Monitoring - Focal ASTRAL 16 Gebrauchsanleitung

ASTRAL 16
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Monitoring

Accessing the Monitoring page powered by
StormMonitoring, you will get detailed information
about the operation of Astral 16.
1. Product Information
Model, serial number, IP address and firmware
version information are listed.
2. Basic Status
Indicator and control over On/Standby, Mute, and
system restart as well as malfunction indicator.
3. Temperature / Fan Speed
Two indicators show the current temerature
(black line) and rear fan speed. Orange markers
indicate current settings for system warning and
critical high temperature.
To view items 4-6, click the VU Meter button to
expand the page.
4. Decoder
Visualize the realtime level of audio channels
being received by the decoder. For example,
if 2 channel PCM is being received, you will see
activity on LF and RF.
5. Outputs
Visualize real time audio output of each output
channel on the rear panel. For instance, if 5.1 audio
is being received and the current upmix is Native,
you will see activity on LF, CF, RF, SUB, LS and RS
channels. Useful for verifying if audio should be
present on an output.
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6. HDMI/DOWNMIX
Visualize audio output on the HDMI outputs and
XLR downmix outputs.
7. Logging
Logging is a useful feature to help identify strange
behavior with potential problems caused by heat.
Click the graph button to show a line chart of
either temperature or fan speed over time. Use the
options in the popup to choose timeframe, zoom
or move around the plot or export the image.
8. Details
Click to expand a window showing detailed
information about audio and video coming into
the player including format, resolution, color
space, copy protection and more. Important
information about the video transmission is
also detailed. Compare this information against
the compatibilities of connected hardware to
diagnose errors in picture or sound. Further, it
shows real time health of various power supplies
in the unit which power specific modules. This
can be a useful tool to diagnose features that are
malfunctioning.
9. Thresholds settings
It is possible to define your own alert threshold
for the temperature of the unit. Click on the Gear
icon and adjust these thresholds. Default is 55c
and 60c. When the temperatures are reached,
messages will be shown in the various interfaces.
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