CAV 6 Control — Help & Tips

Getting the most out of CAV 6 Control

Getting started

CAV 6 Control talks to your Russound® CAV6.6 system through a network‑to‑serial bridge (an IP‑to‑RS‑232 device such as USR-TCP232-302, Moxa NPort or Elk IP232) that you connect to the first controller's RS‑232 port and to your local network.

Open Settings → Network & Controllers and enter the bridge's IP address and TCP port.
Add each CAV6.6 controller in your system (up to six). The app reaches every controller through that one bridge.
Make sure your iPhone and the bridge are on the same Wi‑Fi network.

Already have a system configured elsewhere? Use Settings → Import Configuration to bring in your zones, sources, and layout in one step.

Controlling zones

The home screen lists every zone. Tap a zone to open its controls:

Power, volume, and mute — plus a quick volume slider on the home row.
Source selection from your configured inputs.
Bass, treble, balance, and loudness per zone.

Scenes

A scene is a one‑tap preset that sets power, source, and audio across several zones at once — great for "Party," "Dinner," or "Goodnight."

Create one under Settings → Scene Edit. New scenes are named Scene 1, Scene 2, … so they're easy to tell apart — rename them to anything you like.
Tap a scene on the home screen to run it.

Tuner & presets

When a zone is on a tuner source (ST2, ST2‑XM, ST2‑S, or SMS3), the zone screen shows a tuner panel with tuning, banks, presets, and now‑playing info.

Good to know:

The tuner is shared hardware — its current station/channel is the same for every zone listening to that source.
Saving a preset stores the station you're currently hearing into the bank the tuner is on. To save into a different bank, first navigate to that bank, tune to your station, then Save — the in‑app note explains this when you tap Save.

Alarms & sleep timers

Schedule wake‑up music and auto‑off per zone, each with its own source.

Keep the app open for an alarm to fire at its scheduled time — like most controller apps, CAV 6 Control runs the schedule while it's in the foreground, so leave it on screen (and your phone awake) for a wake‑up.

Save, import & back up

From Settings you can save your complete system setup as a named configuration, export it to share or archive, import a saved setup, and manage backups so you can roll back before trying a new layout.

Troubleshooting

Can't connect? Double‑check the bridge's IP address and TCP port in Network & Controllers, confirm the bridge is powered and on the same Wi‑Fi, and that it's wired to the first controller's RS‑232 port.
Dropped after leaving the app? iOS suspends background apps; CAV 6 Control reconnects automatically when you return. Your music keeps playing the whole time — the controllers run independently of the app.
A zone looks out of sync? The app re‑checks the controllers automatically; give it a moment to settle.

Contact

Email [email protected].