It was “baptized by fire” during the nationwide EAS test on October 4. Come December, it will begin shipping from Inovonics.
Introducing the new 677 Triple Tuner for AM, FM and NOAA reception and monitoring.
The 677 is currently being Beta tested across the U.S., and Inovonics says the product “did its job well for the EAS test,” as reported by Beta testers.
Inovonics is accepting pre-orders now.
The 677 Triple Tuner is an EAS Monitor-Receiver in a compact half-rack package. It has three built-in unique receivers for AM, FM or NOAA reception. Each receiver has a balanced monaural XLR audio output to serve as an EAS monitor or on-air monitor throughout the broadcast facility.
The dynamic Web interface provides control & monitoring remotely via any Web enabled device. In addition, remote listening by Web stream along with alarms/notification via email and SMS messages. SNMP is fully supported.
The Full-function remote Web Interface works on desktop and mobile devices.
Specifications
Three AM/FM/WB(NOAA) tuners:
Discrete frequency agile receivers, each one programable for either AM, FM or NOAA reception.
- AM: 520-1710kHz
- FM: 64.0-108.0MHz
- WB: 162.400/162.425/162.450/162.475/162.500/162.525/162.550MHz
- Adjust IF and audio bandwidth for each mode
- Adjustable AM and FM de-emphasis
- Adjustable mono balanced analog output for each tuner (-15 to +15dBu)
Alarms:
- Independently configurable alarms for each tuner
- Audio Loss
- Low Signal
- RDS PI Error
- Alert Tone
- Viewable and downloadable alarm logs
- Alarms can be emailed to specific recipients
- Alarms can send SNMP traps to 3 destinations
Additional Features:
- Up to 6 hours of real-time history for RSSI and audio levels for each tuner
- Built-in web server for monitoring and control
- Audio can be streamed from one of the tuners (selectable)
- Full SNMP support for monitoring and control
- Six configurable GPO
- Front panel headphone jack and audio meter can be set to listen to any one of the three tuners
