On every source page in Mobile Pro G iPad, I have created volume control buttons for four room. These rooms are on a PAMP. For example, on the iPod page, I have four sets of volume control buttons for Great Rm, Kitchen, Bedroom and Sun Room. I programmed the buttons using the room outputs, which I thought were discrete volume commands for each room.

However it looks like when I turn up the volume in a room - other than the room the page is set at - both rooms go up and down together. So if the room is set to Great Room and I turn up the Kitchen volume, both rooms go up in volume at the same time.

I have monitored the activity and confirmed that both rooms are turning up and down.

Can anyone suggest what might be going on? I've wasted quite a bit of time trying to figure this one out. Three tech support guys and still no answer. Thanks!

Are you programming in Simpl or SystemBuilder?

If Programming in SB create a new page and create 8 new volume buttons with new joins(don't copy your existing buttons) and assign each pair of buttons vol + and vol- for each room. Also make a button on the main page that will allow you to flip to this page.
Once you have created the above build and upload then turn on all 4 zones. Go to the volume page just created and try controlling your volume for each zone. This should work. The problem has to do with composer and if you copied the created volume buttons there is likely hidden programming that you cannot trace and the only way to eliminate it is by drawing new buttons with new joins.

I was having the same problem with an Adagio system I was programming and I had to do a lot of wired SB programming to get around it.

You either have the same join numbers for the buttons or you are using the output from one room to to the "set volume" command in room 2-3 etc.

Always remember, when you copy a button to add new logic to it, you have to give it a new join number, and when it asks you if you want to keep the existing programming click NO unless you want to keep the existing programming as well. It would work great for "Group" volume but not for "zone" volume control.

I really wish it were that simple but there's an obvious quirk in the programming that keeps it from being as straight forward as one might think.

Another thing to check is make sure your buttons don't have any template data on them. Even if you have copied the volume buttons and assigned new joins and different programming the template data will still be present. This is where I ran into situations where my buttons would work once or twice but once I created an archive and opened from the archived document my programming was all screwed up. Deleated the template data and all is fine.

I solved this today by adding virtual keypads in each room then linking the multiple volume buttons on one page to buttons on the virtual pads that were programmed for room volume. This is something tech support recommended and tried on my computer but I realized today that the virtual keypad buttons are set up as toggle buttons by default. No wonder the solution did not work yesterday. I simply tried again, making sure that I set them to a single press button before adding the commands.

Did you try creating a sub page with all your volume control on it? Make a sub page the size of your volume control buttons, create the new buttons, add the joins and programming, and drop it in the page where you want the volume control. You will also have to give the sub-page a join ( give it the same join as your main page that you want the volume control on) and you should be good to go.