User Guide Meyer Sound Remote Monitoring System 4.0 05.033.302.01 Revision A2 Remote Monitoring System Copyright 1995-2001 Meyer Sound Laboratories Inc.
RMS User Guide iii Table of Contents List of Figures...v Chapter 1: Introduction and Tutorial... 7 1.1 Introduction... 7 1.2 Monitor and Control Capabilities... 8 1.3 Getting Started... 8 1.3.1 The Panel... 8 1.3.2 Add a Page... 9 1.3.3 Delete a Page... 9 Chapter 2: Add and Remove Loudspeakers... 11 2.1 Add and Commission a Speaker... 11 2.2 Delete a Speaker... 15 2.2.1 The Credit System... 15 Chapter 3: Speaker Views... 17 3.1 Set the View... 17 3.2 Change the View... 17 3.3 Loudspeaker Views... 18 3.3.1 Icon (Regular and Small)... 18 3.3.2 Meter... 19 3.3.3 Text... 21 3.3.4 Limiting and Excursion... 27 3.3.5 Properties Menu... 27 Chapter 4: Control Functions... 29 4.1 Muting... 29 4.2 Solo... 30 4.3 Solo/Mute Matrix Controller... 30 4.3.1 Setting Up The Panel... 31 4.3.2 Selecting Loudspeakers... 31 4.3.3 Color Code... 32 4.4 Wink... 32
iv Chapter 5: Menu Reference... 33 5.1 Panel Menu... 33 5.1.1 Add a New Page... 33 5.1.2 Abnormal Conditions Indicator... 33 5.1.3 Delete a Page... 34 5.1.4 Rename a Page... 34 5.2 Add Menu... 34 5.3 View Menu... 35 5.4 Options Menu... 35 5.4.1 Status Bar... 35 5.4.2 Background... 36 5.4.3 Network Setup... 36 5.4.4 Title... 37 5.5 Muting... 38 5.5.1 Settings... 38 5.6 Keyboard Shortcuts... 39 Chapter 6: LNS and Legacy Comparison... 41
RMS User Guide v List of Figures 2-1 Add Loudspeaker dialog... 12 2-2 Commission the Loudspeaker dialog... 13 2-3 Service Pin dialog... 14 2-4 Properties menu... 15 3-1 View menu... 17 3-2 Regular Icon View of an MSL-4... 18 3-3 Small Icon View of an MSL-4... 18 3-4 Meter View of an MSL-4... 19 3-5 Text View of an MSL-4... 21 3-6 Text View of an MSL-6... 23 3-7 Text View of a UPA-1P... 25 3-8 Properties menu... 27 4-1 Muting Options dialog... 29 4-2 The Solo/Mute Matrix Controller... 30 5-1 Panel menu... 33 5-2 Page Tab with information icon... 34 5-3 Status Bar... 35 5-4 Background dialog... 36 5-5 Network Setup dialog... 37 5-6 Title dialog... 37
RMS User Guide vii List of Tables 3-1 Icon parameter definitions for an MSL-4...19 3-2 Meter parameter definitions of an MSL-4...20 3-3 Text parameter definitions of an MSL-4...22 3-4 Text parameter definitions of an MSL-6...24 3-5 Text parameter definitions of a UPA-1P...26
RMS User Guide 7 Chapter 1: Introduction and Tutorial This chapter describes the RMS system and provides a brief tutorial to get you started working with RMS. Before you begin: 1. Install the RMS software from the CD-ROM (see instructions in the RMS Installer). 2. Install the network interface hardware. 3. Wire your system s speakers on a twisted-pair network (see RMS Wiring Guide on page 41). 1.1 Introduction With the advent of Meyer Sound s Self-Powered Loudspeaker products, the Remote Monitoring System (RMS) was developed to monitor electronic operating parameters before and during a performance. RMS employs an Echelon LonWorks network to monitor your system s performance in a software application that runs on a Windows PC. RMS offers the audio engineer a new level of speaker and amplifier diagnostic interaction: Allows immediate verification of operating status upon system setup Verifies speaker polarity Monitors over 120 speakers Provides mute and solo functions Protects speakers by detecting limiting Detects blown speakers
8 Chapter 1: Introduction and Tutorial 1.2 Monitor and Control Capabilities RMS controls mute and solo functions and monitors many speaker and amplifier parameters: amplifier channel output voltage (peak and average) amplifier channel output power limiting and excursion input voltage amplifier temperature and fan speed polarity indication NOTE: Some RMS parameters are specific to certain speaker types. See Chapter 3: Speaker Views for a complete discussion of speaker types and their RMS parameters. 1.3 Getting Started This section provides a step-by-step guide to setting up an RMS session with a new Panel and two Pages. See Chapter 2: Add and Remove Loudspeakers for more information. The discussion assumes basic proficiency with the Windows operating system. Follow the cross-references for more detail about any of the subjects. 1.3.1 The Panel The Panel is the most global RMS entity. The entire RMS file is saved as a.pnl file type, and these are the only files that RMS can open. Within the Panel, tabs below the menu bar represent Pages containing subsystems that need not be viewed simultaneously. For example, the first Page might contain the main house system, while the second page contains the stage monitor system. You can also use different Pages to display the same system with different Views (see Add a Copy of a Speaker already in this Panel on page 2-13 to learn how to do this). Launch RMS by double-clicking the RMS executable icon or choosing Start > Programs > Meyer Sound > Remote Monitoring System 4.0. The first time RMS runs, an untitled Panel with one untitled Page opens and RMS creates an initial Network Database. To save the Panel, choose
