User`s guide

3: Operation • 11

Icom Station monitor (Listen) of external

source

With the External Source option in each Axia Inter-

com station, a list of sources can be dened that are not

devices one would “talk” to, but instead only wish to

“listen” to. This is useful in cases where multiple audio

feeds need to be monitored and a user interface is avail-

able where each source is listed and pressing of buttons

can enabled or disable a source to the speaker. With the

use of shift pages, multiple listings of 20 sources per list-

ing can be listed for review by a single station.

Icom Station call to codec

In most cases a codec would be receiving a dedicated

source or a mix-minus from a mixing console. In ap-

plications where a producer monitors the audio from a

codec and wishes to insert cues or other bits of valu-

able information, the Axia Intercom station’s External

Source option allows to dene an IFB route. This allows

the user of the intercom station to press the Talk button

and cause a route change where the intercom’s micro-

phone is now feeding the codec. When the Talk button is

released, the previous source is routed back to the codec.

Icom Station audio insert to Axia Element

source backfeed

Axia Element surfaces create return audio to codecs,

phones, and microphone positions. These return audio

streams are called backfeeds. Starting with Element ver-

sion 2.6-series (Powerstation 1.1.4-series), a new source

type is created that permits the intercom to inject its mi-

crophone audio into the backfeed. This allows for seam-

less interaction of multiple producers, the control opera-

tor, and show hosts during show production.

Icom dedicated listen

Axia Intercom station’s have an option within Ex-

ternal Source options that allows for dening an audio

source to be enabled in Listen mode by default. This

is useful in cases where an operator does not have ac-

cess to an Axia Element control surface and needs some

level of integration between the intercom system and the

studio environment. By dening the normal headphone

feed as an external source and enabling the Listen On

option, the channel assigned to the source will always

default on. This permits the use of the intercom to feed

the operator’s headphones and that any talk sessions re-

ceived will be heard.