STL v3.03 User Manual
Contents
1. Bin DEC Hex Table Decimal Binary Hexadecimal 0 0000 0 1 0001 1 2 0010 2 3 0011 3 4 0100 4 5 0101 5 6 0110 6 7 0111 7 8 1000 8 9 1001 9 10 1010 A 11 1011 B 12 1100 C 13 1101 D 14 1110 E 15 1111 F To convert a binary value in a hexadecimal representation the upper and lower four bits are treated separately resulting in a two digit hexadecimal number Additional Information 7 Dictionary Class A network P address 1 x x x to 127 x x x Only 127 different networks of this class exist These have a very large number of potential connected devices up to 16 777 216 Example 10 0 0 1 network 10 host 0 0 1 Class B network P address 128 0 x x to 191 255 x x These networks are used for large company networks Every network can consist of up to 65534 devices Example 172 1 3 2 network 172 1 host 3 2 Class C network P address 192 0 0 x to 223 255 255 x Class C networks are most common and for smaller companies These networks can consist of a maximum number of 254hosts Example 192 7 1 9 network 192 7 1 host 9 Class D network The remaining addresses 224 x x x 239 x x x are defined as Class D and are used as multicast addresses Class E network No addresses are allowed with the four highest order bits set to 1 240 x x x 254 x x x These addresses called class E are reserved DHCP Short for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol a pro2. 5 1 Audio UNK iS MISSICIQitussi ere oliin itt ette ic tbt as e eei a allies 36 D2 POOF AWG QUA REESE 37 6 Additional Information ccccsessccsssseeeeeeseeeeeeeesneenneeeneenne 38 6 1 WEB UI ABCL STL firmware update nnm 38 6 2 Updating a device over RS 232 serial DOr eee 39 6 3 Network interface configuration sample eese 41 64 BIN DEC HEX CODVErsiORl i tint baee bae tb ebad tetti 42 7 PHAIL E seien nnne nnne ET 43 8 Legal limona T ceca te eode tti e a 48 1 Introduction 1 1 About Studio Transmitter Link Studio Transmitter Link or STL application has been developed as an easy to use IP based Studio Transmitter bridge solution Common usage of the application is intended to transfer an audio content from the broadcast studio to a transmitter device in another physical location The Studio Transmitter Link application can be configured to work either as a simplex or full duplex link to stream to a single or to multiple destinations to stream multicast and to receive the stream also in the case the device is located behind a gateway The RTP over UDP Real time Transport Protocol protocol has been used to guarantee a low latency and a good reliability of the audio stream at the same time A Quick Start Guide allows with some easy configuration steps to have the link properly set as up and working NOTE the Studio Transmitter Link application package
3. Illustration 12 WEB UI configuration page serial ssssss Illustration 13 WEB UI configuration page security settings Illustration 14 Device upload web page seem RR Barix AG Seefeldstrasse 303 8008 Z rich SWITZERLAND T 441 43 433 22 11 F 441 44 274 28 49 www barix com sales barix com support barix com Legal Information
4. set the URL field to 0 0 0 0 and set the Port field to the BRTP listening port and click Apply 4 On the Transmitter Decoder device click on fee reel top menu button and then on p in the left menu Set Stream Method as Pull BRTP set the URL field as a valid studio URL IP set the Port field as the listening port to match the Port value set for the studio device Click Apply to save the settings EJ Quick Start Guide 3 WEB UI configuration 3 1 Device WEB Access After power up the device WEB user interface is reachable over his IP address Open your preferred Internet browser and connect to the device WEB UI by typing the IP address in the browser s URL line 3 2 Home Page Illustration 4 WEB UI home page HOME LOCATION CONFIGURATION DEFAULTS UPDATE REBOOT ___Exstreamer 1000 MAC 00 08 E Studio Transmitter Link Site Type Transmitter Decoder Stream Mode Never Keep Alive Passive Connection Status Only Stream FROM 192 168 0 103 3030 Incoming Stream Status Of Outgoing Stream Status GFE Audio Input Audio Format pl 99 PCM MSB mono 24000 Hz Input Audio Level LF 63 dBFS Input Audio Level RE 66 dBFS Output Audio Level Lf sidBFS f Output Audio Level R 51dBFS f Relay 1 always OFF Relay 2 always OFF Relay 3 always OFF Relay 4 always OFF Remote Inputs BS ES ES ES ES EE EL EI Local Inputs ES EL ES Local Relays EE ES E S Devi
5. IP address can be shared on a LAN Local Area Network A mask is used to determine what subnet an IP address belongs to An IP address has two components the network part and the host part For example consider the IP address 150 215 017 009 Assuming this is part of a Class B network the first two numbers 150 2 represent the Class B network address and the second two numbers 017 009 identify a particular host on this network The Netmask would then be 255 255 0 0 Network Address The host adaress with all host bits set to O is used to address the network as a whole for example in routing entries Example 192 168 0 0 Network addresses can not be used as a host address Private IP Networks and the Internet Static IP STL If your network is not connected to the Internet and there are no plans to make such a connection you may use any IP address you wish However if you are not connected to the Internet and have plans to connect to the Internet or you are connected to the Internet and want to operate your Barix Exstreamer on an intranet you should use one of the sub networks below for your network These network numbers have been reserved for such networks If you have any questions about IP assignment then please contact your local Network Administrator Private IP networks by class EM XXX B 172 16 X Xx C 192 168 0 A Static IP is a fixed IP address that you
