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Table 3–3: iAM2-8 Option Cards

Option

Part #

Description

OPT-DOLBY
D, DD+, E

829167

Enables decoding and monitoring of Dolby®
D, DD+, & E streams. Hardware card with
software activation key.

OPT-ANLG/TOS
(iVAM)

829170

Enable monitoring of 8 Analog channels on
DB-25. TOSLINK included.

OPT-DANTE
(iVAM)

829172

Enable decoding and monitoring of Dante

input streams. Includes AoIP card. Enables 2 x
RJ-45 ports for 2022-7 support (for Dante,
Ravenna and 2110-30) + SFP cage allowing
MM and SM SFP’s for AoIP Signals. TOSLINK
included.

OPT-RAVENNA
64 (iVAM)

829173

Enable monitoring of up to 64 Ravenna

AES67 input. NMOS support. TOSLINK
included.

Summary of Contents for iAM2-8

Page 1: ...iAM2 8 2RU Multi Channel Audio Monitor User Guide Part Number 821834 Revision B ...

Page 2: ...ress or implied with respect to software documentation their quality performance merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose In no event will Wohler Technologies Inc be liable for direct indirect special incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the hardware software or its documentation even if advised of the possibility of such damages Some states do not allow the ...

Page 3: ...8 FCC 8 ICES 003 8 CHAPTER 2 Local Operation 9 Operation 9 Startup 9 Front Panel 9 Rear Panel 11 SFP 2022 6 SFP 2110 Address Setup 15 Channel Meters and Touch Operations 16 Dolby Zoom Screen 18 Menu Option Touchscreen 19 Main Menu 20 Unit Settings 20 Speaker Options 21 Meter Scales 22 Unit Configuration 24 Phase Configuration 25 Source Select 26 Presets 27 Preset Favorites 28 All Presets 29 Loudne...

Page 4: ...tput on AES Pair 1 combined with a post fade output on the Analog XLRs 64 How do I make the XLR outputs follow the Audio Meter screen solos mutes while the AES Pair 1 does not 65 How do I route only specific monitored channels to the Analog XLR outputs 66 The optional Global Output Routing feature works great But what if we don t want to create any Presets and want to monitor audio only using Sour...

Page 5: ...dditional Information 92 DanteTM Legal Disclosures 92 APPENDIX D Ravenna ZMAN Setup 93 Introduction 93 What is in the iAM2 8 for Ravenna 93 RAVENNA Compatible Talker Listener 93 AVB Ethernet Features 93 Configuring the AOIP Merging Option Card 94 Getting Started General Settings 95 Getting Started PTP 96 Getting Started Session Sources 97 Getting Started Session Sinks 98 Getting Started Session In...

Page 6: ...d and configured using local menus and a web browser over a network connection to the integral web server of the iAM2 8 The web server will also allow you to view the audio meters remotely Safety Instructions 1 Read keep and follow all of these instructions heed all warnings 2 Do not use this equipment near water 3 Use only a dry cloth to clean the equipment 4 Do not block any ventilation openings...

Page 7: ...ides 1 75 Top and Bottom if either radiates heat 0 Top and Bottom if no heat Heat Dissipation The ambient temperature inside the mounting enclosure should not exceed 40 Celsius 104 Fahrenheit Adjacent devices can be rack mounted or stacked in proximity to the unit if this temperature is not exceeded Otherwise allow a 1RU 1 75 44 45mm space above and below the unit for air circulation Important Hea...

Page 8: ...se of shielded cable however satisfactory results can sometimes be obtained without it The internal circuitry ground is connected to the chassis Power The unit connects to an AC mains power source 100 to 240 VAC 65W 50 60Hz using an IEC power cord When the mains plug or appliance coupler is used as the disconnect device the disconnect device should remain operable Compliance FCC This equipment has...

Page 9: ...ings all channel pairs will either be in the muted condition or set in a predetermined way You may then use the Source and Channel controls to enable only the program channels you want to hear Front Panel The front panel is shown in Figure 2 1 Figure 2 1 iAM2 8 Front Panel Balance Headphone Jack USB Status Speakers Channel Volume Source Audio Meter Screen HD 720p 50Hz SDI 1 iAM AUDIO 8 CHANNEL Lou...

Page 10: ...aphic appears at the center top of the Meter Screen as follows 7 Source Turning this control right or left selects between the available licensed input sources The selected Source input is displayed in the center of the Audio Meters Screen as follows Alternatively the Source control can be used to select from any Preset or from any Favorite Preset Refer to the Source Knob Select setting in the Uni...

Page 11: ...administrative tasks remotely The Wohler Web GUI is described in Chapter 4 of this manual Third party equipment connecting to the iAM2 8 via a LAN plugged into this port and using an API commands can view and change product options as well This API is described in Appendix E of this manual 4 MADI BNC optional The COAX input accepts an AES10 64 channel signal at 48 kHz sample rate An optional licen...

Page 12: ...ll software licenses Figure 2 3 AES HD 15F Connector Pinout 7 AES Outputs This HD 15F connector provides 4 AES3id digital audio pairs 8 channels at a 48 kHz sample rate from selected monitored sources Refer to Figure 2 3 for the pinout of this connector The easiest way to interface with this connector is to use an HD 15 to VGA adaptor cable These outputs are not controlled by the Volume and Balanc...

