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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section I - INTRODUCTION .............................................3

Product Description
Product Features
Product Specifications
‘Under the Hood’

Section II - GETTING STARTED ......................................7

Unpacking and Inspection
Warranty Registration
Mounting
AC Mains Power
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
Front-Panel Display and Controls
Front-Panel vs. Web Interface Setup
Navigating the Menu Tree
Analog and Digital Program Inputs
Stream Input
Input Sources and Program Failover
Audio Alarms
Processor Output Characteristics
Analog Processor Output
Digital Program Output
GPIOs
The Network Port
+12VDC Power I/O
Password Protection
Miscellaneous Administration Menus
Headphone Monitoring

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Section III - PROCESSOR SETUP .................................16

Metering
Processing Presets
Setting Input Levels
AGC
Leveling
Equalization
Multiband Processing
Crossovers
‘Master’ and Band Drives
Band Uncoupling
Bass Punch
Limiting
WB Release
HF Limiting and Clipping
Positive Peak Modulation
Dayparting
Processor Bypass
Test Oscillator

Section IV - NETWORKING THE NOVIA 236 .................24

The Web Interface
DHCP IP Assignment
Manual IP Setup
Assigning a Hostname
Remote Listening
Remote Access
Dynamic DNS
Timekeeping
SNMP
Network Status
Alarm Notifications
The Alarm Log
Backup: The Hardware Profile
Firmware Updates

WARRANTY ..........................................(inside back cover)

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Summary of Contents for 236

Page 1: ...236 AM Audio Processor Installation User Guide May 2017 Rev 1 Firmware www inovonicsbroadcast com ...

Page 2: ...utput GPIOs The Network Port 12VDC Power I O Password Protection Miscellaneous Administration Menus Headphone Monitoring 2 Section III PROCESSOR SETUP 16 Metering Processing Presets Setting Input Levels AGC Leveling Equalization Multiband Processing Crossovers Master and Band Drives Band Uncoupling Bass Punch Limiting WB Release HF Limiting and Clipping Positive Peak Modulation Dayparting Processo...

Page 3: ...kHz 8kHz 9kHz 10kHz Filter Characteristic 143 coefficient FIR filter with phase and over shoot compensation 0 5dB 50Hz to 95 of nominal cutoff fre quency approx 15dB at cutoff 50dB at 104 of cutoff Pre Emphasis None flat response or truncated US NRSC pre emphasis curve scaled to the selected cutoff frequency Distortion processing bypassed Analog I O 0 02 THD ref 24dBu I O AES Digital I O 0 002 THD...

Page 4: ... and Weight 1 6 H x 8 W x 6 D 5 lbs shipping weight Certifications Rear View Under the Hood The NOVIA 236 processor is very compact with a major uti lization of surface mount SMD technology Some compo nents are application specific and or pre programmed at the factory but all of them are impossibly tiny This makes servicing the unit in the field a difficult proposition at best For these reasons an...

Page 5: ...n two or more units to share a common mains supply thus cutting down on cord clutter Do make sure that the total power consumption does not exceed the DC current rating noted on the power supply label Radio Frequency Interference RFI Although we anticipate the NOVIA 236 finding a home in radio broadcasting environments please do practice rea sonable care in locating the unit away from abnormally h...

Page 6: ...As one might well expect the rear panel ANALOG IN XLR connector accepts only a single channel of program audio But the stereo capable AES IN digital input may be config 10 ured as required offering split use of the channels to feed a separate program to a co located service From the Main Menu navigate to Setup Inputs Digital Input Mono Mode This is where you select your AES digital pro gram feed e...

Page 7: ...io Systems Committee proposed a standardized pre emphasis characteristic plus a brick wall cutoff function Both measures addressed re duction of man made electrical noise and adjacent channel 12 monkey chatter interference The proposal was subse quently mandated by the U S FCC Federal Communications Commission NRSC pre emphasis is a truncated 75µs curve up about 1dB at 1kHz and 10dB at 10kHz The N...

Page 8: ...he rating on the la bel of the power supply to make sure it has capacity for the modules it must support These power connectors are not a locking type A Ty Wrap will secure power cables to the plastic anchor above the connectors if this becomes a problem Password Protection You may protect NOVIA 236 settings with a password which thereafter must be entered before any subsequent changes can be made...

Page 9: ...n air 16 Section III PROCESSOR SETUP All adjustments discussed here appear under Processor in the Main Menu Metering Meters gives an overall picture of audio pro cessing action The Web interface gives a 2 color display that additionally provides audio level and gain reduction annota tion The two examples here reflect the same program but not quite at the same moment Processing Presets The NOVIA 23...

Page 10: ...ic response like a VU meter to program dynamics It gives gentle unobtrusive dynamic range compression that actually makes very little difference in program loudness Leveling decreases the overall long term dynamic range of music programming without pumping and can normalize dialog among several speakers in a roundtable discussion Think of leveling as a fast ungated AGC With Leveling Drive turned a...

Page 11: ...e program sounds Multiband processing action fills voids in the program spectrum r m s control 0 to 10 will give a smoother sound and peak based control 0 to 10 a greater spectral density Under Multiband Band Drive independent sliders at the input to each band yield a certain degree of static equalization plus an ability to normalize compression and limiting among the three bands Band Uncoupling W...

Page 12: ...5 in the U S and most other locations From the Main Menu navigate to Processor Positive Peak Am plitude Here the level of Positive Peaks may be set in 1 in crements between 100 and 130 Please keep in mind that this technique gives a slight modulation advantage only 22 for program material that has naturally occurring asym metry The NOVIA 236 does not perform negative peak clipping phase flipping o...

Page 13: ...e intuitive and much faster The Web Interface The responsive design of the NOVIA 236 Web interface provides an optimal viewing experience across a wide range of devices A minimum of resizing panning and scrolling is required between desktop computer monitors tablets and mobile phones DHCP IP Assignment With the rear panel LAN PORT connected to your network navigate from the Main Menu to Setup Netw...

Page 14: ...de the router s DHCP range Use the router s Help util ity with this 26 You also need to open a specific port on the network router From the router s Port Forwarding utility you will be able to enter your static IP address for the NOVIA 236 followed by a colon and a port number The port number may be any number in the range indicated by the router If your Inter net Service Provider ISP assigns you ...

Page 15: ...ciated 28 SNMP equipment under Trap Destinations so that they can re ceive alarms A MIB file is a small text file required by the SNMP Manager Using the Web interface SNMP menu click Download MIB to save this file in the usual Windows manner The MIB file is in plain text with a mib extention that may be read with Windows Notepad Network Status Setup Network Status brings up a screen that gives ful...

Page 16: ...em Your browser and version of Windows may ask whether to Open or Save the file Click the Save button and the file will be saved to a Downloads folder and from there may be moved to a convenient location Other browsers may ask you directly to specify a Save as location The file carries a default name of 236settings ini Upload a Hardware Profile backup file to the NOVIA 236 by clicking Select Hardw...

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Page 18: ...ducts are warranted to be free from defects in materials and workmanship A Any discrepancies noted within THREE YEARS of the date of delivery will be repaired free of charge or the equipment will be replaced with a new or remanufactured product at Inovonics option B Parts and labor for factory repair required after the three year Warranty period will be billed at prevailing prices and rates IV RET...

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