6. Illustration 1 simple studio transmitter link unidirectional 1 On the studio device click gLOCA TIONS top menu button select Studio Encoder option and then click on Apply 2 Click on fee top menu button then on fone at the appearing left menu Set Stream Method to Push RTP set the U ield to a valid transmitter IP address DNS name set the Port field to the port number of the destination device Click Apply to save the settings 3 Change now to the transmitter device click Eee Select Transmitter Decoder and then click on Apply 4 Click on eS and then on sESeEsiiiliges Set Stream Method to Push RTP set the to 0 0 0 0 and set the Port field to match the value set in point 2 as destination Port Click Apply to save the settings 2 2 Bidirectional studio transmitter link full duplex AUDIO STREAM e et d T Q ues 7 n RP ies aT ENCODER ENCODER mes DECODER DECODER TRANSMITTER um Lug Illustration 2 bidirectional studio transmitter link full duplex 1 On the studio device click gLOCA TIONS top menu button select Studio Encoder Decoder and click Apply 2 On the transmitter device click Were select Transmitter Encoder Decoder and click Apply 3 On both Studio Encoder Decoder and Transmitter Encoder Decoder devices click on E Quick Start Guide bs menu button
7. URL Push RTP 2 192168030 INCOMING STREAM Stream Method URL Push 2 pooo This section helps to set a fast startup configuration It allows the quick configuration of the first Outgoing Stream destination and of the Incoming Stream socket Outgoing Stream Allows to set the stream destination URL and Port EE WEB UI configuration Incoming Stream Allows to set the local listening IP and Port number See 3 4 3 Streaming manual help section for further information 3 4 2 Network Illustration 8 WEB UI configuration page network NETWORK SETTINGS Use SoniclP 9 ves O No IP Address 0 o o o Netmask 0 o o o Gateway IP Address 0 lo o o Primary DNS 0 lo lo o Alternative DNS o jJ J J jJ Syslog Address o J fo j fo o DHCP Host Name o Web Server Port 80 This section allows the configuration of the following device settings P Address Enter the 4 values of the desired static IP address e g 192 168 0 12 for an internal LAN A value of 0 0 0 0 enable all 4 IP address automatic discovery functions in order BOOTP DHCP IPzator AutolP The automatic discovery functions are not executed if a static IP address is set To enable automatic discovery but disable certain IP discovery functions set segment 1 2 and 4 of the IP address to zero The 3 rd segment of t
8. assign manually to a device on the network It remains valid until you disable it Studio transmitter link ET Dictionary 8 Legal Information 2012 Barix AG Zurich Switzerland All rights reserved All information is subject to change without notice All mentioned trademarks belong to their respective owners and are used for reference only Barix and Barix Studio Transmitter Link are trademarks of Barix AG Switzerland and are registered in certain countries For information about our devices and the latest version of this manual please visit www barix com EIN Legal Information Illustration Index Illustration 1 simple studio transmitter link Unidirectional Illustration 2 bidirectional studio transmitter link full duplex Illustration 3 unidirectional studio transmitter link over firewall Illustration 4 WEB UI home page eeeem HA Illustration 5 WEB UI location page ornano gnn i Illustration 6 WEB UI configuration page Illustration 7 WEB UI configuration page basic settings Illustration 8 WEB UI configuration page network ssessss Illustration 9 WEB UI configuration page streaming Illustration 10 WEB UI configuration page audio sssss Illustration 11 WEB UI configuration page I O and control
9. da Eo ER eun rc ERR nodu ER 8 2 Quick Start Guid Gaana 10 2 1 Unidirectional studio transmitter link simplex 10 2 2 Bidirectional studio transmitter link full duplex T3 2 3 Unidirectional studio transmitter link over firewall 12 3 WEB UI configuration ecce 13 3 1 Device WEB ACCESS spn test eit ie EORR ER RE HOC tn Cice 13 22 Home PAG 6 tai oiseiiiesrriesucepeese exitus i kr eel ene DR EH 13 Sod JEOGSUOHUF AOS Saas uoces choc ees unt ute E 15 ed QConfgaureuonm Page icai neioii 16 3 11 Basic SENGS iss cies cis testas on cd ete b nte kie E REA ERR FD Eden 17 duds NGOs siat qudd ue eae ea din adut Lo beta Ene CR a 18 3 4 3 Streamin auis Ad dc te cs a s ta t a bte a tat ie eE e slag btc haus as Dun 24 dub MO COIT DR asta uibus pata bbc que ea the ut weak Ve tu beta t oes Un 27 JAO CMA enendeni ia aa tacit i n 28 SAt SEGUN SENS masinas i 29 21 General Modu iesin 32 22 DEVICE Type Seleotoflsss sitae i alae t ct as d 32 AS Iu S RETE EE EE REED 32 44 Audio Format Selection sirisser teme oss Ed 33 Z5 Inputs andTteleysusesb tenet M oci abd tha no rtu bar el e Mu OR E PbutS d 34 4 6 Serial Ports and Serial Gateway sseseesesss 34 AT ECUN SEMN REEL 34 AG USB PIMS DIDI a 35 A9 USB Relay contact MessaUES e rebate tee dterebtbtds 35 5 COMMON iSS sici aea 36
10. include the Reflector client application Please refer to the specific documentation on www barix com as Barix Reflector Service 1 2 Features System WEB based easy to use configuration Up to 8 audio stream destinations Configurable streaming mode Configurable stream on level feature with inactivity timeout Configurable audio format audio quality and sample rate Configurable RTP delay on the decoder side Configurable input source input gain and output level Configurable device relay s working mode Configurable SNMP or and SMTP messaging service Configurable COM ports for TCP or UDP based serial gateways Configurable security settings 1 3 Supported hardware The Studio Transmitter Link solution is designed to run on the following Barix devices Exstreamer 100 decoder only Exstreamer 105 decoder only Exstreamer 110 decoder only H Introduction Exstreamer 200 decoder only Exstreamer 205 decoder only Exstreamer P5 decoder only Exstreamer 500 Exstreamer 1000 Annuncicom 100 Annuncicom 155 Annuncicom 200 Annuncicom 1000 Annuncicom VME Annuncicom PS1 Annuncicom 60 IPAM 100 IPAM 102 IPAM 100 Carrier Board Instreamer 100 encoder only contact closure features are not supported in this hardware Note even if unsupported other Barix devices may work but proper application behavior is not guaran
