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The Barix Wiki is maintained by Barix staff and users/community. Barix does try to keep the content accurate and error free, and we do review third party contributions, however, we can not guarantee everything is 100% accurate or up-to-date. If you find any mistakes, errors etc. - please feel free to correct them !
Sales & Marketing
Applications
Barix products can be used in a vast variety of applications and markets. Below links bring you to pages which describe applications, which products to use etc
- Automation Applications - this includes data conversion, collection, remote managment and monitoring (non-audio) applications
- Broadcast Applications - Applications in the Broadcast Industry such as STL, internet radio, monitoring
- General Audio Distribution Applications - distribution of audio channels in hotels, over the internet, homes, amusement parks etc
- Alarm Applications - Use of the Barix products in emergency alerting applications
- SIP Applications - Use of the Barix products with SIP protocol for SIP speaker, intercom, phone applications
- Intercom Applications - specific page referring to Intercom Applications
- Crestron Integration - integrating audio over IP with Crestron touchpanels
- IP Intercom - a general description
- Rebroadcasting Application - what does it do ?
Hardware Topics
Software Topics
General Topics
- FW Update - how do I update the FW in Barix products ?
- SonicIP Howto - how to create my own Sonic IP?
- UI Update - how in the world do I change the UI graphics?
Protocols used in Barix Products
- TCP/IP Suite - The Network and Transport protocols
- SNMPv1 - How SNMP v1 is used in Barix products
- Network configuration - Making use of SonicIP, AutoIP, IPzator and arp
- Multicast - how does multicast work with Barix products ?
- RTP - The Real Time Audio Protocol
- SIP - The Session Initiation Protocol
- HTTP - Audio Transmission using HTTP
- BRTP - The Barix Real Time audio Protocol
- Control commands - Commands to control Barix devices
- HTML and Dynamic Marks - Configuration and Control with HTML
Streaming Client
- Howtos
- Example configurations
- Windows Media streaming (MMS/WMA)
- Channel Selection To play different URL streams at different times
- Stream Switching
Streaming Client with USB encryption for Digital Rights Management
Freeware from Barix
- Create music channels on your network
- Standalone Network player with FTP update
- SIP connectivity
- PC based Intercom Master station
BCL Topics
Support, FAQ, Helpful information
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
You will find many answers to common questions here!
- FAQ - general questions, sections about audio and control products
Troubleshooting
- USB problems
- RS485 Termination
- WLAN Broadcast/Multicast - Problems using Broadcast over 802.11 WLAN infrastructure
Products
Barix Audio Devices and Accessories
- Exstreamer 100 - General Purpose Network Audio Decoder
- Exstreamer 110 - Network Audio Decoder with advanced features
- Exstreamer 200 - Network Audio Decoder with built-in 2x25W class-D amplifier
- Exstreamer 1000 - High Quality Network Audio Encoder/Decoder with symmetric Audio interfaces and AES/EBU
- Instreamer 100 - General Purpose Network Audio Encoder
- Annuncicom 100 - General Purpose Bidirectional Network Audio Device with I/O
- Annuncicom 200 - Network Audio Device suitable for intercom/paging applications with 8W output amplifier and PoE
- Annuncicom 1000 - High End Network Audio Device for transport, industrial, security applications with balanced audio interfaces and supervised contact closures
- IPAM 100- Embedded IP audio module for OEM with dual network and multiple serial interfaces
- IPAM 200 / IPAM 300- Embedded IP audio module for OEM (decoder only)
Barix Control Devices and accessories
- Barionet - General Purpose IP Automation Controller with SNMP and Modbus/TCP support, fully programmable. Various I/O capabilities
- Barionet 50 - Low Cost IP Automation Controller with contact closure inputs, relay outputs, serial ports and Dallas Onewire interface
- Barionet 200 - Advanced IP Automation Controller with 16bit analog inputs, analog outputs, RTC and USB flash drive support
- Defconlock - This is an application specific Barionet, preloaded with an Access Control application (app also separately downloadable)
- Barix TS - onewire temperature sensors
- Barix X8 - multipurpose RS-485 I/O Interface
Some useful links for using the Wiki
Consult the User's Guide for information on using the wiki software.
