Omnia Industries 4.5FM User Manual

OMNIA – 4.5FM Broadcast Audio Processor Installation and Operation Manual Version 1.00a January 2002 Omnia ● 2101 Superior Avenue Cleveland

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a NOTICES All versions of compatibility, trademarks, etc. of hardware and software products not made by

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 8383Using a Direct RS-232 Connection for Local Communications When a computer can be located near th

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 8484Establishing a Remote Connection To establish a connection with the remotely located Omnia-4.5fm

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 8585Using a Terminal Program and Direct Connection It is sometimes useful to use a Direct Serial Con

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 8686Trigger Interface and Script Editor Overview of the Trigger Script Editor The Omnia 4.5 Remote C

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 8787approximately 3.5 volts, which is a logic HIGH. What Can Be Controlled? Virtually any aspect of

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 8888The Para, The Syspara, and Command Line Entries What Is A "Para"? In general*, a &apo

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 8989the current scripts and close the Script Editor window. Click “Cancel” to close the window, disc

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 9090Script Command Definitions The scripting commands available for use with the Daypart Scheduler a

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 9191 save Saves the preset under its current name. Note: Factory presets are permanent

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 9292Omnia-4.5fm System Parameters A 'syspara' is an Omnia 4.5 System parameter. The System

Omnia 4.5fm Specifications As of January 2002 – Version 4.0.10 Software Note: All measurements made with the supplied "Proof of Perf" pres

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 9393Setting New Syspara Values To find the new value you wish to use for a particular Syspara: sysp

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 9494Trigger Script Example for Switching to Mono Operation In this example, we'll configure T

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 9595above each edit box. If no errors or other displays are shown, then your script is ready to be u

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 9696for both options. Initiating Trigger Scripts via the Interface Connector As we mentioned, trigge

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 9797few seconds, the front panel's confirmation of the time change may lag by a few seconds. An

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 9898Initiating Trigger Scripts via the Daypart Scheduler The Daypart Scheduler is typically used to

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 9999Chapter 7 Troubleshooting your Omnia 4.5 Many operational problems with the Omnia 4.5fm can

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 100100 Port Setup for MS Windows Hyperterminal The following examples illustrate how to config

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 101101 Normal Boot-up Message A 'healthy' Omnia 4.5 will transmit the following messa

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 102102 Audio Failure Alarm If no audio is applied to the Omnia, the following messages will be

A/D Conversion: Crystal Semiconductor CS5360, 24 bit 128x oversampled delta sigma converter. Linear-phase, 21.7 kHz anti-aliasing lowpass f

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 103103 Diagnostic and Error Messages Work: Insert card to continue!!! (non-fatal error) The op

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 104104Clearing corrupted Non-volatile RAM contents Occasionally during a software upgrade, the

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 105105 Close up of Shunt "S1" Close up photo of shunt jumpe

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 106106 Diagnosing abnormal boot up behavior The boot sequence rotating Omnia logo is shown be

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 107107 Electrical and mechanical safety note! When the Omnia is operated with its chassis top

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 108108 The next condition to check is to see if the failure has caused the processing to cease.

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 109109 Performing software upgrades in the field The Omnia4.5 design is extremely flexible in

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 110110Location of PCMCIA memory card containing the front panel user interface Software enhan

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 111111 Obtaining Service • Omnia Customer Focus personnel are available in Cleveland, Ohio, US

Omnia-4.5fm Parameter Worksheet Preset Name:_______________Engineer_____________________Date________________________Parameter Value Parameter Value P

External Sync Range: Accepts sample rates from 32kHz to 96 kHz. Used for synchronization of the Digital Output signal to an external reference

Direct Serial: Standard RS-232, no hardware handshaking employed. Baud rates of 9,600, 19,200, and 57,600 supported. TCP/IP Ethernet:

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a Warranty his Warranty covers "the Products," which are defined as the various audio equ

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a Omnia 4.5 Quick-Start Setup Guide We know that you're probably in a hurry to get on the air wi

Enabling the Optional Stereo Enhancer Algorithm The Omnia 4.5fm contains an optional Stereo Enhancement (StereoEFX) option which may be enabled by p

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 11Chapter 1 – Pre-installation We believe that the Omnia-4.5fm is the easiest processor to inst

