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X-Digital System PRO4 User Manual - The Programming Menu

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Summary of PRO4

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    Xds pro4 satellite receiver user’s guide.

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    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 2 copyright © 2006 x-digital systems, inc. All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including but not limited to photocopying, recording, or by any information s...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 3 table of contents 1 introduction ...................................................................................................... 5 1.1 important information............................................................................................

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    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 4 5.7 dns server configuration................................................................................ 22 6 receiver web interface .............................................................................. 23 6.1 the general menu ...............

  • Page 5: 1  Introduction

    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 5 1 introduction welcome to the future of digital audio for the radio industry. This user’s guide is your handbook for the x-digital pro4 digital audio receiver. This receiver is equipped to deliver multiple audio services in high quality digital audio f...

  • Page 6: Network Management System

    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 6 1.4 network management system the pro4 satellite receiver has been specifically designed so that its output can be controlled via one central web application. This application is called the network management system, or nms. From the nms, network manag...

  • Page 7: 2  Getting Started

    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 7 2 getting started please take a few minutes to read through the user’s guide prior to setting up and using the unit. If you are in a hurry, there is a quick start section below, but please be sure to consult this section at your earliest convenience. 2...

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    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 8 2.2.2 proper ventilation air vents on the side and rear of the receiver are provided to ensure proper air flow through the receiver unit. In order to ensure proper operation the pro4 receiver should be located such that its ventilation is not impeded. ...

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    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 9 2.2.7 foreign objects warning! Inserting any type of foreign object into the ventilation holes of the receiver can result in shock or serious injury of the operator. If a foreign object is inserted into the receiver, immediately power down the receiver...

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    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 10 2.4.1 dc voltage requirement you may need to have the pro4 receiver supply dc voltage to either an lnb or a block down-converter (used after an lna). If this is the case, the user must change the receiver’s lnb on/off settings using the front panel di...

  • Page 11: 3  Quick Start

    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 11 3 quick start this quick start is designed to get your xds pro4 receiver up and running as quickly as possible. Please refer to the full quick start guide packaged with your receiver. 3.1 general guidelines review this guide in its entirety before ins...

  • Page 12: Status Leds

    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 12 4 front panel operations the pro4 receiver’s front panel is equipped with a 128x64 pixel lcd display, four status leds; which indicate power, signal, update, and fault; and eight buttons: 1, 2, 3, left( ), right ( ), up( ), down( ), and set. Using thi...

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    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 13 4.2 the lcd display and user interface the pro4 receiver comes equipped with a 128x64 pixel lcd on its front panel which allows the user to view, modify, and save receiver settings. The navigation of the pro4 receiver’s menu hierarchy is simple: - to ...

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    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 14 u/d l/r l/r l/r eb ag xds pro4 xds pro4 status xds pro4 setup xds pro4 audio ports 4.2.1 the status sub-menus from the status menu, the user can navigate through five sub-menus, each of them offers various status-related information. From any of these...

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    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 15 u/d l/r l/r l/r l/r l/r xds pro4 status active faults ok fault history 5: tuner not locked clr environment temp: 39 °c fan: high power status 1.2v=1.21 5.0v=5.09 ... Storage status total: 3884mb avail: 3683 mb used: 4% 4.2.2 the setup sub-menus by nav...

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    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 16 u/d l/r l/r l/r l/r l/r l/r setup network xds pro4 setup setup serial number xdsp-00000000 pwd setup m&c ports 115k,8,none,1 setup factory defaults setup version setup alarms 0ffbdfff setup tuner setup relays l/r l/r 4.2.2.1 the setup:network sub-menu...

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    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 17 to modify any of these numeric values: use or to select which part of the ip to change . Make a digit larger using , and to make a digit smaller using . Press set whenever you are done editing and want to commit a setting. U/d l/r l/r l/r l/r setup ne...

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    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 18 u/d l/r l/r l/r l/r setup tuner setup frequency setup symbol rate setup fec setup lnb power 4.2.3 the audio ports sub-menus from the audio ports sub-menus, users can change the settings for each of the four ports as well as headphones port. To choose ...

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    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 19 u/d l/r l/r l/r l/r l/r xds pro4 audio ports audio port a audio port b audio port c audio port d headphones 4.2.3.1 the audio ports:setup sub-menus each of the five audio ports (audio port a-d, and headphones) have their own identical setup sub menus....

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    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 20 u/d l/r l/r l/r l/r audio port # audio port # station audio port # program audio port # spot audio port # settings.

  • Page 21: 5  Ethernet Setup

    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 21 5 ethernet setup the xds pro4 satellite receiver is specifically designed to receive audio broadcasts via satellite transmissions. It is also equipped with an “internet” only mode in which is can receive audio data and receiver updates via its etherne...

  • Page 22: Assigning A Subnet Mask

    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 22 5.4 assigning a subnet mask the subnet mask is used to determine where the network number in an ip address ends and the node number in an ip address begins. A node is any device on a network that needs a unique ip address to communicate (computer, ser...

  • Page 23: The General Menu

    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 23 6 receiver web interface the xds pro4 receiver includes an on-board web interface that will publish itself on your local area network once you have followed the steps in chapter 5. From this web interface you can view most of the receiver’s internal s...

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    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 24 6.1.2 the tuner tab the tuner tab presents the user with tuner related data. This data include: • the frequency the tuner is tuned to. • the tuner’s symbol rate. • the locked or unlocked status of the tuner. • the acquisition state of the tuner: acqui...

