ADENAcademy - learn how to set up, configure, and use AREC and RADA devices

Dear ADENA Partners, we have some exciting news for you! We are ready to launch our new initiative - ADENAcademy. It is a free training course that is split into three levels with a total of 30 lessons. The lessons teach how to install, configure, and use AREC Media Stations, Tracking solutions, and other products from the ADENA portfolio. Each ADENAcademy lesson summarises all relevant information to the topic of the lesson and links a video, ADENA Hacks, and other materials that are related to this topic. Each of these lessons takes an average of 15 minutes to complete, making it easy to fit them into any part of the day. Each lesson includes a few questions that you can test your knowledge with. Successful completion of all ADENAcademy lessons will grant you a personalised certificate of AREC/RADA proficiency.

Try it out now - find “ADENAcademy” under “Resources” on our website or click here to get started. You can complete the lessons in any order, but we suggest starting with the “Basics”, continuing with the “In-Depth”, and finishing off with the “Only Pros Know”, especially if this is your first time working with our products.

ADENA Hack: How to add a different network source during recording and streaming on AREC?

There are two control methods that can be used to add or remove network sources during recording and streaming. One of them is based on RS-232/TCP commands, whereas the other is an application called “Interactive Switch Manager”.

The first method is applicable to all AREC stations - you can download the relevant command list for your station from our website. You can use these commands to program control panels or directly in software tools, such as “Packet Sender”. The second method, “Interactive Switch Manager”, is a convenient and free-to-use application that is fully focused on adding and removing network sources. It supports RTP, RTMP, and RTSP, and can be used with all AREC Media Stations except LS-US2 in its current release.

When you download the app, you will need to edit a file called “source_uni.txt”. Link structure for your video source should be “name,protocol type://address” - for example, CI-T10,rtsp://192.168.0.110/h264. You can add as many sources as you want this way and they can be located within or outside of your network. Once your sources are added, you can run the app by opening “Interactive Switch Manager.exe”. The sources you added in the text file will appear on the left side of the app. On the right side, you will need to enter the Media Station address and login credentials for the “Administrator” page. You can then select which video channel to change and whether to add or remove this network source. Press “Apply” when ready and the source will be changed according to your selections.

You can find more information about this application from its user manual, and if you would like to know more about AREC in general, please contact us at a-dena.com and we will be happy to answer any questions!

ADENA Hack: How to download complete Video Manager pages

All AREC Media Stations have a page called “Video Manager” - which is used to manage videos recorded on your station. Among other features, this page allows you to download the video together with its HTML page. This means that you can get a complete experience of reviewing the recorded video as if you were watching it directly from the station on any device and even offline. Just like the player in the “Video Manager”, the downloaded page allows you to jump to bookmarks, check metadata tags, and view independently recorded channels. Using this feature you are able to quickly embellish your online courses and share videos with annotated bookmarks with your audience.

Would you like to know more about what else the Media Stations can do for you? Please visit us at a-dena.com and we will be more than happy to tell you about it.