NEXEDGE™ Recording Gateway - Raven Electronics Corporation
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1. Under Conventional IP Network make sure Unicast is the IP tasting method Operation mode should be set to either Repeat or RF Link In the Network Settings on the channel Select boththe lacal repeatersite site 1 and the M x CHAPTER 2 M x Software Settings Please refer to the main user s manual for all additional settings and operation of the Mx softwere Please be cautious when manipulating settings other than those shown in hs manual Certain settingsin the Mx software con impact operation of the recording gateway The Mx Software requires only that you set the mode to NX Recording Gateway and then identity the recording device on the network and the por number for that device Tn the VoIP Settingsscreen select NX Recording Gateway in the Type area of the screen By doing so you may be presented with a Reboot option Acknowledge that you want to change the type by confirming the boot operation Once the module has rebooted you can configure the IPaddressand the port in the NX Recording Gateway setup tab For each M x Blade that is configured be sure to change the Recorder Port number which should always bean even number Thisidentifies each station inthe recording query software The status blockof this screen will provide real time status of the capture during over the air transmissions The RSSI voltage may not2. IN CONJUNTION WITH THE BASE M4X MANUAL CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Raven Electronics Warranty and Safety Information Please be ESD protected before starting any procedures containediin this manual This warranty expressly precludes any liability by Raven Electronics Corporation for consequential damages however arising after delivery to the purchaser of the affected equipment andis limited to the expressed warranty excluding allimplied worrantiesincluding merchantability All equipment manufactured by Raven Electronics Corporations warranted against defective materials ond workmanship fora period of two 2 years fromthe date of delivery to the original purchaser or end User Liability under this warranty islirited to servicing adjusting repairing or replacing as necessary any equipment returned to the factory transportation prepaid for that purpose Factory examination must disclose a manufacturing defect Repaired or replaced items will be returned to the purchaser surface freight prepaid within the continental USA This warranty does not exlend lo any equipment which has been subjected to transportation damage misuse neglect accident improper installation or any other circumstances reasonably beyond the control of Raven Electronics Corporation Beyond the warranty period repairs willbe billed to Ihe purchaser at cost In such cases an estimate willbe submitted for approval before repairisinitiated Repaired equipment will
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4. be returned to the purchaser with transportation charges collect unless agreed fo between the purchaser and Raven Electronics Corporation CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Quick Start Guide M4x Blade Quick Start Guide Thank you tor purchasing the M x Blade n Wren unpacking your Mx Blade cont the flowing tems were received wih your shipment Sotware CD This CD alsoincludesthe User Manual AC Power Supply Adapter 120240 VAC 12 VDC 15 Amp regulated Note on unis powered tom a DC source hs iam wil PowerCond None on unts powered tem a DC source ha item wil norbe Included use Cable any ofthese tems are missing please contact Sales at 775 858 2400 presa Installing The Max Software Notesinstal hie zoltware Before plugging 1n he Max Bde 1 Uninstal oid Mx Sofware betore installing anew version 2 estate sotware byinsertng the CD into te computer s CD Drive 3 We recommend selecting Easyinstal when prompted 4 Folowthe on screen prompts to complete the installation S Reter to the Mts User Manual included on the sofware disk tor more detaledinstallaton instructors especial ersionaf sofware willbe mstalledovera prior version of Powering Up the Mx Blade 1 Connectine Power Cable into me AC Power Adapter 2 Connectine AC Power Adaper to your AC powersouce 63 5 ronged rounded wallusel Te AC Power ape can be connociedi a 10010 240 VAC 50 60 Ha OSA source 3 Connectine DC plug om the AC Power Adapte
