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Installation & Operation

User Guide

MODEL 732

RDS/RBDS Dynamic RadioData Encoder

April, 2018

Firmware Rev. 1.0.0.5

Inovonics, Inc. 5805 Highway 9

Felton, CA 95018

Tel: (831) 458-0552 Fax: (831) 458-0554

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Page 1: ...MODEL 732 RDS RBDS Dynamic RadioData Encoder Installation User Guide www inovonicsbroadcast com ...

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Page 3: ...mware Rev 1 0 0 5 Inovonics Inc 5805 Highway 9 Felton CA 95018 Tel 831 458 0552 Fax 831 458 0554 Register online at www inovonicsbroadcast com PRODUCT REGISTRATION RECORD 732 Serial No _____________ Purchase Date _____________________ Warranty Registered Web Reg Date __________ By ____________ ...

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Page 5: ...F CT DI 11 M S PI PS PTY 12 PTYN RT RT TA TP 13 Section II INSTALLATION GENERAL Unpacking and Inspection 14 MOUNTING POWER AND ENVIRONMENT Rack Requirement 14 Heat Dissipation 14 AC Mains Power 15 RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE RFI Location 15 Ground Loops 15 ENCODER HOOKUP OPTIONS Loop Through and Sidechain 15 INPUTS OUTPUTS AND PORTS MPX Pilot Input 17 RDS Only Output 17 RDS MPX Output 17 RS 232 S...

Page 6: ... RUNNING The PI Nag Screen 22 The Main Menu 22 The Encoder IP Address 22 BASIC PROGRAMMING Regional Setting 23 Timekeeping Setup 23 STATIC RDS DATA The PI Code 24 MS and DI Flags 24 TP and CT 24 PTY and PTYN 25 The AF List 25 RDS Messaging Delay 26 Dynamic PS 26 DPS Tags 27 Parsing 27 DPS Speed 27 A Static Programming Example 27 DPS Defaults 28 RadioText RT 28 RadioText Plus 28 DATA PORTS Command ...

Page 7: ...35 Accessing the Encoder Remotely 36 DYNAMIC DNS36 IP Forwarding Providers 36 SNMP OPERATION SNMP Overview 37 SNMP Mode 37 SNMP Security 37 SNMP Ports 37 Trap Destinations 37 The MIB File 37 EMAIL Email and Text Notifications 38 SMTP Setup 38 The Email List Send To 38 Notifications Send What 38 TIME SETUP Time and DST 39 ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS Security and Passwords 39 Lost Password Hard Reset 40 ...

Page 8: ...ING TAGS What Are Tags 45 RT Tags 46 Tag Example 46 Messaging Defaults 47 The Essential Duration Command 47 Duration Command Exceptions 48 Use of RT Commands 48 An RT Command Example 49 APPENDIX US and European PTY Categories 52 Front Panel Menu Tree 53 Legend and Command List 54 Warranty Inside Back Cover ...

Page 9: ...utomation for artist and title information supports RT song tagging Separate RDS and MPX RDS outputs offer multiple hookup options to cover all interconnection possibili ties with any FM processor STL exciter transmitter etc The 732 is SNMP compliant an IP based Webserver in terface controls all encoder functions and is accessible with using any computer or mobile device from any worldwide locatio...

Page 10: ...iversity delays SETUP AND DATA ENTRY The front panel OLED and jog wheel allow on site setup of all operating parameters The built in Webserver also gives easy ac cess to setup control and monitoring func tions SNMP All setup and operating controls and alarm functions are under SNMP management INPUTS OUTPUTS MPX PILOT Input An unbalanced bridging BNC input accepts either the complete composite mult...

Page 11: ...S 88VAC 264VAC 48Hz 63Hz 12W SIZE AND WEIGHT H 1 44mm W 19 483mm D 9 240mm 1U 9 lbs 4kg net 12 lbs 5 4kg shipping CONFORMANCES EN50081 1 EN50082 1 93 68 EEC 2002 95 EC BLOCK DIAGRAM Block Diagram Inovonics 732 RDS Encoder ...

Page 12: ...most impossible to find a European FM broadcasting station that does not carry a Radio Data subcarrier The popularity of RDS in Europe is very much in contrast with initial reluctance on the part of US broadcasters to embrace this technology This can be ascribed to material differences in broadcasting practices The European concept of a service area equates to the US broadcaster s market The subtl...

