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AM360r User Manual

revised 2008.07.11 for

Hardware Rev. A

Firmware Version 1.00.20

AudioMate 360r User Manual

IP Voice Gateway for Land Mobile Radio

Table of Contents

Overview

Voice Communications Via Your IP Network ..................................................2

AudioMate 360r Product Tour

Front Panel ............................................................................................................3

Rear Panel ..............................................................................................................4

Installation

Network Considerations ......................................................................................5

Bandwidth Consumption and CoDecs .............................................................5

Electrical Considerations ....................................................................................5

Configuration

Log In .....................................................................................................................6

Global Configuration ...........................................................................................6

Personality Module Configuration ....................................................................7

Status

Global Status .......................................................................................................10

Module Status .....................................................................................................11

AudioMate 360r Specifications

Appendix A - Interface Examples

Ritron Nexus Radio Base ...................................................................................14

Motorola Waris Series ........................................................................................15

Appendix B

Multicast Addressing Restrictions ...................................................................16

overview

tour

installation

config

status

specs

Summary of Contents for AudioMate 360r

Page 1: ...duct Tour Front Panel 3 Rear Panel 4 Installation Network Considerations 5 Bandwidth Consumption and CoDecs 5 Electrical Considerations 5 Configuration Log In 6 Global Configuration 6 Personality Module Configuration 7 Status Global Status 10 Module Status 11 AudioMate 360r Specifications Appendix A Interface Examples Ritron Nexus Radio Base 14 Motorola Waris Series 15 Appendix B Multicast Address...

Page 2: ...rks while the AudioMate 360r interfaces with existing 2 way radio equipment such as repeaters and control stations The AudioMate 360r connects to a 2 way Land Mobile Radio via either a balanced E M port or single ended control and audio connections The other portion of the unit connects to your IP network using a standard 10 100BaseT LAN interface to provide the link to other IP voice gateways and...

Page 3: ...t condition within the AudioMate 360r LED Amber Amber flashing Green Green flashing Red Red flashing OK Booting awaiting DHCP address N A Normal operation N A Boot error view boot via USB serial port N A Link N A N A Connected to AM360 server N A N A Seeking AM360 server Rx Buffering audio from IP network N A Playing rcvd RTP stream out radio port N A N A N A Tx N A N A N A N A Sending RTP stream ...

Page 4: ...ace examples Be careful not to connect an Ethernet cable to the E M port as they both employ RJ 45 jacks Analog Allows connection of single ended audio and control signals from popular 2 way radios via a screw terminal plug This plug accepts stranded or solid wire All signaling is single ended referenced to ground The pin assignments and electrical specifications for the AudioMate 360r Analog conn...

Page 5: ...herefore unicast addresses are acceptable for use in the AudioMate 360 line of IP gateways In the typical AudioMate installation all endpoints are contained entirely in a corporate LAN or participate via a WAN link either unicast through a VPN or an engineered MPLS network for example It is preferable that all routers serving network segments that connect AudioMate endpoints be configured to route...

Page 6: ... unit under test into the address bar of your web browser At the time of this writing the freely available Mozilla Firefox web browser provides smoother operation for these purposes If a name had been previously assigned to this particular AudioMate 360 unit it will appear in the title bar of the web browser to assist in identifying it At the prompt for user name type admin and for password type t...

Page 7: ... Configuration page be sure to click on the button labeled Update Configuration at the top of the page Your new settings take effect immediately To revert back to the previously saved values while editing click the button labeled Reset Values at the top of the page Personality Module Conﬁguration In the menu pane on the left locate the Configuration heading and click the link Module under it The s...

Page 8: ...he AudioMate 360r will stream receive audio to the IP network The most common application for this setting would be to use the noise squelch detector to ascertain that an intelligible signal is present at the radio receiver while the COS input is connected to a coded squelch detector PL or DPL to block out all but the desired users on the channel This is commonly referred to as AND Squelch ON acti...

Page 9: ...mission over the attached radio while simultaneously sending receive audio back to the IP network Select this when attached to a full duplex repeater station ON keys the attached radio transmitter full time regardless of the signals from the IP network PTT Delay Hang Time sets the time period between the end of the IP network stream and the release of the PTT signal by the AudioMate 360r This can ...

Page 10: ...as well as to view the current settings of the transmit and receive audio levels Global Status The Global Status page displays various parameters of the common interface board In the menu pane on the left locate the Status heading and click the link Global under it The screen labeled AM36 Status should appear in the right pane Some noteworthy fields Model shows the particular type of AudioMate 360...

Page 11: ...ed IP address regardless of how it was obtained Module Status The Module Status page displays the audio level settings and the state of the various digital inputs and outputs Refresh the page to see the current states In the menu pane on the left locate the Status heading and click the link Module under it The screen labeled AM36 r Radio Status should appear in the right pane TX Level and RX Level...

Page 12: ...nator noise to turn off the path from the receive audio input to the LAN port Less noise means more signal which in turn means that this indicator will show Active In most configurations this will always indicate Active since there is no high frequency noise for the detector to decode Ear Input follows the state of the E lead on the E M port PTT Output indicates whether this digital output line is...

Page 13: ... Outputs PTT 12 Volts 500 mAmp MAX open drain user selectable active hi or low Inputs COS high 3 Volts 18 Volts MAX user selectable active high or low L A N 10 100 BaseT Ethernet RJ 45 jack Serial USB mini B diagnostic port Digital audio CoDecs G 711 μ law 64kbps G 711 A law 64kbps GSM 6 10 13kbps Environmental Operating temperature 0 to 40 Centigrade Storage temperature 20 to 60 Centigrade Miscel...

Page 14: ...sover Cable Pin Assignments Ritron AM360r Wire color Description 1 8 Orange 12 Volts SB 2 7 Orange White COS M lead 3 3 Green Rx audio balanced 4 4 Blue White Tx audio balanced 5 5 Blue Tx audio balanced 6 6 Green White Rx audio balanced 7 2 Brown White PTT to Ritron E lead 8 1 Brown Ground SG Ritron Jumper Settings Remove the 2 side screws and the 2 smaller bottom screws to remove the base of the...

Page 15: ...and use Pin 3 for external PTT Interface Cable There are several eBay sellers offering interface cables for Motorola radios At a minimum look for a 5 wire cable with a 16 pin accessory plug on it that fits all the CDM and CM series Motorola mobile radios Because some 16 pin plugs are not keyed care must be used when inserting it into the 20 pin receptacle on the CDM1550 radios being certain to cen...

Page 16: ...maps to 239 0 0 0 239 128 0 1 maps to 239 0 0 1 etc Note 3 Avoid x 0 0 y and x 128 0 y Combining notes 1 and 2 it s best to avoid using IP multicast addresses of the form x 0 0 y and x 128 0 y since they all map onto the range of Ethernet multicast addresses that are flooded to all switch ports Note 4 Watch for address assignment conflicts IANA administers multicast addresses on the world wide Int...

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