Support User Manuals

Telos Zephyr Xstream Two-Way Radio User Manual

Open as PDF

of 381

USER’S MANUAL

Section 8: LIVEWIRE

TM

– IP Audio 143

8 LIVEWIRE

TM

– IP Audio

8.1 Configuration of the Zephyr Xstream for Livewire



Overview

LivewirecannowbeusedtoconnectyourXstreamtoyourstudio’sAxiaaudionetwork.

Livewiregreatlysimplifieswiringplusgivesyoualloftheadvantagesofnetworkedaudiotoand

fromyourcodec.



TheXstreamhasbeenimprovedandupdatedmanytimessinceitsoriginalrelease.ALivewire‐

capableXstre

amwillhaveaversionnumberthatendsin'b'or'r'anditwillhavea100Base‐T

Ethernetjackontheback.Livewirehasbeenincludedsincethefirstreleaseonthathardware.

YouwillalsonoticethattheseXstreamcodecshavegrey“Axia‐style”webpages.



OlderXstrea

mcodesmanynotbecapableofLivewireduetohardwarelimitations.Anon‐

Livewire‐capableXstreamwillhaveaversionnumberthatendsin'i'or'p'anditwillhavea

10Base‐Tjackontheback.



TheZephyrXstreamhasthreetypesoflocalaudioconnections;analog,AESandLivewireaudio

(No

te:XstreamswithamixerdonothaveAESasanoption).Theaudioconfigurationis

establishedbythefront‐panelmenuoftheXstream.Inthe“Audio”menu,InputSource

selection,youwillfindthesethreeoptions.YouwouldnormallyuseLivewireatyourstudioand

analogattheremotesite.



Inaddi

tiontoaudioconnections,youcanuseLivewiretomanageGPIOatyourstudiolocation.

GPO(output)controlisavailablesimultaneouslyatbothrearpanelparallelportandLivewire.

GPIinputmodemustbespecifiedaseitherLivewireorrearpanel.



IfyouarealreadyfamiliarwithAxia’saudionodes,youmaythinkofthisnewv

ersionofthe

ZephyrXstreamasan“original”Xstreamcodecwitha2x2nodeonthefrontofit.TheLANport

willbeusedforallLivewireaudioconnectionsinandoutofthecodec.AswithallLivewir

e

TM



devices,theLivewirestreamsbeingdeliveredtothenetworkrequireuniqueIDnumbers.



Thetwomostimportantconceptstounderstandare:



1. TheLivewire

TM

destinationsdeliveraudiototheinputstotheXstreamcodec.



2. TheoutputsoftheXstreamcodec(HybridChannels)willbecometheLivewirecodec

sourcestoyourAxiaLivewirenetwork.



Thevirtual2x2node,incombinationwiththecodec,hassomeuniquemono/stereofeatures:

• Ifthestreambeingreceivedbythecod

ecisstereo‐bothcodecoutputs(Livewire

sources)willbestereowithbothdeliveringidenticalstereostreams.

previous next