Page 13: ...ting of RDS applications that are fully supported by the 732 encoder The standardized RDS application abbreviation is followed by an expansion of the ap plication name and a short explanation of the function AF List of Alternative Frequencies A broadcasting network or a pri vate broadcaster using low power rebroadcast transmitters translators to fill holes in his coverage area can include a list o...

Page 14: ...in length including spaces and can be as simple as the station s call letters KWOW or KWOW FM or a slogan NEWSTALK or LIVE 95 As the Program Service Name is displayed even on automobile receivers it was really meant to remain static Because of driving safety considerations broadcasters have from the beginning been discouraged from making the PS dy namic that is to send long messages in a successio...

Page 15: ...o telephone numbers or Internet addresses that appear in RadioText TA Traffic Announcement This is a temporary flag added to the RDS data stream when and only when a traffic bulletin is being aired Some RDS car radios can be set to search for traffic bul letins among various TP stations see TP below while still tuned to a listener s preferred program or even while playing a CD or MP3 As soon as an...

Page 16: ...specific service instructions or software firmware updates when issued Register online at www inovonicsbroadcast com support productRegistration NOTE Many users choose first to familiarize themselves with equipment on the bench or at their desk in which case they may immediately turn to Section III that describes encoder set up and use When the time comes do please refer back to this section to co...

Page 17: ...expected that the Model 732 will be co located with FM transmitters and who knows what else do practice care and common sense in locating the unit away from abnor mally high RF fields Ground Loops Because the unbalanced encoder MPX PILOT INPUT RDS OUT PUT and RDS MPX OUTPUT are referenced to chassis ground a mains frequency or RF ground loop could be formed between cable shield grounds and the AC ...

Page 18: ... 16 Common Hookup Options Model 732 RDS RBDS Encoder ...

Page 19: ...tput of the ste reo gen is applied to the MPX PILOT INPUT and the RDS MPX OUTPUT feeds the FM exciter The RDS subcarrier is injected into the output signal at a level one third of or about 10dB be low the level at the RDS only output connector This output is not used in the sidechain mode as whatever sync reference is applied would be the major component of FM carrier deviation The p p level value...

Page 20: ...r panel gives ac cess to two GPI General Purpose Input and two GPO General Purpose Output terminals 5VDC and ground are provided here too Inputs have an internal pull up resistor to 5V and respond to a closure to ground Logic polarity trigger on ground or trigger on open is programmable through a software command Outputs are NPN transistors that saturate to ground and can sink up to 100mA Again po...

Page 21: ...ard against transmitting a random or the wrong PI code The encoder is delivered with a factory default hexadecimal PI code of 0000 This is an invalid code that would never be as signed anywhere in the world With the factory de fault bogus PI load ed the upper mes sage shown at the right will flash over the front panel OLED display A similar message will be superimposed over every Web inter face sc...

Page 22: ... phones NAVIGATING THE FRONT PANEL All setup and operating variables of the 732 encoder are under firmware control There are no jumpers switches or mechani cal potentiometers only the front panel jog wheel knob A and Back button B identified in the illustration D C B A Graphic Display The OLED graphic display screen C presents an intuitive setup menu tree in an easy to follow format The display ha...

Page 23: ...the Back button to return to the previous menu and try again The Front Panel Menu Tree The several levels of front panel setup and operating menus are laid out in an intuitive and easy to follow fashion The com plete OLED Menu Tree is reproduced and explained in the Ap pendix of this manual Menu Titles are shown in the table in a font that mimics the OLED display font Main Menu items are against t...

Page 24: ...m this point forward can be duplicated almost as easily using the front panel jog wheel The Main Menu If necessary push the BACK button to bring up the OLED Main Menu This is the gateway for encoder setup and operation With the encoder connected to your local network LAN use the jog wheel to navigate from the Main Menu to Setup Network IP Settings The Encoder IP Address This image is typical of wh...

Page 25: ...ere are three main headings on this screen they will be explained in order Regional Setting Prior to any other setup it s essential to verify that the encoder has the proper regional setting From the menu on the left click RDS and scroll down to the RDS RBDS setup option shown here Make sure to select the proper option RBDS NA for the Unit ed States and Canada and RDS EU for Europe and for the res...

