Russound – Multiroom MCA-C3

Integration driver for the Russound MCA-C3 multizone controller amplifier in ELAN, over the network (TCP/IP), straight to the device with no gateway. The MCA-C3 has 6 zones and 6 sources, and a single installation of the driver brings all of them into ELAN.

Each zone appears in ELAN with power, source, volume and mute, plus bass, treble, balance, turn-on volume, loudness, Party Mode and Do Not Disturb. The MCA-C3 notifies the driver of every change, so whatever is done on the Russound keypad shows up in ELAN right away.

Source 1 is the built-in AM/FM tuner: ELAN shows the frequency and station name, with seek and direct frequency tuning.

Installation

1. Set a static IP on the MCA-C3 and check that port 9621 is reachable from the ELAN controller.
2. In Nice Configurator, on the Media tab, add a Zone Controller, import the ZoomDH Russound MCA-C3, enter the MCA-C3 IP and install.
3. Enter the license key in License Key.
4. With more than one Russound controller linked, set the Controller Index of each installation.

Features

• Power, source, volume and mute per zone, with real state feedback
• Bass, treble and balance from -10 to +10, and turn-on volume
• Loudness, Party Mode and Do Not Disturb per zone
• Built-in AM/FM tuner with frequency, station name (RDS), seek and direct tuning
• Real-time updates of changes made on the Russound keypad
• Per-zone event log in ELAN

Requirements

• MCA-C3 on the same network as the ELAN controller, with a static IP
• MCA-C3 TCP port 9621 reachable from the controller

Release notes

1. 2026.10.1910/19/2026

   Updated the libraries and the licensing system. New documentation (PT/EN).

2. 2026.08.118/11/2026

   Built-in AM/FM tuner: frequency, station name, seek and direct tuning. Fixed volume adjustment from ELAN.

3. 2026.08.058/5/2026

   Initial version.