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DAB/DAB+ SiteStreamer™  

Installation & User Guide 

 

August, 2017 - Rev. 1 Firmware 

 

www.inovonicsbroadcast.com 

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Summary of Contents for INOmini 662 SiteStreamer

Page 1: ...DAB DAB SiteStreamer Installation User Guide August 2017 Rev 1 Firmware www inovonicsbroadcast com 662 ...

Page 2: ...nitor Source Switching 12 Program Audio Levels 13 Networking Mode and IP Address 13 HTTP Port 14 Gateway Subnet Mask Primary DNS 14 MAC Address 14 Headphone Monitoring 14 2 Section IV THE WEB INTERFACE Connecting 16 Remote Listening 18 Now Playing 19 Station Presets 20 StationRotation 21 BandScanner 21 DAB Info 22 Alarms and Notifications 23 The Alarm Log 24 Setup 25 Network 25 Dynamic DNS 26 SNMP...

Page 3: ...ls Easy setup and operation full SNMP support Front panel headphone jack 4 Product Specifications Tuning Range DAB Band III Mode I 174 928MHz 239 200MHz Blocks 5 12 A D plus Block 13 A F Receiver Sensitivity 10µV for error free reception Antenna Input 75 ohm BNC Audio Response 20Hz 20kHz 0 25dB AUX Program Line Input AES3 XLR digital AUX input accepts 32kHz 44 1kHz 48kHz sampling with menu program...

Page 4: ... of this manual but the user will receive any specific service and modification instructions including firmware and software updates Register online at www inovonicsbroadcast com product registration Mounting The INOmini 662 SiteStreamer is packaged in a compact clamshell chassis that defines the standardized module in this series of Inovonics products The unit may simply be set on top of an exist...

Page 5: ...o that you can adjust listening level When the volume has been set to a comfortable volume push the knob to return to the previ ous menu Rear Panel Connections ANTENNA The antenna input is 75 ohm BNC con nector Inexpensive ready made cables of various lengths are common in this format and adapters for other RF con nector types are readily available AES3 DIGITAL LINE INPUT This XLR female input can...

Page 6: ...the selection and commit it to memory 10 Menu items that can be edited will blink at a rapid rate when you en ter that menu and push the knob Don t confuse blinking menu callouts such as the one illus trated here with the flashing LOW SIGNAL alarm condition To recap in setup menus any parameter that can be edited will begin blinking as soon as the knob is pushed Blinking indicates that a different...

Page 7: ...ed that this alarm has timer 12 settings as well the level trigger points As the timer set tings are accessible only with the Web interface setup of the carrier loss alarm is probably best done entirely that way This is detailed beginning on Page 23 Signal Noise and Carrier Noise Menu Screen 4 This screen displays two additional signal metrics Numeri cal values are assigned to each of these readou...

Page 8: ... dial in numbers until all four IP address fields are filled Push the knob a final time to commit all selections to memory HTTP Port Menu Screen 8 The default IP port assignment is the commonly used Port 80 which shows up on the second line of Menu Screen 8 To change this assign ment push the knob to enter the setup field Leading zeroes will dis play and each digit must be set independently Push t...

Page 9: ... audio feed 16 Section IV THE WEB INTERFACE Connecting Connect both the INO mini 662 SiteStreamer and a computer to your local network We ll as sume DHCP operation for this exercise Next go to Menu Screen 7 and note down the IP address that your router has assigned In this case it s 10 0 0 16 Open a browser window on your computer and type the IP address into the browser s address bar The main Now...

Page 10: ...e Listening Click the loudspeaker icon in the header to listen to the station from a remote loca tion The default streaming rate is 128kbps But on networks that won t support that speedy a stream you may select 64kbps or even 32kbps for a really sluggish network The encodings decoding and buffering time latency of the audio will depend to some degree on the connection path and network quality Late...

Page 11: ...us ob jects These might be used to identify a Web or telephone address within the text or otherwise integrate part of the Dynamic Label Segment with an associated operation 20 Block 4 of DAB reception data gives the Sample Rate of the tuned program the encoded Bit Rate Gain offset if used and reception Mode whether it s monaural or one of several stereophonic schemes Service Mode Protection Info C...

Page 12: ...ity that dis plays the RF spectrum of the DAB broadcast band An example plot is shown on the next page 22 Hovering the screen cursor over any DAB carrier blue bar will present an information box with the frequency group sig nal level and total number of Services and Components A band scan necessarily inter rupts program audio during the scanning process which may take up to 20 or 30 sec onds Alarm...

Page 13: ...triggered Email Notifications is where you specify which staff member gets which alarm message and whether the notification is an email or an SMS text message Before this can be set up you must first enter the recipients on the Email Preferences Web interface page This is covered on Page 29 24 Email Notifications setup is pretty much self explanatory Once recipients are listed under Email Preferen...

Page 14: ...ents Dynamic DNS You could not address equipment behind a dynamic IP ad dress if it were not for IP forwarding providers available on the Internet Their services which are either free or at very modest cost will allow your SiteStreamer to apprise the forwarding provider of its reassigned IP address each time that address is updated by the ISP The IP forwarding pro vider intercepts data attempting ...

Page 15: ...r SNMP is Disabled which inhibits com municaton between the SiteStreamer and the SNMP Man ager Click the arrow to the right of Disabled to view operat ing choices in the drop down menu 28 Changing Mode to Read Only allows the SiteStreamer to be interrogated by the SNMP Man ager so that SiteStreamer set tings metering PAD data and alarms can be read and integrated by other equipment on the network ...

Page 16: ...rsonnel responsible for one or more of the stations that can be received When this utility has been set up click Save at the bottom of the page to commit this information to memory You may also click Send test Email to dispatch a confirming test message immediately to all recipients Timekeeping Open the Time Time Zone Web interface screen to set up the internal timekeeping functions Correct timeke...

Page 17: ... which you may use or replace Hard Reset A hard reset will purge all setup information from memory Please see the Hardware Profile discussion that follows to save settings and restore them to the SiteStreamer To perform a hard reset hold down the MENU knob while power cycling the unit Remember this restores the SiteStreamer to factory fresh condition you will lose all setup information The Hardwar...

Page 18: ...teStreamer to factory defaults All settings and presets will be overwritten Always save a Hardware Profile Page 31 before proceeding with an update This will retain all user setup parameters that can be restored afterward Update Files A firmware update will be supplied as a zipped folder containing a number of files Make a temporary New Folder on your PC Desk top and unzip these files to it as sho...

Page 19: ...ure Click No in the Confirm box to close it and then click Program at the top of the window and finally click Program the first item in the drop down list The update utility will run and then restart the 662 SiteStreamer for normal operation with fac tory default values You may then upload a Hardware Pro file to reclaim all user setup parameters Page 31 Updating Web Interface Pages If a new versio...

Page 20: ...hese reasons and also because of the small format of this manual we have dispensed with schematic diagrams servicing instructions and a listing of component parts Having said that our policy has always been one of full dis closure We feel that unless we are doing something nefar ious or acting in the interest of national security there should never be a reason to hide information from the user Wit...

Page 21: ... 39 Notes 40 More Notes ...

Page 22: ...nc 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 Warranty period will be billed at prevailing prices and rates IV RETURNING G...

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