2N NetSpeaker User manual

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2N NetSpeaker
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IP Audio System
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The 2N TELEKOMUNIKACE joint-stock company is a Czech manufacturer and supplier of
telecommunicationsequipment.
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Content
1. Manual for Console software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.1 Settings and Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2. Manual for Control Panel software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.2 Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.3 Audio Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.4 Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
2.5 Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
2.6 Scheduler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
2.7 Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
2.8 Sync Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
2.9 Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
3. Manual for Player software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
3.1 Software Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
4. User manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
4.1 Quick Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
4.2 HW Configuration Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
5. Installation manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
5.1 IP Audio System - API Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
6. Supported Internet Radio Stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
7. IP Audio System Limits and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
8. IP Audio System - HTTP Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

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1. Manual for Console
software
Hereisoverviewwhatyoucanfindinthissection:
1.1SettingsandConnection

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1.1 Settings and Connection
What you should know
The Console application allows for sending audio from a
microphoneorplayingfiles.
2N NetSpeaker
® recognises 3 levels of rights, which are
managedbythesystemadministrator.
CAUTION:Freerideisthehighestpriorityuserroleandshallbe
preferredinallzones.
TheConsoleprogramisusedforbroadcastingtopre–definedsessionsorinputsfor2N
users.Itisprimarilydesignedforbroadcastingaudio  NetSpeaker
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oraudio/musicinthemp3format(wma,ogg).
Connection and Settings
TheloginscreenisdisplayeduponConsolestart.Createtheusernameandpassword
usingtheControlPanelprogramoraskyoursystemadministratortocreateandassign
therights.
Enter the user name and password into the dedicated fields in the Console window
uponstart.Moreover,youhavetoconfigurethecorrecthostnameorIPaddressfor
login.Clickonthesettingpictogramintheprogramheader,seenextfigure,andthen
on togetintoconfiguration.Server settings
Usethe tomodifytheapplicationlanguage.Language settings
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Figure: LoginviaConsole
Havingsetallthenecessaryparametersandenteringyourusernameandpassword,
login.Ifsuccessful,yougettotheConsolescreentoselectyourrole.
User Roles
ThisscreenhelpsyouselectaroleafterlogintotheConsoleprogram.Fig.2showsthe
windowforauserwithallroles.Refertootherpartsofthemanualford
What you should know
The Console application allows for sending audio from a
microphoneorplayingfiles.
2N NetSpeaker
® recognises 3 levels of rights, which are
managedbythesystemadministrator.
CAUTION:Freerideisthehighestpriorityuserroleandshallbe
preferredinallzones.
This screen helps you select a role after login to the Console program. Next figure
shows the window for a user with all roles. Refer to other parts of the manual for
detailsontheroles.
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Figure: ConsoleRoles
When you have selected a role, the screen will display the selected role, but the
appearanceissimilarinallcases.Newpictogramsandtherolenamegetdisplayedin
theapplicationheader.Tochangetherole,usethe pictogram,whichreturnshuman
youtothe .The pictogramisusedfor frorole selecting window "power off" logout
mtheConsoleapplication.
General Console Control
Primarily, Console is designed for broadcasting sounds  orvia microphone
audio/musicinthemp3format.Theleftsectionwiththemicrophonepicturecontrols
themicrophoneandthemiddlesection–Listofsounds–helpsplayaudiofiles.Press
the"Add"buttontoaddasoundtotheapplication.Theright–handsectionisusedfor
inputcheckandcontrol.RefertonextfigurefortheConsoleprogramcontrol.
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Figure: ViewofConsoleControl
Output–therearedifferentoutputsfordifferentrolesandsorefertoSubss.
fordetails.1.3.1 – 1.3.3.
List of sounds–orlistofaudio/musicsourcesinfiles.Clickon andselectAdd
therequiredfile.Playthisfileusingthe button.Play
Microphone–theleftwindowsectioncontrolsthehardwaremicrophoneofthe
PCwhereConsoleisrunning.
TALK button–usedformicrophone activation.Uponactivation,theON
AIRsigngoesonandthebuttonchangesinto .YoucanbroadcastMUTE
evenduringaudioplayingfromafile.
AUTOMUTE button – used for enabling the "Automatic microphone
activation"function.Whenyoupressthebutton,the signgoesAutomute
on.Letus :The"Collegeradio"broadcastsafewsongsgive an example
everyeveningandthepresenterannounceseverysong.Inthiscase,the
presenterselectsasongfromthefileatthebeginningofbroadcasting.He
orsheselects andcantalkwhenthesongisover–Automute Automatic
. When the Play button is pushed for anothermicrophone activation
song,themicrophoneis andthelistenersdoautomatically deactivated
nothearthestudionoise.
Youcanenable intheConsoleapplicationtoo.Todoso,pushthe butListening in ON
tontotherightofthelowerscreen.Listeningin foractivationoflocallisteningis used
to played files or microphone sound. Select the device to listen in via the
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Freeride mode broadcasting
TheFreerideuserisassignedthehighestuserrightsandcanthusbroadcastandplay
withthehighestpriority.Thisuserselectsthedestinationitselfbytickingoffthe2N®
unitsinthe .Refertonextfigure.NetSpeaker List of speakers/zones
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Figure: FreerideRole
Broadcast as "user"
Loggedinasauser,youcannotchoosewheretobroadcast.Youruserroleauthorises
youtobroadcasttosessionstowhichyouareassignedasauserinput.Contactyour
systemadministratorformoreinformation.
Broadcast as "virtual input"
Loggedin asa virtualinput, you cannotchoose whereto broadcast.Your user role
authorisesyoutobroadcasttosessionswhichcontainthevirtualinputassignedtoyou.
Contactyoursystemadministratorformoreinformation.tailsontheroles.
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Figure: ConsoleRoles
When you have selected a role, the screen will display the selected role, but the
appearanceissimilarinallcases.Newpictogramsandtherolenamegetdisplayedin
theapplicationheader.Tochangetherole,usethe pictogram,whichreturnshuman
youtothe .The pictogramisusedfor frorole selecting window "power off" logout
mtheConsoleapplication.

