Inovonics HD Radio SiteStreamer+ SOFIA 568, Installation & User Manual

Page 1: ...SOFIA 568 SiteStreamer Installation User Guide www inovonicsbroadcast com...

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Page 3: ...0 Inovonics Inc 5805 Highway 9 Felton CA 95018 Tel 831 458 0552 Fax 831 458 0554 Register online at www inovonicsbroadcast com PRODUCT REGISTRATION RECORD SOFIA 568 Serial No _____________ Purchase Da...

Page 4: ...e from iBiquity Digital Corporation U S and Foreign Patents apply For patents see http patents dts com HD Radio and the HD HD Radio and ARC logos are registered trademarks of iBiquity Digital Corporat...

Page 5: ...requency Interference RFI 10 Ground Loops 10 INPUTS OUTPUTS AND PORTS Antenna Input and Considerations 10 Analog Line Outputs 10 Unbalanced Operation 11 AES Digital Line Output 11 AoIP Streaming Port...

Page 6: ...E Definition 19 Display Options 19 Graphics Error Reporting 20 Additional Image Data 21 GRAPHS AND METERING Audio Level Metering 21 Histograms 21 The BandScanner Utility 22 RDS INFO RDS Data Display 2...

Page 7: ...Dante Controller 34 SNMP OPERATION Overview 34 Mode 34 Security 34 Ports 34 Trap Destinations 34 The MIB File 35 EMAIL Email and Text Notifications 35 SMPT Setup 35 Recipients Send To 35 Notifications...

Page 8: ...ys on channel and on mode through signal and power loss does not auto blend between FM and HD like a consumer radio Provides analog AES3 digital Web streaming and in dependent AoIP streaming program a...

Page 9: ...ble encoding and of fers bit rates from 32kbps to 256kbps and sampling rates from 16kHz to 48kHz ac commodates up to 10 simultaneous lis teners Alarms Audio Loss Alarm responds to the moni tored servi...

Page 10: ...esign that make the product almost entirely DSP based Virtually all functionality is provided through firmware coding The Block Diagram presented here illustrates product basics in an easily understoo...

Page 11: ...specific service instructions or software firmware updates when issued Register online at www inovonicsbroadcast com support productRegistration NOTE Many users choose first to familiarize themselves...

Page 12: ...somehow be returned to earth ground for safety The optional rack mount chassis should satisfy this requirement INPUTS OUTPUTS AND PORTS Antenna Input and Considerations The rear panel ANTENNA connect...

Page 13: ...Port and Levels The Dante compliant AoIP Audio over Internet Protocol out put appears at the rear panel RJ45 AoIP PORT This port is in dependent of the SOFIA 568 LAN PORT network connection The AoIP...

Page 14: ...NEL All setup and operating adjustments of the SOFIA 568 are un der firmware control There are no jumpers switches or me chanical potentiometers only the front panel jog wheel knob A and Back button B...

Page 15: ...hes the most recent peak level The full scale 0dB reference corresponds to 75kHz monaural FM modulation or nominal 100 HD Radio modulation Meter scaling is linear at 3dB per segment down to 18dB then...

Page 16: ...Title display Artist display Tuner Frequency select Mode FM HD select Split Mode set RSSI display SNR display DQ display CdNo display Station Rotation Enable set Rotation Time select Setup Radio De E...

Page 17: ...outer should have as signed the SOFIA 568 an IP address In this example the DHCP assignment is IP 192 168 0 102 Note that this menu screen holds more IP address information turn the knob to scroll dow...

Page 18: ...The monitored audio source or what you hear is selected manually either from the front panel under the Tuner menu or on this same Now Playing Web interface page Scroll down the page and under the Tun...

Page 19: ...ics CD No best representing HD Radio reception quality Multipath is a relative measurement of multipath direct reflected distortion effects The signal quali ty measurements will prove useful when sett...

Page 20: ...ear will each be L R monaural and any audible delay echo or hollowness will justify looking into your Diversity Delay exciter or processor settings Be sure to turn Split Mode Off after listening for p...

