1.1 – IntelliFile3 now allows the system programmer to configure an IntelliControl ICS system with multiple HT-MSU controlled theaters. Please see the IntelliControl ICS System Design Guide Volume 2 for detailed information on the design and integration of theater systems with the IntelliControl ICS Integrated Control Solutions products.

1.1.1 – A Niles Home Theater Main System Unit (HT-MSU) can now be assigned to a zone of an IntelliControl ICS Modular MultiZone receiver (GXR2), thereby creating a Theater Zone on the GXR2 and allowing the installer to “share” all of the IntelliControl ICS sources through one audio connection to the home theater receiver.

1.1.2 – The IntelliControl ICS system architecture supports creating audio/video distributed system with up to 30 zones, including up to 4 Theater Zones with seamless control options for the end user.

1.1.3 – When creating a new home theater configuration that contains multiple Theater Zones, there will be two progress bars to indicate how far along the programmer is with each individual theater configuration, as well as indicating the overall theater configuration progress

1.1.4 – After transferring a multiple theater configuration, the emulation/test screen now allows the programmer to chose which of the Theater Zones to test functionality.

1.2 – IntelliFile3 now gives the programmer the ability to “Load and Save” favorites for faster configuration of the following source cards: TM-AM/FM, TM-XM, TM-Sirius, TM-HD/R and IM-Audio.

1.3 – Firmware Update now allows an installer to manually change an iRemote RF Base to Master or Repeater without having to transfer a new configuration.

1.3.1 – This feature is accessed via the "Update Manually" button from the Firmware Update 2.0 main screen. The programmer just right-clicks on an iRemote Base in the list and then manually changes it to either a Master or Repeater RF base.

1.4 – IntelliFile3 has changed the default "Power-on Dead Time" settings for faster operations with theaters that are using audio/video sources that have discrete Power ON and OFF commands.

1.4.1 – The default "Power-on Dead Time" for the IR controlled TV and Home Theater Receiver has been changed to 1 second each from their original 2 seconds each.

1.4.2 – The default "Power-on Dead Time" for the IR controlled sources 1-6 has been changed to 0 seconds each from their original 2 seconds each.

1.4.3 – The "Power-on Dead Time" can still be manually changed from the "Extended Programming" screens of IntelliFile3.

1.5 – IntelliFile3 now has the ability for the programmer to create a Master Key on an iRemoteTS for a home theater source that has no Function Keys. Additionally, the programmer can provide the end-user with on-screen text for display on an iRemoteTS detailing operation of said source when that source is selected.

1.6 – IntelliFile3 has two new system reports that can be generated and printed as needed that detail the customer MultiZone and Theater configurations.

1.6.1 – These reports are generated by clicking on the Tools button on the tool bar of IntelliFile3.

1.6.2 – These reports are generated in both .txt and .csv formats and are compatible with most word processing and spreadsheet programs. Additionally, these reports are extremely small allowing them to be attached to emails for troubleshooting system designs.

USER INTERFACE DEVICES

2.1 – A ll IntelliControl ICS user interfaces have improved overall operat ion, including:

2.1.1 – Allowing multiple Theater Zone operation.

2.1.2 – Resolved Firmware Update issue resulting in the wrong firmware being installed into the user-interface.

iC2 System

2.2 – The Niles iC2 system has improved overall operation, including:

2.2.1 – Resolved Press and Hold Feature that resulted in only Master Keys 1 and 2 being able to perform a “Press and Hold” function. Now all Master Keys (1-8) on an iC2 system can be programmed to perform a “Press and Hold” function.

RS-2323G

2.3 – RS232G has improved overall operation, including:

2.3.1 – Resolved Firmware Update issue resulting in the wrong firmware being installed into the RS-232G.

SOURCE CARDS

2.4 – IM-iPod and IM-iCard2 have resolved the speed at which they report back when no iPod is connected.

2.5 – IM-Server Escient® card has improved overall operation, including:

2.5.1 – Resolved "Empty Library" issue when accessing Playlists feature of Escient music server.

2.5.2 – Fixed Shuffle Mode operational bug caused when the music server is in Random Title mode and the zone is paused. The music server no longer toggles back to the Random Group mode.

2.6 – IM-Server DMS4 card has improved overall operation, including:

2.6.1 – Improved speed when accessing menus.

RF BASES

2.7 – RFG has improved overall operation, including:

2.7.1 – Allowing multiple Theater Zone operation.

2.7.2 – Resolved Firmware Update issue resulting in the wrong firmware being installed into the RF base.

HT-MSU

2.8 – HT-MSU has improved overall operation, including:

2.8.1 – Allowing multiple Theater Zone operation.

GXR2

2.9 – GXR2 has improved overall operation, including:

2.9.1 – Allowing multiple Theater Zone operation.

2.9.2 – Resolved Linked Zones with Volume Linking issue resulting in the mute control working incorrectly on the last zone of a group. The mute now works correctly on all grouped/volume-linked zones.

IntelliFile3

2.10 – IntelliFile3 has improved overall operation, including:

2.10.1 – Allowing multiple Theater Zone operation and configuration when at least one HT-MSU is detected.

FIRMWARE UPDATE

2.11 – ICS Firmware Update has improved overall operation, including:

2.11.1 – Resolved Firmware Update issue that resulted in newly updated devices not reporting back after their update and the Automatic Firmware update to “Loop” requiring you to perform the update a second time.

2.11.2 – Improvements made to discovery progress bar. The progress bar will now indicate constant activity until discovery is completed.

2.11.3 – Manual Firmware Update mode now allows the resetting of a GXR2 MACID even if lower case letters are used.

2.11.5 – New feature has been added to manual Firmware update allowing the setting of iRemote Bases (RBX-1) to be set as Master or Repeater RF Bases.

LIBRARY MANAGER

2.12 – Library Manager has improved overall operation, including:

2.12.1 – Resolved a “Save As” issue resulting in an error when saving an RS-232 file to the Library. "Save" and "Save As" now work correctly when saving an RS-232 device to the library.

3.1 – The TV Array feature does not work when multiple HT-MSU controlled theaters are configured. The TV Array feature does work when configured in a system where there is only one HT-MSU controlled theater. The TV array feature of the HT-MSU requires the use of a companion Niles PAR-4 Simplified IR router to allow the HT-MSU to automate control over a TV array consisting of 2 to 8 identical televisions that have discrete power on and off codes.

3.2 – When converting an existing IntelliControl ICS system that includes one HT-MSU controlled theater to a multiple theater configuration where the HT-MSU controlled theaters are assigned to GXR2 zones, it is required to configure the HT-MSU from the beginning.