CHAPTER 3
Service Button
Pressing the Service button will display an icon on the corresponding loudspeaker display icon on the RMS screen. When used in combination with the Reset button, the communications module will be decommissioned from the network and the red Service LED will blink.
Wink LED (green)
When lit, the Wink LED indicates that an ID signal has been sent from the host station computer to the loudspeaker. This is accomplished using the Wink button on the loudspeaker Icon, Meter or Text views in the RMS monitoring program.
Reset Button
Pressing the Reset button will cause the firmware code within the RMS card to reboot. However, the commissioning state of the communications module will not change (this is stored in flash memory). When used in combination with the Service button, the communications module will be decommissioned from the network and the red
Service LED will blink.
Acivity LED (Green)
When the loudspeaker has been commissioned the Activity LED will flash continuously. When the Activity LED is unlit the loudspeaker has not been installed on the network.
NOTE: The LEDs and buttons on the RMS section of the user panel
shown in Figure 3.3 are used exclusively by RMS, and have no effect on the acoustical and/or electrical activity of the M2D/M2D- Sub loudspeaker itself – unless Mute or Solo is enabled at the module and from the RMS software.
USER INTERFACE
The optional RMS software features an intuitive, graphical user interface. As mentioned earlier, each loudspeaker appears on your computer monitor as a “view” in the form of a status icon, bar graph meter, or text meter (numerical values), depending on your preferences.
Each view contains loudspeaker identification information and data from the amplifier, controller, drivers and power supply of that particular unit. System status conditions cause changes in icon and bar graph indicators, alerting the operator to faults or excessive levels. The views are moveable and are typically arranged on the screen to reflect the physical layout of the loudspeakers. You can design a screen “panel” of icons or meters, as shown in Figure 3.4, and save it on your hard disk, with the panel conveniently named for a unique arrangement or performer.
If the loudspeaker installation pattern changes completely, a new screen panel can be built. If a different subset of already installed loudspeakers will be used for a subsequent show, only selected loudspeakers need to appear on the monitoring screen for that performance.
Figure 3.4. Sample RMS display panel
NOTE: For more information on RMS, please refer to the RMS User Guide included with
the software.
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