5. work for you if you have not installed the 1 0 option on the M x Blade This is reference only information anyway that isnot necessaryfor recordinggateway operation CHAPTER 2 Radio M4x Connections RUS x to D825 Station cable Pin signal summary Sanal summary Gio Input voice T inel PX Audio Output voice squace RENT RS Signal CND ONT Tosama O RECS Sa TREAT impu raat This connection must be made irom the Control VO DB25 on the station to Ihe secondary Analog Port on the 476777 VolP Module port 2 en a miri Blade or port 8 on a channel Blade The Ethemet port on the station should be either directly connect to the 476 777 VoIP Port on tho Mx of through an Ethernet switch Protocol Details The Raven Vol process is used asa protocol converter and audio injector The VolP module wil extract the required information trom the Kenwood RIP NXDN stream and export a revised RIP G 711 packet in a protocol ready for Eventide processing The headers on the inbound packets are copied and forwarded as part of the outbound pockets which are buit according to Eventide s requirements here 1 One Standard RIP Stream sent to the Recorder s IP Address on a Unique UDP Port EachRepeater Output e Site 1 Repeater 1 Port 40000 Site 1 Repeater 40002 Site 2 Repeater 1 40004 eic for Port 2 RIP Stream would contein G 711 Unencrypted Audio 3 RIP Stream wilincremen Timestamp and sequence nu
6. DTUF Enabled devices Please reer ta the M User Manualformore detailed setings 5 Cokie check bor Enabiod 1o ara tno idge Configuring SNR Voting Advancen Foaturo 1 Codigo tho Ay Analog 41 Daughtar oarata tore comigurng s vore Groun 2 skye vong on Me nace otte screen 3o F lwhevicarstistorpeons 4 Cloke AM tuton to erable tne Vong acu Performing an M x Loop Back Test for iire Analog Module They Loop ac Test enaties ussrsto padom basi tete far PTT and COR XMT and RCV tones aswel as DTF 1 lick Acionsonthe Menu upper lefi comer af screen Saleci Loop back Test Place the logpack cable fimi ints a M4 Blade portio test Soloctb portto tast ve sur eats ein the same ro Selects Loopback Tab Selects Tes orthe Specie Tes andcickTest Testing dstus and Pascal notations wil osu se ihe Mi Blade goes rough he speci less Thank you for choasing a Raven Electronics Mx Blado for Your Gommunicaton moods where we aro to fea shop comtea to sotang engrcermg protiems and exceeang expectas CHAPTER 2 Chapter 2 NEXEDGE Recording Gateway NEXEDGEM is a digital radio system that utlizes industry standard protocols that are supported within the NXON User Group Currently there is no specific hardware orsottwaresolution to provision tor a centralized recording facility of NEXEDGE digital over the air radio transmissions Industry accepted recording solutions do not curently support Ihe decoding of NEXEDGE digital meta
7. Raven Electronics Corporation Specialized Communication Solutions 1968 NEXEDGE Recording Gateway Rev A1 January 2012 Chapter 1 Introduction Contact Raven Electronics 1 Raven Electronics Warranty and Safety Information Quick Start Guide Chapter 2 NEXEDGE Recording Gateway Network Architecture Kenwood station Set Up Conventional Mode M x Software Settings RadiofMax Connections Protocol Details ies ukt Oo CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Chapter 1 Introduction Contact Raven Electronics Thank you for purchasing an M4x Product fromRaven Electronics Corporation Please contactus if youhave any questions concerns ideas or suggestions on how fo improve this manual We can be contactedat Raven Electronics Corporation 4655 Longley Lane Suite 104 Reno Nevada 89502 75 858 2400 Phone Press 2 for Sales Press 3 for Technical Support 75 858 2400 FAX info ravencomm com soles ravencommcom Please contact us wheninstaling your M4x Product for the first time or if you ever have any questions comments or concerns We would love to hear fromyou We are the Idea shop committed to solving engineering problems and exceeding expectations ference various screensin the program Depending on the may be slight variations This product is Throughout this manual w in of the software received always evolving as is the documentation NOTE THIS IS A SUPPLEMENTAL MANUAL AND SHOULD BE USED
8. data or voice tramos This feature within M x was designed to wark specifically with Eventide ATLAS and Nexlog families of audio recorders The Eventide ATLAS and NexLog aries of audio recorders have been designed to support Ihe native processing of RoIP packets from a number ofindustry suppliers including console systems Using a Raven Ma ias a gate we we can now caplure recovered voice audio rom NXR recievers copy the digital headers rom Ihe NXR VoIP frame into new G 711 packets ond forward them to a TCP port on the recording device The solution involves the collection of audio from each radio repeater NXR 700 800 series Kenwood stations which wil include data that will alow the sorting of the audio by time date radio ID and group ID within the playback software The Eventide recorders utlize a SQL database that allows aresacrcher to find calls by date time talk group orradio ID using the query interface Note Currently this M x configuration has been tested with receivers set up in conventional mode only Trunked radio scenarios are currently being tested and this document wil be updated accordingly Network Architecture he system generally consists of a centralized Eventide audio recorder being led packets of oudio and control information over the customer network inrastnicture The feed cfinfermation amp unicast RIP sessions between Raven Mx gateways and the Eventide recorders A Simple station site conssts of one repeate
