Axia iQ - Chapter Seven: Networking with iQ; Inputs and Livewire Streams; Source Profile Example

Chapter 7: Networking with iQ • 63
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Chapter Seven:
Networking with iQ
iQ is a superb standalone broadcast console — but
that’s just half the story! Like all Axia broadcast prod-
ucts, iQ has networking capabilities as well.
Axia invented networked audio for broadcast. We
call it Livewire, and iQ uses this networking ability in
several different ways:
• Your iQ console can load and utilize sources
from other studios connected to your Livewire
network.
• You may deliver outputs from your iQ to the
Livewire network for use by others.
• Naturally, iQ can also use GPIO logic that is
available on your Livewire network.
• The Livewire network allows you to use our
companion software package, PathnderPC,
for numerous advanced functions. The list of
features provided by PathnderPC is growing
continuously.
• Up to four iQ consoles can be congured dai-
sy-chain style, without the need for an exter-
nal core Ethernet switch, to take advantage of
network redundancy provided by implemen-
tation of the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
standard.
• You can manage your iQ remotely using its
web browser interface.
• Conguration backup and restore operations
may be performed over the network as well.
For an in-depth discussion of Livewire, please
review our publication “Introduction to
Livewire: IP-Audio System Design Refer-
ence and Primer,” which provides an excellent
discussion of IP-Audio and how standard Ether-
net can be used to transport real-time broad-
cast audio in a studio environment. This publica-
tion is available at AxiaAudio.com/manuals/.
Inputs
Congratulations — your iQ console is the world’s
rst broadcast mixer with a custom, built-for-broadcast
Ethernet switch built right in!
When properly congured and connected to other
iQ consoles (or, in a large studio facility, to an Ethernet
“core” switch), this network connection permits you to
access the resources of other devices connected to your
network.
iQ has a “gateway” for exchanging audio data with
the rest of your Livewire network, with two modes of
operation.
In the rst mode, iQ can consume up to 12 Livewire
audio streams from the network, and it can deliver 4
Livewire audio streams to the network.
Figure 7-1: Codec Source