IP Intercom Installation & User’s Guide Manual v1.3.
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Table of Contents: Customer Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Credit Where Credit’s Due . . . . . . . . . . . . v About This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v A Note From The Vice President of Axia . . . . . . vii Chapter One: Introducing Axia IP-Intercom . . . . .
A Note From The Vice President of Axia In retrospect, it’s hard to believe it’s been 10 years since a start-up division of Telos grabbed everyone’s attention with a radical idea about building radio studios using Ethernet.
The ten thousand things How long do they persist? Gates Introduction • viii and RCA, gone ©2014 Axia Audio - Rev.1.3.
Introducing Axia IP-Intercom IP Intercom Overview The family of Axia IP-Intercom products includes several models of rack-mounted panels, desktop units, console-mounted modules, and software panels. Rackmount Stations: • IC.20 – 20-station panel with OLED displays • IC.10X – 10-station expansion panel with OLED displays • IC.1 – 10-station panel with user-labeled buttons Desktop Stations: • IC.20D – 20-station desktop panel with OLED displays • IC.
Intercom Station Controls Each intercom station will have a number of keys and the ability to talk or listen with the assigned channels. Intercom units with OLED displays will use the display to show key assignments and have a button for Talk and another button for Listen. The SoftCom mimics the OLED display functionality. Other models without OLED displays will have a single Programmable button that is configured with a Talk, Listen, or Talk+Listen function.
logic signaling. The operation of this port is discussed in Chapter 2 and the setup of GPIO control is discussed in Chapter 3. Rackmount and desktop models have an IEC connector for the internal power supply. The AC input accepts voltages from 90-240 VAC at 47-63 Hz. IP-Intercom Stations: Software 1: Introducing Axia IP-Intercom • 3 The rackmount and desktop models run the same software and are upgradeable through the HTML interface.
CAT.6, small and light yet sound and data pour forth. 1: Introducing Axia IP-Intercom • 4 What magic is this?. ©2014 Axia Audio - Rev.1.3.
Chapter Two: The Nickel Tour Setup Defining each station The Axia Livewire Intercom is not based on a central device. Each station is a unique device and uses mDNS for discovery of other devices. Therefore a critical step to functionality is correctly defining each station. Once defined, stations can discover each other. Rackmount and Desktop stations First step is to define each station with a unique IP address. Download and run bootps.exe which is available from AxiaAudio.com support downloads.
Define two unique Livewire channels. The Preview mix channel number will be used as a console source profile. Configure a console source profile with the name ExtPreview with Preview mix channel number used as the Primary source. Make sure to select this source profile as the External Preview source in each show profile. If you are not familiar with how to create profiles, please refer to the manual for the console.
Chapter Three: Operation Each intercom station is a standalone device without dependence on a central master unit. Each key can be used for talking to another location, listening to a source, or establishing a bi-directional communication. Some models have more features than others. Some models provide more flexible allowance of channels. This chapter should help you understand how the intercom is intended to operate. The next chapter will guide you in configuration of the intercom station.
OLED Display The OLED display will present the 10 character label or alternate label of the station or source assigned to the key. Rackmount and desktop models will present additional indicators on the display if the Talk button has been disabled, if the trigger value is higher than the station, or if the call request has been issued but a response is pending.
Volume Knob The Volume knob has three different functions; adjust overall volume, adjust per channel volume, and adjust headset volume. Overall – rotating the volume knob any time other than by the methods defined below. Per Channel – Holding down the Listen button while adjusting the volume knob will adjust the volume for that source loaded to the key. The setting is saved to the source in volatile memory. Headset – Pressing the knob in while rotating will adjust the volume to the headset.
port results in the Main GPO Pin 1 would engage which is the “Mute Speaker” command.
Icom Station monitor (Listen) of external source With the External Source option in each Axia Intercom station, a list of sources can be defined that are not devices one would “talk” to, but instead only wish to “listen” to. This is useful in cases where multiple audio feeds need to be monitored and a user interface is available where each source is listed and pressing of buttons can enabled or disable a source to the speaker.
Do digital streams dream of electric DJs? 3: Operation • 12 Just Bradbury knows ©2014 Axia Audio - Rev.1.3.
Setup and Configuration The different intercom stations reside in different environments and thus some configuration will differ based on those environments. For example, Element intercom modules are resident in the Element and DSP engine and take the properties from the host device. Similar, the softcom will take properties from the PC that the software is running.
ton. Pressing the button will open the bootstrap window. The window will permit the setting of the IP address and restoring of backup configurations. Station Setup Axia intercom stations use mDNS in order to avoid the need for a central controller. With the use of mDNS, each intercom station is able to learn of other stations but this requires that each station is configured with a host name and station label.
• A station’s key assigned to a higher triggered station will “wink” to acknowledge the difference in hierarchy. • When a lower triggered station calls (Talk) a higher triggered station, the “wink” is changed to a “blink”, indicating the need for a response from the receiving station. • A lower triggered station calling (Talk) to a high triggered station requires an acknowledgment by the receiving (Listen) station.
