Uecp Menu - Omnia .9 Installation & User Manual

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UECP menu

At the time of manual publication the code for the section described here was still in progress. The description here applies to
upcoming software that was in alpha test when 3.18.99 was released, and was not included in that version. Please check back
with us to for updates on release status, or to obtain a beta software version.
RDS UECP/Remote control over TCP/IP
UECP (Universal Encoder Control Protocol) is a standardized protocol that is used to send information to RDS encoders. It is
supported by many software and hardware RDS encoders, and by many automation systems. Originally, UECP was used over
an RS232 connection, but many products are now supporting it via IP. Omnia.9 supports only the latter.
The UECP dropdown enables and disables UECP support and has the following options:
TCP / UDP / TCP (ASCII) / UDP (ASCII).
Select the one appropriate for your installation.
Many applications now support UECP directly, but for those that do not, an ASCII mode is supported for sending commands in
plain text.
UECP input port is a text field where you can enter the port to listen for UECP commands on, in decimal.
UECP is connected (On/Off) (read only) Displays the current status of the UECP connection (On = connected, off = not
connected)
Use internal settings on connection drop specifies whether Omnia.9 should fallback to the RDS settings specified in other
pages in the RDS menu, should the UECP connection drop. It is a good idea to enable this and populate the RDS settings with
"generic" information should the automation system fail to connect and provide data via UECP
The Status line will show the connection status (TCP) and number of messages received (UDP).
As UECP can send commands via multicasting to multiple RDS encoders, each message contains addressing information. The
Listen to specific address option instructns Omnia.9 to only listen for UECP commands targeted to the specified address. The
options are Site/Encoder Address, DSN, PSN.
Enter the information appropriate to your RDS network if this feature is utilized.