RMS User Guide 9 File > Save As. Subsequently, RMS opens the last.pnl file saved. Choose Panel > New to open a new Panel with one untitled Page. Choose Panel > Open to open another.pnl file. Only one Panel can be open at a time: opening a.pnl file or creating a new Panel with an open, unsaved Panel brings up a dialog requesting that you save changes. NOTE: RMS will not launch by double-clicking a.pnl file. 1.3.2 Add a Page 1. Choose Panel > Add Page. A dialog appears. Enter a name up to 10 characters long. 2. Click OK to add the new Page. The new Page title appears as a new tab to the right of the last Page created and becomes the current Page. These shortcuts are useful to navigate through Pages: Press the Tab key to cycle through the Pages in the Panel from left to right. Press Shift-Tab to cycle through the Pages from right to left. Use the number keys 1 0 to select Pages 1 10. Limiting, excursion and abnormal conditions for any speaker within a Page propagate to the Page tabs. This is a good first-level troubleshooting indicator. (See Abnormal Conditions Indicator on page 33 for more information.) 1.3.3 Delete a Page Choose Panel > Delete Page to delete a Page. A dialog appears to confirm the deletion. Click Yes to delete but not decommission the speakers on that Page. Click No to avoid deleting the Page. (See Section 2.1 - Add and Commission a Speaker for details about commissioning speakers.) NOTE: See Section 5.1 - Panel Menu for additional information.
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RMS User Guide 11 Chapter 2: Add and Remove Loudspeakers This chapter describes adding loudspeakers to, and removing them from, a Panel. It also discusses commissioning and decomissioning loudspeakers. Adding a loudspeaker for the first time is a two-step process: Add the speaker: Select the desired speaker from the Add menu. Commission the speaker: Identify that speaker to the network. These definitions are essential to understand how to add and commission speakers: Speaker Title: A 12-character name used to identify a speaker in the current Panel. Device Name: A unique 8-character name that identifies a speaker to the user s network database. This Device Name is available to any Panel accessing this database. Device Type: The firmware type resident in that speaker. There are currently two Device Types: Prod6h and RMS3. 2.1 Add and Commission a Speaker The Add menu contains all Meyer self-powered speakers compatible with RMS. Choose the speaker you would like to add to the current page and follow the instructions below. The following steps do not depend on the type of speaker selected. 1. Choose Add > UPM-1P(H). The Add Loudspeaker dialog appears.
12 Chapter 2: Add and Remove Loudspeakers Figure 2-1 Add Loudspeaker dialog Device Names in the Network Database: These speakers were added and commissioned in previous Panels. They can be added to the current Panel without being commissioned. It is important to emphasize that this is not a generic placeholder for a speaker of a certain type but rather a unique physical speaker that can identify itself to the network. Device Names used on this Panel: These speakers were added and commissioned in the current Panel. 2. The Device Name field initially contains an automatically generated name with a number appended. The number is incremented each time a new speaker is added to insure each speaker receives a unique name. However, it is much more useful to override this name with one that describes the speaker type and possibly its location in the system (Figure 2-1). Add a New Speaker to this Panel The Device Name must be unique (does not occur in either list) and no longer than eight characters. This requires commissioning the speaker. Add a Speaker from the Database to this Panel Select the Device Name from the Device Names in the Network Database list for the speaker you would like to add. This Device Name must correspond to the physical speaker previously assigned that Device Name. This does not require commissioning the speaker.
