ADENA Hack: How to set up an AREC Media Station in a few minutes?

AREC Media Stations are very easy and fast to set up. Nevermind the model, all you need to do to start working with it is to connect power and network cables, and then turn on the device. Open the station’s web page by entering its predefined LAN IP address, or access it through the IP address it will display on the video output. After you enter the station’s web interface, click on the Administrator page and enter the credentials. Find your network cameras by clicking “Refresh” in the “Network Device Manager” and add them through the “Video Inputs” page. Adjust the recording mode in the “Video” -> “Recording” subpage, add the server URL and key for streaming in the “Video” -> “Streaming” and you are ready to go!

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ADENA Hack: How to add IP sources to the DS-X09?

The DS-X09 Media Decoder, a 9-channel device, supports connecting IP sources through four different protocols:

• RTMP (audio and video)

• RTP (audio and video)

• RTSP (video only)

• NDI|HX (audio and video)

  
  

To add sources, the decoder uses the AREC Multi-view Maker app for Windows (which we reviewed in a previous ADENA Hack ). To add RTSP, RTMP, and RTP sources to the list, simply type their URL like you would on an AREC Media Station, VLC Media Player, OBS, or another application/device in the Main URL field. For instance, to add an RTSP stream of a Media Station, simply type rtsp://IP address of the Media Station/movie. To add a stream from a RADA A-TC02, type rtsp://IP address of the A-TC02/live/av0. Filling out Sub URL fields is optional, but if you do, the Sub URL will be used for previews inside the Multi-view Maker.

NDI links work a bit differently and require filling out both the Main and the Sub URLs. You can find the URLs in the NDI Studio Monitor, or from an NDI-enabled AREC Media Station if you have it. In the NDI Studio Monitor, press the menu button on the top-left corner of the app to see NDI devices in your network. It will look like this:

To check the URL in a Media Station, open the Network Device Manager, scan, and look for it in the “Host Name” column:

Now, open the Multi-view Maker and login to the DS-X09. This will open the Source Setting list. Fill out your sources’ names and enter their Main and Sub URLs in the following format:

Main URL: ndi://Source Name (Channel Name)

Sub URL: Source Name (Channel Name)

You can see how we added our sources in the picture below:

Press “Save” and that’s it, the system is ready to go!

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ADENA Hack: How to add commands in the DS-AC1?

Like many other AREC devices, the DS-AC1 is a hybrid solution, packing features of multiple types of equipment into one. The station is designed to control AV and other common devices in conference rooms, lecture halls, and other installations, but it also functions as a video switcher and a video streamer. In this hack, we focus specifically on the control aspect of the station.

Adding commands in the DS-AC1 is very straightforward. Simply enter the station’s ‘Administrator’ web page by typing your username and password, then open ‘Control manager’ -> ‘Command settings’. This page lists all the commands that are currently available in your DS-AC1. To create a command, simply press ‘Add’. This will open a customisation menu for you to write the command name and code. If the command is written in ASCII, then simply insert it in the command textbox, give it a name that you can recognise, and press ‘Save’. If the command is a HEX code, then make sure to tick the box ‘HEX’ before saving it. 

You can also copy control commands from an IR remote control and use them to control IR devices. For this, make sure to connect the IR receiver that comes with the DS-AC1 to the station. Point the IR remote you want to copy the function of at the receiver. Then, in the command creation menu on the DS-AC1, press on the ‘IR Learning’ and activate the command you want to copy on the remote. The command code will then appear in the ‘Command’ line in HEX. Make sure the ‘HEX’ box is ticked and press ‘Save’ as you would do with another HEX command. Please note that the IR Learning and Sending function currently supports only the NEC Protocol. If the IR remote you are using is based on another protocol, you may encounter issues with the command learning or control.

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