Axia IP-Intercom System, Installation & User Manual

Page 1: ...IP Intercom System Installation User s Guide Manual Version 1 2 1 Aug 2010 IP Intercom Software 1 2 5 and up...

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Page 5: ...up 20 Station Panel 9 Assign 20 Station Panel 9 CALLSTACK 20 Station Panel 10 Keypad IC 20 only 10 Film Cap Buttons IC 1 only 10 Console Mounted Intercom Stations 10 Chapter Three Advanced Programming...

Page 6: ...Introduction vi Version 1 2 1 Aug 2010 Microphone opens Speech in tones soft and mellow A new broadcast day...

Page 7: ...er and console engine were now integrated but the most important studio ele ment the PC was stuck in the past interfaced with 100 year old analog technology The PC and console couldn t communicate in...

Page 8: ...Introduction viii Version 1 2 1 Aug 2010 Who is so attuned that he may perceive the sound of one bit dropping...

Page 9: ...Windows are currently under development and will be released in the near future Axia s IP Intercom products may operate as a stand alone intercom system The IP Intercom system also in tegrates seamles...

Page 10: ...ff Headset There are numerous other manufacturers of these head sets that all use the following 4 pin wiring convention Pin 1 Mic common Pin 2 Mic hot Pin 3 Headphone common Pin 4 Headphone hot mono I...

Page 11: ...d in the web browser configuration Button caps are manually labelled using your favorite word processor or spread sheet software Create the 1 2 inch square labels for these buttons Use your fingers to...

Page 12: ...k from the front panel controls Pressing this button also triggers the IP Intercom panel to identify itself and re quest an IP address from a BootP server on the Ethernet network more on this later Au...

Page 13: ...the in tercom microphone is unmuted as well as a logic output to signal when the intercom is being signaled ringing A logic output is also provided which follows the front panel Line Active warning L...

Page 14: ...1 Introducing IP Intercom 6 Version 1 2 July 2010 Featureless paper this page would have been empty save for this haiku...

Page 15: ...ic key Listen In a manner identical to the Talk button this key may also be used in two different ways You may press and hold the Listen key to listen momentarily You may also tap the Listen key to la...

Page 16: ...microphone The red LED illumi nates when the microphone is muted and extinguishes when the microphone is active Whenever the intercom station is powered up the analog output and Livewire source may b...

Page 17: ...rom the group Talk and Listen LED indicators illuminate to show group assignment state Tap the Group button to leave assignment mode and its LED extinguishes Assign 20 Station Panel The Assign key is...

Page 18: ...nel shown in Figure 2 4 features 10 film cap buttons that are programmed in the web page setup of the IC 1 These buttons may be con figured as Talk or Listen buttons They may also be con figured as co...

Page 19: ...or external sources if desired IP Intercom logic signals include an input to mute the audio feeding the preview system a logic out put to activate whenever the microphone path is muted as well as a l...

Page 20: ...2 Basic Setup and Operation 12 Version 1 2 July 2010 In our youth we never dreamed that one day streams might not have water...

Page 21: ...is factory fresh you will see the display as shown in Figure 3 2 These four OLEDs display the four octets of the unit s IP ad dress The factory default is 0 0 0 0 Use the Mic or Spkr key above the dis...

Page 22: ...erent than a standalone Intercom panel We will begin by looking at the web pages for the standalone IP Intercom panels The web pages for the various IP Intercom models are very similar The home page o...

Page 23: ...consoles from sending simulta neous backfeeds or logic commands to a single source A red lock indicates a console has locked the source and it is available to other consoles in listen only mode Set al...

Page 24: ...temperature will be approximately 50 degrees Celsius Potentially damaging high temperatures may create an alarm con dition which will cause the IP Intercom station to shut down External Sources Page I...

Page 25: ...re sources can be added to the list of external sources by entering the relevant in formation in this row and then clicking the Apply button Delete Checking the Delete box and clicking Apply will dele...

Page 26: ...key You may select only from valid IP Intercom sources or External sources that have been cre ated on the previous configuration page Each key is also assigned a mode to determine the functions of the...

