Inovonics NOVIA 272 Installation & User Manual

Inovonics NOVIA 272 Installation & User Manual

Fm processor & stereo-gen

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FM Processor & Stereo-Gen
May, 2017 - Rev. 1 Firmware

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  • Page 1 FM Processor & Stereo-Gen May, 2017 - Rev. 1 Firmware...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Navigating the Menu Tree Alternative Frequencies Stream to RDS Input Sources and Program Failover Stream Input Telnet Audio Alarms Section V - NETWORKING THE NOVIA 272 ....25 Stereo-Gen Setup GPIOs The Web Interface The Network Port DHCP IP Assignment +12VDC Power I/O...
  • Page 3: Section I - Introduction

    Product Description Signal-To-Noise* (processing bypassed): Analog in: >82dB (ref: +24dBu I/O) Inovonics’ NOVIA 272 is a comprehensive FM airchain pro- AES Digital in: >120dB (ref: 0dBFS I/O) cessor that includes the stereo-multiplex generator and a Through an appropriate de-emphasis network...
  • Page 4: Under The Hood

    1.6”H x 8”W x 6”D; 5 lbs shipping weight Certifications: Rear View: ‘Under the Hood’ The NOVIA 272 FM airchain processor is very compact with a major utilization of surface-mount (SMD) technology. Some components are ‘application-specific’ and/or pre- programmed at the factory, but all of them are impossibly tiny.
  • Page 5: Section Ii - Getting Started

    ‘daisy-chain’ power cable so that two devices may share a single supply. Front-Panel vs. Web Interface Setup The NOVIA 272 may be set up and operated either by using AC Mains Power the front-panel menu and jog-wheel knob, or by using the The NOVIA 272 comes with a ‘universal’...
  • Page 6: Navigating The Menu Tree

    Only connect when stream is source 3) If the screen shows an adjustment ‘slider,’ turn the box is not checked, the NOVIA 272 will connect to a valid knob to bracket the slider, push the knob to enable stream automatically and remain connected.
  • Page 7: Stereo-Gen Setup

    Multiplex Out presents the slider to set the composite/MPX (Polarity: Active Open). The status of the command is shown output level of the NOVIA 272 for driving the FM exciter to at the bottom of the menu screen. full modulation. The MPX level is variable between 1Vpp and —...
  • Page 8: The Network Port

    Back button. About shows the current Firmware Rev: and Serial #: of your The NOVIA 272 draws 400mA. Check the rating on the la- bel of the power supply to make sure it has capacity for the unit, the Ethernet: port status and Uptime:, or how long the modules it must support.
  • Page 9: Section Iii - Processor Setup

    AGC meter action. The aim is to keep this meter hovering right around 0dB (center-scale) most of the time. Processing Presets The NOVIA 272 comes with ten factory-programmed pro- cessing presets and ten empty registers where you can save AGC is a slow, wideband ‘gain-riding’ function that presents your own, customized ones.
  • Page 10: Leveling

    Equalization Multiband Processing The NOVIA 272 has a four-section parametric equalizer that can offer quite a lot of control over ‘sonic signature.’ The multiband processing section of the NOVIA 272 pro- vides both r.m.s. compression and peak limiting in three Parametric EQ is not as well-known in the broadcast frequency bands.
  • Page 11: Band Uncoupling

    ‘master’ band of the modulation. The NOVIA 272 uses both HF limiting and dis- multiband section. Band Uncoupling allows slaving the action tortion-cancelled HF clipping to meet this requirement.
  • Page 12: Processor Bypass

    scheduled deviations in the station’s format during the broadcast day. A station might deviate from jazz music to Section IV a big-band segment, for example, or from music to regularly scheduled talk programming or take a 5-minute satellite- THE RDS ENCODER delivered news feed on the hour.
  • Page 13: Tp And The Ta Flag

    Moreover, the TA flag stays ‘up’ as long as the GPI terminal on the rear panel of the NOVIA 272 remains activated (see The PS field can accept up to 128 characters/spaces; the Page 12), thus you can easily see why listeners could quickly NOVIA 272 ‘parses’...
  • Page 14: Section V - Networking The Novia 272

    Under the Windows® operating system, referenced here, the Web interface menu is nearly identical, bring up the NOVIA 272 with a Web browser that’s on the quite intuitive, and much faster. same network simply by typing the Hostname and a for-...
  • Page 15: Dynamic Dns

    Service Provider (ISP) assigns you a static IP address, notification and logging require setting the built-in real time then it is a simple matter to address the NOVIA 272 from clock (RTC) to an Internet time standard. anywhere. Just type the...
  • Page 16: Network Status

    Use the Send Test Email utility to ensure that the NOVIA 272 A MIB file is a small text file required by the SNMP Manager. Using the Web interface SNMP menu, click: Download MIB to is set up to send mail properly to all recipients.
  • Page 17: Firmware Updates

    Restoring factory default settings is another op- (Blank Page) tion. Firmware Updates It’s an easy matter to upload NOVIA 272 firmware updates to the unit when we issue them. NOTE: Make sure that your Hardware Profile is up-to-date. A firmware update could affect some user settings.
  • Page 18 RETURN OF GOODS FOR FACTORY REPAIR: A. Equipment will not be accepted for Warranty or other repair without a Return Authorization (RA) number issued by Inovonics prior to its return. An RA number may be obtained by calling the factory. The number should be prominently marked on the outside of the shipping carton.

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