Page 13: ...SMTPE 2110 or 2022 6 Receiver This uses Multi Mode 850 NM LC fiber connectors It allows the iAM2 8 to monitor SDI audio transmitted in real time over Ethernet You must use the MN Set configuration software to set up this option It is available from Wohler Technologies Technical Service 9 Analog Inputs These female XLR connectors provide two balanced analog inputs Left and Right The Analog Inputs a...

Page 14: ... 8 Tascam cables may be used and can be purchased by contacting Wohler Sales Refer to Figure 2 6 for the pinout of this connector Note PCM channels marked as data channels such as those containing encoded Dolby streams are automatically muted from being sent out to the external amplifier and speakers Note When these outputs are used to connect to an external amplifier and speakers the external amp...

Page 15: ...d Secondary Gigabit Ethernet interfaces are provided with the AoIP option module SFP 2022 6 SFP 2110 Address Setup While the optional SFP 2022 6 and SFP 2110 modules monitor program audio created from distinctly different technologies both are connected to the network in the same way and have the same requirements for addressing Figure 2 7 illustrates the network connections they need Figure 2 7 S...

Page 16: ...en 00 20 30 40 60 00 2 1 S t e r e o S t e r e o S t e r e o S t e r e o 6 5 8 7 3 LKFS M 24 6 20 30 40 60 SDI 1 4 Channel Pair Touch Selection Area Channel Identifiers Phase Indicators Loudness Reading Loudness Cluster Marker Source Preset 1 Channel Identifiers Above the level meters are the Channel Identifiers They indicate the consecutive channel numbers in the selected source An arrow pointing...

Page 17: ...a muted channel pair un mutes it and removes the violet box Muting and un muting by touching is an alternate action function b Solo Selector Touch for two seconds any channel pair you would like to solo A blue box will then surround the pair and that will be the only pair you hear Any violet boxes will disappear Touching another channel pair will then move the blue box to it and it will be soloed ...

Page 18: ... Zoom Screen When the Dolby Zoom screen appears up to 8 decoded Dolby channels will appear on the meters You may use a Dolby Preset to display the downmix on any pair of meters As shown in the figure above SDI 1 Pair 4 indicates that the meter bar graphs and metadata are derived from the Dolby bitstream on the fourth pair of input SDI 1 However you may solo or mute the individual channels for trou...

Page 19: ...etails Screen Main Menu Unit Settings Source Select Speaker Options Screen Network Settings Screen Factory Reset Screen Source Selection Screen Unit Settings Speaker Options Unit Configuration Meter Scales System Update Screen System Reboot Screen All Presets Unit Configuration Screen Network Settings System Reboot System Update Factory Reset Meter Scales Screen Phase Configuration Screen Phase Co...

Page 20: ... 11 Figure 2 11 Main Menu Unit Settings Touching the Unit Settings selection on the Main Menu screen proceeds to the Unit Settings Menu which contains additional menu selections The Unit Settings Menu is shown in Figure 2 12 This is an intermediary menu which leads to other menus and screens Figure 2 12 Unit Settings Menu ...

Page 21: ...he control can be touched and moved left or right to adjust in 2 dB increments After touching the Treble control the Channel knob can also be turned to make the adjustment 2 Low Cut Low Cut is provided for cases where unusually deep content produces audible distortion and interferes with monitoring 3 Bass This tone control adjusts the low frequency speaker audio response from 12 dB to 12 dB Loweri...

Page 22: ...ll be applied to the audio meters Figure 2 14 Meter Scales Screen The controls function as follows 1 Scale This meter scales standard to be used when displaying audio levels A choice of seven scales is available Touch the left or right arrows to select the scale A representation of the chosen scale will be shown at the right The possible scales that can be selected are shown in Figure 2 15 Figure ...

Page 23: ...loating Segment Not Displayed When you have made your choices touch Save to retain them Touch Back to exit this screen Default Color Bounds Default Ballistics Scale Bottom Limit Top Limit Default Reference Lower Upper Float Bar AES 72 dBFS 0 0 dBFS 0 dBFS 0 dBFS 30 dBFS 20 dBFS IEC Type I VU DIN 53 dBr 5 5 dBr 15 dBFS 0 dBr 5 dBr 0 dBr IEC Type I BBC 13 25 dBr 13 0 dBr 18 dBFS 0 dBr 0 dBr 8 dBr IE...

Page 24: ...ss 3 AES termination AES signals should have one and only one termination This termination should physically be at the last destination of an AES coax cable If the iAM2 8 is the last connection in a series of AES connections then its terminations should be turned on A symptom of too many terminations or no termination is that no signal appears to be present on the AES input Touch the On Off switch...

Page 25: ...se of stereo pairs However sometimes each channel of a pair is unrelated to each other This can be because the channels are used to convey two independent monophonic signals or that one channel may be a Center channel and the other may be a Low Frequency Effects channel In these instances the Phase Indicator would almost always indicate an out of phase condition Because this would be a needless di...

Page 26: ...ources so that they may be used contact Wohler Technologies Figure 2 19 shows the Source Select Menu Figure 2 19 Source Select Menu Source Select Menu MADI BNC AoIP SDI 1 MADI OPTICAL AES SDI 2 SFP Analog TOSLINK Touch Menu to exit this menu If you touch MADI BNC MADI Optical or SFP an additional selection screen will be shown asking you select which 8 MADI channels to monitor or which SFP functio...

Page 27: ...hat can be used to monitor a variety of combinations of inputs They may be set up to allow quick and easy selection of monitoring configurations for various productions and situations If you have not set up any Presets use the Configure Presets page in the Web GUI to do so Refer to Chapter 4 Or if you prefer not to set up any Presets simply monitor the sources directly using the Source Select butt...

