Setting Up CastAway

There's almost nothing to set up. CastAway runs entirely in your web browser — no app to install, no software to configure, no IP addresses to copy down. You just need two short codes from your station, and the URL to the TuneTracker Go! shell.

What You Need From Your Station

1
Station Code — a short code (typically four letters, like WXGZ) that identifies your station. This is the same code you'd use for any other TuneTracker Go! product.
2
PIN — a short authentication code chosen by the person who runs your station. The same PIN works for every TuneTracker Go! tab on your station — CastAway, VoiceTracker, ClockWork Mobile, and Librarian Mobile all share it.

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Save the station code and PIN in your phone's notes — or just memorize them. You'll enter them once at tunetrackersystems.com/ttgo, and your browser remembers them for next time.

Browser Requirements

CastAway works in any modern web browser:

Google Chrome — recommended for best compatibility
Safari — works well on Mac and iPad
Firefox — fully supported
Microsoft Edge — fully supported
Brave — works, but may require allowing mic permissions manually

The TuneTracker Go! shell uses standard HTTPS, so there are no certificate warnings or security clickthroughs to deal with. Just navigate to https://www.tunetrackersystems.com/ttgo and you're in.

Microphone Setup

If you plan to go live (not just monitor), you'll need a microphone. CastAway works with:

Your laptop's built-in microphone (fine for casual use)
A USB microphone (better quality)
A Bluetooth headset (great for sportscasting)
A professional USB audio interface with XLR microphones (best quality for remote shows)

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When you click Go Live for the first time, your browser will ask permission to use the microphone. Click Allow. On Mac, you may also need to grant microphone access in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Microphone for your browser.

Network Considerations

CastAway uses very little bandwidth — the monitoring audio stream runs at about 24 kbps (less than a phone call). For going live, your microphone audio adds another 32 kbps upstream. Total: under 60 kbps in both directions.

This means CastAway works well on:

Home WiFi
Hotel WiFi (usually fine)
Cellular data (4G/5G)
Even congested public WiFi (the stream is very lightweight)

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Avoid going live on extremely unreliable connections (like weak cellular in a rural area). You can monitor the station audio first — if the monitoring audio sounds clean, your connection is good enough to go live.

Nothing to Install at the Station

You may be wondering what your station's engineer needs to do. The answer, mostly, is nothing extra. If your station is already running TuneTracker Go!, CastAway is already there — it's a tab in the same shell as VoiceTracker, ClockWork Mobile, and Librarian Mobile. There's no port forwarding, no static IP, no router configuration, and no certificates to manage. The TuneTracker Go! helper at the station makes outbound connections to TuneTracker's relay server, and the relay brokers your browser to it. From your perspective, you log in and it works.