Page 26: ...entry with your own call letters and then click Save The 732 will compute the hexadecimal code au tomatically from a formula that s part of the RBDS standard Outside North America this call letter translation utility does not apply Instead you must enter the 4 character hex code that will be assigned and provided to you by your country s broadcasting authority Again just overtype the factory defau...

Page 27: ...Y and PTYN High end RDS radios allow their users to preselect a preferred program genre or station format A long haul trucker might select country music as a primary listening choice and as the truck travels down the highway the radio will seek and select stations that feature country music The PTY Program Type RDS feature works with a built in fixed list of program ming choices The list differs s...

Page 28: ... audio program when HD Radio diversity or intentional fixed profanity delays would otherwise cause an offset between metadata and the program audio transmission Delay may be adjust ed by grabbing and sliding the slider knob or you can overtype the number shown in the box You may also click on the slider and use keyboard and cursor keys In this example the 8 seconds of delay selected just about equ...

Page 29: ...d breaks longer words to fit sequential frames When Parse is set to 1 the mes sage will instead march across the radio faceplate like a line of little soldiers or a Times Square news ticker Other settings simply march the message across with a 2 to 8 characters jump Auto is the usual setting DPS Speed DPS Speed Sec sets the dynamic DPS refresh rate or number of seconds between sequential frames of...

Page 30: ... for Dynamic PS settings apply to RT RT Tags RT Default and RT Timer Min settings RadioText Plus Group 5 is the factory default assignment for the RT Group setting This can be changed to another option here if it con flicts with use of Open Data Applications ODAs specific to your situation For an explanation of RadioText Plus and RT tagging please refer to Section IV DATA PORTS Command Debugging A...

Page 31: ...a where specifics can be viewed and addressed All four IP ports have Options to Enable Echo and Re ply to incoming commands Port numbers are shown and the factory default ones may be overtyped as necessary The Status field gives the state of each port that is whether it is idle awaiting data has received an invalid command or if an update has been properly received The IP address of the sender is ...

Page 32: ...elds the text string will be copied into Copy to DPS Copy to RT or Copy to DPS RT both fields Incom ing metadata will then display on the radio as directed and all incoming characters will be shown exactly as received Messag ing will be parsed as selected under RDS Dynamic PS Keep in mind that any unrelated extraneous characters received from the provider will be presented in those fields too THE ...

Page 33: ...matches the HD Radio diversity delay for the station s regular music program ming 7 Click Save Event to load this event into encoder memory You may highlight any programmed Select Event and click Delete Event to clear that event from encoder memory And be sure that the Enable Scheduler is set to On at the top ALARMS The 732 encoder features alarms to warn of unusual operating conditions Alarms sho...

Page 34: ...oss are in sec onds not minutes When setting these parameters keep in mind that if you are going to be receiving text messages for this fault event and something in your stereo gen is acting very erratically with short durations set here you could be getting a flood of texts The Alarm Log NOTE The time stamp feature for e mail notifications and the Alarm Log depends on sync with Internet time and ...

Page 35: ...nel RDS MPX OUTPUT BNC connector used in loop through operation When the composite MPX signal is applied to the MPX PILOT INPUT that component passes through at unity gain the same p p level as applied But the RDS subcarrier is attenuated to one third its nominal figure about 10dB down to be more in keeping with traditional composite MPX signal values This at tenuated RDS MPX Level level is adjust...

Page 36: ...act closures to ground Polarity may be programmed so that the selected function will be triggered when the rear panel terminal is grounded Active Ground or when a normally grounded terminal goes open Ac tive Open At present the only triggerable event is the TA flag for a transi tory Traffic Announcement Page 13 Either Input 1 Input 2 or both may be assigned to this function by clicking in the Type...

Page 37: ...out fields would be avail able to overtype the defaults The MAC Address is unique to each 732 encoder and cannot be changed Assigning a Host Name You may assign a specific name to your 732 to help identify it on your network You may change the default Host Name from MODEL732 to personalize the equipment name or to differen tiate one encoder from another on the same network Enter a Host Name in all...