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2. Manual for Control Panel
software
Hereisoverviewwhatyoucanfindinthissection:
2.1Introduction
2.2Sessions
2.3AudioSources
2.4Zones
2.5Speakers
2.6Scheduler
2.7Users
2.8SyncManager
2.9Administrator

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2.1 Introduction
IP Audio System - 2N® NetSpeaker
2N NetSpeaker
®isanIPaudiosystemwhichallowsyoutoplayanacousticmessage
oranyotheraudiostreamfromanyLAN/WAN-connectedPC.Allyouhavetodotoget
avirtualbroadcastingexchangeisconnectastandardloudspeakeroramplifiertoyour
.Thevirtualexchangehelpsyouplayanyaudiosystemandcreate2N NetSpeaker
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separatezoneswithdifferentcommunicationcontents.
YoucanmakeuseofyourexistingLAN/WANwhileinstallingyour sy2N NetSpeaker
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stemtosavethetotalimplementationtimeand,ofcourse,cutyourwiringcosts.
The IPAudioSystemconsistsoftwobasiccomponents-aserver2N NetSpeaker
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andanaudioconverter.TheControlPanelsoftwarehasbeendevelopedtoconfigurethe
whole broadcasting system. Console and Player are software products designed for
everyday use - broadcasting messages via a microphone and easy music playing
respectively.Moreover,youcanusetheAndroidapplicationforbasicoperations.
Figure: 2N NetSpeakerSystemLayout
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Refer to the section for basic information on quick systemQuick Start
installation and ControlPanel connection to the 2N NetSpeaker Server.
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2.2 Sessions
What you should know
Sourcescanbetype-filteredinthe header.Input sources
Upon power up, the server automatically launches and starts
playingallsessionsthatwereactivebeforepoweroff.
Higherpriorityof theactiveSession  thatalways guarantees
thisSessionwilloccupyallDestinationsassignedtoit.
Thelast-created Freeride sessionhas the highest priority= is
playing.
Sessions
The session determines the  -  connection, i.e. defines whichSource Destination
source will be played to which destination. The left session part defines and helps
controlthesource,therightsessionpartdeterminesthedestinationand optioSession
ns.
Session Creation and Preparation for Playing
ClickonSession->Createemptysessiontocreateasession.Youcanperformthisand
otheractionsbyretrievingthefloatingmenubytherightmouse-click.
Figure: SessionWindowLayout

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Use  to add a source included in the source list to the session and aDrag&Drop
destination to the destination list - . Whether you addDestination targets
destinationsbyspeakersorzones,theresultantfunctionalitywillbethesame.
Figure: AddingofSourcesandDestinationstoSession
Thecreatedsessionisreadyforbroadcastingtodestination(s).Ifnomoreparameters
areneeded,simplypress andtheadded oranothersourcewillstartPLAY 2.2Sessions
playing.Fig.5showstwotypesofsources.Thecommonbarcontainsvolumecontrol
settings.
Session Control and Launch
Clickon intheSessioncontrolsectiontolaunchasession;refertonextfigure,ON
whichalsoshowsadditionalsessioncontrols.
Balance–setbalancefortheright/leftchannel.
Listening in–enablethisparametertolistentoremotedestinationslocally.
Volume–setthemainsessionvolume.
Sound activation/deactivation–enable/disablesoundfortheactivesession.

