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International Datacasting STAR Generation 2 User Manual

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STAR Receiver
Generation 2
For Audio Networks
User's Guide
Revision 1.4

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  • Page 1 STAR Receiver Generation 2 For Audio Networks User’s Guide Revision 1.4...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e Table of Contents SAFETY WARNINGS ..........................4 GETTING STARTED ..........................5 Models ..............................5 How to Use This Guide ........................
  • Page 3 S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e Why can I not always edit active time shift recording or playbacks? ..........33 I changed my SD card;...

  • Page 4: Safety Warnings

    S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e Safety Warnings HE UNIT MUST BE INSTALLED BY A QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSON AND THE EXTERNAL EARTH CONNECTION MUST BE MADE BEFORE CONNECTING THE SUPPLY SE A...

  • Page 5: Getting Started

    Models Your STAR Generation 2 receiver is one of a family of STAR receivers. A datasheet at the end of this document provides the Technical Specifications of your STAR receiver. Readers of this manual who use a STAR-Two receiver should ignore any references to audio 3 &...

  • Page 6: The Front Panel

    S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e The Front Panel The STAR front panel contains nine LED indicators, a headphones jack and a keypad LCD combination. Headphones Status information: STAR-Four STAR-Two...

  • Page 7: The Rear Panels - Star-Four & Star-Two

    S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e The Rear Panels – STAR-Four & STAR-Two Grounding Mains AC 100-240v built in fuse 2.5A Alarm contacts (3) Audio In (Future use) Audio Channels &...
  • Page 8 S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e INDICATIONS COLOR INDICATIONS COLOR LOCK NONE LOCK WARNING YELLOW WARNING ALARM ALARM AUDIO 1 NONE AUDIO 1 AUDIO 2...

  • Page 9: User Interface

    S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e User Interface The receiver can be configured through the Graphical User Interface or from the front panel Keypad. Remote Control with a WEB Browser When you have logged in, you will see the Web Configuration Manager page.

  • Page 10: Input

    S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e DEVICE NAME, DEVICE LOCATION, DEVICE CONTACT, and DEVICE INFO 1-12: enter additional information which will be visible at the WELCOME page of the WEB GUI. This information can be a link to another website.

  • Page 11: Ip-In

    S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e The options to set the other carrier will be removed from the receivers interface when “Carrier A (or B) only” is selected.

  • Page 12: Dvb-Ts

    S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e INPUT STREAM IP Address/UDP Port: This is the IP Address/Port number on which the MPEG2 TSoverIP stream is received.

  • Page 13: Decoder

    S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e Decoder Decoder Audio CHANNEL x Audio: STREAM: when stream is set to MPE then select from: MODE: OFF, CHAN.GUIDE, USER DEFINED, TONE.

  • Page 14: Decoder Backup Channel X

    S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e OPTIONAL (not shown): LIMITER ENABLED: ON/OFF. LIMITER LEVEL: -50 to 0 dBFS, in steps of 1 dB. LIMITER RECOVERY: 20 (Fast) to 100 (Slow) Milliseconds recovery time.

  • Page 15: Decoder Data

    S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e Decoder Data CHANNEL x Data: STREAM: when stream = MPE (in menu DECODER>AUDIO) then: MODE: OFF, ANC.

  • Page 16: Control

    S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e Control Control MGMT IP Choose the parameters to configure the network connections, utilize SNMP, specify the SNTP server, a Syslog server, configure the web access and change the username/password combination.

  • Page 17: Control Mgmt Notification Mode

    S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e MODE: DCHP, MANUAL Note: In DCHP mode Static Address, Subnet Mask and Gateway Address are not available. . Control MGMT Notification Mode Choose the parameter (ALL;...

  • Page 18: Control Mgmt Notification Priority

    S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e Control MGMT Notification Priority Select the priority for the notifcation of an alarm in a parameter. Each parameter shown on the Control MGMT Notification Mode Alarm Mode list can be assigned a priority between 1 and 4294967295 with 1 being the highest priority.

  • Page 19: Alarm

    S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e Alarm The following settings are available in the ALARM submenus: MODE : OFF Warning and Alarm are switched off. : Warning Only Upon an error condition the Warning light on the front will be activated.

  • Page 20: Alarm Menus And Sub Menus

    S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e LEVEL Not present for all parameters. When present it is programmable between the limits revealed when you hover your mouse over the Level field.

  • Page 21: Status

    S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e With the mouse cursor in the editable field, an information field will pop up with the value limits: Status Information about the input and audio levels and the status information can also be printed.
  • Page 22 S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e  DECODER: the source indication with Transport Stream info, four channels of audio with the left/right dynamic level and the selected service.
  • Page 23 S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e Page 23 of 47...
  • Page 24 S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e  NETMANAGER: indicates if the receiver is connected to a Network Command Channel (NCC) and the date and time when this receiver last accepted a valid set of NCC-commands.