Page 28: ...tes screen is shown in Figure 2 21 Figure 2 21 Preset Favorites Screen Preset Favorites Comedy Time Satire Today 1 of 1 Menu In this screen the currently selected Preset is shown in bright yellow Touch any Preset to select it To exit this screen without making a selection touch Menu If no Favorite Presets have been designated this screen will appear as shown in Figure 2 22 Figure 2 22 Preset Favor...

Page 29: ...o select which Preset containing Group to examine After selecting one of the Groups the Preset Selection screen shown in Figure 2 24 is shown Figure 2 24 All Presets Screen Preset Selection Preset Page 1 of 1 Menu Group Operator 1 Groups First Show Late Show Evening News Good Morning To select a Preset touch the associated button After a quick 2 second delay the metering screen will display the ch...

Page 30: ...e Loudness Meter button proceeds to the Loudness Meter Screen as shown in Figure 2 26 Figure 2 26 Loudness Meter Screen 24 9 6 3 Ref 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 LU M LRA 0 1 PROG 21 5 MAX 20 1 TP 20 0 Menu Audio Meters 1 Stereo 2 0 1 Note In order to calculate loudness accurately it is crucial that you correctly set the Channel Function for each channel Depending upon the designated function of each channel...

Page 31: ...e program period shown as TP 20 0 above Note Further and more detailed descriptions of all of the above Loudness terms may be found in the ITU R BS 1770 3 loudness standard The controls available on the Loudness Meter Screen are 1 Cluster Select The name of the monitored channel cluster is shown at the bottom right of the screen Rotate the Source knob to select any other monitored channel cluster ...

Page 32: ...creen can be manually used to begin and end a loudness measurement interval The reading for that interval is then held on the Loudness Meter 2 Continuous Touch the Continuous button to enable Continuous Mode In this mode loudness readings are continually made The Stop button on the Loudness Meter screen is not active Alarm 1 Over The Alarm indication will only appear when Loudness has exceeded the...

Page 33: ... all of the above Loudness terms may be found in the ITU R BS 1770 3 loudness standard When you have completed reviewing or changing the settings touch the Loudness Meters button to go the Loudness Meters screen or touch the Back button to return to the Loudness menu System Options Menu Touching System Options in the Main Menu proceeds to the System Options menu which is an intermediate menu leadi...

Page 34: ... Screen 1 To change the IP Address Net Mask Gateway or DNS tap the item you would like to change A keypad will appear as shown in Figure 2 30 Figure 2 30 Network Configuration Setting Change 2 Touch the digits to be entered and then touch the Enter button The Clear button may be touched to erase any mistyped digits 3 Now repeat steps 1 and 2 until you have replaced all of the necessary digits 4 To...

Page 35: ... addressing scheme change touch the Save button This will save the changes you selected 2 Touch the Cancel button to return to the previous screen without saving any changes Important There is no confirmation for Save and Exit so make sure you want to perform this action before taking it The system will not need to reboot before it is once again ready for operation Important There is no confirmati...

Page 36: ...rrect an issue The System Reboot function should be used with a bit of forethought It puts the system out of service for several minutes while it is rebooting Figure 2 32 System Reboot System Reboot Are you sure You wish to Reboot the System No Yes Back If you have any doubt as to whether you should press Yes press Back or No instead and contact Wohler Technical Service for advice Pressing Back or...

Page 37: ...tware locally from the iAM2 8 front panel follow the procedure in the Local Update from the Front Panel section of Appendix A Figure 2 33 System Update Screen System Update Back Software Version 0 0 0 Refresh Upgrading System There is no USB mounted If you have just inserted a flash drive with a valid software upgrade package press Refresh to see that package Touch the Back button return to the Sy...

Page 38: ...am everything from the start Figure 2 34 Factory Reset Factory Reset Set system to factory default settings No Yes Back Note Factory Reset will also reset your IP address to the default one After a Factory Reset the IP Settings will need to be updated The default IP address for the unit is determined based upon the Mac address It is 169 254 1 xx where xx is the last octet of the management Mac add...

Page 39: ...roduct Serial Number Software Version and various other information Figure 2 35 System Details Screen System Details System State Mode System IP Address Valid Normal 169 254 1 100 Menu Software 1 0 7 Serial Number 000000 MAC Address b4 ed 54 d0 07 64 Option Card Not Installed The information shown on this screen is read only and cannot be changed Touch Menu to exit this screen ...

Page 40: ...M Level Meter Scale Choice of AES BBC DIN EBU EXTVU NORDIC or VU Sample Rate 48kHz De Multiplexing 8 channels from 16 channel SD HD 3G SDI 64 channel AES10 MADI SDI Inputs Outputs 2 SDI Inputs and 1 SDI Output Optional Single SFP Transceiver HD BNC Coax 3G HD SD SDI Multi Mode Fiber 1 SI Optical SC Connector 1300nm Single Mode Fiber 1 SI Optical SC Connector 1310nm MADI Inputs Outputs 1 MADI BNC S...

Page 41: ... balanced Analog Input Impedance 40kΩ balanced Analog Outputs Stereo XLR 3 Male balanced 28 dBU max Analog Output Frequency Response 40 Hz to 20 kHz 1dB Analog Output Distortion 0 01 THD N Analog Output Dynamic Range 100 dB Analog Output Reference Level 20 dBFS 4 1 0 dBU Internal Speakers Stereo 3 Full Range Peak Acoustic Output 104 dBA SPL 2 feet Hum and Noise Better than 75 dB below full output ...