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Figure: SessionControl
Additional Session Setting Options
Besides the basic settings, there are additional session settings such as Priority or
Channelsituatedintheright-handuppercorner.
Priority–setthesessionpriority.The prioritysessionisalwayspreferredtohighest
lowerprioritysessions.AhigherpriorityoftheactiveSession thatalways guarantees
the Session will occupy the destinations assigned to it (the source will play in the
destination).Thepriorityrangeis<1;10>,wherepriority10isautomaticallyassigned
to broadcasting.Freeriderole
Channel–setthechannelforeachsession. supports4channelsfor2N NetSpeaker
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4differentsources.
Figure: PriorityandChannelSettings

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Sources
Youcanaddmultiplesourcestoeachsession.Usethesourcetagtocreateasource
(referto fordetails).Addthesourcesinthe format.TherearetwotypesSources Bar
ofbars-oneisdesignedforthePlaylistandtheotherfortherestofthesources.Next
figureshowsthetwotypes.
Figure: VolumeBars
Common bar – helps you control volume, balance and sound
activation/deactivation. The Internet radio contains a status line displaying
informationonplaying.
Playlist–hereyoucan,besidesbasicfunctions,controlmp3fileswithplay/stop,
pause, next, previous, shuffle and repeat. Moreover, you can minimise the
playlistbar.

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2.3 Audio Sources
What you should know
It  the created working source (SIP,is necessary to assign
Playlist,Microphone..)toasessioninthe menuto2.2Sessions
definewherethecontentsshouldbeplayed.
2N NetSpeaker
® supports several types of input sources for
specificapplications.
The HW sources are based on the  sound card.server PC
Externalsoundcardscanbeusedtoo.
Audio Sources
Hardware Inputs
HWinputsareinputsofyourserver-PConwhichthe is2N NetSpeaker Server
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running; refer to the system architecture in . A microphone,2.1 Introduction
internal/external sound card and/or mixer are used for playing locally stored music
usingastandardaudioplayer.
Playlist
Playlist defined by user
Thisisaclassicprincipleofplaylistcreationincommonmusicplayers.Tocreateanew
playlist,movetheselected.mp3.wma...filestotheright-handwindowsection(for
thenewplaylist).Youcanselectmorefilesthanone.
Figure: AddingofAudioFilestoPlaylist
To add files from a PC other than that on which the server is running to the new
playlist, use the "Add server" option. Thus, you move the file from your PC to the
server PC and play the file on the server PC even if your PC (Control Panel) is

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Figure: ImportofAudioFilestoServer
Generated playlists
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Generated playlists are playlists that are created by the ControlPanel automatically
fromtheselecteddirectoryaccordingtoselectedrules.Generatedplaylistsarecreated
viathe tag.Refertothe tagfortheplaylistitems.2.9Administrator Audio sources
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Figure: GeneratedPlaylists
Thisway,youcanfilltheserverwithmp3filesevenremotelyviatheWAN.
Virtual Input
Virtualinputisagroupofrulesratherthananactualinput.Therulesdefineuserswith
therighttousetheinputandalsoassigninputstoroomsifnecessary.
Example:SupposealanguageschoolhasEnglishandGermanclassrooms.Thereare4
teachersintheschool:Mr.Cook,Ms.Scott,Hr.HimmelandFr.Moselle.Usethevirtual
inputtocreate and .English classroom input German classroom input
Enablethe"Englishclassroom"virtualinputforMr.CookandMs.Scott.
Enablethe"Germanclassroom"virtualinputforHr.HimmelandFr.Moselle.
Doingthis,youhavecreatedthepossibilitytoplayaudiointheclassroomsandletthe
teacherssimplychooseclassroomsusingthe tool.Console

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Figure: AddingofEnglishTeacherstoVirtualInput
SIP Port
TheSIPsourcehelpsyouconnect toaVoIP(VoiceoverIP)PBXasa2N NetSpeaker
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VoIP station via the SIP. You have to know the PBX IP address, username and
password(ifrequested)andtheporttoestablishconnectiontothePBX.Refertothe
subsectionsbelowfortheparametersandsettingoptions.