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- Page 1 PC-FM6-32 FM PCle Radio Capture Card (6 to 32 Channels) Manufacturers of audio & video products for radio & TV broadcasters...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a Fig 1-2: FM Radcap 3 Properties Screen commitment on the part of the vendor. Sonifex Ltd shall not be liable for any loss or damage Fig 1-3: FM Radcap Monitor Screen whatsoever arising from the use of information or any error contained in this manual. - Page 3 Register Online for an Extended 2 Year Warranty As standard, Sonifex products are supplied with a 1 year back to base warranty. If you register the product online, you can increase your product warranty to 2 years and we can also keep you informed of any product design improvements or modifications.
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Page 4: Product Warranty - 2 Year Extended
Sonifex website within 30 days of purchase, you accordance with the provisions of this Contract. A reference to the consent, can increase your product warranty to 2 years. Go to the Sonifex website at: acknowledgement, authority or agreement of the Company means in http://www.sonifex.co.uk/technical/register/index.asp to apply for your 2... - Page 5 Warranty the defect has not arisen from a design made, furnished or At the request and expense of the Purchaser the Company will test specified by the Purchaser; the Goods to ascertain performance levels and provide a report of the results of that test. The report will be accurate at the time of the vii.
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Page 6: Unpacking Your Product
Quantity Product Unit Handbook Driver CD Repairs & Returns Please contact Sonifex or your supplier if you have any problems with your Sonifex product. Email technical.support@sonifex.co.uk for the repair/ upgrade/returns procedure, or for support & questions regarding the product operation. -
Page 7: Ce Declaration Of Conformity
NN9 5QE • United Kingdom • www.sonifex.co.uk T: +44 (0)1933 650 700 • F: +44 (0)1933 650 726 This document certifies that the Sonifex product that you have purchased is compliant with CE specifications. If you would like further information on... -
Page 8: Weee Directive
All products manufactured by Sonifex Ltd have the WEEE directive label This product complies with the relevant tested clauses of AS/NZS CISPR placed on the case. Sonifex Ltd will be happy to give you information about 22:2009 +A1:2010 and AS/NZS CISPR 13:2012. -
Page 9: Introduction
Introduction Introduction instruction set. This division of labour between the FPGA and driver allows greatest flexibility in catering for future baseband technologies while minimising the CPU overhead of the card. A WDM driver for Windows XP (SP2 or later), Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008, Windows 7, Server 2008 R2, Windows 8 and Server 2012 is supplied as well as software for setting the tuner frequencies and monitoring the received audio. -
Page 10: Specifications
Installation Specifications Windows XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008 - Windows will report that new hardware has been found and the New Hardware wizard will start. No. of stations: 6, 12, 18, 24 or 32 (factory-configured but needs licensing on your PC hardware. End-user Insert the driver CD supplied with the card and proceed through the wizard. -
Page 11: Configuration
Configuration Configuration connector is used (the mismatch loss is negligible at these frequencies). To change the configuration, open Device Manager, expand the Sound, Adapters to suit other common connector types are readily available from video and game controllers section, right-click on FM Radcap 3 and select electronics retailers. -
Page 12: Increasing The Number Of Stations
Windows will provide only the left channel rather than the key on this page. Contact Sonifex to obtain an expansion key, quoting the expected left-plus-right mix. To circumvent this, set any stations to mono card’s Hardware ID and the number of stations you require. -
Page 13: Radcap Connect
Configuration The Tuner application also provides relative signal strength indicator bars rerun Tuner or to leave it running once the frequencies are set. on each station, which may be useful when orientating antennas. Note Alternatively, if you write your own software, there is a DLL supplied on however that due to hardware limitations, this function is not available with the driver disc that can be used for setting and retrieving the station the older 2-channel FM Radcap cards. -
Page 14: Recording
Support Any application that records from standard wave input devices can be used For all support matters, go to www.sonifex.co.uk and click on Technical to record the audio streams from the FM Radcap PCIe. Support, then Software Downloads. Software and driver updates will be made available from time to time and will be placed on this website. -
Page 15: Technical Specification For Pc-Fm6-32
Technical Specification Technical Specification For PC-FM6-32 Operating Systems Supported Equipment Type Platform: Windows XP (SP2 or later), Server 2003, Vista, PC-FM6 Radcap FM 6 - 6 channel FM PCIe Radio Server 2008, Windows 7, Server 2008 R2, Capture Card Windows 8 and Server 2012 (32-bit and 64-bit... -
Page 16: Appendix A - Programming The Pc-Fm6-32
Appendix A – Programming the PC-FM6-32 Appendix A – Programming the PC-FM6-32 On the driver CD under \AM & FM Radcap\lib you will find Radcap.dll, pTunerID Radcap.exp, Radcap.lib and Radcap.h, which can be used to read and set Pointer to int variable to receive the returned Tuner ID number... - Page 17 Appendix A – Programming the PC-FM6-32 Comments Parameters This function will fail if the monitor program (Tuner.exe) is running. Mode Specifies AM or FM tuner. TunerID Index of the station to be read, beginning at zero for the first BOOL __stdcall RadcapSetFrequency station.
- Page 18 Appendix A – Programming the PC-FM6-32 Return values Parameters The return value is TRUE if the station is being received in stereo. Mode Specifies AM or FM tuner. Comments TunerID The stereo indicator is only available on the FM Radcap cards, and then Index of the station to be read, beginning at zero for the first only if the card is configured for stereo reception.
- Page 19 Appendix A – Programming the PC-FM6-32 BOOL __stdcall RadcapSetMonoOverrideLevel Parameters enum RadcapTunerType Mode, Mode int TunerID, Specifies AM or FM tuner. UINT Level); TunerID Index of the station to be read, beginning at zero for the first Parameters station. Mode Specifies AM or FM tuner.
- Page 20 Appendix A – Programming the PC-FM6-32 Comments BOOL __stdcall RadcapRDSGetRadiotext This function can fail with ERROR_DEVICE_NOT_READY if the RDS signal enum RadcapTunerType Mode, is not being received or the Program Service Name is in the process of int TunerID, being changed.
- Page 21 Appendix A – Programming the PC-FM6-32 TunerID Comments Index of the station to be read, beginning at zero for the first This function will fail with error code ERROR_NOT_FOUND if no date station. time information has been received, or ERROR_DEVICE_NOT_READY if pLocalTime no RDS signal is being received.
- Page 22 Appendix A – Programming the PC-FM6-32 Comments Applications should call RadcapRDSCloseRawStreaming () with the returned handle to terminate streaming. The callback function can be called at a rate of up to 11.4 times per second and must not block for any appreciable time otherwise data will be lost.
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