Introduction - junger T*AP Manual

T*AP

Introduction

At the heart of the T*AP is a sophisticated audio processor, powered by Analog Devices® Sharc DSPs.
These DSPs provide the 10 channel audio processing and monitoring facility.
They are surrounded by several I/O interfaces, audio delay lines and an optional Dolby® decoder and
encoder.
The four AES3id I/Os on the motherboard may be rounded up by a variety of interface modules that can be
installed as an option into the Base Unit's interface slots.
A comprehensive routing matrix allows almost every signal flow - from inputs to outputs, from and to
Dolby® encoder / decoder, the built in audio delay lines and the audio processor itself.
The routing architecture uses the industry's most advanced event management. Triggered by GPIs, Hot Keys
on the X*AP Remote Panel, internal status information or network based remote control, the T*AP may be
reconfigured from surround to multiple stereo operation on the fly.
Routing paths, the enabling and disabling of audio processing blocks and the setting of processing
parameters can be pre configured by individual presets dedicated to each function block. The content of the
presets can be displayed and edited off line while the device is on air. These presets may either be recalled
on demand by the operator via the GUI, the X*AP Remote Panel Hot Keys or play-out automation systems,
but may also be part of complex scenarios defined by the operator and automatically executed by the event
manager of the device.
The T*AP provides a web based setup GUI and a X*AP Remote Panel that displays status and metering
information and allows user intervention. Due to the complexity of the device, the features of the X*AP
Remote Panel are limited to operating needs.
Junger Audio's LoudnessLogger is also available as an add on and can be attached by a few simple clicks to
the T*AP so that users can log loudness data as well as display it as a plot on a PC screen in real time.
Completing the feature set of the T*AP is the availability of an SNMP agent, which provides traps and status
polling. As an option, it can also control the internal loudness measurement and the retrieval of
measurement data.
As with most advanced tools, T*AP can be driven in a variety of ways, depending on requirements and ideas
of the user. These can range from the simple and straightforward through to quite complex set ups.
Although this manual explains the functions and general operation of the T*AP, it does not give detailed
scenarios because the operational needs of today's broadcasters vary so widely between organizations and
their work flows and cover so many different parameters – from ingest to studio operation, from master
control rooms to play-out or even rebroadcast applications.
Junger Audio is more than happy to discuss your particular requirements with you and to convey your ideas
and solutions to other users of the T*AP community.
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