EstablishingaStreamingRadioFeedforusewithPulsePoint
Thestreamingradiobutton
(visibleafterpullingupthe
speakergrille)allows
PulsePointuserstomonitorlive
radiotraffictoaccompanythe
incidentlist.Whenusers
navigatebetweenagencies,the
radiostreamchangesright
alongwiththeincidentdisplay
toalignwiththeagency
selected.Includingastreaming
radiofeedinyour
implementationwilllikely
increasecommunityinterestandengagementinyourPulsePointdeployment.
Considerwhichradiochannelswillbeavailableontheapp
Astreamingfeedcanbe
assimpleasasingle
dispatchradiochannelor
mayincludeasecond
channel,typicallya
tacticalradiochannel.
Moresophisticated
streamsmightinclude
morethantwochannels.
Thesestreamsoften
includeadditionaltactical
frequenciesbutcanbe
anycombinationofdesiredchannels.Channelscanalsobebroadcastasaleft/right
stereopair,separatingchannelsforuserslisteningwithheadphones(i.e.dispatch
ontheleft,tacticalchannelsontheright).
Requiredhardwareandphysicalconnections
PulsePointrecommendstheuseoftheBarixInstreamerAudioEncodertoconvert
radioaudiofromascanner,loggingrecorder,etc.intoahigh-qualityMP3streamfor
useintheapp.TheInstreamermustbeinstalledinalocationwithpower,Internet
andhighqualityradioaudiosourcesnearby.Note:Otherstreamingaudiohardware
devicesareavailableandmayworkjustaswell.
TheInstreamerhasaleftandrightaudioinputasshownabove.Iftheaudiosource
isascannertheconnectiontotheInstreameristypicallya3.5mmstereoplugto
dualRCAadaptercable,asshownbelow.Simplyconnecttheplugtothescanner’s
audiooutandtheRCAconnectorstotheInstreamer.
Morecomplexenvironmentsinvolvingseveralradios,orinstallationsdesiring
greatercontroloveraudiosources,warranttheadditionofanaudiomixer.
PulsePointrecommendstheBehringerMX8828-ChannelSplitter/Mixerforthis
role.
AudioenterstheMX882fromtheradiosourceviaaXLRMaleconnector.
AudioexitstheMX882andenterstheInstreamerwithaXLRFemaletoRCAMale
cable,asshownbelow.
ApplytobroadcastafeedonBroadcastify.com
Gotohttp://www.broadcastify.com/connectandselectthelinkbecomeafeed
provider(https://broadcastify.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/204740055-Becoming-a-Feed-Provider).Followthe
stepsshowntosecureanapprovedaudiofeedapplication.Onceacceptedyouwill
receiveaconfirmationemailwiththerequiredlinkstomanageyourfeed.Thissite
willincludethetechnicaldetailsnecessarytoconfigureyourInstreamerforuseon
Broadcastify.
ConfiguretheInstreamer
FollowtheBarixSetupInstructions
(http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Barix_Instreamer_100_Network_Audio_Encoder_Setup_Instructions)onthe
RadioReferenceWikisitetoconfiguretheInstreamerwiththefeeddetails
associatedwithyourBroadcastifyaccount.
TestandadjustyourstreamusingtheBroadcastifyplayer.
NotifyPulsePointtoaddyourfeedtotheapp
Onceyouaresatisfiedwithyourfeedletusknowandwe’llpromptlyaddittothe
app.
Officialfeeddesignation(optional)
OfficialFeedsareliveaudiofeedsbroadcastandsponsoreddirectlybytheagency
beingbroadcast.Officialbroadcastfeedsarespeciallyidentifiedwitharedstar
underthefeedgenrecolumn.Anofficialfeeddesignationrequiresaformalrequest
bytheagency.
(https://broadcastify.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/204740085-Official-Feeds-Designation-Application-Process)
ExampleStreamingAudioRack