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Genie Distribution WNET Manual v3
© Tieline Research Pty. Ltd. 2020
Connecting a Multicast Program
1. After you have created multicast server and client programs on your codecs you can dial
multicast connections. First select the multicast server program you want to use on the server
codec:
a. Press the
HOME
button to return to the
Home
screen.
b. Use the navigation buttons to select
Programs
and press the
button.
c. Use the up
and down
navigation buttons to select the multicast server program you
want to connect with, then press the
button to load the program.
d. Press the
CONNECT
button to make a connection.
2. Select and load the multicast client program on each of the multicast client codecs and dial the
multicast IP address to begin receiving multicast audio packets.
You can navigate to
Cxns
on the
Home
screen to view a codec's connection
Status
, then press
to view connection statistics for IP packets being sent over the connection.
18.15
Creating a Multicast Client Program
Two different types of multicast programs need to be created when multicasting:
·
A multicast server program is used by the broadcasting codec to send multicast IP packets
to multicast routers on a network.
·
A multicast client program is used by codecs to receive multicast IP audio packets.
Important Notes:
·
You cannot edit a program when it is currently loaded in the codec.
·
Ensure all connection related settings like the port, algorithm, bit rate (etc) match
on both multicast server and client programs or they will not be able to join
multicast streaming sessions.
·
The default UDP audio port is 9000 for a multicast client program configured via the
codec front panel.
·
You can
in a codec to ensure the currently loaded
program cannot be unloaded by a codec dialing in with a different program type.
·
Always dial the multicast server codec connection first before connecting multicast
client codecs.
·
Multicast client codecs will display return link quality (LQ) only. The
Return
reading
represents the audio being downloaded from the network locally.
·
It is not possible to connect to a G3 codec and receive multicast IP audio streams.
·
To copy multicast client programs onto multiple codecs see
.
·
To learn more about programs see the section titled
·
Relay functionality is available for multicast connections between Tieline codecs.
·
See Toolbox web-GUI documentation for more detailed information about
configuring multicast client programs.
1. Press the
HOME
button
to return to the
Home
screen, select
Connect
> IP > Sessionless
and press the
button.