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USER’S MANUAL

Section 4: BASIC OPERATION & INSTALLATION 59

4 BASIC OPERATION & INSTALLATION

Thissectionisintendedonlyasanintroduction.FormanyISDNusers,itwillprovideallthe

informationneededtogetstartedwiththeunit.However,youmayalsoneedtoreviewSection

5(GuidedTouroftheMenus)&Section11(DetailedMenuReference),particularlyifyouare

usingremotecontroloroneofth

eotheradvancedfeatures.IfyouareusingV.35orEthernet

streamingmodeseeSection10andAppendix6,respectively.

Section7alsohasanumberoftipsaboutSPIDsandISDNprotocoltypes.Section1hasstep‐by‐

stepinstructionsforquickstartupandinitialtestin

g.

4.1 Essentials

YourZephyrXstreamshouldideallybeplacedinalocationconvenienttotheoperator.Asthe

unithasnofanorothernoise‐producingelements,youmaywishtolocateitinthestudioto

whichitisconnected.

LargefacilitiesmaywishtolocateabankofZephyrXst

reamsinthemainequipmentroom.In

thiscaseawebbrowsercanbeusedtocontroltheZephyrXstreamremotelyusingHTML.Or,

youmaywishtoconsiderusingTheSoftwareAuthority’sZephyrRemotesoftwarepackage(see

http://www.softwareauthority.com/zephyrremote.htm

foradditionalinformation).

Environmental Considerations

Heating, Ventilating, & Cooling Requirements

Foroptimalreliability,itisnecessarytoavoidexceedingthemaximumallowableambientair

temperaturessurroundingtheZephyrXstream.Ambientairtemperatureshouldbebetween0

to40degreesCelsius(32to104degreesFahrenheit).Relativehumiditymaybebetween0to

98%(non‐condensing).

AC (mains) Requirements

Thesystemisdesignedtoworkfrom10

0to240voltsAC,50‐60Hz.Aswithanymicroprocessor‐

basedequipment,itisdesirablethattheZephyrXstreambefedfromareliablesourceofclean

power.AUPS(uninterruptiblepowersupply)withnoisesuppressionwouldbehelpful,

particularlyiflocalpowerisunreliable.

ACsurgeprotectionisalsodesirable.Ou

rfirstchoicewouldbeatop‐of‐the‐lineunitcontaining

aferro‐resonanttransformeraswellasaUPS.Youwillwanttoavoid"bargainbasement"

brands,whichcancausemoreproblemsthantheysolve.

OnepossiblesourceisBestPowerTechnologywithitsferro‐resonanttransformer/UPS

combina

tionforextremelycleanUPSpower.AnothersourceisAmericanPowerConversion.

TheirBack‐UpsProseriesiswellsuitedformicroprocessor‐basedequipmentsuchastheZephyr

Xstream.

BesurethatUPSbatteryreplacementgoesonyourpreventativemaintenanceschedule.

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