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 22Rear Panel Expansion Card Slots The Omnia-4.5fm also contains a second PC Memory Card that co

Manual Update Notification Due to the dynamic nature of audio processing products, this manual and all future manuals, will be considered as &ap

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 33 Installation & Connections Throughout this section reference is made to “software paramet

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 44memory card. During system power-up, the front panel LCD screens display several status screen

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 55Composite Outputs (BNC) These two low impedance outputs (Composite 1 and Composite 2) are each

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 66case, you must use a standard, straight-through serial cable (not a null modem cable) between

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Version 1.00a 77 Powering Up When the Omnia-4.5fm is first turned on, an operating system start up screen is d

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Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 99Chapter 2 The Omnia 4.5 User Interface Now that your Omnia-4.5fm is rack-mounted, connected to a

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 1010Using the Jog Wheel The main user control for the Omnia 4.5 is the large, easy to use jog wheel

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 1111Level Meters & Processing Bargraphs The horizontal meters show sample-accurate peak and VU

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 1212Main Menu Display The Omnia-4.5fm Main Menu is displayed in the Menu Display mode of the LCD sc

January, 2002 Greetings! It’s with great pleasure to offer you our latest audio processor…Omnia-4.5fm! First and foremost, I must share my gratitude

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 1313In all submenus with adjustable parameters, rotating the jog-wheel sequentially highlights each

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 1414Remote Control Session via Network Indicator A yellow exclamation mark in a red triangle will

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 1515User Interface Tutorial – Input Source Selection and Peak Level Setting The following two exerci

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 1616The next exercise adjusts a parameter that uses a value (the L / R Input Gain setting): 1. The

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 1717The Menu Tree The menu tree for the Omnia-4.5fm is shown on the previous page. The seven submenu

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 1818 The next three Menu Options are shown below along with their associated branches

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 1919 Menu Items This section presents an overview of the seven submenus (Preset, Process, Input, Out

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 2020menu "Save As" function is used to save your newly edited factory preset to the PC Car

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 2121Encode This submenu contains the adjustments for the DSP based Stereo Generator. The Output Leve

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 2222System Numerous maintenance and utility functions are found in this submenu. System data is save

TABLE OF CONTENTS Greetings i Safety Instructions ii Hazard / Warning Labels iii Notices iv Specifications v Warranty vi QuickSta

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 2323Preset This submenu is active under Level-3 password access, or at Security Levels 1 or 2, as de

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 2424Save Current As Opens up a window so a new preset name can be entered. Preset names can be up to

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 2525Input This submenu has seven items: • Input Gain • Input Source • Invert Both • Input Mode

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 2626Input Source Selects between the discrete Left/Right Analog input or the AES/EBU Digital input.

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 2727Pre-Emphasis For the transmission side of FM broadcasting, some form of high-frequency boost, or

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 2828De-Emphasis The Left/Right outputs are pre-emphasized under normal circumstances, such as when f

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 2929Multiplex Power Limiting In certain parts of the world, the power of the overall multiplex signa

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 3030Encode Six parameters are set under this submenu: • Composite Output 1 • Composite Output 2 •

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 3131Pilot Phase This parameter sets the phase relationship between the 19 kHz pilot and the 38 kHz s

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 3232New Used to create a new Schedule. Highlight and click on New to open the Modify Schedule window

Set Time 34 Set Date 34 About 34 Change Password 34 Lock Unit 35 Load Defaults 35 Load From Card 35 Save To Card 35 Network

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 3333System This submenu allows you to perform housekeeping on the Omnia-4.5 operating system. Many i

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 3434can contain up to ten characters. Backlight This setting determines the time it takes for the L

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 3535Lock Unit Highlight and click to immediately lock the unit. A dialog box is presented for passwo

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 3636 Network Opens up a window to set the Ethernet communications protocols (IP address, default Ga

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 3737Save Changes After changes have been made to the network configuration, they must be saved in or

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Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 3939Chapter 3 The Omnia 4.5fm and Audio Processing This section presents an overview of the Omnia-4.