Page 27: ...GPIO node at 192 168 0 110 We must also map that GPIO port back to our virtual GPIO AUX 2 so the communication will be bidirectional The chan nel specified for that remote GPIO port would look like t...

Page 28: ...Livewire channel number associated a Livewire source that has associated logic such as a mi crophone in an existing Element console or the GPIO address and port associated with an external intercom s...

Page 29: ...ing mechanism It provides low jitter packet forwarding of Livewire clock and low latency audio streams On the other hand Standard streams don t need tagging because they are not low latency By default...

Page 30: ...k of software and to download new software into the secondary bank The currently running software version is displayed here as well You must click the Apply button for changes to take place IP Setting...

Page 31: ...he old version The software version in each bank is displayed here To change banks simply click in the radio button for the desired bank and then click on Apply Saving Bank 1 Software Software is alwa...

Page 32: ...pat tern as long as the test mode is active Press every button on the front panel A Talk button press lights up the red LED and turns on all pixels on the adjacent OLED display A Listen button press...

Page 33: ...in Figure 3 12 Intercom Expansion Configuration System Parameters Figure 3 12 IC 10X Home Page Intercom Expansion Configuration This page simply allows you to specify the Label of the IC 20 master to...

Page 34: ...P Intercom Module configu ration web pages are actually associated with the StudioEngine or PowerStation Mix Engine not the Element Use the Intercom tab on the StudioEngine or PowerStation to locate t...

Page 35: ...Intercom station listens to multiple sources simultaneously those with lower trigger level will be muted or dimmed by another IP Intercom user with a higher priority The possible settings for Trigger...

Page 36: ...e name When listed the Shift pages are always listed alphabetically If you wish to have your list presented in a specific order precede each name with a number to force the list to ap pear in that ord...

Page 37: ...fers to the port number as listed on the GPIO Configuration area of the intercom station configuration This drop down control allows you to associate these channels with AUX GPIO ports 1 through 8 The...

Page 38: ...ersion 1 2 July 2010 Delete Checking the Delete box and clicking Apply will de lete all checked sources from this intercom station As expected any keys with labels that may correspond to deleted stati...

Page 39: ...on from the 8x8 Analog node you must use a separate cable for the left and right signals and you will need a shielded RJ 45 plug so you can terminate the shield of the audio cables RJ 45 Pin 1 will fe...

Page 40: ...are not both tied to a common facility ground both sides of the shield must be connected In this case the side of the nodes inputs are tied to the shield of the RJ 45 plug as follows Axia node s input...

Page 41: ...ole uses this Source Profile definition to tell the GPIO Node what sort of command to send to the attached device IP Intercom stations are also a special type of source that have pre defined GPIO prop...

Page 42: ...r system uses an Element Power Supply GPIO unit you have eight GPIO ports as shown in Figure 4 1 2 If you haven t previously assigned any GPIO ports the GPIO definitions screen will be blank Notice th...

Page 43: ...3 on this node Engineering Room GPIO node with IP address 192 168 10 102 using port 2 on that node Newsroom GPIO port 3 would be configured as shown below The Engineering Room GPIO port 2 would look...

Page 44: ...Connecting GPIO 36 Version 1 2 July 2010...

Page 45: ...Connecting GPIO 37 Version 1 2 July 2010...

Page 46: ...imiting resistor An external power source 24 volts DC maximum is rec ommended for all inputs and outputs to prevent ground loops between equipment However if customer equipment is completely iso lated...

Page 47: ...xia GPO control because they may not fully achieve ground through the output transistor The volt age drop between the collector and emitter may not be low enough to activate the device so an external...

Page 48: ...Connecting GPIO 40 Version 1 2 July 2010...

Page 49: ...ence Level 4 dBu 20 dB FSD Impedance 110 Ohm balanced XLR Signal Format AES 3 AES EBU AES 3 Input Compliance 24 bit with selectable sample rate conversion 32 kHz to 96kHz input sample rate capable AES...

Page 50: ...Stereo separation 85 dB isolation minimum 20Hz to 20 kHz Analog Line Input CMRR 60 dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz Microphone Input CMRR 55 dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz Power Supply AC Input Auto sensing supply 90VAC to 24...

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