Sonifex Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook Manual

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Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook ...

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Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook This handbook is for use with the following products : PS-SEND Audio to IP Streaming Encoder PS-PLAY IP to Audio Streaming Decoder PS-AMP IP to Speakers Streaming Decoder ©Sonifex Ltd, 2012 All Rights Reserved...

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Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook CONTENTS CONTENTS Warranty i Warranty and Liability i Unpacking the Pro Audio Streamer iii Returning the Warranty Card iii Safety Information iv Safety of Mains Operated Equipment iv Voltage Setting Checks iv...

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Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook CONTENTS CONTENTS GPIO General Purpose Outputs 16 Ethernet Port 16 RS232 Serial Port 17 IEC Power Plug & Fuse 17 Technical Specication 18 Webpage Interface 20 The Title Bar 21 The Data Section 22 The H...

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Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook CONTENTS CONTENTS High Audio Level 32 Trap Repeat 32 Silence Timeout 32 Control Settings 32 UDP Command Port 32 TCP Command Port 32 Web Server Port 32 Serial Settings 32 Baud Rate 32 Data Bits 32 Parity ...

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Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook CONTENTS & FIGURES CONTENTS & FIGURES Priority Stream Settings 39 RTP Port 39 RTP Delay 39 Priority Message Volume 39 Triggered Play List 39 Serial Settings 39 Baud Rate 39 Data Bits 39 Parity 39 ...

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Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook i WARRANTY WARRANTY Warranty Warranty and Liability Important: the purchaser is advised to read this clause (a) The Company agrees to repair or (at its discretion) replace Goods which are found to be defective (f...

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ii Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook WARRANTY WARRANTY (i) for death or personal injury to the extent that it results from the negligence of the Company, its employees (whilst in the course of their employment) or its agents (in the course of the...

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Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook iii WARRANTY WARRANTY Unpacking the Pro Audio Streamer The Pro Audio Streamer is shipped with the following equipment. Please check your packaging to ensure that you have all of the items below. If anything is missi...

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iv Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook SAFETY INFORMATION SAFETY INFORMATION Safety Information Safety of Mains Operated Equipment This equipment has been designed to meet the safety regulations currently advised in the country of purchase and it conf...

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Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook v SAFETY INFORMATION SAFETY INFORMATION Wire Colour Connection Green, or green and yellow Earth (E) Blue, or Black Neutral (N) Brown, or Red Live (L) Table B : Power Connections. Connect the equipment in accordan...

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vi Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook Ordering the Correct Mains Lead When ordering a Pro Audio Streamer from Sonifex, it is helpful if you can specify your required operating voltage and mains lead. After the product code add: UK, for 230V, UK 3 pin...

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Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook vii WEEE & RoHS Directives - Sonifex Statement The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive was agreed on 13 February 2003, along with the related Directive 2002/95/EC on Restrictions of the u...

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viii Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook REPORTING FAULTS REPORTING FAULTS Reporting Faults Although this Sonifex product is manufactured to the highest standards, it is possible that minor faults may appear in the equipment over its normal lifetime. ...

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Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook 1 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION 1 Pro Audio Streamer Introduction The Pro Audio Streamers are a range of three IP to audio and audio to IP streamers which have professional analogue and digital inputs and outputs. They ...

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2 Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook PSSEND AUDIO TO IP STREAMER 2 PSSEND AUDIO TO IP STREAMER PS-SEND Audio to IP Streaming Encoder Introduction The PS-SEND is a freestanding audio to IP converter which is also available in a 1U rack- mount as ...

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Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook 3 PSSEND AUDIO TO IP STREAMER PSSEND AUDIO TO IP STREAMER 2 Front Panel Controls & Operation All controls and indicators are located on the front panel. POWER LED When on this blue LED indicates that the u...

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4 Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook PSSEND AUDIO TO IP STREAMER PSSEND AUDIO TO IP STREAMER 2 Rear Panel Connections and Operation All the audio connectors together with the ethernet, serial and GPI/O connectors are found on the rear panel of ...

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Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook 5 PSSEND AUDIO TO IP STREAMER PSSEND AUDIO TO IP STREAMER 2 TOSLINK Unbalanced Digital Input The stereo TOSlink optical connector is an unbalanced S/PDIF input. This is typically used for consumer digital audi...