Page 42: ... Use MN Set to configure SFP SFP 2110 829086 SMTPE 2110 receiver Multi Mode 850 NM LC fiber connectors SFP module with software activation key Use MN Set to configure SFP SFP 2110 2022 6 829087 SMTPE 2110 or 2022 6 receiver Multi Mode 850 NM LC fiber connectors SFP module with software activation key Use MN Set to configure SFP OPT AES 829080 Enables decoding and monitoring of 4 x AES inputs and o...

Page 43: ...Enable monitoring of 8 Analog channels on DB 25 TOSLINK included OPT DANTE iVAM 829172 Enable decoding and monitoring of DanteTM input streams Includes AoIP card Enables 2 x RJ 45 ports for 2022 7 support for Dante Ravenna and 2110 30 SFP cage allowing MM and SM SFP s for AoIP Signals TOSLINK included OPT RAVENNA 64 iVAM 829173 Enable monitoring of up to 64 RavennaTM AES67 input NMOS support TOSLI...

Page 44: ... Updates Presets USB L R 2 Toslink SPDIF Input 4 Stereo ADCs L R 4 Stereo DACs L R Primary 1 GB ENET Toslink SPDIF Input Secondary 1 GB ENET AoIP SFP Cage for Fiber Module Stereo A D Converter L R Balanced Analog Stereo Input Pair 2 8 8 AoIP Option Card Dante Ravenna 2110 30 Analog Option Card 8 Balanced Inputs 8 Balanced Outputs Toslink SPDIF AES Channel Pair Inputs 1 4 on HD 15 AES Receiver 8 AE...

Page 45: ...re scrolling making operation challenging The Chrome web browser is recommended for speed and compatibility First Time IP Assignments The iAM2 8 can operate with a static fixed or dynamic DHCP IPv4 address The default address will be 169 254 1 x where x depends upon the MAC address of the unit when received from the factory or when switched from DHCP to static addressing mode There two basic types...

Page 46: ...icular network Immediately after the host setup is complete change the iAM2 8 s address Make the corresponding address mask and gateway changes in the iAM2 8 Network Setup page Refer to the Network Setup section which follows Otherwise set the iAM2 8 to DHCP address mode by checking the box for Use DHCP in Network Setup and have your IT administrator assign rights and settings for operation on the...

Page 47: ...ld usually be 255 255 255 0 unless your network can work across multiple subnets 4 Gateway Address This should usually be the same domain and subnet address numbers as the IP Address but with the last octet being 1 5 DNS nameserver A default value is shown for reference only DNS is not normally required for basic static IP network configurations to work Your IT administrator will specify a value t...

Page 48: ...eft side The Dashboard page shows all of the available Preset configurations at a glance The iAM2 8 allows you to assign Presets to particular groups In Figure 4 3 two groups Operator 1 and Operator 2 are shown Figure 4 3 Dashboard Preset Overview To view all of the Presets within a group click on that group ...

Page 49: ...DIO2 8 A Group Preset Summary is shown in the upper right of the screen This enables you to see the total number of Groups Presets and Favorite Presets in the iAM2 8 Use the button as shown in Figure 4 4 to toggle between Favorite Presets or All Presets Click the Recall button to recall a Preset To Edit a Preset click the Edit icon as shown in Figure 4 4 to the right of the associated Recall butto...

Page 50: ...for a Preset are 1 Delete Remove the Preset from the system Do Not delete the currently active Preset 2 Rename Rename the Preset but keep all of its other characteristics 3 Make Favorite Make this Preset a favorite This can be done for frequently used Presets ...

Page 51: ...51 Figure 4 6 Dashboard Group Edit The Edit options for a Group are as follows 1 Delete Delete the Group and all of the Presets it contains 2 Rename Rename the Group but keep all of its other characteristics ...

Page 52: ...ters to remotely display the audio meters of the iAM2 8 This display is shown in Figure 4 7 Also displayed is the name of the source that the meters are displaying In Figure 4 7 this is SDI BNC 1 Figure 4 7 Audio Meters Display iAM AUDIO2 8 ...

Page 53: ...ion is made as to whether an alarm should be displayed 3 LRA Window This is a moving window of time over which the loudness measurement is made 4 Default Cluster When a Metering Screen is entered this is the number of the cluster that will initially be monitored for Loudness 5 Alarm a Over The Alarm indication will only appear when Loudness has exceeded the Reference Level by the Tolerance amount ...

Page 54: ... making the settings click Apply to save them or click Cancel to discard them Phase Indicator Configuration Tab The Phase Indicator Configuration tab is as shown in Figure 4 9 It allows you to select which channel pairs will receive a phase meter on the Metering Screen Generally it is useful to monitor the relative phase of stereo pairs However sometimes each channel of a pair is unrelated to each...

Page 55: ...om an existing Preset To create a new Preset enter the name for the new Preset in the field to the left of the word Preset Then make all of the settings needed and save it To make changes to an existing Preset select it from the pull down list make the needed changes and save it To create a new Preset starting with an existing Preset first select the existing Preset from the pull down list Next en...

Page 56: ...left of the screen 5 Autofill Selection If you simply want to map all 8 input channels to all 8 meters in the same order click the Autofill button The Preset Input Output Matrix will automatically fill out To remove all mapping click the Reset button that is adjacent to the Autofill button 6 Cluster Definition and Naming Channel Clusters are a series of channels that are all associated with monito...

