User guide

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Conguring the LARA network music player is performed using the software („SW“) LARA Congurator via Ethernet connection.
SW enables setting the basic network parameters, a change in login data, update of rmware („FW“) of the device, and editing the list of web radios.
In the login window dialog box, enter the set administrator
login data. The factory settings of this data are the user:
„admin“ and the password: „elkoep“. If the entered data is
invalid, it will not possible to continue in reading the LARA
Radio device settings
To change the login data, enter the new login name
and password into the text elds. You must conrm the
password.
The tab „List of stations“ is used for complete management
of the list of Internet radio stations stored in the LARA device
After successful reading of stations along with overall device
settings, you can browse the list of streams and change their
order. For sorting and removing items from the list, use the
relevant control elements on the right side of the list.
- SNTP server: if needed, enter the IP address of another
time server supporting the SNTP protocol.
- Time zone: Select the time zone in the place of installation
of the LARA Radio device for correct display of time.
- You can switch from winter to summer time using the
control element „Summer time“
In the section Edit stations, you can use the buttons to add
new or modify existing stations in the list
- To change the network connection parameters of the LARA device,
enter in the text elds the new IP address, subnet mask and Epsnet
port.
- IP address - enter a new device IP address in decimal format separa-
ted by periods (default setting: 192.168.1.10).
- Subnet mask: default value 255.255.255.0.
- Firewall: local network rewall settings.
Port: use the factory preset port 61695. In case of problems with the
rewall, we recommend choosing ports in a range of 49152 to 65535.
It is possible to store up to 40 presets into the list for music network
streams. LARA Radio in its current version supports streams in the
formats SHOUTcast and Icecast with audio formats MP3, AAC and
OGG, which are used in most cases of Internet broadcasting.
The button „Read settings“ serves to read all settings stored
in the device LARA Radio. Reading occurs only in the event
of successful connection and login.
The button „Save settings“ is used to save the complete
settings stored in the LARA Radio device.
You must enter in the dialog box the IP address and
number of network port of the connected LARA
Radio device. These parameters can be checked on
the device display in the menu Settings -> LAN
The window „About the device“ indicates the connection status,
login and version of SW and HW in the LARA Radio device. The
connection status is not dependent on successful login. The
„Connected!“ status occurs under the condition of a correct
network connection, login „Successful!“ occurs after login data is
correctly entered.
By using the remote control in the LARA Congurator program, you
can simply and quickly check the function of your congured device.
Information about the device and program including hypertext
links to the product manual and catalog list.
Administrator login:
Administrator login:
List of stations:
Control elements:
Date and time:
Edit stations*:
LAN parameters:
List of stations:
Read settings:
LAN parameters:
About the device:
Remote control:
About the device:
Conguring the device LARA Radio using SW LARA Congurator:
The conguration SW can be freely downloaded from the website http://www.elkoep.cz/ke-stazeni/software/
Using the conguration SW (LARA Congurator), you can:
- set the login data
- set the network connection parameters
- set the parameters for automatic synchronization of time
- edit the Internet radios list
- set the IMM audio zone parameters
- update FW of the LARA Radio device
- remotely control the LARA Radio device
The conguration SW communicates with the LARA Radio device by means of the Ethernet network. This SW can be run
simply without installation in operating systems Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows 8. A condition to running the
application is support of Microsoft .NET Framework 4 or its possible installation
Device settings:
Conguring the device LARA Radio:
In the section Station editing, use the buttons to add new or modify existing stations in the list.
- To add a new station, you must know its source address, which is usually given in a variety of forms:
- http://www.jmenoserveru.cz:cisloportu/nazevsouboru
- http://135.111.258.333:8000/nazevsouboru
- http://www.jmenoserveru.cz:8000/nazevsouboru
- http://www.jmenoserveru.cz:8000
- http://135.111.258.333:8000
- http://www.jmenoserveru.cz/nazevsouboru
After pressing the „add“ button, you begin entering the stream parameters into the relevant elds:
Manual completion:
- Name of station: name of preselection displayed on the OLED display.
- IP address: server address where the stream is being broadcast. The server address must be entered in decimal format
separated by periods. If it is an address with a domain name (www.jmenoserveru.cz), use the automatic completion
option, see below.
- Port number: this is entered as a number in decimal format.
(example 1: www.jmenoserveru.cz:8000/hudba.mp3 - port number = 8000)
If this port number is not listed in the address, enter port number 80
(example 2: www.jmenoserveru.cz/hudba.mp3 - port no. = 80)
- File name: not always used and not a required parameter for storing the station.
(example 3: www.jmenoserveru.cz:8000/hudba.mp3 - le name = hudba.mp3)
(example 4: www.jmenoserveru.cz:8000 - do not enter le name)
- After entering all necessary data, store the station in the list by pressing „Save“.
Note: If the le name has the extension *.m3u, it is not the music stream address , but a playlist address
containing the address (or multiple addresses) in the music stream. In this case, use the option of automatic
completion.
Automatic completion:
- For most addresses, it is possible to use the function of automatic completion by the following steps:
- Enter any name of a station.
- Click the option „Automatic completion“ and after entering the address, conrm by pressing „OK“.
- An information message will inform you of the result of the automatic processing of the link.
- Enter the station in the list by pressing „Save“.
Note: The automatic completion function requires an active Internet connection.
Important note: Store the prepared list of stations into the device along with settings by pressing „Save“. Until
you do so, the list is elaborated and stored only in the SW memory!
List of stations: