DECLARATION OF CONFORMANCE Established following the Directives 99/5/EC and 2006/95/EC We, hereby, certify that Silver Stream-In / Stream Out complies with the dispositions of the European Community Directive for harmonized standards within the Member States related to radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment (Directive 99/5/EC) and low voltage (Directive 2006/95/EC).
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Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 How to contact us: WorldCast Systems Head Office 20, avenue Neil Armstrong - Parc d'Activités J.F. Kennedy 33700 BORDEAUX – MERIGNAC FRANCE Tel: +33 (5)57 928 928 | Fax: +33 (5)57 928 929...
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 Table of Contents This is the main table of contents of the entire User Manual. It presents the main topics of each section of this document. Safety & Disposing Information Introduction 1.1 About this Manual...
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 Table of Contents 3.2.1 Power Adaptor – DC In 3.2.2 Ethernet Interface 3.2.3 Audio Inputs and Outputs on XLR version 3.2.4 Audio Inputs and Outputs on RCA version 3.2.5 Auxiliary Data Interface 3.2.6 Ethernet Interface...
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 Safety & Disposing Information The Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out IP-Audio devices are powered by an external switching power adapter. If a product defect occurs on the power adapter this adapter must be re- placed.
This manual describes the function, the installation and use of the unit. It is recommended that new users of the Silver Stream-In/Stream-Out should read the full manual before switching it on for the first time, to get a better feel for the functionality and to eliminate any possible area of confusion.
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 Company Profile APT is a pioneering designer of audio Codecs for broadcast professionals and telecommunica- tions companies worldwide. The company’s WorldNet and WorldCast Codecs offer reliable and cost-effective broadcast solutions delivering high quality audio over IP, T1, E1, ISDN and Leased Lines.
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 Unpacking and Inspection After unpacking: Check the unit for damage during shipping. Immediately report any damage back to the distributor or APT. Check that the list of contents is complete as follows:...
IP audio transmissions. The set of Silver Stream-In and Stream-Out can be used to setup a full duplex link. The Sil- ver Codec range consists of the Encoder (Stream-In) and the Decoder (Stream-Out) as sepa- rate units in a ½...
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 System Options The following soft- and hardware options are available: Algorithm package (available in later releases) Advanced Audio Backup: play out from USB storage (on Stream-Out only) Notes: ____________________________________________________________...
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 Getting Connected This chapter outlines how you can quickly connect your Silver Codec and start sending audio. Begin by connecting the power adapter to the unit. Making a connection and send audio: ...
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 The WorldCast Codec Management System - Overview The WorldCast Network Management System (NMS) allows viewing multiple units from one control point. The program has an intuitive look and feel that is easy to understand by both the experienced technician and the casual user.
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Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 The Codec Management System – (continued) The Codec Management System is designed to operate as a program under Windows as a single task. This means that only one instance of the NMS software can be installed on the same PC.
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 Installing the Network Management System Prior to installing and running the NMS software, please ensure that your service PC meets the minimum hard- and software requirements: ® ® ®...
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Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 Installing the Codec Management System (continued) Next Screen Journalist Panel is available for Eclipse/Meridian type Codecs only – do not select it unless you are also running Eclipse or Meridian units in your network.
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 Getting Started Before you can launch the Management System please ensure the following pre-conditions of your network settings: To get started with the NMS application, ensure that the cabling is properly connected from the Codec to the PC, and that your service PC’s Ethernet cards has an IP address...
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Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 Getting started (continued) Once you have logged in successfully the Main Screen of the Network Management System (the NMS Family Tree) will appear: Figure 2-4: The NMS Front Page appears empty, when you log in for the first time Note: When running the NMS for the first time, this main screen will not show any Codec devices.
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 Along the Main Tool Bar Figure 2-5: NMS Tool Bar – functional overview The tools and controls on the Main Tool Bar are mainly used for higher level operations and management rather than controlling a dedicated audio Codec.
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 Connecting a Codec to the Family Tree (continued) Add a new Codec by known IP address Figure 2-6: Shows how to add a Codec with a known IP address to the Main Screen If you opt for “AutoDetect”...
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 2.7.3 The Net Wizard The third button starts the Net Wizard, which scans a user defined IP address range in order to auto-detect any reachable WorldNet/WorldCast Codecs on the network. Click on “Net Wiz- ard”...
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Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 The Net Wizard (continued) For the PC to be able to address the audio Codecs, its IP address must be in the same subnet as the Codecs. If you are using the DHCP service for dynamic assigned IP addresses on your PC check that the assigned address is in the same subnet as the Codecs.