Page 57: ...ure 4 11 It allows you to select which channel pairs will receive a phase meter on the Metering Screen in this Preset Generally it is useful to monitor the relative phase of stereo pairs However sometimes each channel of a pair is unrelated to each other This can be because the channels are used to convey two independent monophonic signals or that one channel may be a Center channel and the other ...

Page 58: ...nnels are routed to which outputs It then appears as shown in Figure 4 13 This very flexible capability allows you to route signals according to Preset or as a default for the whole system Refer to the Global Output Routing section in this chapter to learn the function of each of the checkboxes and of the matrix in this tab To set up a different input to output routing scheme for the Preset you ar...

Page 59: ...creating a Preset or making changes to a Preset either click the Save button to save the Preset click the Save Apply button to save the Preset and make it the current Preset or click the Reset button to discard the changes just made These selections are shown in Figure 4 13 ...

Page 60: ...me and Preset name as shown in Figure 4 14 use the following steps to set up a Dolby Preset 1 Click the Dolby Input Source as indicated in Figure 4 14 A list of all of your physical inputs will display Select the one containing the Dolby signal that you are interested in monitoring 2 Click the Channel Pair A list of all of the channel pairs in your selected source appears Select the one that conta...

Page 61: ...for the OPT OUTPUT ROUTING feature If Output Routing is not licensed then any of the inputs can be monitored in stereo or mono only through the internal speakers The headphone jack the analog XLR outputs and the first AES output will follow whatever is directed to the speakers When licensed select Global Output Routing under Configuration This will display the Global Output Routing screen This scr...

Page 62: ...AoIP Pair 9 DANTE RAVENNA Selected inputs will be mixed to AoIP transmit channels 17 and 18 Note that configuration for channels 1 16 is not supported Use a Dante Controller or Anneman Zman web interface to route these channels appropriately 8 AoIP Pair 10 DANTE RAVENNA Selected inputs will be mixed to Channel 19 and Channel 20 Use a Dante Controller or Anneman Zman web interface to route the rema...

Page 63: ...e control knob as are any outputs that are in Speaker Mix mode Typical Questions Regarding Output Routing The questions and thoughts in this section are commonly asked by people when setting up the licensed Output Routing capability What signal outputs can be controlled using the Output Routing feature All the outputs on the iAM2 8 can be controlled using the Output Routing feature This includes I...

Page 64: ...eating presets and when you don t change the Output Routing unique to any Preset Changes to either of these are disabled if the OPT OUTPUT ROUTING license is not purchased How do I route whatever is being monitored to the XLR and AES outputs Using Global Output Routing optional licensing upgrade you may route any signals to the XLR AES outputs You may route signals to the XLR outputs using the Ana...

Page 65: ... the Solo Mute column The setting shown above determines that outputs will follow the Audio Meter screen solos mutes for the XLR outputs because the checkbox is checked It is not checked for the AES outputs so they will not be affected by the solo mute choices This feature requires the optional OPT OUTPUT ROUTING output routing license ...

Page 66: ...ct How would I configure different outputs for Source Select choices Use the Global Output Routing settings to determine how the outputs are configured for source select options The Global Output Routing feature allows channels to be routed or combined and routed to various destinations For example channels 1 to 8 can be routed to AES outputs How do I keep the internal speakers muted and have audi...

Page 67: ... inserted into the Headphone jack As shown below if a headphone is inserted then the output on the Analog XLRs will be muted while the audio on AES Pair 1 will remain on What are AoIP Pair 9 and AoIP Pair 10 AoIP Pair 9 Selected inputs will be mixed to AoIP transmit channels 17 and 18 Note that configuration for channels 1 8 is not supported Use a Dante Controller or Zman web interface to route th...

Page 68: ...allows you to copy presets from a master unit to multiple iAM2 8 units This can save a lot of setup time if multiple units all need basically the same setup To start Preset Replication click on the Preset Replication tab on the master unit This will start the unit discovery process and will list all the iAM2 8 units that you currently have on your network The discovery process will continue for a ...

Page 69: ...he Web GUI You may add a descriptive name or version to the Presets being copied This may aid in remembering what tag or version of the presets are available on the unit The Preset name or version may be up to 10 characters in length Next select the Target units from the list of units shown by checking or unchecking each of the Target boxes at the left Alternatively you may click Select All to sel...

Page 70: ...s are explained in the following three sections System Information This tab displays a variety of information about the iAM2 8 It is shown in Figure 4 18 This information could be useful to view if you are contacting Wohler Technical Service Figure 4 18 System Information Tab System System Information iAM AUDIO2 8 ...

Page 71: ...l to view if you need to ascertain what module if any is installed or if you are contacting Wohler Technical Service Figure 4 19 SFP Information Tab System SFP Information iAM AUDIO2 8 Note SFP Information as shown in lower half of Figure 4 19 can be used to retrieve the 2110 or 2022 SFP Module network configurations This is useful if the customer forgets the IP address assigned to these SFP modul...

Page 72: ...these numbers Figure 4 20 Licenses Tab System Licenses iAM AUDIO2 8 The example above shows an iAM2 8 with license keys for inputs and license keys for SFP modules installed To enter the license key provided to you by Wohler Customer Service use the following steps 1 Click the field to the right of the input or module desired 2 Enter the license key in the box 3 Repeat Steps 1 and 2 for any other ...

Page 73: ...r you should perform a Factory Reset do not click the Initiate Factory Reset button Contact Wohler Technical Service for advice Note Factory Reset will also reset your IP address to the default one After a Factory Reset the IP Settings will need to be updated The default IP address for the unit is determined based upon the Mac address It is 169 254 1 xx where xx is the last octet of the management...

