Livewire Inputs Menu - Omnia .9 Installation & User Manual

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Livewire Inputs Menu

The Livewire Inputs overview menu shows an overview of all eight Livewire Audio inputs, as well as both Livewire MPX
inputs. The channel numbers (or multicast addresses for AES67 streams) are shown, along with the source name, as well as
color coded status indication. This menu will only be visible for units that have had the MKII platform upgrade.
Selecting an individual input sub menu shows statistics, a Channel List sub menu, buffer adjustments, and channel selection
controls for that particular input.
Overview of the Livewire inputs. These are Livewire streams that are being received by the O9. The status of each is shown.
LW1 shows name of CTY Mix coming from (the @ sign) the device named Node-114-0 with Livewire channel (11401). Note
that LW2 shows no data which means it is configured in the O9 to receive channel 6001 but there is no "data" being received by
the O9. This is NOT silence but rather the absence of any network data for that channel.
Omnia.9 (with MKII platform upgrade) accepts any Livewire or Livewire+/AES67 channel from your Axia network. There
are eight regular (stereo audio) Livewire Input slots. Each Livewire input slot can take a unique Livewire channel from the
network, and each Livewire input slot can in turn be assigned to any of the aforementioned Input 1/2/3 sections exactly the
same way as a physical Analog or Digital input.
Furthermore, each input can act as a five-channel selector. This can be used to make quick selections of common Livewire
channels that would be desired to feed the Omnia.9 MKII. These route changes may also be automated via task scripts (GPI),
or through using Axia Pathfinder using LWRP.
An example would be if a main and backup processor located at the main studio site were triggered into fail-over. Backup feeds could both
be on their own Livewire or Livewire+/AES67 channels and seamlessly picked to feed the Omnia 9, via Input 1. If a secondary backup
studio location, also with a main and backup processor existed – the same thing could be setup on Input 2 for a dual redundant scheme.
A running display of real time data is shown on this screen as well to help with troubleshooting network path problems. A Fifo
buffer can be adjusted to mitigate audio issues if jitter values are too high over the network.
With Livewire+/AES67 MPX baseband may also be sent and received over the network and fed directly into either of the two
Omnia 9 MKII's MPX inputs. These options are accessible by opening MPX Input 1 and MPX Input 2 screens and assigned a
valid MPX over Livewire+/AES67 source. Please note, that when a Livewire channel is assigned to MPX Input 1 or MPX Input 2
this will override the physical composite input.
To assign a Livewire channel to a preset in the bank, First click on the Channel List button and scroll through the selections of
advertised Livewire channels. Select the desired channel and press Take. Alternatively, if you know the channel number ahead
of time you can key that in and simply press the Take button. Then press the Assign button, the box will glow yellow. Then simply
click on any of the Livewire preset buttons below to set it to that button.