11. typically O dB however on some devices volume can be up to 12 dB Output Audio Level Offset Select the desired output volume offset in dB When set to Auto an automatic adjustment is done from the application when a particular hardware type require it Fading Effect Enable a fading effect of the audio when a network connection is new incoming or re established Format Select the desired audio format Sample Rate Select the desired sample rate NOTE Only the available sample rates for the selected audio format will be shown Quality Field is visible for MPEG audio formats only allows to select the desired MPEG quality Higher is the quality more the MPEG compression get decreased increasing the network bandwidth consumption 3 4 5 O and Control Illustration 11 WEB UI configuration page I O and control VO AND CONTROL Front Panel LEDs Input State gt Relay 1 Mode always OFF l2 Relay 2 Mode always OFF c Relay 3 Mode always OFF Relay 4 Mode always OFF a SNMP Destination IP s SMTP Server IP DNS Local e mail FROM Destination e mail s TO This section allows to configure the handling of the local relays and to set parameters for sending alarms Relay Mode Select the relay working mode On Annuncicom 1000 all the relays are configurable 1 to 8 and fault relay NOTE the contact closure information is transferred from the encoder to the decoder
12. 188 663 331 5 PCM 16kHz stereo 220 246 PCM 32kHz stereo 110 123 PCM 44 1kHz stereo 80 178 89 PCM 48kHz stereo 72 164 82 MP3 600 For more details about the RTP settings please visit the RTP Buffering on Barix Wiki Contact Sync On a decoder configured device sometime the user may need to synchronize the incoming remote input contact closure information with the incoming audio message expecting for example a local contact closure synchronized exactly in a certain moment of the audio message Enable this setting to have a synchronized remote input processing default disabled NOTE Contact Sync option use the RTP delay value for the synchronization using an RTP delay greater than the maximum possible delay is allowed but will break the contact synchronization Output Trigger Level Triggering output audio level when relay setting ON while OUT audio ON OFF is selected Accepted range 0 32767 default 1000 Output Inactivity Timeout Inactivity timeout for audio output Used from the following features for ON while OUT audio ON OFF to prevent fast switching of the relay contact default 1000 msec J WEB UI configuration 3 4 4 Audio Illustration 10 WEB UI configuration page audio AUDIO Format PCM 16bit mono MSB Sample Rate 24 kHz A Input Source Line Stereo 2 Input Gain 0 gt dB Microphone Gain 21 S dB Output Audio Level 3 gt dB Output Audio Leve
13. 4 Using STL application 4 1 General Introduction STL application is intended to create an audio link between two peers The link can be unidirectional or bidirectional as required from the system application The ABCL STL firmware can at the same time still be used for intercom or PA public announcement purposes Multiple stream destinations are also configurable and on the decoder side a service can play music from the USB stick if no incoming stream is detected 4 2 Device Type Selection WEB UI Location page allow to select the desired working mode for the device Specific use cases for this option are reported in the Quick Start Guide section Once a site type has been configured only meaningful configuration fields for that site type will be displayed in the WEB UI configuration page 4 3 Streaming Three streaming methods are available Push RTP this method is used to stream the audio directly to one or more destinations as RTP over UDP This method is used generally in internal LAN s or when the receiving device is reachable over IP address or DNS name If the receiving device is secured behind a firewall router then it will need a port forwarding rule configured on the router Multicast this method is used to stream to a multicast group using a multicast IP address as a destination Receiving devices must select Multicast as stream method setting the same multicast IP as listening IP in the URL fie
14. BAHIX THE VOICE OF SIMPLICITY STUDIO TRANSMITTER Application User Manuel Configuring and Using Studio Transmitter Link STL Application Doc Release Date and Version 09 JUL 2012 01 08 Application Version V03 03 REVISION TABLE Date Version Who Change 09 07 10 Draft AD First draft 20 08 10 v01 00 SG Version vO1 00 for software version V02 05 06 09 10 v01 01 AD Added Annuncicom 1000 support 06 12 10 v01 02 AD Updated for v 2 08 20 05 11 v01 03 AD Updated for v 2 09 24 06 11 v01 04 AD Updated for v 2 10 28 07 11 v01 05 AD Updated for v 2 11 24 08 11 v01 06 AD Updated for v 2 12 24 11 11 v01 07 AD Updated for v 2 13 09 07 12 v01 08 AD Updated for STL v 3 03 Table of Contents 1 Introcl ction iru iii iie iiio tava e dante iru oia dois erar ara piscis 5 1 1 About Studio Transmitter Link eesesssssss 5 d FoU eceania E RAN 5 1 3 Supported NAQWATE wi ccseuaniassaanted os sadndadieiciadevananiiiiasadanianinaacie 6 1 4 AOGIMOMAlCOCUMBMUS visiind cscemaanectennanntisienaasdvinaaadthtaamaasatanianted T 1o ABCL STE NIWA Gane i T NO bot TOUS Manual assess mz cedi tt beg t c b ot ed 8 1 6 1 Links to chapters 1 6 2 Other important References 1 6 3 Bookmarks pane in Adobe Acrobat ssseeeeee 8 T1452 Chapter OVEIVIGW si oxide tera nee et