Page 74: ...rrect an issue The Reboot System function should be used with a bit of caution It puts the iAM2 8 out of service for several minutes while it is rebooting and this may unexpectedly interfere with the use of the product by the remote operator Figure 4 22 Reboot System iAM AUDIO2 8 If you have any doubt as to whether you should reboot the remote iAM2 8 do not click the Reboot System button Contact W...

Page 75: ...the front panel USB socket and the update is then accomplished using the self contained menu system If this method seems most suitable then refer to the Local Update from the Front Panel section of this chapter 2 Remote update using the Web GUI with a flash drive connected to the iAM2 8 It may be more convenient to update the product using a flash drive plugged into its front panel USB socket but ...

Page 76: ...s of download and file transfer to the USB flash drive 2 Insert the USB flash drive with iAM2 8 update package s into the front panel USB jack 3 From the Menu screen touch System Options The screen shown in Figure A 1 will appear Figure A 1 System Options Screen System Options Menu Network Settings System Reboot Factory Reset System Update 4 In the System Options menu touch System Update The Softw...

Page 77: ... back out touch No After you touch Yes the screens will change as shown in Figure A 4 The message on this screen will change as the upgrade progresses The left screen will display Software Upgrade in Progress until the upgrade is complete Figure A 4 Upgrading System System Update Software Version 1 1 3 Back Upgrading System Refresh Installing Package 7 After the software update starts the text on ...

Page 78: ...ect to the iAM2 8 with the Wohler Web GUI Navigate to the System System Update menu as shown in Figure A 5 If the iAM2 8 has recently been powered and it contains the Dolby Decoder option then a message may appear asking you to wait for a number of seconds so that the decoder will be operational Figure A 5 System Update Menu 3 Click on the Refresh button 4 Available software update s are shown as ...

Page 79: ...date Verification 6 Next the update begins showing the screen in Figure A 8 The circle in the center of the screen along with status messages below it will indicate the progress of the update Figure A 8 Software Upgrade in Progress 7 At this point wait for the update to complete It may take several minutes but it is critical not to disturb the iAM2 8 or the Web GUI until the update process is comp...

Page 80: ...en as shown in Figure A 9 Figure A 9 System Update Menu 2 Click the two update files One will have a suffix of wx and the other will have a suffix of md5sum If you make a mistake and click the wrong file s click the Cancel Upload button and try again When the files have uploaded the System Update button will be enabled Click it If there is a problem with the files as this point one of the screens ...

Page 81: ...re A 11 Invalid Checksum iAM AUDIO2 8 3 At this point wait for the update to complete It may take several minutes but it is critical not to disturb the iAM2 8 or the Web GUI until the update process is complete When it is complete the iAM2 8 will restart ...

Page 82: ...date Remote System Update menu The screen shown in Figure A 12 will appear and the Web GUI will scan the network for any active iAM2 8 units Figure A 12 Scanning for iAM2 8 Units Note The scanning process will take 2 minutes Progress is shown on the screen If for some reason you would like to stop the scan prematurely click the Stop Scan button Important Do not run the scanning or updating process...

Page 83: ...e Selected Devices The window shown in Figure A 14 will appear Figure A 14 Apply System Package 5 Click Apply System Update The screen shown in Figure A 15 will appear This screen contains a table showing the update progress of each of the iAM2 8 units being updated ...

Page 84: ...AM AUDIO2 8 iAM AUDIO2 8 iAM AUDIO2 8 iAM AUDIO 2 PLUS iAM AUDIO2 8 Wohler iAM AUDIO2 8 version 1 6 52 will be applied 6 At this point wait for each update to complete It may take several minutes but it is critical not to disturb any of the iAM2 8 units or the Web GUI until the update process is complete When it is complete each iAM2 8 will restart ...

Page 85: ... provided to receive the AoIP signal using network fiber SFPs These are 1G SFP slots The SFP slot always acts as a primary interface On iAM2 8 the AoIP source can be selected through the Source Select option The iAM2 8 is set up at the Wohler factory to be used as a slave rather than a master within the Dante network Other devices or software such as a Dante Controller are expected to be responsib...

Page 86: ...nce in the iAM2 8 The iAM2 8 transmits up to 20 channels 1 to 8 are the monitored channel in prefade mode The remaining four are reserved for future use Currently they are mapped to channels being monitored on meter 1 to 4 in post fade mode The eight iAM2 8 monitored channels are transmitted to the Dante network The iAM2 8 DanteTM AoIP is configured by the iAM2 8 to receive up to 64 channels and t...

Page 87: ...twork but that will not change the iAM2 8 unit name appearing on GUI pages and iAM2 8 Remote Metering or Discovery pages Figure B 3 iAM2 8 Name During initial setup you may want to manually change the iAM unit Name in the System Setup page to match the reassigned Dante Device Name for consistency Refer to Figure B 4 Figure B 4 Rename iAM Change the iAM AoIP Name Other changes such as Latency setti...

Page 88: ...to Figure B 5 The iAM Brooklyn Dante card will serve as a temporary fallback clock source if preferred masters are interrupted It functions as an accurate slave clock synchronized to the master clock on the network when not operating as the master Figure B 5 Clock Selection Preferred Master Clock Channel Names The factory default channel names are set to 01 to 64 for 64 received channels and Monit...

