3 configuration – Media Technology Systems AMX 0.2 User Manual

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For!WinVista/Win7,!the!line!is!slightly!different,!ie,!change…!
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<add!key!"Advanced!Feature"!value="0"!/>!
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to...!
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<add!key!"Advanced!Feature"!value="1"!/>!

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Save!the!changed!.ini/config!file!and!exit!Notepad.!The!advanced!features!are!now!
enabled.!

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Now!when!you!update!the!firmware!you'll!see!a!check!box!in!the!"Select!Firmware!

Version"!dialog!box!marked!"Show!All!Firmware!Versions".!Check!the!box!and!you'll!be!
able!to!choose!from!all!the!firmware!versions!stored!in!the!firmware!directory.!

5.3 Configuration&

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The!CNDISCO!manual!(found!in!the!C:\Program!Files\Cirrus!Logic\CobraNet™!
Discovery!folder)!will!explain!in!detail!most!of!the!configuration!processes,!so!these!

have!not!been!repeated!here.!However,!there!are!some!useful!features!of!the!CobraNet™!
protocol!that!are!not!covered!explicitly,!ie…!
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One!of!the!key!features!of!the!ION!product!is!the!ability!to!set!up!to!4!CobraNet™!audio!
transmitters!(ION2.0)!and!8!CobraNet™!receivers!(ION0.2).!In!addition,!MTS!has!

provided!the!ability!to!set!each!bundle!subchannel!configuration.!
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The!settings!are:L!

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• Transmitter!setup:!This!section!covers!the!CobraNet™!transmitters!(see!Figure

5-2

).!The!CS496112!chipset!allows!for!up!to!4!transmitters,!each!of!up!to!8!

channels,!subject!to!an!overall!channel!count!of!2!analog!input!channels!and!8!
network!audio!streaming!channels.!The!settings!are:L!

o Bundle!number:!This!sets!the!bundle!address!of!each!transmitter.!The!

bundle!numbers!are!0!(off,!ie!no!transmission),!1L255!are!multicast,!256L
65279!are!unicast!and!65280L65535!are!private.!

o Unicast!mode:!If!the!transmitter!bundle!address!is!normally!unicast!

(>255),!but!more!than!one!receiver!is!available!for!that!bundle!address,!
then!the!bundle!can!be!transmitted!either!multicast!or!multiLunicast.!

o Max!Unicast:!Depending!on!unicast!mode,!the!maximum!number!of!multiL

unicast!bundles!can!be!set!between!1!and!4.!

o Transmitter1…Transmiter4:!This!lists!the!four!transmitters!associated!

with!the!bundle!address!and!allows!the!user!to!set!the!audio!subchannels!
associated!with!that!bundle.!The!subchannel!mapping!allows!the!user!to!

decide!which!of!the!8!audio!channels!are!mapped!to!each!bundle!and!in!
which!order!they!are!transmitted.!

o Subformat!Resolution:!This!sets!the!word!length!of!the!transmitted!audio!

to!16,!20,!or!24!bit.!Note:!if!the!word!depth!is!set!to!24bit,!then!only!7!
audio!channels!can!fit!in!one!bundle.!

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