and password you created for controlling the system. These are also entered manually into the Drivers Properties. - On the Connections Network page, verify that the QNAP NAS is identified. Either adding the driver from the discovered tab, or dragging and dropping the MAC address in the Connections page, Network tab. - In order to receive updates on the number of media files present on the NAS you must enter the MAC address of the NAS manually into the Drivers Properties. - The Query Interval is measured in seconds. This is the time between automatic media scans. - In order to automatically login to HD Station, you must enter the username and password that you created for controlling the system. - Make the video connections to the other elements of your system. - Refresh the Navigators ---------------------------------- DRIVER PROPERTIES - Driver Version: Displays current version. - Control4 MAC Address: Displays directors MAC address. - Driver Information: Displays critical information. - Debug Mode: Set debug mode to on/off. - QNAP MAC Address: Manually enter the MAC address of the connected network port. - Query Interval: Value between 30 seconds and 36000 seconds. - Default Player: Movies will be played with the selected app. - Username: This is the username used to log into the HD Station app. - Password: This is the password used to log into the HD Station app. ---------------------------------- CUSTOM PROGRAMMING There a number of custom programming opportunities with the driver: * Content Monitoring Variables are set with the total of each media type stored on the NAS. You can add programming to rescan the Control4 database when these values change. Variables for the time of the last change both in text form and 'seconds from epoch' are also available, but use the media type variable to trigger scans. * App Launching There is an action which enables you to list all of the Apps installed on HD Station. If you want to launch one of these apps in programming, make a note of the EXACT name of the app. Then use the custom programming command 'Launch App' with the app name. This method can be used to always launch XBMC/KODI when the HD Station is selected. ---------------------------------- LIMITATIONS - In XBMC the menu button will launch the XBMC menu not a disk menu. An item needs to be selected from the menu to exit. This follows the normal XBMC operation. - Changing the Default Player requires that the old app be closed first. The new app will not close the old app when a movie is selected, instead the old app will open and the movie will not start. - When launching apps from programming, a space in the name of the app sometimes requires a back slash before the space. \ ---------------------------------- CONTACT INFORMATION Website: http://www.qnap.com Phone: (909) 595-2782 ---------------------------------- CHANGELOG 1.0.6 Documentation update. 1.0.5 Documentation update. 1.0.4 Bug fixed, documentation update. 1.0.3 Add HD Station auto login mechanism into driver. 1.0.2 Release to QNAP 1.0.1 Enhanced instructions to configure XBMC for use with the driver. 1.0.0 Initial release Driver Version STRING true Control4 MAC Address STRING false Driver Information Set IP Address on Connections Network Tab STRING true Debug Mode LIST Off On Off false QNAP MAC Address STRING false Query Interval RANGED_INTEGER 30 36000 600 false Default Player LIST HDPlayer KODI HDPlayer false Username STRING false Password STRING false true Launch App Launch Apps PARAM1 on NAME App Name STRING Init HD Station State Init Audio/Video media_player 5001 2 MEDIA_PLAYER False False MEDIA_PLAYER 2000 5 AV Out False True HDMI 2001 6 True Digital Media Storage 5 True False False False True True DIGITAL_MEDIA_STORAGE 7000 7 AV Out Audio/Video End-Point False True AUDIO_VOLUME AUDIO_SELECTION VIDEO_SELECTION 6001 1 Ethernet 4 True False False True TCP 5583 True True True media_player ip qnap:media_player:nas Control4 certified on 1/19/2016 for software released versions: 2.8.0