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 2.7.4 Reset the Codec Hardware IP Address In the case that you cannot detect the required Codec device on your network, neither by entering the IP address manually or by running the Net Wizard, you should reset the unit in order to force the hardware default IP address.
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Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 Current Alarms (continued) Alarming Codec (Unit) This column shows the currently alarming Codec devices Alarm Categories Filter These filter settings allow filtering the visible Alarms on a unit No Filter (all Alarms)
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 2.7.6 The NMS User Management Clicking on the “Users” button opens the User Management Window which provides the op- tion of adding new users or deleting existing user accounts for the NMS (not for a particular Codec).
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Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 The NMS User Management (continued) All NextGen Codec devices have their own user management on the embedded WEB GUI. The NMS access limitation has effect on the NMS controls and the WorldNet Oslo frames only! In consequence a NMS Guest account may have the full access to a Silver Codec if logged in as Silver Codec Administrator.
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 2.7.7 NMS Settings – General Options Clicking on the “Settings” button opens the configuration folder which provides a set of basic configuration tabs. These configurations are related to both the appearance of various NMS screens and the Auto Update interval which pulls the Log File information from the connected hardware.
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Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 NMS Settings – General Options (continued) Flashing Alarms in Tree View These three check boxes control the appearance of the alarms indication on the family tree unit icon. When enabling the check boxes (Minor, Major or Critical) the correspond- ing “Alarm”...
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 2.7.8 NMS Settings – Audible Alarms Figure 2-14: Shows the configuration options for audible alarms This configuration allows to making alarm categories audible when occurring. Clicking on the file browser button opens the file manager. Navigate to the desired sound file (MP3 or WAV) and assign the file to the category.
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 2.7.9 Family Tree View Clicking on the “Tree” button causes the NMS to close (and logout) the currently open Codec page and switches to the Family Tree view – or from the Family Tree view back to configur- ing the last open Codec.
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 2.7.10 Firmware Update Manager Clicking on the “NMS Firmware Update Manager” button allows you to manage the firmware update of one or more Codec units in a centralized way. The Firmware Update Manager is comparing the firmware currently installed in each Codec device of the Tree view to the firmware package that you have selected for the update.
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Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 Firmware Update Procedure After the Update Manager has detected the all Codecs, the list must be cleared as described above; only the Silver Codecs should be listed. Before the update procedure can start, the firmware file container must be selected.
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Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 Firmware Update Procedure (continued) The firmware Update Manager scans each selected unit and analyses the currently running firmware; it compares these system release versions with the firmware container that was...
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Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 Firmware Update Procedure (continued) The screen shot examples below show a Horizon NextGen, but the procedure is the same on Codec devices. Figure 2-19: Shows the firmware upload process Figure 2-20: Shows “Upload completed”...
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 2.7.11 About the NMS Clicking on the “About” button displays the version number of the NMS and gives access to the data files location by clicking on the related button.
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 Codecs and Switches Codecs react in a similar way to all network devices and therefore should not be flooded with background non-related network traffic. The best way to limit traffic is to have a switch (not a hub, or a switch that acts like a hub) communicating with the unit similar to the diagram below.
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 Installation and Wiring This chapter describes the general installation procedure and the wiring of the Silver unit’s rear panel connectors. This section consists of two parts: Preparing for installation of the Silver Stream-In/Stream-Out ...
(1) The 6.3mm jack socket is provided for audio monitoring with a headset or active monitor speaker. Depending on the type of Silver unit it is either the audio input (Stream-In) or the audio output (Stream-Out). This monitor output has a fixed signal level and is not adjusta- ble.
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 Wiring Information Stream-In/XLR Figure 3-2: Silver Stream-In rear panel components Stream-Out/XLR Figure 3-3: Silver Stream-Out rear panel components 3.2.1 Power Adaptor – DC In The Silver units are supplied with an external Mains power adaptor suitable to work between 100 VAC and 240 VAC.
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 3.2.3 Audio Inputs and Outputs on XLR version The audio inputs on the XLR version accept up to +24 dBu (clip level) The audio outputs on the XLR version deliver up to +24 dBu (clip level)
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 3.2.5 Auxiliary Data Interface RS-232 (DTE) Serial Inputs Signal Description N.C. RS-232 Receive RS-232 Transmit N.C. Ground N.C. N.C. 9 pin female connector contact view The RS232 auxiliary data channel of the Silver units offer This is a SELV connection continuous data transfer rates from 1.200 to 115.200 Baud...
