Meyer Sound M'elodie Service LED (Red), USER INTERFACE, Service Button, Wink LED (green), Reset Button

CHAPTER 4

Service LED (Red)

Activity LED (Green)

The Service LED blinks every two seconds to indicate that the network hardware is operational, but the loudspeaker is not installed (commissioned) on the network.

NOTE: The Service LED indicates that the loudspeaker is not commissioned on the

network and has no effect on the acoustical and/or electrical activity of the M’elodie loudspeaker itself. The loudspeaker must be commissioned on a network using the RMS software for the service LED to stop blinking.

When a loudspeaker has been installed on the network, the Service LED will be unlit and the Activity LED will ﬂash continuously.

NOTE: When continuously lit, the Service LED indicates that the loudspeaker has had

a local RMS hardware failure. In this case, the RMS communication board may be damaged and

you should contact Meyer Sound Technical support.

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.

USER INTERFACE

The RMS software features an intuitive, graphical Windows user interface. As mentioned earlier, each loudspeaker appears on the computer’s color 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 4.4, and save it on the computer’s hard drive, with the panel conveniently named for a unique arrangement or performer.

Service Button

Pressing the Service Button will display an icon on the corresponding loudspeaker display on the RMS screen. When used in combination with the Reset Button, the card will be decom- missioned 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 Figure 4.4. The RMS user interface program.

Reset Button

Pressing the Reset Button will cause the ﬁrmware code within the RMS card to reboot. However, the commissioning state of the card will not change (this is stored in ﬂash memory). When used in combination with the Service But- ton, the card will be decommissioned from the network and the red Service LED will blink.

If the loudspeaker installation pattern changes completely, a new screen panel can be built. If a different subset of installed loudspeakers will be used for a subsequent show, only selected loudspeakers need to appear on the monitoring screen for that performance.

NOTE: For more information on RMS, please refer to the RMS User Guide included with

the software, or visit www.meyersound.com.