I have an ISY99IR and a Russound CAA66, but this is a more general serial port related question.

 

I would like to use the ISY99IR serial port to send commands to the Russound (and maybe other things).

 

I have been researching this and have a few questions which seem only vaguely touched on:

 

1) Can I control the output of the Serial Port on the ISY through programming?

If so, how do i send commands out it?

 

2) I understand the ISY Serial Port CANNOT receive commands, is this true?

 

3) Will the Network Module allow me to command the ISY to send out serial port commands?

 

It seems that everyone talks about using the GC100 to do any serial port commands, but i have the ISY on top of the Russound and dont want to add yet another device which needs power and cables, etc. into the mix.

 

Thank you if anyone has any experience here.

 

Great system!

Saw it in another post. We have to use the GC-100 or other method. Maybe this will change in the future?

Unfortunately I wouldn't expect that to change in the future. As of right now the ISY's 2nd serial port is dedicated to configuration and troubleshooting of the ISY.

 

I personally use an Elk IP-232 to control my Russound from the ISY, which has a much smaller form factor than the Global Cache products if you're only looking for a serial port.