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 WorldCast/Silver WEB-Browser GUI The WorldCast/Silver Web GUI is the control and monitoring tool which communicates with the Silver units. All the next generation units, including the Silver range, run their own Web- server with can connect to standard Web Browsers or to the APT NMS.
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 WEB GUI - Getting Started Open the preferred web browser and type in the IP address of the Codec you like to config- ure, and you will be prompted with the LogIn screen.
Figure 4-3: Shows the Unit Status page of a Stream-In unit with popped up "Current Status" frame The default Main Page (2) is always the Unit Status page summarizing the status of the hardware unit, the current Audio Codec settings and the Connection Status.
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 WEB GUI – Main Menu The main menu is always present on the left hand side of the browser window. In depend- ence of the selected menu item it will expand and show related submenu items.
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 4.4.1 Current Status Frame This “Current Status” frame allows a quick inspection of the current condition of a running configuration. Clicking on the little arrows on top of the bar opens it as browser frame. In this mode it is re-sizable and parameters can be changed (e.g.
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 4.4.2 Main Menu – Status/Unit Status Starting the WEB application will always open the Main Menu “Unit Status” item with the Unit Status page and the corresponding sub menu items loaded. The Unit Status page is orga- nized in various sections.
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 Main Menu – Status/Unit Status (continued) Audio Codec Status This section provides information about the currently active Codec settings for the En- coder (Stream-In) or the Decoder (Stream-Out). Unit Connection This section shows the IP address of both Ethernet port (ETH).
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1. Audio Alarms (Silence Detection) The Audio signal has decreased below the threshold and timeout specified in the audio configuration menu. This alarm will be flagged if silence occurs on the inputs (Stream-In) or on the outputs (Stream-Out) for any reason.
The Stream Table shows all active and inactive streams. On a Decoder (Stream-Out) it is al- ways a single audio stream and a single AUX Data stream, while on the Encoder (Stream-In) many streams can be shown on this table.
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 4.4.4.1 About Stream Tables (general) In general, a Stream Table (1) is a list of IP-Stream configurations organized in a table. In dependence on where a stream table is accessed it will appear as red-only table, like on the performance monitor page, or the table can be directly accessed for changing values and en- tries.
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 4.4.4.2 IP Statistics – Details This section shows the IP statistics (2) of a selected stream when an active connection is in progress, the table below provides the description of each of the statistics (for Encoder...
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 4.4.5 Main Menu – Connection/Connection Page The “Connection Page” is the page where IP streams and connections must be created and can be managed. Basically a “Connection” consists of two parts, the audio settings and the IP configuration.
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 Main Menu – Connection/Connection Page (continued) Quick Connection (1) A “Quick Connection” is basically a pre-configured and previously stored profile. This pro- file was created and merged from an audio mode configuration and an IP stream setup.
The next page guides to the Audio mode settings. The Silver units provide similar pages for the Encoder and the Decoder depending on the type of unit, hence the Encoder configuration is provided on the Stream-In unit and the Decoder configuration on the Stream-Out. Figure 4-14: Shows the Decoder configuration page (Stream-Out) Algorithm (1) Clicking on the “Algorithm”...
Clicking on the “Add” button (1) opens the Stream Configuration window (2). This Win- dow provides all setting options for the desired IP connection. On the Stream-In (Encod- er a second or more streams can be added by clicking on the “Add” button again. Each stream gets a unique ID assigned by the system.
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Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 Connection Wizard – IP Streams Configuration (continued) Creating an IP Stream (2) The Stream Configuration window provides the configuration options. This table shows the options for the Encoder and the Decoder!
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 4.4.5.4 Connection Wizard – Creating a Profile After the streams were created they are now appearing on the Streams Table. The little red marker on the table fields indicate that the stream was not yet saved in a profile and can be modified.
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 4.4.5.5 Advanced Configuration The “Advanced” configuration page can be opened directly from the Connection Page, or af- ter the Configuration Wizard procedure was completed. Figure 4-17: Shows the Advanced configuration window The Connection Wizard as described earlier has created the “New Profile”...
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Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 Advanced Configuration (continued) The Advanced configuration page offers all options for creating new profiles or modifying an existing one or deleting profiles from the list. It also allows changing the currently applied (and active) configuration on the fly.
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 Main Menu – System This section provides the general system setup items 4.5.1 System – Date and Time Set Date and Time The Silver units run its real time clock. Date and Time entered here sets this clock...
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 4.5.4 System – Diagnostics Restart Unit Reboot Default Configuration Reset System and Configurations to factory defaults but keeps the IP address settings. 4.5.5 System – Update For a Firmware Update, section 6 MUST be consulted! 4.5.6...