9. mber normally as per the RIP Specs 4 RIP Stream willuse a unique SSRC for each radio transmission 5 Atthe start of each transmission a non G71 packet willbe sent as part of Ihe stream This packet wil update the stream sequence number buf willnof update ihe timestamp instead it wilreuse the timestamp for the firstG 711 packetin the transmission CHAPTER 2 amp These non G 711 Packets willbe sent with one of the reserved dynamic codec numbersin the RIP Spec eg 102 7 These non G 711 packets wil contain the normal RIP Header followed by a payload consisting of an ASCII Representation of the Talk Group followed by an ASCII Representation of the RadiolD in canonical format embeddedin a fixed length structure a Byles 041 Litle endian representation of the unit radio ID b Bytes 2 3 Littie endian representation of the talk group 1D 8 At the end of the transmission a STOP packet wil be sent by the Raven M4x 03 03 04 he recorder will process each packet to place the audio into the corect talk group recording channel and place the Rocio ID into the database field Once the audio packets ore processed the Eventide MediaWorks lien software can be used for ive monitoring of talk groups call esearch call expo report generation and other functions within the recorder
10. r into te DC Jackon he rear atthe Mix Blade as shownin Figure 1 There are seventeen LED indicators on the tront panel afine Mix Blade as shownin Figure 2 hare are two LEDs per Port The frst LED is Red detsutis UT Output The second LEDIs Green delauitis RCV put Tare a Power On LED whichis also Green to let the user know me Max Blas powered on regarding how theLEDS can be setto indicate COR E Leaa or PTT Lead please referto the M x User Manual Max Port Pin Outs On top of sach Mix Blade here are tabels with pin out irtomalon foreach port instaledin the Max Blade Please none the pin order is grouped tor clarity Note E Lead is COR MLead is CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Starting the Wax Blade Sotware 1 Very te max Bage is povera on 2 Comnectthe USB Cable to Mc Blade ss vell stone computer 3 Located onthe Computer Desktop select Seting shortcut AL Onca the program is spen select Actons menu in the pasar of tia sereen Sost cormact Gelert Locarusa nte tartnend qae urhe sereen a new wl spear Flosctno e nodto Communication Syatam Cirkon iode ana actor segs apaear Thisereen wt che Tooming The as Blade Firmware Revision The Modules installed Firmen Revision An enstserestues 10 Clckonthe neo Blade fand its Node Adios The tems that appear will lio you to access the port stings 14 Clickan fe atta Systm Varg o create a
11. r that the Raven M x Mini Blade willintertace to Four wire audio wil be recovered from the back of the NAR station via the control I O connector on the station ax individual subscriber talk over the air to other subscribers in adaltlon the NXR station s Ethernet port or KT 3 will be interlace to the Raven Mix Ethemet port When a transmission rom a subscriber is received at the station both four wire audio end RIP packets willbe output from the NXR receiver and captured by the Raven device All received transmissions from these Remote Recording Receiver Unit subscriber are then repackaged into a standard G 711 audio stream with NEXEDGE group and unit iD metadata embedded into the steam These packets are then forwarded to the user defined Eventide recorder for archiving CHAPTER 2 Kenwood Station Set Up Conventional Mode Station set up in conventional mode i straight forward Channel set up on stations should be set up with an operation mode ot either RF Link or Repeat and the convention IP network option enabled itis assumed that subscribers and the repeater wil be set up with Ihe appropriate group call information The site iist in the Network Settings should include both the Raven Max ste as well as Ihe localrepeater site Setup your Convention P Network Sites Site 1 is always the station IP address Any of the other 15 sites should reflect the IP address of the Raven Mx Blade
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