Omnia Omnia.9 - Physical Installation and Initial Configuration; Input Configuration

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 TheGainslidercontrolstheinputlevelintotherecorder.If,forexample,youarerecording
fromtheMPXpatchpointwiththiscontrolsetat3dB,youwillgeta3dBpeakMPXfile,
suitableforuseinamodulationmonitoringsoftwareprogramsuchasMpxTool.
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 Ifyou are recordingdirectlyfrom the Omnia.9unitor onaremote computer witha high
speedconnectiontoOmnia.9,theSourcewindowwillshow“PCM,”indicatingtherecording
will be an uncompressed PCM wave file.  If you have a slower remote connection, the
windowwillshow“Vorbis”indicatingthatthefileisbeingrecordedinacompressed(lossy)
format.Ineithercase,therecorderalwaysproducesaFLAC(FreeLosslessAudioCodec)file.
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 TheMinimizeFileSizecontrolautomaticallyadjuststherecordingresolutiontomatchthe
actualnoiseflooroftheaudio,allowingyoutorecordafullhourofoffairMPXaudioina
filesizeofonly500mb.
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 YoualsohavetheoptiontouseOmnia.9’sTimeBasedFileSplittingfeature,whichallows
youtorecordfilesofaspecifiedlength(15minutes,30minutes,1hour,2hours,3hours,or
4hours). As it issampleaccurate, you can splice the files togetherafterrecordingifyou
like.Thereisnofilelimitsize(otherthantheamountofspaceonyourexternaldrive)sofile
splittingisnotrequired,onlyanoption.
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Time/DateMenu
TheTime/DatemenuhasthreesubmenusforsettingOmnia.9’sinternalclock.
 The Time Zone menu allows you to choose the proper time zone for your particular
geographicalarea.DaylightSavingsTimeisautomaticallyappliedinapplicabletimezones.
 The NTP menu contains the addresses for five Network Time Protocol servers.  When
enabled, NTP Synchronization will use one of these servers to keep the Omnia.9’s clock
synchronized.
 TheSetClockManuallymenucontainsthecontrolsformanuallysettingthetimeanddate.
Selecting the Update Time Sliders or Update Date Sliders buttons will refresh the time
displayedonthesliders.UsetheSetHour,SetMinute,SetSecond,SetYear,SetMonth,
andSetDay sliderstoreflectthecurrenttimeanddate,thenselect Apply Time orApply
Datetoputthenewvaluesyou’vesetintoeffect.
SystemConfigurationMenu
The System Config menu contains the controls to select an internal sample rate, set a system
password, establish an IP “white list” for remote HTTP access, assign an IP address to the unit,
determine how many processing cores are available, and how many streaming encoders of each
variety are available.  You can also check the software and GUI versions, save your custom
configurations to a USB drive, update to the latest software versions, and, if you purchased an
Omnia.9withouttheadditionalHDandstreamingcapabilities,upgradetothefullmulticastversion
fromthismenu.