RMS User Guide 13 Add a Copy of a Speaker already in this Panel Choose the same Device Name used by a previous speaker in the Panel to add a copy of that speaker to the current Page instead of a new speaker. This technique is useful to show different Views of the same speaker on different Pages. For example, one page could show the main system with icons while a second page shows the same system with meters. This does not require commissioning the speaker. 3. Assign a descriptive name to this speaker in the Speaker Title field. The name need not be unique and can have a maximum of 12 characters. This field initially contains a name based on the type of speaker selected from the Add menu with a number appended which increments each time that speaker type is used in the current Panel. 4. Click OK. The Speaker does not need to be commissioned The speaker is added to the current Page with the View selected in the View menu (see Section 5.3 on page 35). Skip the remaining steps; you are finished adding this speaker. The Speaker must be commissioned The following dialog appears: Figure 2-2 Commission the Loudspeaker dialog 5. Select the appropriate Device Type from the Device Type popup menu for the speaker being commissioned. The RMS user panel of each speaker is marked with RMS3 Firmware unless the speaker uses Prod6h Firmware, which is not marked. These are the only two Device Types currently compatible with RMS.
14 Chapter 2: Add and Remove Loudspeakers NOTE: Future versions of RMS will utilize additional firmware types, which will require adding a new Device Type. For now, there is no reason to click on the Add Device Type button. 6. Click Commission to commission the speaker. The following dialog appears: Figure 2-3 Service Pin dialog 7. Press the Service Pin on the RMS user panel of the speaker. The Service Pin sends a unique Neuron ID which, combined with the Device Name, uniquely identifies that speaker to the network. The speaker is properly commissioned and appears on the current Page with the view selected in the View menu (see Section 5.3 on page 35). If the speaker is online, the Speaker Communications Indicators on the speaker view will be green. Add the Speaker without Commissioning Clicking Cancel in either the Add Loudspeaker or Commission the Loudspeaker dialogs adds the speaker to the Panel without commissioning it. This can be useful when setting up the Panel before physically connecting to a speaker network. When you are ready to commission the speaker, right-click on the speaker View and choose Commission from the Properties menu.
RMS User Guide 15 2.2 Delete a Speaker 1. Right-click a speaker View (anywhere except the title bar) to open the Properties menu: 2. Choose Delete... Figure 2-4 Properties menu A dialog appears to confirm the deletion. You can also delete a speaker by closing its only remaining View. 3. Click OK to delete the speaker. Another dialog appears to ask whether you would like to decommission the speaker from the network. Read the next section The Credit System to understand the issues involved with decommissioning speakers. 2.2.1 The Credit System Every speaker commissioned on the network uses one credit, regardless of its type. A commissioned speaker with a unique Device Name has a one-to-one correspondence with a physical speaker: during the commissioning process, the speaker sends a unique Neuron ID which, in conjunction with the assigned Device Name, uniquely identifies that speaker to the network. Each new RMS system ships with 300 credits, more than enough for even a large rental company with many different systems. Previously commissioned speakers from one Panel are available to other Panels using the same network database. That physical speaker can be added to another Panel with its same Device Name without being recommissioned or using an additional credit. See Step 6 on page 14 to learn how this occurs. Consider these two issues to determine whether to decommission a speaker when deleting it from the current Panel: You expect to use this speaker in a future Panel: Do not decommission
16 Chapter 2: Add and Remove Loudspeakers the speaker because it is faster to add the speaker without the additional steps required to commission it. You do not expect to use this speaker in a future Panel: Decommission the speaker to recover its credit.
RMS User Guide 17 Chapter 3: Speaker Views This chapter describes the different speaker Views, discusses how to open and close them, and defines their parameters. 3.1 Set the View The View for newly-added speakers is determined by the selection in the View menu. Only one View can be selected at a time. In Figure 3-1, the normal speaker icon is selected. 3.2 Change the View Figure 3-1 View menu You can change the View of existing speakers, and multiple views can coexist. Click anywhere on the speaker View (except the title bar) to change the view: Double-click the icon (small or regular) to open the meter View. Double-click either the icon or the meter to open the text View. Triple-click the icon to open both the meter and text Views. Right-click any view to display a list of views. A check mark beside a view indicates it is already open. Select a view with a check mark to close that view. Select a view without a check mark to open it. Click the Close button to close a view. NOTE: Attempting to close the only speaker view is the same as deleting the speaker. See Section 2.2 - Delete a Speaker for more information To move a View, click on the title bar, drag it to a new location, and release.