15. amer 1000 only on WEB UI Configuration gt Audio try to Select the Analog line external ADC option as Input Source This will improve the audio quality for 32kHz and 48kHz If streaming over internet make sure enough upload bandwidth on the encoder site and enough download bandwidth on the decoder site is available Otherwise reduce the audio frequency or the audio quality on the encoder to reduce the required network bandwidth If streaming over wireless networks make sure the network link has at least a good better very good quality Replace old network hub devices with network switches Note Hubs are not switches the first just amplify and send the packets out on all the hub ports increasing collisions on the network switches instead are intelligent devices that route the packets to destination only reducing packet collisions Common issues 6 Additional Information 6 1 WEB UI ABCL STL firmware update On the main WEB menu click on the Update button Confirm the following message and you will see the Update page Click on Browse then navigate to the folder update rescue from unzipped ABCL_STL firmware package and select there the Compound bin file Thereafter click on the Upload button to continue Update Barix Bootloader v9 12 Sep 29 2008 Resource Browse Upload Reboot Advanced Update Illustration 14 Device upload web page The firmware upload
16. and then on Seen in the left menu In the i AM section set the URL an ort fields to IP and port of the destination remote device In the INCOMING STREAM section set the Port field as the local receiving port that must match the same value of the remote OUTGOING STREAM section Port field The Stream Method must be Push RTP in all four sections Click Apply to save the settings NOTE for bidirectional full duplex communications audio format must be set to exactly the same on both studio and transmitter devices 2 3 Unidirectional studio transmitter link over firewall AUDIO SMEM e 34 ped z ENCODER DECODER TRANSMITTER l as Laid Illustration 3 unidirectional studio transmitter link over firewall This scheme is representing an unidirectional link where the encoder would stream to the decoder device that is located behind a firewall Barix BRTP protocol allows the decoder device to announce itself to the studio device to retrieve pull the stream This scheme requires that at least the encoder device is reachable from the internet 1 On the studio side click eren e top menu button select Studio Encoder and click Apply 2 On the transmitter side click gLOCA TIONS select Transmitter Decoder and click Apply 3 On the Studio Encoder device click on NS EW ENON top menu button and then on Rapids in the left menu Set Stream Method to Pull BRTP
17. can take up to 3 minutes and is finished when the successful message is received on your browser Thereafter click on upload link and select the Reboot button from the appearing Update page The device will reboot now with new firmware NOTE In case the WEB UI displays an error message or does not display the complete homepage just apply the FACTORY DEFAULTS B menu button and reboot the device This is necessary when updating from ABCL_STL version 1 xx to version 2 xx NOTE When changing the firmware type e g from Standard firmware to ABCL_STL firmware package then a firmware update could reset all setting even the IP address back to factory defaults 6 2 Updating a device over RS 232 serial port When the Barix device is not accessible via the LAN for the update then a serial rescue procedure has to be used That s a serial firmware upload this will reset the device automatically to default settings even IP settings Following are the steps for the serial firmware update serial rescue for Windows PCs Disconnect the device from the power supply Connect the COM port of the device to the COM port of your computer via a serial null modem cable or cross cable Start the file serialX bat contained in the folder update rescue of the unzipped firmware package X is representing the COM port of the PC For example if COM1 of the PC is used then execute the file serial1 bat A message Waiting for t
18. ce home page reports the following information of current status Site Type Displays the current configured site type Stream Mode Displays the current configured event to start streaming to the remote destination s Keep Alive Displays the current configured keep alive strategy Connection Status Displays the actual connection state Incoming Stream Status Displays the actual incoming stream status ON OFF Outgoing Stream Status Displays the actual outgoing stream status ON OFF ET WEB UI configuration Audio Input Displays the selected input source Audio Format Displays the incoming audio format or the local audio format if no valid incoming RTP payload is detected Input Output Audio level Displays the input only at Line interface and output audio levels in dB and as visual peak level graphic bar Relay 1 to 4 1 to 8 fault relay on Annuncicom 1000 Shows the configured event for local relay switch Remote Inputs Remote input state lime color means active gray mean inactive Local Inputs Local input state lime color means active gray mean inactive Local Relays Local relay state lime color means active gray mean inactive 3 3 Location Page lllustration 5 WEB UI location page Studio Transmitter Link LOCATION Site Type Transmitter Encoder Decoder NOTE site specific configuration page will be loaded ONLY after Apply button is pressed Apply Canc
19. cedure serial firmware update Default enabled Update Function Enable or disable the WEB Update function of the device If the Update function is disabled the only way to update the firmware is to use the serial rescue procedure Default enabled Set Password This is visible as long as no password is set Enter a password up to 25 characters and hit the Apply button After the restart you should close the browser window and open a new browser window You will be asked to supply user name and password The user name can be omitted but the password has to be supplied in order to see the web configuration ET WEB UI configuration Old Password New Password These fields are visible as long as a password is set To allow free access clearing the password enter the old password and leave the field New Password empty Enter the old password in the password field above the Apply button as well and then hit the Apply button After the restart you will not be asked for user name and password any more To change the password enter the old password and enter the new password in the field New Password Enter the old password in the password field above the Apply button as well and then hit the Apply button After the restart you will be asked for user name and password The user name can be omitted but the new password has to be supplied in order to see the web configuration EIE WEB UI configuration
