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NfREMOTE CLIENT SOFTWARE
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Omnia.7 Remote Interface Software
Omnia.7 can be controlled remotely via the included remote interface software, NfRemote. This is a separate
“client” software application that can be downloaded directly from the unit and installed on nearly any desktop,
laptop, or tablet PC of reasonably modern vintage running on Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8 or 10. The most recent
version even offers support for high DPI displays. This same remote client can also be used to connect to other
Omnia products, including Omnia.9, as well as many Linear Acoustic products.
While the client software interface does look different than the menu system on the front panel of the Omnia.7
itself, its general layout and functionality are very similar. If you can do it on the front panel, you can do it via
remote - a feature you’ll appreciate if your Omnia.7 is located in a noisy rack room, at the transmitter site, or even
thousands of miles away at a distant station you oversee. Remote access also offers the benefit of more screen real
estate, making adjustments easier to make and displays easier to read.
Perhaps one of the most valuable capabilities of the client software is speaker calibration. Since your Omnia.7
already contains a built-in pink noise generator and an RTA, adding your own calibrated microphone to the setup
will allow you to perform a calibration of any speaker system – including your studio, control room, rack room,
production facility, or any remote monitor point.
You may wonder why we consider this to be such an important exercise when listeners aren’t going to be hearing
your station on calibrated monitors. Great question! Yes, listening to your station’s processing on speakers of
different qualities in a wide variety of listening environments is important to get a “real world” feel of how things
sound – but we feel strongly that having at least one set of calibrated “reference” monitors is absolutely critical to
making educated decisions as you adjust your processing.
If you make adjustments based upon what you hear on un-calibrated speakers (from within the Program Director’s
car, for example...) every decision you make will be influenced by the inaccuracies of those speakers in that room.
Details of how to perform such a calibration are found later in this chapter.
Downloading, Installing, and Configuring the NfRemote
Client Software
Before the client software can be downloaded, your Omnia.7 must be connected to your network and must have an
IP address assigned to it, a process outlined earlier in this manual. It must also have a password enabled (default is
“1234”) and the PC you will use to download it must be “whitelisted”.
To whitelist the PC, navigate to
System > System Config > HTTP Access
and enter the IP address and subnet mask
information for the PC you will be using to connect to the Omnia.7’s http webpage interface using the following
example as a guide: 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 (The beginning of the IP range followed by the subnet mask,
separated by a forward slash). Standard TCP/IP wildcards such as the asterisk (“ * “) are also supported. Up to
eight addresses can be stored.
