hi all,
I bought FOSI VOL20 Bluetooth Volume/Media control device with hope I can get it to control volume of Genelec's GLM spakers. I hated wired remote that ships with GLM (only due to wire) and RF remote which I also bought works well, no issues at all, but too often increase or decrease of the volume (if you need to turn it down or up more than just 'a little' it was very non-linear I think due to delays of communication with GLM device).
To make a long story short - I developed a python script that reads input from VOL20 (Volume Up/Down as well as 3 possible presses of a key on a side (Play/Pause, Next, Prev) ) and converts those in MIDI msgs and since i dont have MIDI interface I installed LoopMIDI which created SW/Virtual MIDI port and GLM running on Windows PC is receiving those commands via MIDI (effectively bluetooth keypresses via midi reach GLM SW running on a PC which then controls volume as if it was via an actual remote).
I run Windows and GLM in a VM on a Linux box so even within that 'limitation' all works well and remote moves/clicks are instantaneous. I've setup play/pause, next and prev to be 'Mute', 'Dim' and 'PowerOn/Off' but that can be set to anything you can receive via MIDI interface in GLM setup.
I just wish FOSI VOL20 was heavier
If folks are interested, happy to share the source code/instructions on github as it's quick to setup, just DM me.
thank you !
I bought FOSI VOL20 Bluetooth Volume/Media control device with hope I can get it to control volume of Genelec's GLM spakers. I hated wired remote that ships with GLM (only due to wire) and RF remote which I also bought works well, no issues at all, but too often increase or decrease of the volume (if you need to turn it down or up more than just 'a little' it was very non-linear I think due to delays of communication with GLM device).
To make a long story short - I developed a python script that reads input from VOL20 (Volume Up/Down as well as 3 possible presses of a key on a side (Play/Pause, Next, Prev) ) and converts those in MIDI msgs and since i dont have MIDI interface I installed LoopMIDI which created SW/Virtual MIDI port and GLM running on Windows PC is receiving those commands via MIDI (effectively bluetooth keypresses via midi reach GLM SW running on a PC which then controls volume as if it was via an actual remote).
I run Windows and GLM in a VM on a Linux box so even within that 'limitation' all works well and remote moves/clicks are instantaneous. I've setup play/pause, next and prev to be 'Mute', 'Dim' and 'PowerOn/Off' but that can be set to anything you can receive via MIDI interface in GLM setup.
I just wish FOSI VOL20 was heavier
If folks are interested, happy to share the source code/instructions on github as it's quick to setup, just DM me.
thank you !
