Method, system and interface for controlling a subwoofer in a networked audio system

A controller for a plurality of media rendering devices within a wireless communication network comprising:

• a user interface;
• and
• a processor and a memory containing non-transitory instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform the steps of:
• adding an audio rendering device to the data network such that the audio rendering device is visible on the network to the controller;
• via the user interface on the controller, displaying an audio rendering device graphical object representing the audio rendering device within a room tile graphical object comprising a plurality of room graphical objects, each room graphical object representing a location of a group comprising one or more of the plurality of rendering devices configured to render a media program comprising one or more audio channels;
• receiving a selection of the audio rendering device and a room graphical object of the plurality of room graphical objects by a user of the controller;
• as a result of receiving the selection, generating a configuration command to the audio rendering device in the selected room, joining the audio rendering device with the room graphical object group;
• assigning a first audio channel associated with the group to the audio rendering device;
• and
• hiding the audio rendering device graphical object from the room tile graphical object,
• wherein selection by the user further comprises a drag and drop of the audio rendering device graphical object upon the room graphical object.

A system operating in a wireless communication network, comprising:

• a controller device in communication with the network comprising:
• a user interface;
• and
• a processor and a memory containing non-transitory instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform the steps of:
• adding an audio rendering device to the data network such that the audio rendering device is visible on the network to the controller;
• via the user interface on the controller, displaying an audio rendering device graphical object representing the audio rendering device within a room tile graphical object comprising a plurality of room graphical objects, each room graphical object representing a location of a group comprising one or more of the plurality of rendering devices configured to render a media program comprising one or more audio channels;
• receiving a selection of the audio rendering device and a room graphical object of the plurality of room graphical objects by a user of the controller;
• as a result of receiving the selection, generating a configuration command to the audio rendering device in the selected room, joining the audio rendering device with the room graphical object group;
• assigning a first audio channel associated with the group to the audio rendering device;
• and
• hiding the audio rendering device graphical object from the room tile graphical object,
• wherein selection by the user further comprises a drag and drop of the audio rendering device graphical object upon the room graphical object;
• and
• a plurality of media rendering devices in communication with the network configured to receive a configuration command from the controller device and adjust an operating parameter according to the configuration command.