Audio Player Fixed Group

The Audio Player Fixed Group permanently links several Audio Player blocks. All players in the group always play the same content synchronously. This is particularly useful in rooms that are not acoustically separated, where the same source should play simultaneously.

The volume of each player stays independent, so an individual level can be set for each area of the building.
Players can also respond to presence, so playback is automatically paused or stopped in areas where no one is present.

Unlike dynamic groups, which are created in the app and can be changed at any time, a fixed group is created only in Loxone Config and remains permanent.

Table of Contents

• Properties
• Inputs
• Parameters
• Outputs
• Area of application
• Event sounds
• Features
• Bluetooth functionality

Properties↑

Inputs↑

Parameters↑

Outputs↑

Area of application↑

- Open-plan rooms, e.g. combined living and dining areas

- Areas where several speakers must permanently play the same content, e.g. restaurants or sales floors

- Central control of multiple players through one block, with individual volume per room

Event sounds↑

When several Audio Player blocks are combined in a fixed group, an event sound can be triggered in two ways:

- Sent to the group: it is forwarded to all connected players, and every player plays it, whether active or not.

- Sent to a single player: it is routed to the group and then to all connected players, but only active players play it; inactive players do not.

Features↑

- When the volume is changed via the group, the relative volume ratio between players is preserved.

- AirPlay and Spotify Connect are visible on all players by default.

- With central management by the group, individual players are no longer shown separately, only the group.

Bluetooth functionality↑

Bluetooth pairing for the whole group is enabled with (BTp). The group can be paired from smartphones, tablets or PCs and plays the connected source synchronously. After pairing, the players return to normal group operation. This way, users pair the group centrally instead of pairing each player individually.

- You always pair physically with a master speaker. The (BTp) switch, on the audio player or on the fixed group, controls whether pairing is allowed and whether the connection counts as a source.

- In a fixed group with (BTp) on, every master with active Bluetooth can serve as a docking point, but the group has only one active source (last connect wins) and plays it synchronously.

- Pairing requires (BTp) on for the group and a Bluetooth-enabled master (AND logic); the group does not override this.

Name shown in the Bluetooth list:

- One master on the audio player, without a fixed group: the player's room name

- Multiple masters on the same audio player, without a fixed group: the player's output name

- One master in a fixed group: the group name