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HAL SYSTEM DESIGN GUIDE Stardraw Control Systems Guide This guide, includes an introduction to using external control systems with HAL. It also discusses an example HAL1 configuration and an example Stardraw Control application and driver that communicates with a Halogen/HAL Control Server. In addition, an appendix is included with reference information on the HAL external control message protocol and how to use a telnet client to monitor and troubleshoot the operation of a control system at the message protocol level. The guide is designed to be used in conjunction with the files found in the Stardraw Control Support Package. The contents of this support package include: l StardrawControlSystems_Guide.pdf - The Stardraw Control Guide pdf file l ControlSystemSample.hal - Halogen configuration file intended for loading in Halogen or your HAL1x l HAL1 Stardraw Example Project.s03 - Stardraw Control Project l HAL1 Example Driver.cs - Stardraw HAL1 driver source code. This is part of the Stardraw Control Project but is included separately here for reference. The Stardraw Control Support Package is installed with the Halogen software and can be accessed from the Windows Start Menu under Halogen -> Guides. If you want to access the files directly they are available on the product DVD or from the Halogen install directory: l C:\Program Files (x86)\Rane Corporation\Halogen\Guides\Support Packages\Stardraw Control directory You can also download the most up-to-date version of this support package from the Rane website (http://rane.com/hal). Getting Started So you've won your bid and you're ready to get started! Following are the recommended steps for learning what you should know and do before beginning your design: 1. Perform your initial product research, learning about the system's hardware components and the basics of how the software works. "Introduction to the HAL System" on page 8 is a good place to start. Be sure to review the "Recommended Workflow for Creating a HAL System" on page 165 to get a general sense of the HAL System design process. If you have ever used Rane's Drag Net product, you may want to review "Transitioning from Drag Net" on page 179. 2. Familiarize yourself with the key audio design features of the HAL System. Do this now-BEFORE you begin your design! You could save yourself days of time-really! The HAL System includes some tremendous time savers that you could miss out on if you simply jump in and create your system using lastcentury techniques. These key areas include: l Distributed Program Bus-Talk about a time saver! If you need background music in your installation, simply wire the background music channels to a single block called a Distributed Program Bus and, voila, these channels automatically appear in your zones (as long as you use a Zone Processor or Room Combine Processor to create your zones). See "About the Distributed Program Bus" on page 94 for more information. l Zone Processor-Need to create an audio zone with background music and paging? The Zone Processor block supplies all you need (with some help from the Distributed Program Bus and the Paging System). See "About Zone Processing" on page 96 for more information. 6

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Stardraw Control Systems Guide
This guide, includes an introduction to using external control systems with HAL. It also discusses an exam-
ple HAL1 configuration and an example Stardraw Control application and driver that communicates with a
Halogen/HAL Control Server. In addition, an appendix is included with reference information on the
HAL external control message protocol and how to use a telnet client to monitor and troubleshoot the oper-
ation of a control system at the message protocol level.
The guide is designed to be used in conjunction with the files found in the Stardraw Control Support Pack-
age. The contents of this support package include:
l
StardrawControlSystems_Guide.pdf - The Stardraw Control Guide pdf file
l
ControlSystemSample.hal - Halogen configuration file intended for loading in Halogen or your
HAL1x
l
HAL1 Stardraw Example Project.s03 - Stardraw Control Project
l
HAL1 Example Driver.cs - Stardraw HAL1 driver source code. This is part of the Stardraw Control
Project but is included separately here for reference.
The Stardraw Control Support Package is installed with the Halogen software and can be accessed from the
Windows Start Menu under Halogen -> Guides. If you want to access the files directly they are available on
the product DVD or from the Halogen install directory:
l
C:\Program Files (x86)\Rane Corporation\Halogen\Guides\Support Packages\Stardraw Control direc-
tory
You can also download the most up-to-date version of this support package from the Rane website
(http://rane.com/hal).
Getting Started
So you've won your bid and you're ready to get started! Following are the recommended steps for learning what
you should know and do before beginning your design:
1.
Perform your initial product research, learning about the system's hardware components and the basics of
how the software works. "Introduction to the HAL System" on page 8 is a good place to start. Be sure to
review the "Recommended Workflow for Creating a HAL System" on page 165 to get a general sense of
the HAL System design process. If you have ever used Rane's Drag Net product, you may want to review
"Transitioning from Drag Net" on page 179.
2.
Familiarize yourself with the key audio design features of the HAL System. Do this now—
BEFORE
you
begin your design! You could save yourself days of time—really! The HAL System includes some tre-
mendous time savers that you could miss out on if you simply jump in and create your system using
last-
century
techniques. These key areas include:
l
Distributed Program Bus
—Talk about a time saver! If you need background music in your instal-
lation, simply wire the background music channels to a single block called a Distributed Program
Bus and, voila, these channels automatically appear in your zones (as long as you use a Zone Proc-
essor or Room Combine Processor to create your zones). See "About the Distributed Program Bus"
on page 94 for more information.
l
Zone Processor
—Need to create an audio zone with background music and paging? The Zone
Processor block supplies all you need (with some help from the Distributed Program Bus and the
Paging System). See "About Zone Processing" on page 96 for more information.
HAL SYSTEM DESIGN GUIDE
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