Axia console module setup The console module connects to the controller bus within the surface frame. This module is a controller to the intercom station which is resident in the DSP Engine. When the controller module is online, the intercom station located in the DSP Engine will notify other stations through mDNS of its presence. Without the module online, the intercom station will shut down. The intercom station will take the host name from the DSP Engine.
be used as a standalone unit since it has no audio connections. It shares the audio connections with its associated IC.20 station. Channel Setup When you are using an IC.20 chassis with an IC.10X expander, you will notice a change to the Key Assign Figure 4-6: IC.20 Key Assign with IC.10X Expander page of the IC.20. The Key Assign page will now contain the additional keys that belong to the expansion chassis. An example of the IC.20 Key Assign when used with a single IC.
For OLED channels that have two buttons, the check boxes enable or disable the buttons. The Latch option, when checked, enables support for the Tap-and-latch feature. Useful when setting up a key as a monitor channel to a source and tapping the key latches the source to the speaker. options are available within the row, but not all fields are required. Presented below is the function of each option. Case examples on how to use these options is presented in the Case examples at the end of the chapter.
fined GPIO port. The pin number defined the GPI and GPO, state and command, associated with a function. More on GPIO is the in the following section. assigned to the source will still be configured to the invalid source. You will be required, in addition, to edit any key assignments set to the external source which is deleted. Listen ON (Lstn On) GPIO setup Talkback (TB) The TB checkbox defines the external source as an Axia console backfeed enabled source.
GPIO Routing Axia devices support a function known as GPIO routing. When a port is configured for this, the GPOs (outputs) of the configured port will mimic the behavior of the GPIs (inputs) from the designated port. Just as we think of audio routing, the output of a device is the input of another device. GPI pin of Port B goes low -> GPO pin of Port A goes low To accomplish this, a port should be configured with the IP address and port value of a designated device. Examples of this are: 192.168.2.
If the desire is to only mute the speaker and not trigger the Busy indication, then wiring to pin 1 as opposed to pin 2 would accomplish this. If using an Axia console, the Control Room (CR) monitor logic has active logic when the monitors are muted. This logic can be tied into the intercom station if the main GPIO port is configured to the same LW Channel logic as defined in the show profile of the Axia console. Figure 4-12 shows the busy signal is active when the monitors are muted. Listen state.
Intercom Configuration Page Key Assignment Page Figure 4-15 Key assignment page is where the each channel is defined with a source and if Talk, Listen, or latch is enabled. The options will vary based on device. An 10 channel intercom station with filmcap buttons is shown. A 20 station OLED would be slightly different and an IC 20 with expansion IC10x would again be slightly different. Figure 4-13 The configuration page defines how the station will behave and how it interacts with other stations.
DSP Engine based web page The Intercom stations associated with an Axia console have a single html interface resident in the DSP Engine of that console. The single page is a composition of the items above. differently than suggested by Axia documentation. Standard Audio streams section is suitable and doesn’t need any changes unless there is a specific reason. The buffer size is used for any Standard Stereo streams received. The priority tagging is disabled.
This will commit Bank 1 to Bank 0 and Bank 1 would be available for a new upload. Factory Reset (rackmount + Desktop) Rackmounts and Desktop models provide an option to reset back to factory default. This is done by removing power from the unit. Locate the ID button on the back panel. Press and hold the button while power is applied to the unit. Keep pressing the button for about 10 seconds. OLED models will provide a reset count down time on the display.
Appendix A: Case examples Addition of Axia Console module Icom Station to Icom Station Log into the Intercom page of the DSP Engine. Provide a Label and provide two unique Livewire channels. (native Icom config) Set up an intercom station with a label of FilmCap and a valid unique Livewire channel. Figure A-1 Setup the second station with the label of OLED and a valid unique Livewire channel. Setup the key assignments on the two stations so that the first key is assigned to the other station.
Icom Station to other devices (External Sources) In some applications the desire is to not interact with another station, but a device that is not an intercom station or maybe another type of communication device. External Source option provides some options to accomplish these tasks. Figure A-6 Icom Station monitor (Listen) of external source Intercom stations can act in the role of a monitoring station. The station can be configured to communicate with other stations and monitor particular sources.
source assigned to a channel, the channel’s Talk button is pressed, the xNode’s GPIO port pin 1 will go low. Icom Station call to codec (IFB routing) In some cases you may have multiple Intercom Stations that need the ability to talk to a single external source. The IFB Destination option assists with this issue as it allows an Intercom Station to make a route change to a destination when a Talk session is engaged.
Icom dedicated monitor Appendix A: Case examples • 28 The Intercom Station can be used to drive the audio delivered to headphones. As an example, having the station feed audio to the operator behind an Axia iQ console. By setting up the CR Headphone source as an External source that is normally in Listen state, it allows for the operator to be more integrated with the intercom system. Allowing for other stations to call the operator and have the audio inserted into the headphone feed.
Appendix B: Troubleshooting Syslog Support Each intercom station should support a syslog function which allows for the defining of a syslog IP address. If defined, the station will report activity to the syslog within the network and provide information of what has occured if users experience some trouble. With rackmount and desktop units, the syslog definition is located on the system page. With intercoms that are a part of a console, the syslog definition is on system page of the DSP Studio Engine.
Intentionally left blank? Cruel fate; paper’s Appendix B: Troubleshooting • 30 purpose unfulfilled. ©2014 Axia Audio - Rev.1.3.
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