  • Page 25: Utility

    S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e Utility There are 9 submenus: CLOCK, CLEAR LOG, PRINT SETTINGS, DEFAULT SETTINGS, IMPORT/EXPORT, FORMAT SD CARD, SCHEDULE, TRIGGER, INSTALL OPTIONS, UPDATE FIRMWARE &...
  • Page 26 S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e In the capture below, trigger 20035 is missing one or more content files as shown by the red blocking. Selecting the trigger and clicking “Show Details”...
  • Page 27 S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e Timed Playlists (e.g. 20037) can not be triggered. Attempting to fire the trigger will give an error message.

  • Page 28: Logout

    S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e ACTION: What the receiver will do when the action is triggered.  INSTALL OPTIONS: In this section all options can be activated or de-activated with code from an .xml file.

  • Page 29: Advanced Topics

    S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e Advanced Topics Using your PMR The PMR capabilities of the Star 4 G2 audio receiver are subject to license restrictions and these pages and option tabs will not appear in your receiver unless properly licensed.

  • Page 30: Using Date And Time

    S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e  Your receiver responds normally to triggers received during playback except for channel changes which are ignored.

  • Page 31: Recording And Playback Reports

    S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e Recording and Playback Reports The status of recordings and playbacks can be explored under the UTILITY>Schedule>Reports tab. Up to 100 scheduled recordings and playbacks are shown beginning 7 days prior to today’s date.

  • Page 32: Gui Tips

    S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e GUI Tips Finding extra Help On many Web pages, hovering your mouse pointer over the information button will produce extra information related to the parameter: Drop down Menus...

  • Page 33: Faq's

    S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e FAQ’s Why are there periods of silence in my playback? If a signal loss occurs during recording (for example due to a loss of signal, a reboot or a loss of data) then silence is played out for the periods where no audio frames were available.

  • Page 34: How Many Playbacks Can I Add To A Scheduled Event

    S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e  If a playback is interrupted by a channel change, timed playlist, local activation of triggers on a decoder, the playback shall stop and the live channel will take precedence.
  • Page 35 S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e Content is unavailable (i.e.no SD card, content deleted).  When an alarm condition takes place the following occurs: Playback or recording is aborted Alarm log entry is created Alarm LED is activated (if programmed)

  • Page 36: Remote Control By Snmp

    S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e Remote control by SNMP SNMP is the abbreviation for “Simple Network Management Protocol”. It is connected over the Monitor & Control LAN connector at the rear of the unit.

  • Page 37: Connector Specifications

    S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e Connector Specifications Alarm output connector 9-pole Sub-D female connector Description Normally closed is the switch status Relay A common when AC power is not connected or Relay A normally open...

  • Page 38: Keypad Control

    S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e Keypad Control Measurement Displays Press the ◄/► keys to navigate through these measurement displays: Superflex PA Booting OS...

  • Page 39: Settings Menu Flowchart

    S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e Settings Menu Flowchart Grey shows Optional or Special Order Item Control Mode 1 IDENTITY LOCAL / REMOTE Device Type STAR G2...
  • Page 40 S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e 3.3 FLEXKEY IP Address UDP Port 4 DECODER 4.1 AUDIO 4.1.1 CHANNEL 1 4.1.2 CHANNEL 2 4.1.3 CHANNEL 3 4.1.4 CHANNEL 4 Stream...
  • Page 41 S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e WEB Enabled SNMP Enabled Syslog Srv. Add. 6.2 IO 6.2.1 CHANNEL 1 6.2.2 CHANNEL 2 6.2.3 CHANNEL 3 6.2.4 CHANNEL 4 CONTACT...
  • Page 42 S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e Alarm Delay (s) 7.1.1.6 TS Mode Warning Delay(s) Alarm Delay (s) 7.1.2 IP-IN Mode Warning Delay(s) Alarm Delay (s) Mode...
  • Page 43 S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e 8 STATUS 8.1 CONFIG Device Firmware Device Decoder NCC Address 8.2 XD LICENSE GLOBAL Decoder1 Decoder2 Decoder3...
  • Page 44 S T A R G e n R e c e i v e r U s e r ’ s G u i d e Page 44 of 47...

  • Page 45: Weee Disposal Instructions

    Ihren Ort zuständigen Behörden zu Rückgabe und Sammelverfahren. To whom it may concern: International Datacasting EMEA has done its utmost best to design and manufacture the family of STAR receivers in compliance to the latest current standards with the least environmental impact. They are a 100% RoHS free product, they are designed as “Green”...

  • Page 46: Warranty & Service Information

    Warranty & Service Information International Datacasting Corporation (Seller) warrants the items manufactured and sold by the Seller to be free of defects in material and workmanship for a period of one (1) year from date of shipment to the original purchaser.
  • Page 47 CD, IDC will mail to you a CD, with such code for U.S. $9.99 plus the cost of shipping, upon request. International Datacasting Corporation (TSX: IDC) is a global leader in digital content distribution for the world’s premiere broadcasters in radio, television and digital cinema. IDC offers a broad portfolio of advanced solutions including Pro Audio, Pro Video, Pro Cinema and Pro Data for implementing broadcast content contribution and distribution applications.

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