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 4040 Wideband AGC: A very flexible wideband leveler section provides smooth, transparent control of

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 4141thunderous low end, with no sacrifice to the overall loudness of your signal. Deep Bass is a she

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 4242Selectable Composite Clipper with Phase Linear Composite Low Pass Filter: This feature is useful

Connecting via Modem 80 Custom modem initialization strings 81 Using an Ethernet based connection 83 Establishing a Remote Session 84 Termin

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 4343Chapter 4 This chapter presents installation and operation information specific to the Omnia-4.

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 4444could be due to either AC coupling in the STL system or “bounce” generated by either the modulat

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 4545Studio Microphone Processing This may appear trivial, but the perceived sound of “live” voices o

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 4646 Omnia-4.5fm Connections Output Connection Options Tests have shown that post-processing audio

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 4747Finally, The New Frontier” on the Omnia Tech Info web page at www.omniaaudio.com . When using th

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Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 4949Chapter 5 Fine Tuning Your Sound Many broadcasters will be amazed at the dramatic sonic improvem

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 5050realize that in our business today, time is a precious commodity. But please don’t try to instal

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 5151The Meter Display In addition to the Input and Output Levels display, the Meter Display also p

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 5252Interpreting the Gain Reduction Meter Displays Through careful observation of the processing bar

S A F E T Y I N S T R U C T I O N S 1. Read All Instructions. All safety and operating instructions must be read before operating the product.

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 5353appear to move slower than the limiters ... they are making changes, as needed, over relatively

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 5454you the power to create a sound that can be totally different from, and far better than that of

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 5555move the highlighting to the <Exit> selection in the preset name list. Rotate the jog-whee

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 5656blocks are highlighted. Clicking the jog-wheel opens up the parameter window for that processing

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 5757The Gate Threshold control sets the level at which gating of the AGC occurs, which “freezes” the

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 5858AGC Crossover (XO) The audio signal from the WB AGC section is divided into two frequency bands

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 5959L(ow) and H(igh) Band AGC Windows Each of the AGC's has its own set of controls similar to

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 6060AGC Mixer (Mix) AGC Mixer Submenu This is where the output of the two AGC's are mixed to

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 6161Enhance Each of the Deep Bass, Phat Bass and Warmth controls can boost the level up to 12 dB. B

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 6262expansion can be observed on the rightmost vertical bargraph on the Meter Display screen. The sy

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a HAZARD / WARNING LABELS The Exclamation Point symbol, within an equilateral triangle, alerts the u

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 6363of them not as limiters, but as "Clipper Resource Allocators". The secret to being &qu

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 6464When adjustments are made to limiter thresholds, start by making adjustments in 0.5dB steps. Red

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 6565Clippers (Clip) Clippers Submenu Bass Clip Threshold: Limiter bands 1 & 2 have their own

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 6666Adjusting and Using the BS-412 Multiplex Power Limiter The Output Menu contains controls for the

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 6767 The graph below was captured from an Audemat DFMA2 measuring instrument. It shows the analysis

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 6868Saving, Renaming and Deleting Presets Saving Presets Upon completing a preset editing session, t

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 6969After entering the preset name’s last character, rotate the jog-wheel until the √ Checkmark is h

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 7070processor. Omnia-4.5 makes loudness an effortless exercise for all formats. One more confession

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 71712. Modify the Multiband Limiter sections: • Increase the Drive to each section using the con

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 7272 • Reduce the Release time to operate slower. • Reduce the amount of Make-Up Gain. Backing of

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a CANADA WARNING – This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise emissions

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 7373of this would be a strong bass signal “underneath” a sustained vocal passage. The vocal passage

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Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 7575Chapter 6 Remote Control Software The Omnia Remote Control software is a Windows (Windows 95,

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 7676When the program is freshly installed but has not yet been run, "Omnia45_remote.exe" i

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 7777Checking the Version Number of your Omnia 4.5 Remote Control Program You can check the version o

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 7878Under the Options Menu, select "Edit Connection". A new window will open, and a defaul

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 7979you do this, the parameters required for direct serial or dial-in via modem will be grayed out.

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 8080Remote Control Using a Direct Serial Connection In the Edit Connection window, create a New Conn

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 8181Using a Custom Modem Initialization String A custom Modem Initialization String is sometimes req

Omnia 4.5 Use and Installation Guide – Ver 1.00a 8282Where "AT" is the start of the standard modem command string, and; Where "X0"