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6 Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook PSSEND AUDIO TO IP STREAMER PSSEND AUDIO TO IP STREAMER 2 Pin 2: Transmit data Pin 3: Receive data Pin 5: Ground All other pins are unused. IEC Power Plug & Fuse The IEC power plug is a universal �...

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Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook 7 PSSEND AUDIO TO IP STREAMER PSSEND AUDIO TO IP STREAMER 2 Audio Codec Specications Encoder G.711 (U Law/A Law 8kHz to 48kHz sampling rate) WAV (IMA ADPCM+ 16bit PCM uncompressed: 8kHz to 48kHz) MP3 Layer 1...

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8 Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook PSPLAY IP TO AUDIO STREAMER PSPLAY IP TO AUDIO STREAMER 3 PS-PLAY IP to Audio Streaming Decoder Introduction The PS-PLAY is a freestanding IP to audio converter which is also available in a 1U rack-mount as ...

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Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook 9 PSPLAY IP TO AUDIO STREAMER PSPLAY IP TO AUDIO STREAMER 3 Front Panel Controls & Operation All controls and indicators are located on the front panel. POWER LED When on this blue LED indicates that the u...

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10 Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook PSPLAY IP TO AUDIO STREAMER PSPLAY IP TO AUDIO STREAMER 3 t *UDBOPOMZSFBEBNBYJNVNQBSUJUJPOTJ[FPG(# Most of the existing USB ash disks are supported. Headphone Output &...

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Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook 11 PSPLAY IP TO AUDIO STREAMER PSPLAY IP TO AUDIO STREAMER 3 Fig 3-11: PS-PLAY S/PDIF Output. Fig 3-13: PS-PLAY GPIO RJ45 Fig 3-12: PS-PLAY TOSLINK Output. AES/EBU Balanced Digital Output The stereo digital ...

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12 Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook PSPLAY IP TO AUDIO STREAMER PSPLAY IP TO AUDIO STREAMER 3 connection. Once a connection is established, it ashes whenever data is throughput. The connector is wired as follows: Pin 1: Receive data+ Pin...

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Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook 13 PSPLAY IP TO AUDIO STREAMER PSPLAY IP TO AUDIO STREAMER 3 Analogue Output Gain Range: -60dB to 18dB via front panel control knob, or optional IR controller Digital Outputs: 1 x AES/EBU XLR 3 pin femal...

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14 Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook PSAMP IP TO SPEAKERS STREAMER PSAMP IP TO SPEAKERS STREAMER 4 PS-AMP IP to Speakers Streaming Decoder Introduction The PS-AMP is a freestanding unit which converts an IP audio stream directly to speaker out...

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Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook 15 PSAMP IP TO SPEAKERS STREAMER PSAMP IP TO SPEAKERS STREAMER 4 Reset Button The Reset button is used to restart the rmware and re-initialise the unit. Please use this button in the unlikely scenario of un...

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16 Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook PSAMP IP TO SPEAKERS STREAMER PSAMP IP TO SPEAKERS STREAMER 4 tRear Panel Connections and Operation Fig 4-7: PS-AMP Rear Panel. Speaker Terminals These stereo speaker terminal blocks are for connecting a pai...

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Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook 17 PSAMP IP TO SPEAKERS STREAMER PSAMP IP TO SPEAKERS STREAMER 4 Green LED: Illuminates permanently when a Link has been established. Yellow LED: On power up, ashes periodically while waiting for a connecti...

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18 Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook PSAMP IP TO SPEAKERS STREAMER PSAMP IP TO SPEAKERS STREAMER 4 Technical Specication Analogue Outputs: 2 x speaker connectors (2 each black and red terminals) 1 x ¼ inch (6.35mm) stereo jack headphon...

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Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook 19 PSAMP IP TO SPEAKERS STREAMER PSAMP IP TO SPEAKERS STREAMER 4 Physical Specication Dimensions (Raw): 22cm (W) x 13.7cm (D) x 4.3cm (H) 8.67” (W) x 5.39” (D) x 1.7” (H) Dimensions (Boxed): 34cm...

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20 Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook WEB INTERFACE WEB INTERFACE 5 Webpage Interface The Pro Audio Streamers have a built in webpage to congure them. The following section will guide you through the process of accessing the webpage. Please read a...

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Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook 21 WEB INTERFACE WEB INTERFACE 5 Fig 5-2: The PS-AMP Webpage. The Title Bar This contains the company logo and the logo for the product, showing that you are connected to the right product type. Also, the current w...