Page 89: ...Device View AES67 Config menu enables disables AES67 Figure B 6 AES67 Enable Disable Further Dante AES67 discovery and operational protocol requires manual assignments for static multicast transmit and receive IP addresses per Dante protocols for discovery and IGMP network operation Destination addresses in range 239 nnn 0 0 239 nnn 255 255 port 5004 o nnn can be configured using the Dante Control...

Page 90: ...Page 90 Figure B 7 Device View Network Config ...

Page 91: ...ate Multicast Flows window shown in Figure B 8 Figure B 8 Multicast Device Lock Audinate recently added a feature whereby a remote controller can send a command to lock Dante network device configurations The iAM2 8 does not implement the Device Lock command at this time ...

Page 92: ...licable technical notes available Additional Information The following links are provided for those who need more information about the Dante controller or the Dante Firmware update manager https my audinate com products firmware update manager https www audinate com products software dante controller https dev audinate com GA dante controller userguide pdf latest AUD MAN DanteController 4 2 x v1 ...

Page 93: ...Talker Listener 1 RFC 3551 RTP Profile for Audio and Video Conferences a L16 16 bit linear format defined in RFC 3551 clause 4 5 11 b L24 24 bit linear format defined in RFC 3190 clause 4 c AM824 24 bit Audio as defined in IEC61883 6 d Multicast and unicast session support e 48 kHz and 96 kHz audio sampling rates f 1 to 8 audio channels per stream g Up to 64 streams 2 Media clock support a 48 kHz ...

Page 94: ...ithin the iAM2 8 The card will not function correctly if the user downloads and installs firmware from any source besides Wohler The Wohler augmentation includes the ability to support 64 channels The Merging card is pre configured to DHCP mode to obtain its IP address automatically from the Ravenna network The Ravenna network should be a separate address space from the iAM2 8 Management port For ...

Page 95: ...ices on the subnet 2 Sample Rate 44100 48000 88200 96000 176400 192000 352800 384000 3 Frame size 1Fs current frame size 64 AES67 48 32 16 12 6 4 Safety Playout Delay 1Fs The value is described at 1Fs 44 1 48 kHz in samples For example if the value is 10 the additional playout delay will be 20 at 2Fs 88 2 96 kHz 40 at 4FS 176 4 192 kHz 5 SSM Source Specific Multicast If needed configure the networ...

Page 96: ...you must first check the Manual checkbox a Priority 1 is the main priority value b Class This is the Device class This value should not be modified c Accuracy This field cannot be modified d Priority 2 This is only used if the other parameters do not allow electing a PTP master e GMID This is the current GrandMasterID PTP Master f Slave only This forces the Merging device to always be PTP slave g ...

Page 97: ... Streams are to be Sourced from this card It is shown in the following figure Figure D 3 Getting Started Session Sources The elements of this tab are as follows 1 Create session button Create a new session sources by clicking on left ICON 2 IO Select the physical input when applicable 3 Name This is the Source name 4 Advertise Check to enable source advertising on the network 5 Auto unicast RTSP C...

Page 98: ... the stream The drop down menu allows selection of specific channel range if the number of channels is less than 8 14 The URL of the SDP of this session This allows saving of the Session Description into a file which is useful for specific third party devices if a manual SDP has to be provided Getting Started Session Sinks This tab defines streams which are sinked in this card It is shown in the f...

Page 99: ...cate the connection status 0x10 receiving RTP packets OK 0x01 wrong RTP sequence id 0x02 wrong RTP SSRC 0x04 wrong RTP payload type 0x08 wrong RTP SAC 0x20 stream has been muted 0x40 Horus implementation an incoming stream is muted Important Note The above error numbers are summed For example Stream Muted and Wrong Payload together are indicated by 0x24 2 Playout Delay This is the current playout ...

Page 100: ...nputs and or Outputs Figure D 5 Getting Started Ins Outs Getting Started I O Router This page allows remapping of incoming channels to different internal channel assignments For example Stream channel 1 can be remapped to Merging card Channel 0 and so on Figure D 6 Getting Started I O Router ...

Page 101: ...e Merging ZMAN device in Aneman This brings up the browser page with tab set to General configuration GUI for the ZMAN card This is shown in Figure D 1 Use the following procedure 1 Select the Session Sinks tab and use the Create Session Sinks icon in the upper left corner to see the available source Flows 2 Create an entry on the left panel for each source Flow to be configured 3 Select the desir...

Page 102: ... to direct Flows to higher channel ranges For example for monitoring 2 SDI sources four 8 channel Flows assign two flows to 1 8 and 9 16 and the next SDI signal to 17 24 and 25 32 Touch the iAM2 8 AOIP selection menu to select the proper range to monitor up to 57 64 Select Apply to enable the Sink process which results in the meters and audio becoming available on the iAM2 8 ...

Page 103: ...ialized with the correct Wohler firmware load In case of future upgrades use the following steps 1 In Aneman right click the ZMAN entry on the bottom Devices section and select Maintenance Mode This brings up a web page which prompts for the location of the Wohler provided upgrade file The file should resemble the following firmware_1 1 7b43263_18Jun20 wohler 2 Select this file and click Open On t...

Page 104: ...mples for commonly used requests The API uses JavaScript Object Notation JSON as its communication language Follow the instructions in the First Time IP Assignments section of Chapter 4 to achieve the required network connection API Presets 1 GET Active Presets Method GET api cf presets current Example Response serial_number 123456 model AUDIO2 8 version 1 3 name result group Id 1 Name G1 preset D...

