Orban OPTIMOD-FM 8700, Operating Manual

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OPTIMOD-FM DIGITAL INSTALLATION
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b) Set the D
ANTE
F
ALLBACK
to D
IGITAL
or A
NALOG
if you wish the 8700i to switch
automatically from Dante Input #1 to digital input or analog input
respectively when silence is detected. Set the control to
N
O
to defeat
automatic switching.
Setting Up a Streaming Audio Monitor
Your Optimod has a built-in streaming server that can encode the audio driving
front-panel headphone jack. It can then pass that audio to a remote computer over
a LAN or the Internet. It is intended for remote, private monitoring of Optimod-
processed audio in locations where a good off-air signal is unavailable.
The server supports the MPEG Layer 3 (MP3) and OPUS codecs, and the SHOUTcast2
and Icecast2 streaming protocols. While in principle the Icecast2 and SHOUTcast2
modes could be used to create streams for public consumption, they lack a number
of features compared to current state-of-the-art streaming software, which typically
supports the HLS protocol, the MPEG4 HE-AAC family of codecs, and rich metadata.
Protocols
The three streaming modes work as follows:
Icecast2 (for an external Icecast2 server):
Optimod—[HTTP protocol]

Icecast2 Server—[HTTP protocol]

Player (one or multiple)
SHOUTcast2 (For an external SHOUTcast2 server)
Optimod—[Ultravox 2.1 protocol]

SHOUTcast2 Server—[HTTP protocol]

Player (one or multiple)
Local (provides a built-in Icecast2 streaming server):
Optimod—[HTTP protocol]

Player
The SHOUTcast2 and Icecast2 servers are freely available and as of June 2017 can be
downloaded from here:
SHOUTcast2 Server:
https://www.shoutcast.com/BroadcastNow
Icecast2 Server:
http://www.icecast.org/
Security and Authentication
We recommend using password security to prevent unauthorized users from listen-
ing to the stream. This will avoid attracting the attention of music licensing authori-