Sennheiser
Spectera
The future of wireless pro audio is here — and it's bidirectional. Featuring up to 64 channels (32 in/ 32 out) in a single unit, Spectera is the world's first wideband, bidirectional digital wireless ecosystem, providing audio professionals with unparalleled capability and flexibility.
Control it all with the Bitfocus Connection for Spectera, including advanced presets like Engineering Mode as well as detailed control and status info for every part of the Spectera ecosystem.
Documentation
Sennheiser Spectera
This connection controls and monitors a Sennheiser Spectera Base Station and connected devices.
Requirements
- Spectera firmware 1.4.1 or newer is required.
Please note, using many different link modes on the same RF channel and continually deleting and creating new link modes can in rare circumstances require Spectera to rearrange audio data causing a brief audio interruption in any connected device.
In a future firmware update this will be addressed, until then please either avoid creating new and previously unused linkIDs during a production to avoid this interruption.
Getting Started
- In the module configuration, set Base Station IP and Password
Mobile Device Variables
Actions and feedbacks that target a Mobile Device use the device serial number (dropdown entries show name and serial). You can also type a serial or use variables in those fields where supported.
Per-device variables are created for each discovered device. The variable id pattern is:
{TYPE}_{SERIAL}_{field}
Example: SEK_1234567890_name, SKM_9876543210_battery_level.
Actions with Confirmation
Some sensitive actions that could result in disruption of audio (ex. changing the RF frequency) support Require confirmation. When enabled, the first button press arms the action; the second press within 5 seconds executes it. If nothing is confirmed, the pending state clears after the timeout.
Use the Confirm Pending feedback to style a button while a matching confirmation is waiting (action type and options must match the armed action).
Confirmable actions include: RF - Frequency, Audio Input - Interface, DAD - RF Channel, Audio Output - Interface, and Mobile Device - Copy All Settings.
Presets
Built-in presets are grouped by category, including RF Configuration, Audio Inputs, Audio Outputs, SEKs / SKMs (per-device status and controls), Instrument Switch Mode, Backup Mode (copy settings between devices), Engineer Mode (IEM routing helpers for detected SEKs), and Base Station (status, PSUs, fans, audio interface status).