Page 105: ...2 result GroupId 1 Favorite 0 Data Name Preset SDI_Autofill Program Group newGrpNameSdi MeterSet 6 Speaker Right DelayMs 0 Source Slot 0 Cage 2 Type SDI ConnectorType BNC Channel 6 InputNo 1 InputIndex 1 VolumeDb 0 8 Speaker Right DelayMs 0 Source Slot 0 Cage 2 Type SDI ConnectorType BNC Channel 8 InputNo 1 InputIndex 1 ...

Page 106: ...olumeDb 0 14 Speaker Right DelayMs 0 Source Slot 0 Cage 0 Type None ConnectorType None Channel 0 InputNo 0 InputIndex 0 VolumeDb 0 3 Speaker Left DelayMs 0 Source Slot 0 Cage 2 Type SDI ConnectorType BNC Channel 3 InputNo 1 InputIndex 1 VolumeDb 0 9 Speaker Left DelayMs 0 Source Slot 0 Cage 0 Type None ConnectorType None Channel 0 ...

Page 107: ...annel 0 InputNo 0 InputIndex 0 VolumeDb 0 5 Speaker Left DelayMs 0 Source Slot 0 Cage 2 Type SDI ConnectorType BNC Channel 5 InputNo 1 InputIndex 1 VolumeDb 0 4 Speaker Right DelayMs 0 Source Slot 0 Cage 2 Type SDI ConnectorType BNC Channel 4 InputNo 1 InputIndex 1 VolumeDb 0 12 Speaker Right DelayMs 0 Source Slot 0 Cage 0 ...

Page 108: ...ype None ConnectorType None Channel 0 InputNo 0 InputIndex 0 VolumeDb 0 7 Speaker Left DelayMs 0 Source Slot 0 Cage 2 Type SDI ConnectorType BNC Channel 7 InputNo 1 InputIndex 1 VolumeDb 0 2 Speaker Right DelayMs 0 Source Slot 0 Cage 2 Type SDI ConnectorType BNC Channel 2 InputNo 1 InputIndex 1 VolumeDb 0 15 Speaker Left DelayMs 0 ...

Page 109: ...pe SDI ConnectorType BNC Channel 1 InputNo 1 InputIndex 1 VolumeDb 0 16 Speaker Right DelayMs 0 Source Slot 0 Cage 0 Type None ConnectorType None Channel 0 InputNo 0 InputIndex 0 VolumeDb 0 DolbyDecoderConf null Clusters Name Stereo 2 0 1 NumberOfMeters 2 FirstMeter 1 Type Stereo MuteOnPresetRecall true Name Stereo 2 0 2 NumberOfMeters 2 FirstMeter 3 ...

Page 110: ...Name Stereo 2 0 5 NumberOfMeters 2 FirstMeter 9 Type Stereo MuteOnPresetRecall true Name Stereo 2 0 6 NumberOfMeters 2 FirstMeter 11 Type Stereo MuteOnPresetRecall true Name Stereo 2 0 7 NumberOfMeters 2 FirstMeter 13 Type Stereo MuteOnPresetRecall true Name Stereo 2 0 8 NumberOfMeters 2 FirstMeter 15 Type Stereo MuteOnPresetRecall true DolbyInputSource Slot 0 Cage 0 Type None ConnectorType None I...

Page 111: ... ApplyCdlb true ApplyCor true SpeakerDelayMs 0 AudioOutputRouting null SystemClockSource Slot 0 Cage 2 Type SDI ConnectorType BNC InputNo 1 Pair 1 PhasePairs 254 ApplyCpi true DolbyDetection NonAudio Enabled PaHeader Enabled ApplyDZMeterScreen false PresetId 2 PresetName SDI_Autofill GroupName newGrpNameSdi ...

Page 112: ...ll error null result Presets Favorite 0 Id 3 Name SDI_Autofill Favorite 0 Id 2 Name SDI_Manual Id 1 Name G1 4 GET to recall the preset Method GET api op presets int presetID activate Example Response params PresetId 2 error null result GroupId 1 PresetName SDI_Manual GroupName G1 PresetId 2 ...

Page 113: ...oupId 2 6 POST to delete the preset Method POST api op preset int presetID delete Example Response params PresetId 1 error null result PresetId 1 7 POST to rename group Method POST api op group int groupID newGrpNameSdi rename Example Response params GroupId 1 GroupName newGrpNameSdi error null result GroupId 1 GroupName newGrpNameSdi ...

Page 114: ...xample Response error null params PresetId 1 PresetName newPresetNameTest result PresetId 1 PresetName newPresetNameTest 9 POST to set preset as Favorite Method POST api op preset int presetID favoriteVal favorite Example Response error null params PresetId 4 Favorite 1 result PresetId 4 Favorite 1 ...

Page 115: ...i Sfp 1 Sdi Sfp 1 Smpte2022 Sfp 1 Smpte2110 e g SourceType Sfp 1 Smpte2022 ChannelGroup 2 2 Body content for MADI SourceType String MADI Input Source ChannelGroup Int 1 8 Note Allowed MADI input sources are Madi Coax and Madi Optical ChannelGroup 1 Channels 1 8 and ChannelGroup 2 Channels 9 16 and so on e g SourceType Madi Coax ChannelGroup 6 3 Body content for Analog SourceType Analog XLR SourceT...

Page 116: ...ChannelGroup Int 1 8 Note ChannelGroup 1 Channels 1 8 and ChannelGroup 2 Channels 9 16 and so on 6 Body content for TOSLINK SourceType Toslink Example Response unit_name model AUDIO2 8 api_version 1 message Input Source Toslink has been applied successfully serial_number 123456 status 200 ...

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