Page 38: ...ynamic IP which is most often the case this mandates Dynamic DNS operation using the services of an IP forwarding provider DYNAMIC DNS IP Forwarding Providers Third party IP forwarding providers can be found on the Inter net and their service allows you to address equipment behind a dynamic IP address The IP forwarding utility allows the 732 to keep the provider apprised of its reassigned IP addre...

Page 39: ...uipment on the net work Setting the Mode to Read Write allows the SNMP Manager to send commands to the 732 SNMP Security SNMP Communities serve as passwords for this function In the Read Community and Write Community fields overtype the factory defaults and enter text that is specified for the read write strings on the SNMP Manager monitoring device You must ultimately execute a Save after enterin...

Page 40: ...ame that will identify the 732 to the email or SMS text recipient like station call letters or RDS Alarm User is the full email address of the unit You also may assign a Password to the account The Email List Send To Next enter up to ten email recipients typing in the full email address After this you ll decide who gets what alert Email addresses typically take the form of the upper example here I...

Page 41: ...o lock out the front panel jog wheel and Web interface access In addition to these passwords security can be strengthened by whitelisting the IP addresses that can access the encoder This was described on Page 29 On the Security submenu enter the Front Panel and Webpages fields to type in a password to limit access to either or both av enues of approach Click Save to lock passwords in memory Passw...

Page 42: ... will also return the 732 to all factory default values All User settings will be lost This illustrates the importance of keeping a Hard ware Profile current which is discussed next Saving the Hardware Profile The entire 732 setup including RDS settings alarm notification preferences and SNMP options all may be saved to your com puter as a small text file A Hardware Profile is useful for re storin...

Page 43: ...ettings Updates are issued as small bin files which may be downloaded to your computer Desktop or placed in any convenient folder From the Firmware Update utility at the bottom of the Admin screen click Select Firmware File and double click the bin file listing This will transfer the file name to the updater as shown here Click Update Firmware and follow prompts to complete the pro cess Updating t...

Page 44: ...look much bright er anyway A lower setting actually appears a bit sharper and kinder on the eyes in subdued lighting Timeout programs the interval between last use of the jog wheel knob and the screen s going into its screen saver dark or dim mode This may be set in 5 minute increments between 5 min and 60 min You may put the unit into the screen saver mode manually by holding down the Back button...

Page 45: ...acement for Hilgraeve s HyperTerminal which Microsoft so kindly supplied with Windows in years gone by Configuring a Telnet Terminal Once it has been in stalled on your com puter launch PuTTY Here is an example of the PuTTY window filled in to communi cate with the 732 en coder under the en coder s default set tings Click Open to bring up a Telnet window as shown below on the left The top line of ...

Page 46: ...GGED_TEXT is typical of an alternative command list and performs the exact same function These alternative com mands shown below the abbreviated ones have been enabled in the 732 to retain compatibility with certain older systems still in use Here is an example illustrating how text may be manually placed in the scrolling PS field DPS precedes the text and an Enter keystroke follows This tells the...

Page 47: ...RDS subcarrier off and on by sending RDS 0 and RDS 1 respectively USING TAGS Although the header method is straightforward and intuitive there is additional functionality and some simplification in ad dressing the encoder using tags These refer to the RT tags as defined in the NRSC Standard which can be found here http www nrscstandards org nrsc NRSCFiles RUWG RUWG 20archive R06_040_1 20final 20V2...

Page 48: ... the RT group although the historical RT group can handle only two tags the first ones in the RT field The DPS and RT messaging fields can use any reasonable number of tags considering the limitations of 128 scrolling characters for DPS and 64 characters for RadioText Tag Example Here s a step by step example of how to program messaging into the DPS and or RT fields using tags Both fields program ...

Page 49: ... course the RT Default message can be dif ferent from the PS Default one Messaging Defaults Default messages programmed into encoder memory see Page 28 supply barker e g station promotion backup text dis plays The default message will automatically begin when the song ends that is at the end of the programmed Duration time This is a valuable feature as it s better to have the default mes sage scro...

Page 50: ...play indefinitely until updated Use of RT Commands RT commands represent the mechanism that updates the RT tags with text from automation The ITEM TITLE command SONGTITLE will be replaced with Fly Me to the Moon or whatev er by the playout system Here s a hypothetical example 1 Assume the encoder has been set up like this and 2 And the automation system sends this SONGTITLE In My Blood ARTISTNAME ...