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 4.5.7 About “About” shows the unit hard- and software versions. It also provides a little chat box allows sending short messages to other actually logged in users. The entry field “Unit Name” allows entering an individual name for this particular Silver unit.
All settings can be reverted or saved by clicking on either of the buttons as shows above. The screenshot above shows the audio configuration page of a Stream-In Encoder with RCA connectors. The XLR version allows changing the Input or Output impedance in addition. The tables below outline the configuration options on both versions.
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Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 Audio I/O and Alarm Configuration (RCA) This section provides the following configuration options: Configuration Options Description RCA version: Values 0-10 dBu Adjusts the analog Input level in reference Input Clip Level (dBu) to the digital dBFS in increments of 0.1 dB...
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 Audio I/O Configuration (XLR) Configuration Options Description XLR version: Values 0-24 dBu Adjusts the analog Input level in reference Input Clip Level (dBu) to the digital dBFS in increments of 0.1 dB...
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 SureStream SureStream Technology is a standard feature of the Silver IP Streamer range. Figure 5-1: Shows the Status Page with SureStream enabled About SureStream SureStream Technology is a revolutionary innovation from APT that enables broadcasters to use inexpensive IP links and still maintain professional broadcast-grade audio quality and re- liability.
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Connection errors. The latter protection can be achieved only if the Codec device uses dual IP ports for streaming out the component streams. On a single IP port device, like the Stream-In and Stream-Out, SureStream cannot pro- tect the IP link against Loss of Connection errors. Page 69 Whiterock Business Park - 729 Springfield Road - Belfast BT12 7FP - Northern Ireland Tel.: +44 28 9067 7200 | Fax: +44 28 9067 7201 | www.aptcodecs.com | contact@aptcodecs.com...
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 About SureStream (continued) 5.1.1 SureStream Encoder On the Encoder side the heart of SureStream is the Statistical Diversity Generator. This gen- erator ensures that the component streams appear on the network as diverse as possible.
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 SureStream – Encoder Configuration Creating a SureStream component stream follows basically the same procedure as a normal stream configuration. A set of component streams will be identified as part of a SureStream group by the equal packet size.
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 SureStream – Encoder Configuration (continued) Once the SureStream license was applied to the unit the Diversity Generator option appear on the stream configuration window. Again, creating a group of component streams follows the normal procedure.
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 5.2.2 Creating a Set of Component Streams A set of component streams processed by the Diversity Generator is not limited to a particu- lar number of streams. In practice a set of two component streams works reliably. However, the Silver Streamer allows to creating more than one redundant stream.
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 SureStream – Decoder Configuration Configuring the Decoder for using SureStream follows the normal procedure for creating as many as desired receive streams (component streams). A SureStream group will be displayed only if the RX Latency settings are equal on all compo- nent streams of a group.
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Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 SureStream – Decoder Configuration (continued) SureStream does not offer specific configuration option for creating receive-streams on the Decoder. Figure 5-6: Shows the normal Stream configuration window On the Decoder, SureStream needs the Re-Sequencer to be enabled whenever more...
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 5.3.1 SureStream – Decoder Performance The performance monitor delivers precise information about the component streams treated by SureStream and the summary performance of the SureStream group. Figure 5-7: Shows the stream performance of component streams and the SureStream group The figure above shows a perfectly working SureStream configuration on a Decoder.
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 System – Firmware Update This section is the step-by-step instruction for performing a firmware update successfully. This is a straight forward and intuitive procedure. A firmware update can be processed on the Admin Account only About –...
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Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 6.1.2 Firmware Update – Step 2 Clicking on the “Browse” button opens the PC file browser. Navigate to the folder where the firmware file is stored and select the zip-archive (SLVR_SR_x.x.x.zip).
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 6.1.3 Firmware Update – Step 3 The system prompts you to confirm the firmware upload. Figure 6-3: The system asks for final confirmation for starting the firmware upload ...
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Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 6.1.4 Firmware Update – Step 4 During the update the browser shows this screen indicating the update procedure. During this process you may be prompted by an authentication window on some brows- ers to enter a user and password (i.e.
Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 6.1.5 Firmware Update – Step 5 The firmware update is a completely hidden process in order to avoid any user interaction. Once you have clicked the “Upload” button the system prompts you to confirm the process.
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Silver Stream-In / Stream-Out - User Manual SR 1.0.4 – 10/2012 6.1.6 Firmware Update – Step 6 After completing the firmware update, the Status Page will present the new firmware suc- cessfully loaded. Figure 6-7: Shows the Status Page - System running and new firmware loaded...
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