Omnia .9 Installation And Operation Manual page 23

The G ain s lider c ontrols t he i nput l evel i nto t he r ecorder. I f, f or e xample, y ou a re r ecording
from the MPX patch point with this control set at -­‐3dB, you will get a -­‐3dB peak MPX file,
suitable f or u se i n a m odulation m onitoring s oftware p rogram s uch a s M pxTool.
If you are recording directly from the Omnia.9 unit or on a remote computer with a high
speed c onnection t o O mnia.9, t he S ource w indow w ill s how " PCM," i ndicating t he r ecording
will be an uncompressed PCM wave file. If you have a slower remote connection, the
window will show "Vorbis" indicating that the file is being recorded in a compressed (lossy)
format. I n e ither c ase, t he r ecorder a lways p roduces a F LAC ( Free L ossless A udio C odec) f ile.
The Minimize File Size control automatically adjusts the recording resolution to match the
actual noise floor of the audio, allowing you to record a full hour of off-­‐air MPX audio in a
file s ize o f o nly 5 00mb.
You also have the option to use Omnia.9's Time-­‐Based File Splitting feature, which allows
you t o r ecord f iles o f a s pecified l ength ( 15 m inutes, 3 0 m inutes, 1 h our, 2 h ours, 3 h ours, o r
4 hours). As it is sample-­‐accurate, you can splice the files together after recording if you
like. T here i s n o f ile l imit s ize ( other t han t he a mount o f s pace o n y our e xternal d rive) s o f ile
splitting i s n ot r equired, o nly a n o ption.
Time/Date M enu
The T ime/Date m enu h as t hree s ub-­‐menus f or s etting O mnia.9's i nternal c lock.
The Time Zone menu allows you to choose the proper time zone for your particular
geographical a rea. D aylight S avings T ime i s a utomatically a pplied i n a pplicable t ime z ones.
The NTP menu contains the addresses for five Network Time Protocol servers. When
enabled, NTP Synchronization will use one of these servers to keep the Omnia.9's clock
synchronized.
The Set Clock Manually menu contains the controls for manually setting the time and date.
Selecting the Update Time Sliders or Update Date Sliders buttons will refresh the time
displayed on the sliders. Use the Set Hour, Set Minute, Set Second, Set Year, Set Month,
and Set Day sliders to reflect the current time and date, then select Apply Time or Apply
Date t o p ut t he n ew v alues y ou've s et i nto e ffect.
System C onfiguration M enu
The System Config menu contains the controls to select an internal sample rate, set a system
password, establish an IP "white list" for remote HTTP access, assign an IP address to the unit,
determine how many processing cores are available, and how many streaming encoders of each
variety are available. You can also check the software and GUI versions, save your custom
configurations to a USB drive, update to the latest software versions, and, if you purchased an
Omnia.9 w ithout t he a dditional H D a nd s treaming c apabilities, u pgrade t o t he f ull m ulti-­‐cast v ersion
from t his m enu.
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