20. e 192 2 1 123 This is called decimal dot notation The IP adaress is divided in two parts a network and a host part To support different needs five network classes have been defined Depending on the network class the last one two or last three bytes define the host while the remaining part defines the network In the following text x stands for the host part of the IP address Example 192 168 0 255 IP Netmask The Netmask is used to divide the IP address differently from the standard defined by the classes A B and C Entering a Netmask it is possible to define how many bits from the IP address are to be taken as the network part and how many bits are to be taken as the host part Standard IP network Netmask Network bits Netmask examples 255 255 255 248 255 255 255 240 255 255 255 224 255 255 255 192 255 255 255 0 255 255 254 0 255 255 252 0 255 255 248 0 OOAONDUAW O RE 255 128 0 0 EI Dictionary 255 0 0 0 24 MAC address Netmask Abbreviation for Medium Access Control a MAC is a unique address number formatted in hexadecimal format and given to each computer and or network device in the world The MAC address must be unique at least in the same network otherwise the network communication to these devices will fail Example A1 B2 C3 D4 E5 F6 A number used to identify a sub network so that an
21. el Site Type On this drop down menu select one of the four device working modes for the device After reboot Apply the Configuration section of the WEB UI will show the device specific configuration fields only NOTE Selecting an encoder decoder full duplex site type the audio formats of both peers must be the same For the full duplex links MPEG audio formats are not supported In case of existing MPEG audio settings the device will reboot and use the u law 8kHz mono audio format as default EIE WEB UI configuration 3 4 Configuration Page Illustration 6 WEB UI configuration page F HOME LOCATION CONFIGURATION DEFAULTS UPDATE REBOOT Exstrean Studio Transmitter Link Transmitter Encoder BASIC SETTINGS Decoder OUTGOING STREAM Stream Method URL Push RTP 2 192 168 0 30 INCOMING STREAM Stream Method URL Push RTP 2 oooo Apply Cancel The Configuration page allows to configure all the main functionalities of the device The left menu allows to move between the different subsections and once all the interesting subsections have been configured the Apply button will store the all new settings into the device non volatile memory A detailed help will be available on the right site when entering a specific subsection 3 4 1 Basic Settings Illustration 7 WEB UI configuration page basic settings BASIC SETTINGS OUTGOING STREAM Stream Method
22. evices every hardware type has different input and relay capabilities The WEB UI shows the device remote inputs local inouts and local relay states A local relay can be configured to work in several ways see section 3 4 5 I O and Control for further details 4 6 Serial Ports and Serial Gateway Barix devices support one or two serial ports depending on the hardware model It is possible to configure both device serial port baud rates and eventually the desired UDP or TCP port for the serial gateway service Through the serial gateway the data received on the device serial port will be sent over the network to the remote device and there send out on the serial port The serial gateway connection is bidirectional The serial gateway port must be specified with the same value on both sides of the link See the 3 4 6 Serial related section help for further details 4 7 Security Settings The STL software package offers some security settings to protect the Barix device against manipulation or unauthorised access A password for the WEB access can be set Also some hardware features as the reset through the device front panel reset button or the default to factory settings keeping reset button pressed for 10 seconds can be disabled through the WEB 3 4 7 Security Settings section 4 8 USB Playlist When the device is configured as Transmitter Decoder and an USB stick is connected then device automatically
23. ge and set the following items Use SoniclP This feature enables or disables an audible if speakers are connected IP address announcement after device reboot This feature helps to identify the device when DHCP or IP address discovering is used for addressing lf a fix IP address is used in the setup then it could make sense to disable this feature because so the IP address is not announced at every reboot important for devices on the transmitter IP Address Enter the IP address for the device Example For a local LAN device with a default gateway IP of 192 168 0 1 a fixed address could be defined for example as 192 168 0 10 Netmask Enter the Subnet mask for the device If you are not sure on this setting then please contact the local network administrator ET3 Additional Information Gateway IP Address Enter the local LAN gateway IP address This setting is only necessary when the device should communicate e g with stream or email to devices in different networks e g over Internet If the IP address of the local gateway is not known then please contact the local network administrator Leave all other items at their default values and click Apply to save the settings and reboot 6 4 BIN DEC HEX conversion Hexadecimal digits have values from 0 15 represented as 0 9 and as A for 10 to F for 15 The following table can serve as a conversion chart
