Barix EXSTREAMER 205 Users Guide

EXSTREAMER

205

Quick Install Guide
Version 2.0

Mulitformat IP Audio Decoder with Amplifier

Package contents

a Exstreamer 205
b Power supply with EU and US cord
c IR remote control
d Batteries (2 x AAA)
e Speaker screw terminal banana jacks (2 red, 2 black)

Cable Set AUDIO (not included)

f Earphone
g RCA Stereo cable
h Network cable
i Serial cable

Firmware

This device comes preloaded with standard firmware.
Alternative firmware can be downloaded from www.barix.com.

Support

For support please contact your local dealer or visit www.barix.com.

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Front view

A

B

D

C F

Rear view

H

G

1 2

18

L

5

1

9

6

I

JE K

4

3

A Reset button

A brief press of the but ton will res et the devic e.

Holding the reset bu tton pressed in for app roximately

10 seconds will reset th e device an d restore the fa ctory

defaul t settings when the but ton is relea sed.

B IR senso r

Senso r for the infar ed remote control

C Green an d red LEDs

for device status display

D microSD

Slot for microSD(HC) flash memory card

(not supplied)

E Line in

Stereo RCA line input s (for more info rmation

pleas e see chapte r 5)

F Headphone out

Stand ard stereo mi ni jack (3.5 mm)

G LAN port 10/100 (RJ45 Ethernet socket)

Pin Description

1 Tx +

2 Tx -

3 Rx +

4,5,7,8 Not connected

6 Rx -

H LAN sta tus LEDs

Green L ED for Link, ye llow LED for Activity

I RS-232 serial port (DSub 9 pin male)

Pin Description

1,6,9 Not connected

2 Recei ve Data [RxD]

3 Transmit Dat a [TxD]

4 V+ 12 V, 100 mA max

5 Ground [G ND]

7 Ready to Se nd [RTS]

8 Clear to S end [CTS]

J S/P DIF out (Standard optical digital socket)

K Power (70 Watt max.)

Pin Description

1 Vin - (rin g)

2 Vin+ (cen ter) 24 VDC

L Speaker ou t (Standard banana jack sockets)

Pin Description

1 Right sp eaker +

2 Right sp eaker -

3 Left sp eaker +

4 Left sp eaker -

2 x 25 Watt ma x. on 8 Ω speake rs. Bridgin g mono mode no t
supported !

1 Installation

STEP 1

Plug a standard (straight) network cable (h, not included)

into the network por t (G) of the Exst reamer an d the

other en d into your hub or switch. You can als o use a

crossover network cable (not included) for a direct

connection to your PC.

STEP 2

Apply one of the three options:

i) Plug standard headphones or the earphone (f, not

include d) into the hea dphone output (F) an d listen.

ii) Plug your sp eakers into the outputs (L ) using the

speaker s crew termin al banana j acks (e) and lis ten.

iii) Plug an optica l cable into th e S/P DIF outp ut (J) and

connect the cable to an input of your mixing console

or monitor ing device a nd listen.

STEP 3

Conne ct the power su pply (b) to the device (socke t K)

and then to an electrical outle t with the app ropriate co rd.

STEP 4

i) The E xstreame r will now acq uire an IP add ress and

announc e it over the aud io outputs ( if no DHCP

server i s available this can take u p to 5 minutes).

ii) If you did not co nnect any audio outpu ts in step 2,

either see the next page for the ARP command

procedu re, or use the “B arix Disc overy Tool” Java

application (download the latest version from

www.bari x.com) on your computer ( Windows, Ma c

or Linux) a nd click the “ Get” butto n to find out wh ich

IP address t he device has obtaine d (see pictur e at the

bottom of the p age). Make sure th at the Ethernet

address (M AC) matches yo ur device (se e label on th e

bottom of the d evice).

Now that yo u know the IP add ress proc eed to the nex t

section “Network configuration by web browser”.

If you were n ot able to obtain the device’s current

IP addre ss with the pr evious step s see secti on

"Troubleshooting".

2 Network configuration

by web browser

Most Barix applictaions require no configuration but use

DHCP to configure network settings dynamically.

If you nee d to use static (f ixed) net work setti ngs follow

steps 1 to 3, oth erwise c ontinue from step 4.

STEP 1

Open your web browse r.

