BBP and airomate

I have the same problem, clean WinXP SP3 with VAC and RDS works fine, but Breakaway indicates "absent".

I’ve checked a thousand times Airomate settings.

Hi Guys,
The RDS pilot being referred to here is the 19Khz sync pilot. You obviously don't have this turned on in Airomate. If you can, you should. If you need help doing this, I'll guide you through it.
RDS will work without this but it will work better if it's on.

Yorkie98.

Hi,
The PC I used for this demo is Windows XP but this makes no difference to what you need to do.
Also this is not an active broadcast PC, I am using a very old unregistered demo version of BPP on this machine just for this demo so some of the menu layout in Breakaway might be slightly different from the version you are using.

You'll need to be into the menu where you can see your RDS level and Gain setting in Breakaway.

OK, so first of all, click 'setup' on your Airomate and select the RDS tab. Set the RDS level to 8% Don't worry if this seems wrong for now, you find later this is correct. At this stage the RDS level (If Breakaway RDS gain is set to 0.00dB) will match Airomate output at 8%, this is fine for now. If RDS gain is not 0.00dB, set it to this now. Message will show for now 'Pilot Absent'.
Click 'Save settings'

Now in Airomate, move to the Synchronization tab which is under Audio and set the first box to Enable, then set the level to 10%. This is not critical but 10% works just fine. This sync tone does not get sent through your audio/mpx chain, it is just used as a reference to synchronize to.
It should not matter if you have the sync output channel set to 1 or 2 but if one does not work, try the other. As long as you have the pipeline channel setting set to 2(mix) on the Breakaway I/O settings, this should work on either.
Click 'Save Settings'.

The sync should now work and look like the pic below. You should also notice that within a few seconds, the RDS level decreases to our target level of 4%.

Just to demonstrate why this is advantageous, I have photographed a scope trace with the sync on and the sync off.
It's important to remember that the RDS and Stereo are both working fine in both cases but it will be using a bit less spectrum when in sync, you will see why.

Firstly, sync on.

As you can see, the larger wave and the smaller wave are following each other along nicely, its nice and neat and tight. This is the 19khz wave and the 57khz wave synced together.

Now I will show you the result when sync is turned off..

As you can see now, it's a mess and the scope is much more full, this is your spectrum being wasted. The waves are not in sync and it's not efficient. Still working but using more precious Khz modulation than when in sync.

Hope this helps,

Yorkie98.

No problem, glad you got it sorted.
🙂

Sorry for kicking this topic, but I thought it was better if you guys could see the example right away.

I kinda have the same problem as the TS, but with my setup RDS pilot goes absent after a few hours of playing.

It starts with a sort of crackling sounds which becomes louder and then RDS pilot goes absent and audio is a mess 🙁

Edit: Also different from TS, after pilot going absent, RDS isnt working on the tuner and, as mentioned, audio is a complete mess

I have used these settings:

In the Airomate Settings, Synchronization page:

    Enable RDS.
    Set Level to 50%.
    Set Frequency to Automatic.

As advised here: http://www.claessonedwards.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58&Itemid=1029

Am I doing it wrong? Do I need yorkie98's settings?

My PC setup:

AMD Athlon 64 x2 4200+
4GB RAM memory
ESI Juli@ soundcard
Clean Windows XP install
Breakaway Broadcast Processor ASIO v0.90.95
Airomate 2

I live in Europe by the way (The Netherlands) so I have 50us Pre-Emphasis. Not sure if it matters but thought i'd mention it.

Can this be related to my RDS settings? Or is my PC not fast enough/other issue.

Thank you so much in advance for helping!

Thank you for replying 🙂

I've solved the problem with the crackles/glitches, after some more research on the internet I found that any other devices installed on the computer can cause problems with the soundprocessing.

I deleted the LAN driver, turned onboard audio and a few other things off in the BIOS, and used your settings for Airomate shown above.
RDS pilot in Breakaway at 0db gain is 4% so thats fine I guess.

We've had a succesfull 6 hour test broadcast, longer than the setup would ever work before, so I think we're there!

Thank you for your help, now I need to find someone nearby with a analyzer so I can calibrate the ESI Juli@.