24. he IP is a binary bitmask his value can be used to disable one or more discovery function For each function you want to disable add the value from the table below e 0 0 1 0 to disable AutolP 0 0 2 0 to disable DHCP 0 0 4 0 to disable BOOTP e 0 0 8 0 to disable IPzator Netmask set the network subnet mask Gateway IP Address set the IP address of network s default gateway DNS set the IP address of the name resolution DNS server s Syslog Address Syslog message destination server if 0 0 0 0 default Syslog messages are broadcasted DHCP Host Name set this field to give a descriptive hostname to identify the device on the DHCP server WEB Server Port set the WEB UI service listening port EE WEB UI configuration 3 4 8 Streaming Illustration 9 WEB UI configuration page streaming OUTGOING STREAM Stream Method URL Port PushiRTP 2 3030 Push RTP 3030 Push RTP csl 3030 Push RTP cal 3030 Push RTP ra 3030 PushlRTP gt 3030 PushRTP 3 3030 Streaming Mode never z Input Trigger Level 1000 Input Inactivity Timeout 1000 msec Keep alive Period 0 Passive msec INCOMING STREAM Stream Method URL Port ort Push RTP o 0 0 0 0 B030 jg RTP delay 600 Output Trigger Level 1000 Output Inactivity 10 Timeout wooo j TUR Outgoing Stream T
25. he device will be shown on the opened window EJ Additional Information Plug in the power supply of the Barix device now e Wait until the update is finished a SUCCESSFUL message will appear on the window when update is finished The Barix device will reboot thereafter automatically and will announce his new discovered IP address over connected speakers Now the device can be reconfigured over WEB browser again Following are the steps for the serial firmware update serial rescue for Linux PCs or Mac Disconnect the device from the power supply Connect the COM port of the device to the COM port of your computer via a serial null modem cable or cross cable Open a terminal and change to directory update rescue linux mac cd update rescue linux mac of the unzipped firmware package There start the script for COM1 serial1 sh this file contains seriald sh dev ttySO for COM2 seriald sh dev ttyS1 Plug in the power supply of the Barix device now e Wait until the update is finished a SUCCESSFUL message will appear on the window when update is finished The Barix device will reboot thereafter automatically and will announce his new discovered IP address over connected speakers Now the device can be reconfigured over WEB browser again NOTE All other settings except the network settings will be lost 6 3 Network interface configuration sample Once device is rebooted open the Settings pa
26. his section is visible for the following site types Studio Encoder Studio Encoder Decoder Transmitter Encoder Decoder Stream destinations Up to 8 audio destinations can be configured each one with the following fields Stream Method URL and Port Configurable stream methods are Push RTP to stream to the destination using RTP over UDP Multicast to stream to a multicast group as destination Pull BRTP to wait for a BRTP Barix RTP protocol request from the remote peer it will learn the IP and port from the requesting peer and answer with the audio stream to learned IP destination EZ WEB UI configuration Example Stream Method URL Port Push RTP 192 168 2 30 4041 Multicast 239 255 231 187 4042 Pull BRTP 0 0 0 0 4043 Streaming Mode Allows to select the condition to start streaming to the remote destination s NOTE if Streaming Mode is set to never but a destination IP and port is configured device will start to send out the stream in anyway Input Trigger Level Triggering input audio level if send on level mode is selected Accepted range 0 32767 default 1000 Inactivity Timeout Streaming starts stops after this number of milliseconds for send on input1 input2 if the button is pressed released to prevent accident action for send on level if input audio signal is more less than Input Trigger Level default 1000 msec Keep alive Period Set a
27. l Offset Auto 3 This section allows to configure Input Source Choose the desired input source Line mono and MIC input are mono the other settings are stereo The options available depend on the HW according to the table below The Exstreamer 500 and Exstreamer 1000 have external Analogue to Digital circuitry which support input speeds of 32 and 48kHz The selection provides a better input signal to noise ratio however the A D gain is fixed and cannot be adjusted Default setting is Line stereo Inst 100 Ex 500 Ex 1000 Ann 100 200 Ann 1000 Ann 155 Line Mono Line Mono Line Mono Line Mono Line Mono em Line Stereo Line Stereo Line Stereo Line Stereo Line Stereo a MIC MIC MIC SPDIF optical AES EBU 2s SPDIF coaxial Line Ext Line Ext ADC x ADC NOTE using SPDIF input on Instreamer 100 selecting PCM u law or A law use of the optical input is mandatory NOTE using SPDIF or AES EBU input channel when PCM u law or A law audio formats are selected the input signal sample rate must match the WEB UI selected sample rate Input Gain Select the desired input gain for the analog Line Microphone Gain Select the desired microphone input gain Visible only for device types that support the MIC Input WEB UI configuration Output Audio Level Select the desired output volume in dB The maximum volume depends on the hardware type and is