STEP 2

Enter the I P address th at was annou nced by the Exstreamer

and press Enter. Example: 192.168.0.12 Click on the

Configuration button, then on Advances Settings/Network.

STEP 3

In order to m ake the appl ication wor k the followi ng parameters

must be set (check wit h your networ k administrator):

• static IP addres s (the default «0.0.0.0» sets autom atic

discovery: BootP, DHCP) and netmask

If you your d evices ar e connecte d via router s also:

• Gateway I P address

Hit the «Apply» b utton to save all cha nges. Th e device will

reboot w ith the conf igured IP ad dress.

STEP 4

To complete the application setup, download the firmware

documentation from www.barix.com. Download the

product manual for additional information about the hard-

ware installation, technical and mechanical details

as well as i nstructi ons on updat ing or changing the load ed

application firmware.

3 Setting temporary IP address

using ARP command

This pro cedure wi ll work only i n a local net work.

After th is proced ure the tempo rary IP wi ll be active

only until restar t/reboot. A fter a restart the pro cedure

has to be repeated.

STEP 1

Either u se a networ k cable to link the Exstre amer and

the PC directly, or connect the Exstreamer to the PC

via your n etwork switch and power t he device. M ake

sure that you have a valid static IP address confi gured on

your PC (e.g. 192.168.0.2)

STEP 2

Window s : For a command wi ndow. click on «Star t», click

on «Run..», in the «Open» f ield ty pe cmd , c lick on « OK».

OSX / Linu x : Open a term inal window.

STEP 3

Please proceed to ste p 4 if you linked the PC direct ly to

the devi ce in step 1. To ensure that you use a free IP

addres s (not alread y used by another device in the network)

please use the Ping command. To verify availability in

this example we assu me the PC to have the I P address

«192.168.0.2» a nd want to check if «19 2.168.0.6 » is free.

Typ e p in g 19 2.168.0.6 and hit the «Enter» key. You

should get no reply w hich gives you reasona ble assertion

that the «pinged» IP is avai lable.

STEP 4

Look for th e Exstrea mer’s MAC address printed on a

label o n the bottom of th e device (12 hex digi ts, separated

by a hyphe n every 2 dig its). Type into the windows com-

mand window

arp -s 192.168.0.6 00-08-E1-00-B1-77

or on a OSX or L inux system t ype into the te rminal

arp -s 1 92.168.0.6 00:0 8:E1:00:B1:77

and hi t the «Ente r» key (replac e the digi ts accord ing to your

devices MAC address). You must have administrative rights

to be able to d o so (sudo on OSX / Linux).

STEP 5

Now we have to ma ke the Exstre amer liste n to the IP

addres s «192.168.0.6» u sing the Telnet comma nd. To do so

type into the comma nd window telnet 192.168.0.6 1

and hi t the «Ente r» key (the num ber «one » must be there

for this c ommand to wor k correctly !!!). The Exst reamer wi ll

immediately refuse the connection on port 1, but will be

available for browser access a s long as the de vice stays

powered.

STEP 6

To check if the E xstreamer is respon ding you can use

the ping c ommand ag ain. To do so type p in g 19 2.168.0.6

and hit th e «Enter» key. If you do get a r eply the IP ad dress

192.168.0.6 can be us ed to access the Exs trea mer using a

web brows er. Please go bac k to section «2 Ne twork con gura-

tion by web b rowser» to cong ure a static IP a ddress. If you do

get «req uest timed o ut» then plea se repeat ste p 5 careful ly (you

most like ly misty ped the teln et command ) or repeat the entire

procedure. If the ARP method doe s not work for you, refer to

the user manual for further methods.

4 Troubleshooting

• If the s tatus LEDs (C) stay da rk check the power

cabling (installation step 3).

• Check if the gre en LINK L ED (H) is l it, if it i s not then

check your network cabling (network port G)

• If you h ave doubts about the current device se ttings

you can revert the device to its factory defau lts by

press ing the Rese t button (A) u ntil the red status LED

(C) blink s rapidly (t akes about 10 se conds). The de vice

will reb oot once the b utton is rel eased.

5 Setting up Line Inputs

The functionality must be supported in the firmware.

For information about setting up the Line Inputs please

refer to the te chnical document ation of the firmware.

For information about our products, manuals, technical

documentation, latest firmware, support and access to

the user forum please visit www.barix.com.

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