Section IV - SITESTREAMER™ II WEB INTERFACE Connecting Locally ........15 Remote (Internet) Access ......15 Now Playing ..........16 Webpage Header.......... 16 TABLE OF CONTENTS Remote Listening ......... 16 Radio Metrics ..........17 Fault Alarms ..........17 Section I - INTRODUCTION Radio Setup ..........
Audio Response: ±1dB, 50Hz–8kHz at maximum IF and au- Receiver Sensitivity: 40dBµV for 50dB SNR. Product Description The Inovonics family of SiteStreamers™ receive local broad- dio-cutoff settings. cast stations off-air and stream program audio and signal metrics over the Internet to any location worldwide. This al- Audio De-Emphasis: NRSC ‘truncated-75µs’...
AC Mains Power Section II All Inovonics INOmini modules are supplied with an out- INSTALLATION AND CONNECTION board, inline switching-type power supply compatible with any destination mains voltage. The actual power consumed by the 647 SiteStreamer is 350mA at 12 volts DC. A second Unpacking and Inspection DC connector on the rear panel allows ‘daisy-chaining’...
Radio audio monitor feed, and the ules. Two short ‘pigtail’ power patch ca- AUX stereo monitor channel. This is not the case, however. bles are provided with the Inovonics IN- Level metering and alarm conditions are transported simul- Omini rack adapter.
very last menu in the sequence allows the user to lock the Section III knob out of the editing mode. If you find that when you push the knob you are unable to enter an editable menu, scroll all SITESTREAMER™ II SETUP the way to this very last menu screen.
To set trip levels (only), push the knob. LO and the left tic The primary and default mark will begin blinking. Turn the knob to position the left Source: monitor mode tic mark anywhere beneath the RF bargraph, the correspond- is the Radio signal re- ing dBµV numerical alarm trip value is also displayed.
beyond that point can be attributed to asymmetrical modu- MAC Address (Menu Screen 12) lation to the +125% limit (about +2dB). The MAC (Media Access Control) address for any piece of hardware with IP connectivity is a factory-set fixed value Networking Mode and IP Address (Menu Screen 7 - editable) unique to that specific piece of equipment.
Now Playing Section IV Open a browser window on your computer and type the IP SITESTREAMER™ II WEB INTERFACE address of the 647 into the browser’s address bar. In short order the main Now Playing Web interface page will appear on your screen.
The 647’s listening utility is more to confirm the presence of 1: Grab the ‘slider’ with your mouse and, holding down the audio than to allow a critical assessment of off-air audio qual- mouse button, drag the slider back and forth as sug- ity.
Alternatively, you may Save as New after making changes if, Graphs and Metering for example, you wanted one preset for the station with The Graphs & Metering Webpage gives high-resolution meter- alarms enabled, and another for that same station with ing presentations of audio levels.
In the example scan, stations show up as vertical yellow lines parameters remain resident in that station’s memory slot and poking-up above the noise floor. As you hover over a line will pertain when that station is selected. with your mouse, the station FREQ: and its RSSI: level pop- Alarm Parameters up per the illustration.
5. Threshold Off (dB): has been set to -15, meaning that the Once the alarm log has accumulated some events, open the log by clicking the + next to View Alarm Log at the bottom of program peak level must rise above -15 to qualify as a valid normal-modulation level.
Sunset Calculator just above the matrix. This will take you to set, the grayed-out AUX Level (dB): meter should rarely, if the FCC Database, where you will need to enter the latitude ever, exceed 0 (zero). This is important, as the codec clips and longitude of your transmitter site to obtain correct fig- just 3dB above the indicated zero level (+3 on the meter ures to plug into the matrix, replacing the factory-default...
The default mode for SNMP is Disabled. This inhibits commu- Network Setup nication between the 647 and SNMP gear. A pull-down menu The Network Webpage displays the current networking setup. shows operating choices. Some entries are ‘grayed-out’ when the 647 Mode: is under automatic DHCP assignment.
When all recipients have been entered, click Save. You may Email Notifications also click Send Test Email, which will memo-message all recip- The 647 SiteStreamer can send email notifications of recep- ients to confirm proper communications setup. tion faults to one or more recipients. Which alarms go to whom is explained in this subsection.
indicates the Last sync: (internet time update), which also To perform a hard reset, hold down the front-panel MENU shows that Internet communications is working properly, knob while power-cycling the unit. Remember: this restores the SiteStreamer to ‘factory-fresh’ condition; you will lose all Be sure to click: Save to commit timekeeping choices to setup information.
Webpage interface of the unit. A built-in ‘bootloader’ utility allows firmware to be updated whenever Inovonics issues changes to add features, to im- prove performance, or otherwise to expand the usefulness of the product. In truly altruistic fashion, Inovonics supplies firmware updates free of any additional charges.
With a clear conscience, and upon request, we will cheerfully provide additional documentation and divulge all but the very darkest secrets concerning any Inovonics product. — 35 — — 36 —...
INOVONICS WARRANTY TERMS OF SALE: Inovonics products are sold with an understand- ing of “full satisfaction”; that is, full credit or refund will be issued for products sold as new if returned to the point of purchase within 30 days following their receipt, provided that they are returned com- plete, and in “as received”...
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