Telos Zephyr Xstream Two-Way Radio User Manual


 
USER’S MANUAL
Section 1: QUICK RESULTS
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connectorslabeled“OUTPUTS:RECEIVEFROMNETWORK.”Ifyouarenotcertainabouthowto
makethisconnection,refertoSection3.
Livewire
TM
IfyouarealreadyfamiliarwithAxia’saudionodes,youmightthinkofthisnewversionofthe
ZephyrXstreamasan“original”Xstreamcodecwitha2x2nodeonthefrontofit.TheLANport
willbeusedforallLivewireaudioconnectionsinandoutofthecodec.AswithallLivewir
e
TM
devices,theLivewirestreamsbeingdeliveredtothenetworkrequireuniqueIDnumbers.
Thetwomostimportantconceptstounderstandare:
1. TheLivewire
TM
destinationsdeliveraudiototheinputstotheXstreamcodec.
2. TheoutputsoftheXstreamcodec(HybridChannels)willbecomethecodec’sLivewire
TM
sourcestoyourAxiaLivewirenetwork.
Thevirtual2x2node,incombinationwiththecodec,hassomeuniquemono/stereofeatures:
Ifthestreambeingreceivedbythecodecisstereo‐bothcodecoutputs(Livewire
sources)willbestereowithbothdeliveringidenticalstereostreams.
Ifthestreambeingreceivedbythecod
ecisdualmono(suchasG.722),thedecoded
audioissplitbetweenthetwoLivewire
TM
sources.ThefirstsourcehastheAmonofeed
replicatedonbothleftandrightchannels.ThesecondsourcehastheBmonofeedon
bothchannels.Thus‐whenyouareusingdualmono,youwillusebothcodecoutputs
asindependentLivewiresources.
Remember,Livewire
TM
streamsarealwaysstereo.Inthecaseofamonosourceas
describedabove,themonodataissimplyreplicatedonbothleftandrightchannels.
Dual/MonoTRANSMITworksonlyinLayer3Dual/Monomode.InLayer3Dual/Mono
transmit;theleftchannelofthefirstdestinationisusedtocreat
ethe“ChannelA”mono
feedtobesentoverISDN.Theseconddestinationisusedforthe“ChannelB”mono
transmitfeed.Therightchannelofeachofthosestreamsisignored.
AWordaboutLivewireCodecBackfeeds
BackfeedstoacodecintheLivewire
TM
worldarealwaysstereo.Bydefault,therightchannelof
thebackfeedisaL/Rmonosumoftheconfiguredprogramsource(usuallyPGM1).Theleft
channelisthesamePLUStalkback.Theleftchannelprogramcanbedimmedormutedwhen
talkbackispresent.