28. ld Pull BRTP this method allows the use of the special Barix RTP protocol revers RTP The receiving device must request the stream from the encoding device The encoder will learn the IP address and port number of the requesting device and respond with the stream to the learn IP socket If the encoder is secured behind a firewall router then it will need a port forwarding rule configured on the router on encoder site It allows to establish an audio link even if the receiving device is secured behind a firewall The device that must receive the stream announce itself to the sender device that start immediately to stream to the destination Field Streaming Mode allows to select between multiple stream start conditions Digital inputs or audio level detection can be used to start sending the stream 4 4 Audio Format Selection In unidirectional communications the device support the following formats p law A law PCM and MPEG In bidirectional communication the device support p law A law and PCM formats only For a broadband streaming a low bandwidth format as MPEG is suggested For each audio format desired sample rate is selectable For MPEG only a quality setting is available from O to 7 The lower is the quality the higher is the BY Using STL application compression rate and the lower is the network bandwidth consumption 4 5 Inputs and relays Studio Transmitter Link Software supports different Barix d
29. omplete Table of Contents is available in Adobe Acrobat Viewer Click on the Bookmarks pane tab on the left side of Adobe Acrobat Viewer to open it Click on any bookmark to directly jump to the corresponding part of the manual 1 6 4 Chapter overview This manual is divided into the following chapters Chapter Quick Start Guide is describing how to have the system up and running in some simple steps Chapter WEB UI configuration is giving a detailed guide for the WEB UI STL configuration Chapter Using STL applicatio is explaining how to use the main application features Chapter Common issues explains how to solve the most common issues that can be experienced by the user Chapter Additional Informatio explains how to update a firmware package through the WEB UI how to setup the device network interface Also it explains how to rescue a device via the serial port and illustrates a BIN DEC HEX conversion table Chapter Dictionary gives a short explanation of some of the most important terms used in this manual Introduction 2 Quick Start Guide Going through the following procedures the audio link will be up and running with some simple steps Use an Internet browser to connect to the devices just typing the device IP address in the browser s URL line 2 1 Unidirectional studio transmitter link simplex AUDIO STREAM DC ENCODER Sore jo m TRANSMITTER STUDIO A
30. period for sending keep alive to the remote peer Incoming Stream For the incoming audio stream following fields can be configured Stream Method URL and Port default RTP 0 0 0 0 3030 Configurable stream methods are Push RTP to listen for a stream using RTP protocol over UDP Multicast to listen to a multicast IP group for a multicast stream Pull BRTP to use BRTP Barix RTP protocol to send a stream request to the remote peer this will learn the IP and port and respond with the stream Example Stream Method URL Port Push RTP 0 0 0 0 4041 Multicast 239 255 231 187 4042 Pull BRTP 192 168 2 31 4043 RTP delay The RTP decoder keeps constant decoding latency within one frame accuracy Set the required delay in milliseconds To synchronise multiple receivers to the same stream set all to the same value The delay value should be set large enough to cope with network jitter difference in packets delivery time and possible packet loss Increase the value if you are experiencing audio dropout default 600 msecs Below a table with the recommended safe settings and Maximum Half and Full Duplex possible delay msecs EE WEB UI configuration NOTE RTP delay values greater than the maximum limits are rounded down to the maximum limit value Audio format Rec Max HD Max FD U A law 8kHz mono 444 4076 2038 u A law 24kHz mono 188 1345 672 PCM 8kHz mono 444 2028 1014 PCM 24kHz mono
31. searches for a playlist file playlist m3u in the root of the USB pen as soon the device is not receiving any network audio streams The playlist m3u file should contain the list of MP3 files also stored on the USB stick these will be played when the decoder is not playing any network audio streams As soon as the network audio stream is available again the playback will change over to the it again 4 9 USB Relay contact Messages STL application can play a predefined audio message every time a local relay activity is detected The USB pen can contain in the root path some predefined messages with a predefined name as MSG_N MP2 where N is a valid number from 1 to 8 Once for example when the relay 1 is activates and a MSG 1 MP3 is existing in the root of the USB stick the message is played locally just after relay 1 is activated The usage of this function is also interrupting a network audio stream The network audio stream will continue when relay 1 is deactivated and the audio file from USB Stick is finished If there are no pre recorded audio files existing with the name MSG N MP3 on the USB stick then this function is disabled BE Using STL application 5 Common issues 5 1 Audio Link is Missing In case of a missing audio link try in order the following steps For bidirectional communications only Studio Encoder Decoder or Transmitter Encoder Decoder site types verify the audio format is e
32. teed 1 4 Additional documents Technical specifications for the supported devices can be found in the corresponding product sheet which can be downloaded from our site www barix com The STL Application has been developed in BCL and is distributed with its source code enabling users to further customise it if desired For detailed technical information about the programming language please download the Barix Control Language BCL Programmers Manual from our website 1 5 ABCL STL firmware Barix provides the Studio Transmitter Link application as included in a pre built ABCL STL abcl stl vXX XX DATE package The STL application is guaranteed to work only when it run together with his original ABCL STL package Using Studio Transmitter Link application with a different version of the ABCL package may not work correctly since new functionalities are continually being developed 1 6 About this manual 1 6 1 Links to chapters References to chapters e g Chapter name are blue and and serve as direct links to the related document section when viewed in Adobe Acrobat Viewer Click on the link to jump to the referenced chapter click on the left arrow icon to jump back to where you came from 1 6 2 Other important References References to WEB UI menu buttons are white on grey e g MENU BUTTON Reference to the site type are red e g Studio Encoder O Introduction 1 6 3 Bookmarks pane in Adobe Acrobat The c