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22 Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook WEB INTERFACE WEB INTERFACE 5 The Data Section This section provides the main data for the selected page. Each page has a title written in bold, blue text, which is capitalised. Next to the title, there is a ques...

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Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook 23 HOW TO USE YOUR PRO AUDIO STREAMER HOW TO USE YOUR PRO AUDIO STREAMER 6 How To Use Your Pro Audio Streamers This section of the manual outlines some applications and the webpage settings for them. Point To Point A...

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24 Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook HOW TO USE YOUR PRO AUDIO STREAMER HOW TO USE YOUR PRO AUDIO STREAMER 6 How To Congure an STL Stream of 44.1kHz mp3 From PS-SEND To PS-PLAY Or PS-AMP 1. Set the PS-SEND up as previously given. 2. Connect to t...

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Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook 25 ADVANCED ADVANCED 7 Advanced This section of the handbook deals with advanced webpage settings and also contains information found in the Help section of the webpage for reference. Boot Modes The unit can con...

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26 Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook ADVANCED ADVANCED 7 t (BUFXBZBEESFTT t %/4BEESFTT Sonic IP – Once the unit has acquired an IP Address, the unit can be congured to read it out over the headphone socket. This is useful if y...

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Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook 27 ADVANCED ADVANCED 7 The average bit rates as found for MPEG encoding are as following: (found by streaming from a PS-SEND to a PS-PLAY using the RTP protocol): Mono Quality (kbps) Encoding 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 MPEG-1 ...

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28 Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook ADVANCED ADVANCED 7 Connection Type – Select which transmission protocol will be used: Internet Radio – HTTP single client server. Set IP to 0.0.0.0 to have the server act as a TCP listener. In this mode port...

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Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook 29 ADVANCED ADVANCED 7 Gateway IP Address The gateway allows access to the internet and computers outside the LAN. Enter the 4 values into the boxes. Please note that if the IP is set to 0.0.0.0 then it is likely t...

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30 Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook ADVANCED ADVANCED 7 Trigger Level When sending using a trigger level, this is the level which will trigger the send. Pre-trigger Start Send a stream from an earlier point than that detected by the trigger. Dene...

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Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook 31 ADVANCED ADVANCED 7 011(3) – Flash 100(4) – Flash Override 101(5) – Critical 110(6) – Internetwork Control 111(7) – Network Control Bit 4 – Delay When set to1 the packet requests a low delay....

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32 Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook ADVANCED ADVANCED 7 High Audio Level The higher limit of the audio, before a trap is triggered. Trap Repeat Repeat the trap after this amount of time if the audio remains out of range. Silence Timeout The amount o...

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Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook 33 ADVANCED ADVANCED 7 PS-PLAY/PS-AMP Unit Status The unit status is available on all pages and contains the following information: Current Play Status The current play status can show a number of dierent states: ...

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34 Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook ADVANCED ADVANCED 7 Basic Settings Streaming URLs Input the address or path of an audio source. Up to three may be entered and they play in priority order, where 1 has the highest priority in descending order to ...

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Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook 35 ADVANCED ADVANCED 7 If there is no play list present or the wrong name is specied in the URL, and the unit has autoplay congured, the device will add an __extr.m3u le and a shue.txt le. The play li...

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36 Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook ADVANCED ADVANCED 7 Http://URL Syntax To play an mp3 or wma le using the HTTP protocol: “http://host.com/path/song.ext” Authentication is also supported. In this case: “http://user:[email protected]:port...

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Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook 37 ADVANCED ADVANCED 7 USB Autoplay Use this to automatically play all compatible audio le present on a USB stick. A play list is created, along with a shue le, and they are stored on the USB stick. Advance...

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38 Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook ADVANCED ADVANCED 7 Streaming Settings Stream Check Period The duration of time that a higher priority stream has to return, before it resumes the output from a lower priority stream. To prevent frequent switchin...

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Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook 39 ADVANCED ADVANCED 7 Playback Settings Minimum And Maximum Volume Use this to limit the maximum and minimum volumes that can be set on the unit. Balance Set the left/right balance of the unit. Negative values pan t...

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40 Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook ADVANCED ADVANCED 7 Song Control – This allows you to skip to the next or previous selection in a play list. A short press skips to the next selection while a longer press (1 second) skips to the previous sele...

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Pro Audio Streamers User Handbook 41 NOTES NOTES ...

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www.sonifex.co.uk t:+44 (0)1933 650 700 f:+44 (0)1933 650 726 [email protected] ...