AVT MAGIC AE4 User manual

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MAGIC AE4 DAB/DAB+
Quick Guide
Version V1.0 (25.10.2018)
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Front View
DAB/DAB+ Audio Encoder
▪DSP-based DAB/DAB+ Audio Encoder
▪Up to four DAB/DAB+ Audio Encoder
▪Full 19” 1U housing with integrated AC power supply
▪19” mounting angels
▪Without fan, noiseless operation
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Rear View
Integrated wide range power supply
90V –250VAC/ 30W
2 x LAN interfaces
▪Coded Audio
▪Control interface (Webbrowser)
▪PAD interface: Dynamic Label and Slide Show via FTP
▪NTP
Support PTy and TrafficAnnouncement via
UECP
TTL/Relay (programmable GPIO interface)
▪8 x TTL Inputs or Outputs
▪8 x Relay outputs
Analogue stereoAudio input/output
▪IN AUDIO 1 and 2
▪OUT AUDIO 1 and 2
4 x Digital AES/EBU Audio input/output
▪DIGITAL AES 1-2 and DIGITAL AES 3-4
No fan
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Fully compatible to
▪ETSI TS 102 563 (DAB+)
▪ETSI EN 304 001 (DAB)
DAB/DAB+ Audio Encoder
▪Up to 4 x DAB/DAB+ Audio Encoders
DAB/DAB+ MonitoringAudio Decoder
▪Monitoring Decoder for one of the four Encoder signals
Audio interfaces
▪1 x Analogue Stereo Audio input
▪1 x Analogue Stereo Audio output
▪4 x AES/EBU Audio input
▪4 x AES/EBU Audio output
▪Monitoring Stereo Headphone interface
Special functions
▪Integrated Audio router
▪No fan
▪Power consumption typically 17 W
▪Synchronisation via NTP
Data services
▪Dynamic Label/DL+ (UECP/FTP)
▪MOT Slide Show/Categorised Slide Show (FTP)
Service Information
▪TA triggering (UECP, TTL input)
▪PTy (UECP)
2 x LAN interfaces
▪IPv4
Output protocols
▪AVTMUX with Secure Streaming
▪EDI with Secure Streaming
▪MUXENC with Secure Streaming
Alarm signalling & monitoring
▪SNMP v1c, v2c
Configuration & Control
▪Configuration & Control via HTML5 Webbrowser
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Functions

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Interconnection Encoder/Multiplexer
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Configuration example:
▪IP leased line connection using AVTMUX
protocol with Secure Streaming for
program 1 and 2
▪IP leased line connection using EDI for
program 3 and 4
Analogue and digitalAES/EBU
Audio interfaces for
uncompressedAudio
Dynamic Label and Slide Show
via FTP Transfer to the Encoder
TA activation through GPI
contact (TTL input) of the
Encoders.
Remote configuration of the
Encoder data rate and data
service from MAGIC DABMUX
Go RF.
Network Switch
172.16.75.85
MAGIC DABMUX Go RF
Ensemble Multiplexer
AE4 ↔DABMUX
AVTMUX, EDI
DAB Receiver
MAGIC AE4 DAB/DAB+ Encoder
172.16.75.83
AE4 ↔ DABMUX
AVTMUX
A: 7001
C: 6001
AE4 ↔ DABMUX
AVTMUX
A: 7002
C: 6002
AE4 ↔ DABMUX
EDI
E: 50000
ID1: 0 C1: -------
ID2: 1 C2: -------
ID3: 2 C3: 6003
ID4: 3 C4: 6004
AVT Radio 1 … 4
C: Control Port
A: Audio Port
E: EDI Port

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MAGIC AE4 DAB/DAB+
Configuration
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Main Panel
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Webbrowser
▪White hook on green field indicates
PC is connected to the unit
Monitoring Decoder
▪Displays the Audio and PAD
parameters of the selected Encoder
▪Displays PAD History and Audio
Level
▪Selection (green colour) of coded or
original Audio
▪Selection of the Audio level of the
Headphone
▪Selection of the Encoder via buttons
“1 to 4” or direct in the Encoder field
via “Monitor”
Indication of Encoder details
▪Mode
▪Bitrate: Total data rate (Audio + PAD)
▪Sampling frequency
▪PAD Bitrate
▪Audio level L and R
Via the button “Configure” all
parameters of the encoder can be
configured