Page 21: ...played This Web interface page not only displays what a consumer receiver shows at the moment but it collects and saves image files and their descriptors for later analysis as well You ll find buttons...

Page 22: ...image to bring up the Image Is sue s info box If it s your own station that you are monitoring you might want to click on the first yellow link in the box to be whisked away to an industry Website whe...

Page 23: ...point corresponds to 75kHz monaural ana log FM deviation or nominal full scale modulation of any HD Radio digital channel See Page 13 for other metering caveats Keep in mind that this metering applies...

Page 24: ...anner Utility The BandScanner utility of the SOFIA 568 is a simple annotated RF spectrum analyzer It displays the entire FM band when Step Size is set to the default 200kHz regardless of the Center Fr...

Page 25: ...oadcast and the short station Name To see RDS info for this station just hover over the red dot at the top of the bar Market stations with RDS are shown in an RDS Stations list di rectly below the sca...

Page 26: ...on is changed HD INFO Housekeeping SIS or Station Information Service in cludes station identification and tech nical data that each broadcaster who transmits HD Radio programming is obliged to provid...

Page 27: ...Radio image display problems ALARMS Alarm Status The SOFIA 568 provides alarms for a total of 12 signal or program related error con ditions All twelve alarms give flashing notifications on the front...

Page 28: ...e is no adjustment in this case the audio level is shown to make alarm setup easier Threshold On dB is the set point that the program must drop below to trigger an alarm Moreover the program level mus...

Page 29: ...ng PS field that is transmitted as a rapid succession of 8 character data blocks This and other complexities the associated RT features for example make the RadioText field more likely to cause proble...

Page 30: ...that do not meet the HD Radio image specifications When this Alarm is turned On you ll be notified of an image problem and the notation will be logged Clicking the About Image Issues bar will display...

Page 31: ...here to 50 s the standard for Europe and some other regions out side North America or to None as might be required for test purposes A proper setting is recommended as the wrong one will distort the...

Page 32: ...ut and may be set similarly The Stream audio output references the Web listening utility which is independent of AoIP streaming Web listening relates to the little loudspeaker icon at the top of each...

Page 33: ...set to deliver ground on that terminal all the time and then go Active Open ungrounded when the alarm is received The Status line in this example shows that Output 1 is Inactive that is the assigned...

Page 34: ...not case sensitive here Non Windows browsers may re quire you to enter the complete IP address of the unit which you can always find by front panel navigation to Setup Network IP Settings Internet Ac...

Page 35: ...d from the Audio En gineering Society specifies a 48kHz sample rate but Dante en coding can send at a 44 1kHz rate as well a rate with wide use in radio and television broadcasting With AES67 Enable s...

Page 36: ...s is detailed later on Mode The SNMP submenu default Mode setting is Disabled which in hibits communication between the SOFIA 568 and the SNMP Manager Changing Mode to Read Only allows the SOFIA 568 t...

Page 37: ...d mail under SMTP Settings You need to set up an actual email account the elements of which are just like setting up any con ventional email account Information to be entered here de pends on the prov...

Page 38: ...mand is necessary in this operation TIME SETUP Time and DST The onboard Real Time Clock updates from Internet Time daily and has suffi cient inherent pre cision to remain ac curate inside this schedul...

Page 39: ...nterface screen is accessi ble The front panel Now Playing screen will be the only one vis ible With respect to front panel access the SOFIA 568 will lock any time the screen times out goes dim or dar...

Page 40: ...is useful for restoring a previous setup or for cloning a second unit for backup service To save a profile to your computer under Configu ration click Download Hardware Profile With the Firefox brows...

Page 41: ...dware Profile as a firmware update may affect user settings If there is danger of compromising stored data the firmware update will include notes to that effect Updates are issued as small bin files w...

Page 42: ...40 ning since power was last applied You also may click Check for Updates to see if a new version of the firmware has been issued...

Page 43: ...ion label has been removed or altered III TERMS OF WARRANTY Inovonics Inc products are warranted to be free from defects in materials and workmanship A Any discrepancies noted within THREE YEARS of th...

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