Telos Zephyr Xstream Two-Way Radio User Manual


 
USER’S MANUAL
Section 8: LIVEWIRE
TM
– IP Audio 148
ThefollowingtableprovidesthesettingspossibleforchoicesLiveClockPriorityandprovides
someinformationoneachofthesesettings:
0(alwaysslave)“STL” UnitwillneverbemasterandisonlyusedwithEthernetradios.
0(alwaysslave) Thisunitwillneverbeusedasclockmaster.
3(default) Theusualanddefaultsettingforan8x8node.
4(SecondaryMaster)
Nodeswiththissettingwillbeusedasclockmastersbefore
thosesetto3.
5(PrimaryMaster)
Nodessettothissettingwillbeusedasclockmastersbefore
thosesetto4.
7(AlwaysMaster)
Thisforcesaparticularnodetobeclockmaster,evenifanother
nodeiscurrentlyclockmaster.Ifthismodebecomesavailable
thentheusualprioritizationisused.
7(AlwaysMaster)“STL
Snake”
Thissettingforcesaparticularnodetobeclockmaster.Use
onlywhentwonodesareconnectedbacktobackwithoutan
EthernetSwitch.
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IMPORTANT!
OnlyasinglenodeonaLivewirenetworkshouldeverbesetto7(AlwaysMaster).Forthis
reasonwedonotrecommendusingthatselection.
LivewireClockMode
Providedforcompatibilitywitholderrevisions:
IPlowrate(default) recommendedsetting
Ethernet compatiblewith1.xfirmware
IPHighrate compatiblewith2.1.xmaster
ReceiveBufferSize
Thissettingdeterminestheamountofbufferinginthereceiver.Bufferingisneededto
compensateforjitterinnetworkpacketdelivery.UsuallythebiggestsourceofjitterisaPCusing
theIPdriver.Realtimeperformancevariesalotfromonesystemtoanother;somecomputers
canprovideverylowti
mingirregularitiesandallowthereceivebuffertobereducedtoachieve
loweraudiodelay.Thedefaultsettingis100ms.