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Menu Structure
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Settings
▪General settings:
Time for synchronisation
LAN parameters
Audio interfaces
PAD (FTP)
▪Individual settings of the Encoders
Channel 1 to Channel 4
▪Interface settings
EDI Output
VLAN
SNMP
Administration
▪Product related details
▪Reset
▪Basic settings (Factory setting)
▪Display of all Alarms and traffic
Extras
▪System Monitor
About
▪Software Version
▪IP addresses

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Encoder Configuration - Audio
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Configuration of the Encoder
▪Can be selected in the Main
Panel via the buttons 1 to 4.
▪Can be selected via Select of
the dedicated Encoder
Audio Settings
▪Selection of Streaming mode,
Input interface, QoS and Audio
Level Amplification
IP Settings
▪Entering of the Multiplexer
Control Port and for the UDP
Outputs 1 and 2 the IP
addresses and Port addresses
Coding Settings
▪Selection of DAB or DAB+,
Data Rate, Coding Mode and
Sampling Rate

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Encoder Configuration - PAD
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General PAD Settings
▪Selection of Inserter Mode, Local
generation or via AVTMUX or via
AVTMUX redundancy
▪Entering of Alarm Timeout and
maximum Data rate
Dynamic Label Settings
▪Entering of the display time in
seconds
▪In Output Format selection of the
charset (character set). The
characters are displayed on the
DAB+ receiver
▪Via button “Open File Manager” the
files can be defined
Slide Show Settings
▪Entering of the display time in
seconds
▪Via button “Open File Manager” the
files can be defined
Direct FTP
▪Direct FTP can be configured in a
separate page

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Configuration Time & System
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Time Settings
▪If NTP is enabled two NTP
server can be configured.
▪Entering of IP addresses and
ports
▪Configuration of NTP as clock
source
▪Selection of local time in UTC
Offset box
System Settings
▪Selection of front display
language
▪Activation of Key Tone for front
keypad
▪Configuration of backlight and
Display contrast
▪System Name can be entered
▪Administrator password can be
entered

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Configuration Audio
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Audio Level Settings
▪Nominal Input and Output Levels
can be set.
▪Headroom and default Headroom
(value after booting) level can be
set
▪The threshold for the Audio level
alarm and Audio Level Alarm
interval can be set
Audio Monitoring Settings
▪Selection of the default Monitoring
channel. It is the channel after
booting
Audio Output Interfaces Settings
▪An internal Audio matrix allows
the configuration of the Audio
outputs
▪The source for the outputs can be
each input (analogue or digital
AES/EBU 1 to 4) and the
monitoring decoder output
▪Each output can be configured
individually

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Configuration LAN & FTP
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LAN1 & LAN 2
Settings
▪Entering of 3
different IP
addresses per LAN
interface
FTP Settings
▪Selection of FTP
Enable
▪Entering FTP Server
IP address and Port
address
▪Entering First Passive
Port and Number of
Passive Ports

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Firmware Download
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Firmware Download
▪Via “choose file” the
firmware download file can
be selected
▪After selecting the Start
button the download will be
started and the download
status will be indicated in
percentage.
▪When the download has
finished a reset of the unit
will be executed after
confirmation.
Restart Device
▪After selecting the “OK”
button a reset will be
executed
▪The configuration will not be
changed

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Factory Reset
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Factory Reset
▪Only first IP is configured for
LAN1 and LAN2
IP1 LAN1: 192.168.96.102
IP1 LAN2: 192.168.96.103
Gateway: 255.255.255.0
Subnet Mask: 192.168.96.1
▪VLAN is disabled
▪Timer
NTP is active
IP addresses not entered
▪EDI is switched off
▪FTP is switched off
▪Audio
0 dB for input and output level
Audio inputs are switched to
Audio outputs (analogue and
digital AES/EBU)
Level alarms are active
Monitoring interface is switched
to headphone
▪Encoder 1 to 4
Data Rate: 128kbit/s
Sampling Rate: 48kHz
Mode: Stereo
Audio Enc.1: AES1
▪Monitoring Decoder shows status
of Encoder 1

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System Monitor
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SystemAlarm
▪Hardware related alarms, such as
Main Eprom, Flash Eprom etc.
Channel1Alarm to Channel
4 Alarm
▪Encoder related alarms such as
Audio level alarm, PAD alarm etc.
ApplicationAlarm
▪AES/EBU input alarms
▪NTP Server alarm
▪Monitoring Dec. Sync alarm
System State
▪Indication of Temperature, Time,
DSP Load and Uptime
Network connections
▪Details of LAN1 and LAN2
▪NTP Server IP address
▪IP addresses of Connected
Clients

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About
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Indication of the
Firmware Version
AVT`s Post address
Internet: AVT`s home
page
Support addresses
▪Phone number
▪Email address