Page 51: ...ommand SONGTITLE could be shortened to T and the ITEM DURATION command DURATION to D The foregoing example illustrates how a command can be ab breviated but these commands can also be changed to conform to a playout system s native command set This set it once 732 utility would then obviate having to make multiple and ongoing changes in playout system syntax Again let the encoder do the translatio...

Page 52: ...der for each command At the right is how these same data were received as shown on the Data Ports Debugging screen Finally the Now Playing screen illustrates how the example playout information would be presented on the radio faceplate plus some other fields that would not be seen As Dynamic PS information is scrolling in the PS field only one 8 character frame is visible here ...

Page 53: ... pages contain tabulated useful infor mation including a listing of address headers and commands in the syntax required for proper encoder programming Inovonics most generous 3 year War ranty policy appears on the inside of the back cover ...

Page 54: ...tening Music 13 Nostalgia Music Light Classics Music 14 Jazz Serious Classics Music 15 Classical Music Other Music 16 Rhythm and Blues Music Weather 17 Soft R and B Music Finance 18 Foreign Language Children s Programs 19 Religious Music Social Affairs 20 Religious Talk Religion 21 Personality Phone In 22 Public Non Commercial Travel 23 College Leisure 24 Spanish Talk Jazz Music 25 Spanish Music C...

Page 55: ...TCP Port 2 configure status display UDP Port 1 configure status display UDP Port 1 configure status display IP Whitelist enable data entry Serial COM Port Serial Enable Baud enable set status Serial Satellite No Headers Mode select and specify Scheduler Scheduler Enable Disable select Scheduled Events set event type time duration date enter text Setup RDS Enable Level set display General Purpose I...

Page 56: ...ers for display in the RadioText field RTDEFAULT RT_TEXT RadioText Default Up to 64 characters used if the RT Timer expires with no updates received for RT RTTIMER RadioText Default Timer 0 Disabled 1 240 The number of minutes between receipt of the last RT message and the transmission of the RT Default mes sage DPSTEXT Dynamic PS and RadioText Up to 64 characters for display in both the Dynamic P...

Page 57: ... RDS 57kHz RDS Subcarrier 0 RDS subcarrier turned off 1 RDS subcarrier active RDSMODE RDS Mode 0 RDS Europe 1 RBDS North America EAS EAS Message Up to 64 characters for an Emergency Alert System mes sage This text will replace both the DPS and RT during the alert EASTIME EAS Message Timer 0 999 Duration of the alert in seconds This command triggers the display of the EAS message for the set durati...

Page 58: ... to join for receiving multicast data 0 0 0 0 disables multicast for this port WHITELIST ENABLE Whitelist Enable 0 IP whitelist disabled 1 IP whitelist enabled WHITELIST IPn Whitelist IP Ad dress Sets IP addresses from which data will be accepted Data received from any other IPs will be rejected ALARMS DPS ENABLE DPS Update Alarm Enable 0 DPS update alarm disabled 1 DPS update alarm enabled ALARMS...

Page 59: ... network gateway NET SUB Subnet Mask Sets the network subnet mask NET DNS DNS Server Sets the network DNS server NET HOST Hostname Sets the NBNS hostname which can be used on Windows PCs to access the unit instead of the IP address when on a LAN NET HTTP HTTP Port Sets the port to use for the HTTP server By default HTTP uses port 80 MAIL SERVER SMTP Server IP or domain name of the SMTP server used...

Page 60: ...Daylight Saving Time 0 Daylight saving time not in effect 1 Daylight saving time in effect TIME AUTODST Automatic DST 0 DST is adjusted automatically 1 DST is adjusted automatically at the appropriate times during the year SNMP MODE SNMP Mode 0 SNMP disabled 1 SNMP read only 2 SNMP read write SNMP READ SNMP Read Community Sets the SNMP read community string SNMP WRITE SNMP Write Community Sets the...

Page 61: ...tion label has been removed or altered III TERMS OF WARRANTY Inovonics Inc products 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 will be replaced with a new or remanufactured product at Inovonics option B Parts and labor for factory repair required after the three year Warr...

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