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    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 25 below is an image of the tuner tab. 6.1.3 the setup tab the setup tab shows even more detailed and specific receiver facts: • the receiver’s serial number. • the receiver’s addressing value. • the receiver’s firmware version. • the date that the curre...

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    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 26 6.1.4 the relays tab the relays tab lists all the 16 relay mappings complete with their net-cues and on/off status for each of the two relay ports. Thus there are 32 total relays listed, 16 for each the top and bottom relay ports. Below is an image of...

  • Page 27: The Programming Menu

    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 27 6.2 the programming menu from the programming menu, the user is able to view all of the programs and recordings the receiver is equipped to receive and re-broadcast. 6.2.1 the programs tab each receiver is identified by the network management system a...

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    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 28 6.2.2 the recordings tab in the recording tab, every program which has been stored on the receiver’s internal hard drive is listed. For each recording, you are given a link to download the recording to your computer’s local hard drive, the date that i...

  • Page 29: The Content Menu

    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 29 6.3 the content menu the content menu lists all of the files which the receiver’s internal storage currently holds. 6.3.1 the audio tab the audio tab displays all audio type files which have been stored for later us by the receiver. The file name (alo...

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    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 30 6.3.3 the all tab the all tab simply displays all files which the receiver is currently storing. Here is what the content tabs look like:.

  • Page 31: Accessing And Logging In

    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 31 7 affiliate web interface the xds pro4 satellite receiver is capable of communicating with and being controlled by an external web application called the network management system. The nms is capable of many features which greatly simplify the managem...

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    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 32 • if your station is authorized to play any programs, you will now see a drop-down list of programs which you may add to this station schedule. Select the program and live- feed time that you wish to insert into this time slot and click “next”. • if y...

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    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 33 down list. If you would like to observe daylight savings time, indicate this using the check box provided. To commit changes, click the update button..

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    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 34 8 monitor and control interface the pro4 receiver is equipped with multiple methods for viewing and changing receiver settings. The m&c console port on the back of the receiver can be used for this purpose. 8.1 setting up a console connection to set u...

  • Page 35: Console Commands

    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 35 8.2 console commands tasks are performed through the console via commands. The syntax for any command is the name of the command, followed by a comma separated list of one or more option command arguments. Below is a list of all commands available alo...

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    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 36 the help command: this command prints all of the commands available to the current profile. There are no options for this command. This command is available to all profiles. The logs command: this command deals with the receiver’s internal logs. There...

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    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 37 error value error name error value error name 0x00000001 fpga load error 0x00010000 recorder overflow 0x00000002 dsp load error 0x00020000 temp warning 0x00000004 ethernet failure 0x00040000 temp critical 0x00000008 no storage device 0x00080000 reserv...

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    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 38 table 4. Tuner command parameters the ver command: this command, which takes no options, simply displays the receiver’s firmware version to the console. This command is available to all profiles. The vol command: this command sets the volume of the re...

  • Page 39: 9  Specifications

    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 39 9 specifications the following specifications are divided into sections corresponding to the carious functional blacks within the receiver. 9.1 receiver interface specification lcd image display capability, backlighting keypad full 8 key-pad, menu but...

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    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 40 9.4 m&c interface connector pin-outs the monitor and control (m&c) port allows basic configuration of the xds receiver via an asynchronous rs232c electrical interface. It uses the following protocol settings: 115.2k baud, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 sto...

  • Page 41: Relay Outputs

    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 41 9.5 relay outputs there are two db-37 connectors on the rear panel which together contain a total of 32 mappable relay (or contact) closures. The following tables provide the pin-outs for the two relay connectors. Pin function pin function 1 rly1a 20 ...

  • Page 42: Analog Audio Output

    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 42 pin function pin function 1 rly1a 20 rly1b 2 rly2a 21 rly2b 3 rly3a 22 rly3b 4 rly4a 23 rly4b 5 ground 24 ground 6 rly5a 25 rly5b 7 rly6a 26 rly6b 8 rly7a 27 rly7b 9 rly8a 28 rly8b 10 ground 29 rly9b 11 rly9a 30 rly10b 12 rly10a 31 rly11b 13 rly11a 32...

  • Page 43: Analog Audio Input

    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 43 connection db-9m format balanced pair l, r range -10 to +4dbu nominal (+22 max) performance 0.1% thd 85db dynamic range table 13. Analog audio output 9.7 analog audio input the receiver has one analog audio input port. The following table has the pin-...

  • Page 44: Digital Audio Output

    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 44 9.8 digital audio output the receiver has a single digital audio output port that provides aes/ebu versions of the first two analog audio ports (ports a and b). The port a audio is located on the pair of ch0 signals while the port b audio is located o...

  • Page 45: Pad/async Output Port

    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 45 9.9 pad/async output port the pad port (program associated data) relays information which is carried along with the audio data received. I.E. Song and artist information, or relay queues to trigger events. Below is a pin-out table for the pad port. Pi...

  • Page 46: Rf Input Parameters

    X-digital systems r830001-1060 rev b xds-pro4 46 9.12 rf input parameters data will be demodulated and then de-multiplexed by pid (program id). On demand, the de-multiplexed data will be transmitted via the ethernet switch to any of the devices requesting such data. Connection 75 ohm f-type connecto...