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RDS300/RDS500/RDS1000 User Manual 3.10
Contents
1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................... 4
1.1. About KVARTA Ltd. .................................................................................................................. 4
1.2. About RDS and RBDS ............................................................................................................... 4
1.3. Functions of RDS/RBDS. .......................................................................................................... 5
1.4. WHAT ABOUT U.S.? ................................................................................................................. 7
1.5. A FEW WORDS ABOUT PS AND RT .......................................................................................... 7
2. Dynamic RDS Encoder Kvarta .......................................................................................................... 8
2.1. INCLUDED ACCESSORIES ......................................................................................................... 8
2.2. GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS OF THE RDS ENCODER .................................................................. 9
3. GETTING CONNECTED ....................................................................................................................... 10
3.1. CONFIGURING ‘LOOP THROUGH’ OR ‘SIDE CHAIN’ MODE ........................................................ 10
3.2. PHYSICAL INSTALLATION ............................................................................................................ 10
3.3. CONNECTION TO THE BROADCAST CHAIN ................................................................................. 11
3.4. SYNCHONIZING THE RDS SUBCARRIER ....................................................................................... 11
3.5. SETTING THE RDS LEVEL ............................................................................................................. 12
3.6. LED Indication ............................................................................................................................. 12
4. CONFIGURATION AND OPERATION ............................................................................................... 13
4.1. COMMUNICATING THROUGH THE CONSOLE AND COM PORTS ........................................... 13
4.2. COMMUNICATING VIA TCP/IP ............................................................................................... 14
5. ADVANCED FUNCTIONS................................................................................................................. 15
5.1. BROADCASTING TRAFFIC DATA (TMC)* ................................................................................ 15
5.2. BROADCASTING OPEN DATA APPLICATIONS (ODA)* ............................................................ 15
5.3. PAGING APPLICATIONS*........................................................................................................ 16
5.4. BROADCASTING ACCURATE TIME ......................................................................................... 17
6. USING THE UECP PROTOCOL ............................................................................................................. 18
6.1. ABOUT UECP ............................................................................................................................... 18
6.2. UECP AND THE RDS1000 ............................................................................................................ 18
6.3. UECP COMMANDS AND FUNCTIONS* ....................................................................................... 19
7. RDS GLOSSARY ................................................................................................................................... 20
APPENDIX A – PTY, PTYN ....................................................................................................................... 23
APPENDIX B – HOW TO SET UP THE RDS1000 FOR PS NAME OR RADIO TEXT SCROLLING ................. 24
A. UECP configuration. (Expert only) ................................................................................................. 25
B. ASCII configuration. ....................................................................................................................... 26