33. through the keep alive packet If keep alive option is disabled no information related to the input contacts state will be transferred to the remote device Ef WEB UI configuration SNMP Destinations IP s For alarm sending set the desired list colon separated of SNMP trap receivers SMTP Server IP DNS For alarm sending set the IP address or DNS name of the SMTP server Local e mail FROM FROM mail address for SMTP alarm service Destination e mail s TO TO mail address for SMTP alarm service Multiple e mail addresses have to be separated by colon 3 4 6 Serial lllustration 12 WEB UI configuration page serial SERIAL 1 Baud rate 9600 Data bits 8 gt Parity no Stop bits ile Handshake none UDP TCP Control Port for COMI o SERIAL 2 Baud rate 9600 Data bits 82 Parity T NES Stop bits j Handshake RS485 direction control is UDP TCP Control Port for COM2 o This section allows to configure communication settings for serial ports 1 and 2 Baud rate parity data bits stop bits and handshake Flow Control can be set for each port UDP TCP Control Port for COM1 2 Local UDP TCP port for serial gateway to COM1 2 for UDP use a positive value from 1 to 32768 for TCP use a negative value from 1 to 32768 set to O to disable the gateway Set a value between 32767 and 32768 Default port is O disabled Any characters received on this network port
34. tocol used to assign an IP adaress to a device connected to a Network FD Short for Full Duplex A full duplex system allows communication between two parties to be done in both directions simultaneously See this Wikipedia article for more information HD Short for Half Duplex In a half duplex system simultaneous communication in both directions is not possible i e if one of the parties is sending the other have to wait it to finish before replying See this Wikipedia article for more information IP Short for Internet Protocol the IP is an address of a computer or other network device on a EJ Dictionary network using IP or TCP IP Every device on an IP based network requires an IP address to identify its location or address on the network Example 192 168 2 10 IPzator Barix IPzator technology is designed for the purpose that the Barix device can create its own IP address according to the network structure in case it can t receive one from your network If DHCP AUTOIP or BOOTP fail IPzator will create an IP address within the subnet and test it starting with x x x 168 and if occupied incrementing by one If the address works and is not being used by another device on the network it will give the address to the Barix device IP Addressing An IP address is a 32 bit value divided into four octets of eight bits each The standard representation is four decimal numbers in the range of 0 255 divided by dots Exampl
35. will be sent to COM1 2 Any characters received on COM1 2 will be sent to EI WEB UI configuration the latest remote UDP TCP Host Port that has already initiated established connection from the network else to the same UDP port number of current destination remote IP by current keep alive info TCP Serial Gateway One device must be the listener Server the other must try to connect to the listener device client Server side setup set Keep alive Period as O the device will act as a TCP server using the configured serial port example 1000 Client side setup set the same TCP port number 1000 and a keep alive period greater than 0 UDP Serial Gateway Set the same serial port positive value on both devices 3 4 7 Security Settings Illustration 13 WEB UI configuration page security settings SECURITY SETTINGS Reset Function Enabled Disabled Factory Defaults Enabled Disabled Update Function 9 Enabled V Disabled Set Password This section allows to configure the device password and other security settings Reset Function Enable or disable the Reset function on the Reset hardware button and on the WEB Ul In order to restart the device press the Reset button once Default enabled Factory Defaults Enable or disable the Factory Defaults function on the Reset hardware button and the web button If disabled the only way to revert all settings to factory defaults is a serial rescue pro
36. xactly the same on both sides Check on the encoder s Studio home page Input Audio Level fields They should show some yellow bars on the scale to indicate that an audio signal is present on the device audio input circuit not on AES EBU interface Also check the Outgoing Stream Status on the homepage Check the destination s IP can be reached through the console ping command If the destination is a textual URL DNS name verify that Gateway and DNS fields are set correctly in the device s Network settings Verify also that the Streaming Method is used with the right destination IP Check on the decoder s Transmitter home page the Incoming Stream Status and the Output Audio Level fields They should show some yellow bars on the scale to indicate an audio signal is present in the audio output Check your speakers check for correct power up on amplified speakers On the decoder side try to increase the RTP delay field in the WEB UI Configuration gt Streaming section If streaming over internet make sure the UDP port forwarding s on the router s is are properly set 5 2 Poor Audio Quality In case of poor audio quality try in order the following steps On the decoder side try to increase the RTP delay field in the WEB UI Configuration Streaming section The field is in milliseconds see the Configuration gt Streaming related help section On the decoder side for Exstre
Download Pdf Manuals
Related Search