Inovonics AM SiteStreamer+ SOFIA 567, Installation & User Manual

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entrust to your IT department, though explanations and in-
structions are available from multiple Web resources.
DANTE
®
The term Dante® refers to networking technology developed by
the Australian firm, Audinate Pty. Ltd. It enables simple con-
nection with other Dante-equipped devices and gives AES67
AoIP (Audio over Internet Protocol) compliance and interopera-
bility among a wide range of pro-AV products. Dante is (or can
be made) compatible with proprietary systems from independ-
ent manufacturers of AoIP-enabled products.
IP Settings
Mode
The Dante-based AoIP utility of the SOFIA 567 is quite similar
to the product’s general networking function. Like the LAN
connection, the independent AoIP connection may accept IP
address assignments in either a
DHCP
or
Static IP
assignment
Mode:
.
Static IP
operation requires manual entries into the four
fields that are grayed-out when your router makes
DHCP
as-
signments.
AES67 and AoIP
Streaming
The Dante utility of the SOFIA 567 is able to AoIP-stream audio
at two sample rates. The “AES67 Standard” from the Audio En-
gineering Society specifies a 48kHz sample rate, but Dante en-
coding can send at a 44.1kHz rate as well, perhaps a more
common rate in radio broadcast plants. But with
AES67 Enable:
set to
Enabled
, streaming is forced to a 48kHz sample rate.
The AoIP
MAC Address
The
MAC address:
for AoIP streaming is not the same as the one
for general Web interactivity of the SOFIA 567. These are two
independent network connections, and like the rear-panel
LAN
Port
, the
AoIP Port
has a unique
Mac Address:
that is factory-
assigned and cannot be changed.
Link Speed
Link Speed:
is a readout showing connection status and the ex-
pected best networking rate for the AoIP connection.
Audio Format
Encoding:
refers to the word length for the PCM-encoded digital
audio to be sent as AoIP.
PCM 16
/
PCM 24
/
PCM 32
refers to
word length for Dante AoIP flows. AES67 flows are locked to
24 bits regardless of this setting.
Sample Rate (Dante & AES3):
is forced to
48kHz
for AES67
streaming, or can be reset to
44.1kHz
for other applications.
Transmit Flows
The AoIP utility can specify either one or two IP destinations
for the audio stream.
These are set in the
Dante Controller.
This snapshot is typi-
cal of what you might
see in the Transmit
Flows area.