iPort
Livewire-MPEG Gateway
USER’S MANUAL
Manual Version 2.0 for software version 1.6.1g and later
December, 2011
Page 1: ...iPort Livewire MPEG Gateway USER S MANUAL Manual Version 2 0 for software version 1 6 1g and later December 2011...
Page 2: ...ack on any aspect of the Telos iPort or this manual In the past many good ideas from users have made their way into software revisions or new products Please contact us with your comments Service You...
Page 3: ...ection against such interference when this type of equipment is operated in a commercial environment Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference If it does the us...
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Page 5: ...s 5 Backing up and Restoring Configuration 5 Reset 5 Firmware Upgrade 5 V Mixer andV Mode 6 To Learn More 6 2 Livewire WANLink 7 Getting Started 8 Configuring the iPort 8 Network 9 Codec configuration...
Page 6: ...vi Steamcast 20 SHOUTcast 31 ICEcast 32 Stream andTrack Names 32 Using a PC Player to Listen 33 Hardware Players 33 MPEG License Music Copyright 34 A1 WarrantyandSafety 37...
Page 7: ...called AAC AAC HEv2 24 320kbps Latest generation AAC HE with parametric stereo enhancements AAC LD 24 320kbps Low delay AAC Layer 3 MP3 24 320kbps Standard MP3 The codecs are all licensed from Fraunh...
Page 8: ...ith 24 bit 48kHz quality Web configuration Can be done with a PC located anywhere on the network Full range of state of the art MPEG codecs AAC LD for delay sensitive applications AAC HE and AAC HEv2...
Page 9: ...LCD connect a PC di rectly via a cross cable or small Ethernet switch and change the values to your network s requirements with the Web interface Since the WAN port s Web access is disabled by default...
Page 10: ...Internet or other WANs For this reason there is no gateway entry possible Note that the netmask value needs to correspond with that of your other equipment including the PC that is hosting the Web bro...
Page 11: ...blank Backing up and Restoring Configuration This is on the System page It can be time consuming to enter all the needed iPort configuration values So we give you a way to save them all in a file on y...
Page 12: ...e sum of each set of 5 inputs and an individual unmixed output for each input This latter is used when only gain control is required with no mixing V Mode offers a simple function that is useful to sp...
Page 13: ...needs to be very low delay it cannot tolerate a network with too much latency or jitter These conditions are easily fulfilled with an inexpensive switched Ether net LAN But these conditions don t gene...
Page 14: ...wall Private or Internet Link If you will be using the iPort within a facility that is already Livewire equipped the Node will not be required Just connect the LW port of the iPort to a free Ethernet...
Page 15: ...ed If you want to have Web access via the WAN port such as for offsite configuration and monitoring click the checkbox for that When the Livewire and WAN networks are independent the two IP addresses...
Page 16: ...oder channels The 16 channel encode only option is used for streaming applications Codec and Channel Settings Usually the first step will be to click the Options button for the channel you are configu...
Page 17: ...ly concealed This is one of the strengths of AAC The other codecs also have concealment but it will not be as effective Network links with high and guaranteed Quality of Service will almost always let...
Page 18: ...or any LW device While it s possible to enter separate channel numbers and names for the send and receive directions as in this example normally these would be the same since Livewire channel numbers...
Page 19: ...you want to use at the other end Can I use the iPort with Telos Z IP or ZXS codecs at the other end Yes with proper configuration Can I use the iPort with codecs from other manufacturers The iPort cre...
Page 20: ...support MP3 Will you be including other codec types in future software releases Maybe Please let us know your needs Where can I learn more about TCP and UDP Any good network engineering book would ex...
Page 21: ...more usable This BTW is why streaming audio over the Internet works pretty good The streaming servers use TCP to connect to players Delay is not an issue indeed multiple seconds of buffering is the no...
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Page 23: ...h is available such as an Internet co location site For those whose streaming requirements are more modest or who prefer a PC based solution we offer a software product that runs on Windows PCs This p...
Page 24: ...OUTcast forums would be a good place to start SHOUTcast compatible Stream Server Listeners Private or Internet Link iPort Omnia 8x Processor The installation would be like the one above In this case o...
Page 25: ...own below The stream is named Radio and given LW channel number 1439 We ve already set up the browser with tabs pointing to the Node iPort and Steamcast server So now we ll click on the tab that bring...
Page 26: ...ent with regard to both CPU and memory usage Steamcast is a freeware streaming media server that extends the capabilities of the Icecast2 SHOUTcast framework The creators of Steamcast intend for the p...
Page 27: ...eamcast conf file and edit it to your needs It does not matter where the server runs or what user the server runs under as long as that user has read write access to the extracted files and the curren...
Page 28: ...erMax will be used to determine the overall UserMax MaxUser 20 MaxBandwidth This is the maximum amount of out going bandwidth allowed by Steamcast in units of kilo bits per second This is a soft limit...
Page 29: ...es RealtimeLog Yes No Setting this to Yes will allow steamcast to output Realtime statistical information to the screen in CLI environments RealtimeLog Yes YPLog Yes No Enable the logging of YP Touche...
Page 30: ...read strait down the file so if you have multiple source mounts and you declare a new mount before finishing configuration of another then those configurations after the new declaration will go to th...
Page 31: ...am begins for each listener Use s and Steamcast will only look for files with a matching extension Files must be the same in everyway with the stream currently playing SourceGateway intro s SourceBack...
Page 32: ...Allows you to setup HTTP Basic Authorization on this mount point All Authentication is currently file based Please see steamauth txt SourceAuth overrides the public bit and will force all SourceAuth d...
Page 33: ...k of the buffer which gives most clients no buffer wait times It is highly recommended that you not mess with this parameter except in instances where the bitrate of the stream is extremely low and yo...
Page 34: ...this number While you are allowed to set a number as high as 100 anything over 10 is generally considered excessive ThreadPool 5 MetaInterval 8192 Set this to control the meta data interval in bytes f...
Page 35: ...6 SourceUserMax 5 SourceIsDefault No SourceMount stream7 mp3 SourceUser telos7 SourcePass telos7 SourceUserMax 5 SourceIsDefault No SourceMount stream8 mp3 SourceUser telos8 SourcePass telos8 SourceUs...
Page 36: ...fault No SourceMount stream13 mp3 SourceUser telos13 SourcePass telos13 SourceUserMax 5 SourceIsDefault No SourceMount stream14 mp3 SourceUser telos14 SourcePass telos14 SourceUserMax 5 SourceIsDefaul...
Page 37: ...utcast com It is freeware but not open source This was the server that started it all developed by Nullsoft the people who created Winamp The software is now in the hands of AOL who don t seem to be i...
Page 38: ...1 a ground up rewrite aimed at multi format support and scalability The Icecast server is capable of streaming MP3 and AAC over the SHOUTcast protocol AAC is only supported in version 2 2 0 and newer...
Page 39: ...he player Normally a user would not have to enter the URL Rather this would be a link embedded in a web page We have tested MP3 streams with the WM player Winamp VLC player Foobar and iTunes AAC strea...
Page 40: ...ecording without the permission of the copyright owner It is your responsibility to comply with the copyright laws of the United States and other countries in which you broadcast and to pay all applic...
Page 41: ...ng please visit the following sites The U S Copyright Office http www copyright gov The Recording Industry Association of America http www riaa com issues music webcasting ASCAP http www ascap com web...
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