Program a button to add a room to another room’s music session
Use the Programming view to use a keypad button to play music in additional rooms.
Example: The example in this section uses a 6-Button Keypad for the Theater room. When you press Button 3, music starts playing in the Bedroom as well as the Theater room.
Prerequisites
- Ensure that a 2, 3, or 6-Button Keypad is installed as directed in the Control4 2, 3, or 6 Button Keypad Installation Guide.
- Ensure that your project has an audio end point, such as Speaker Point, added and identified on the network.
To program a button to add another room's music session:
- Start Composer Pro and connect to a Director.
- Click Programming.
- In Programming on the Device Events pane, select the 6-Button Keypad.
- In the 6-Button Keypad Events pane, press Button 3, and then select the Press radio button.
- In the Device Actions pane, select Digital Media.
- Click the Commands tab.
- Use the pull-down menu to select the Theater room as the Selected Room. Select the Add Rooms radio button.
- Check the box next to Bedroom to indicate that this is the room that is going to join the music session.
- Drag the green arrow in the Digital Audio Actions pane to the Script pane.
- Click Execute.