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WAN Receiver

The WAN stream components allow you to stream MP3-compressed, 48 kHz sample rate audio between Cores, or between a Core and other devices, over a Wide Area Network (WAN). There are two WAN Stream components: the WAN Transmitter, and the WAN Receiver.

The WAN Receiver is disabled on the inactive Core of a redundant pair. If the inactive Core becomes active, the WAN Receiver is enabled on that Core.

The WAN Receiver can receive audio from a WAN Transmitter on another Core, or from compatible media players such as VLC, or compatible hardware such as the Barix Instreamer.

ClosedCore Maximums

The maximum number of Media Stream Receivers plus WAN Receivers you can have in a design for each Core is shown in the table below.

Core Model

Max Number of Receivers

Max Number of Receive Channels

110f

4

24

250i

32

64

500i

32

64

510i

32

64

1100

64

128

3100

128

256

5200

128

256
ClosedControls

Control

Function

Default / Range

Peak Level

(dBFS)

Meter displaying the Peak Input Level.

-120 to 43

Invert

Button to invert the input audio signal.

Off / On

Mute

Button to mute the input audio signal.

Off / On

Gain

(dB)

Controls the input gain.

Default = 0

Range = -100 to 20

Status

Displays the current status of the Receiver in both text and color. The following is a list of possible status colors, and some example conditions.

Note: These conditions are examples, and may not be applicable to all components with a Status field.

OK – Green – (0) – Audio is good, hardware is good.

Compromised – Orange – (1) – Audio is good but a redundancy mechanism is active (one LAN down but the other is still up) or a non-fatal hardware problem exists (fans too slow, temperature higher than expected, etc.)

Fault – Red – (2) – Audio is not passing, or hardware is malfunctioning or mis-configured (amplifier power off, audio streams broken, wrong type of I/O Card installed, loudspeaker short circuit, etc.)

Missing – Red – (3) – A piece of hardware, defined in the design, has not been discovered. Audio is not passing through that piece of hardware.

Initializing – Blue – (5) – In the process of firmware, configuration update, and design start. Audio is obviously bad.

Not Present – Gray – A virtual component in the design, that is designated as Dynamically Paired, and Not Required ,has no hardware assigned to it.

N / A
ClosedUsing the WAN Receiver
  1. Drag the Receiver component into the Schematic of the design on the Receiving Core.
  2. Select the Properties for the Receiver.
  3. Ensure the Properties for this Receiver match the associated Transmitter on the other Core.
  4. Make the appropriate connections between the Receiver channels and the component, in the design, where you want the audio to begin the local processing.
  5. Both Cores must be running their respective designs.
  6. Start Transmission.
ClosedFile Conversion

The Receiver can receive only 48 kHz sample rate streaming audio. If the Q-SYS Transmitter is used, the conversion is accomplished internally. However, if the stream is from an external source, for example VLC media player, file conversion must be performed on any file that does not have a 48 kHz sample rate. You can use the following procedure to convert the files.

  1. You must have a Q-SYS Designer design running with a Receiver properly configured.
  2. Download and install the latest open source Lame MP3 encoder.
  3. In a Windows Command Prompt window, run 'Lame' to convert any file.mp3 to file_48.mp3 sampled at 48 kHz:
    "\Program Files\lame\lame.exe" -b 64 --resample 48 " ..\path\file.mp3" " ..\path\file_48.mp3".

Note: The output bit rate in this exmaple is 64kbit/s. Type "\Program Files\lame\lame.exe" --help for information on all available command line options.

ClosedExternal Streaming

The Q-SYS WAN Receiver is capable of receiving 48 kHz streaming audio from the VLC media player and a BARIX Instreamer.

ClosedVLC media player

To stream 48 kHz audio from a VLC media player on a Windows PC to the Q-SYS WAN Receiver:

  1. You must have a Q-SYS Designer design running with a Receiver properly configured.
  2. Download and install the latest open source VLC media player on a Windows PC.
  3. MP3 File: At a Windows Command Prompt window, enter the following to start streaming 48 kHz MP3 audio to the WAN Receiver:

    "\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" "file.mp3" :sout=#rtp{dst=core_ip_address,port-audio=udp_port_number}

    file.mp3 = path and file name of the file you want to play,

    core_ip_address = address of the Core you are streaming to,

    udp_port_number = the Even Port Number of the WAN Receiver.

  4. WAV File: At a Windows Command Prompt window, enter the following to start streaming a .wav file at 64 kbit/sec to the WAN Receiver:

    "\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" "file.wav" :sout=#transcode{acodec=mpga,ab=64,channels=2,samplerate=48000}:rtp{dst=core_ip_address,port-audio=udp_port_number} -vv

    file.wav = path and file name of the file you want to play,

    core_ip_address = address of the Core you are streaming to,

    udp_port_number = the Even Port Number of the WAN Receiver,

    ab=64 = the compression bit rate. The 64 can be replaced with: 32, 48,64, 96, 128, 160, 224, 320 (kbit / second).

  5. The VLC Media Player is opened with the requested file. You can use the controls on the VLC Media Player as required. The audio is streamed to the destination WAN Receiver.
ClosedBarix Instreamer

To stream 48 kHz (MP3) audio from a Barix Instreamer to the Q-SYS WAN Receiver:

  1. You must have a Q-SYS Designer design running with a WAN Receiver properly configured.
  2. You must have a Barix Instreamer connected to your WAN per the manufacturer's instructions.
  3. On the Barix Instreamer Device Configuration web page (http://xxx.xx.xxx.xxxThis is the IP address of the Barix Instreamer as assigned per the manufacturer's instructions./uiconfig.html ) enter the following information:
    1. Network: Leave at the default of zeros, or enter static information for the Barix Instreamer.
    2. Audio: 
      1. Channel Mode: Stereo or Mono to match the WAN Receiver setting.
      2. Encoding+Frequency: MPEG1 / 48 kHz (MP3)
    3. Streaming:
      1. Stream to: Conn. type: RTP, IP address of the Core, Port as on the WAN Receiver, or
        Conn. type: RTP, Port as on the WAN Receiver
    4. All other settings can be left at the default.
  4. Start streaming audio.
ClosedProperties
ClosedChannels

Property

Function

Choices

Channel Type

Sets the type of Channels in the WAN Receiver.

Must match the Transmitter.

Stereo

Mono

Multi-Channel

Channel Count

For Multi-Channel, sets the number of channels available for use on the Receiver.

Must match the Transmitter.

If you have multiple WAN Receivers in your design, the maximum number of received channels is 32.

3 to 16
ClosedStreams

Property

Function

Choices

Count

Sets the number of unicast audio streams for the Receiver, which should match the Transmitter.

If you have multiple WAN Receivers in your design, the maximum number of received streams is 16.

1 to 8
ClosedStream (1 - 8)

Property

Function

Choices

Interface

Select the network interface on which the Stream (1 - 8) is to be received.

LAN A, LANB, AUX A, AUX B

Even IP Port

Sets the port number for streaming.

1024 to 49,150
ClosedControl Pins

Pin Name

Value

String

Position

Pins Available

Channel n Gain

-100 to 20

n dB

0

1

Input / Output

Channel n Invert

0

1

normal

invert

0

1

Input / Output

Channel n Mute

0

1

unmute

mute

0

1

Input / Output

Channel n Peak Input Level

-120 to 43

-120 dB to 43 dB

0

1

Output

Receiver Status

0

1

2

3

4

OK (green)

Compromised (orange)

Fault (red)

Unknown (red)

Updating (blue)

0

0.250

0.500

0.750

1.00

Output

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