18 Chapter 3: Speaker Views 3.3 Loudspeaker Views In the following sections, the differences between speaker types will be noted where necessary. All other information applies to all speakers. 3.3.1 Icon (Regular and Small) Figure 3-2 shows the regular (large) icon view of an MSL-4. low-channel amplifier indicator title bar high-channel amplifier indicator mute button and indicator solo button and indicator speaker communication indicator information indicator wink button and indicator Figure 3-2 Regular Icon View of an MSL-4 The small icon contains less information than the regular icon but takes up less space on the Page. Figure 3-3 shows the parameters in the small icon view. amplifier channel status indicators title bar mute button and indicator speaker communication indicator solo button and indicator information indicator wink button and indicator Figure 3-3 Small Icon View of an MSL-4 The parameters in these icon Views are defined in Table 3-1.
RMS User Guide 19 Table 3-1 Icon parameter definitions for an MSL-4 Title Parameter Amplifier Channel Status Functional Behavior Displays speaker title or device name (see Section 5.4.4 - Title) green: 0 < voltage; normal yellow: voltage present without power (open driver circuit) red: limiting indication orange: excursion indication gray: no voltage present at channel Mute Solo Wink red: gray: green yellow: gray: green: gray: muted not muted (muting disabled) not muted (muting enabled) soloed not soloed winked not winked Information Indicator yellow: amplifier heat sink > 70 ºC no primary fan current primary fan current > 97% reserve fan on driver open circuit driver short circuit loudspeaker offline (same as speaker not powered on) Speaker Communication green: red: loudspeaker online information is not being received from the loudspeaker 3.3.2 Meter Mute, Solo, and Wink are described in Chapter 4: Control Functions. high and low driver diameter close button title bar amplifier limiting primary fan speed input signal level speaker communication input polarity amplifier power amplifier voltage reserve fan speed amplifier heat sink temperature Figure 3-4 Meter View of an MSL-4 The parameters in the meter View are defined in Table 3-2.
20 Chapter 3: Speaker Views Table 3-2 Meter parameter definitions of an MSL-4 Parameter Functional Behavior Title Amplifier Voltage Amplifier Peak Power Amplifier Limiting Primary Fan Speed Reserve Fan Status Input Polarity Input Signal Level Displays speaker title or device (see Section 5.4.4 - Title) The meter measures a range of 0 100 V. A small momentary bar marks peak voltage. Segmented bar conditions: green: 0 < voltage 50 V yellow: 50 < voltage 90 V red: 90 < voltage 100 V no bar: voltage = 0 entire bar yellow:open driver circuit Amplifier channel peak power in Watts % limiting on respective amplifier channels % of maximum fan speed Reserve fan status (on/off) Position of the speaker s Input Polarity Switch: +2: polarity switch set to pin 2 hot +3: polarity switch set to pin 3 hot Measures 0 10 V and indicates the following conditions: green: 0 < signal level 8V yellow: 8 < signal level 9 V red: 9 < signal level 10 V Speaker Communication green: red: loudspeaker online information is not being received from the loudspeaker
RMS User Guide 21 3.3.3 Text Since the Text Views differ among loudspeaker types, three Text Views are shown here: MSL-4, MSL-6, and UPA-1P. Each Text View is shown with text describing its parameters, followed by a table explaining their function. MSL-4 (Concert Series) Device name and Speaker title high channel amplifier voltage: peak and average input voltage input polarity DC supply headroom mute, solo, and wink buttons and indicators fault indicator amplifier heat sink temperature high channel amplifier peak power and % limiting primary fan speed reserve fan status speaker communication service pin indicator Close button Figure 3-5 Text View of an MSL-4
22 Chapter 3: Speaker Views Table 3-3 Text parameter definitions of an MSL-4 Parameter Amplifier Voltage: high and low channels Amplifier Power Amplifier Limiting Primary Fan Speed Reserve Fan Speed Input Polarity Input Signal Level Vave and Vpk within 0 100 V Functional Behavior Wpk is the peak power output by that amplifier channel % limiting for that amplifier channel % of maximum fan speed Reserve fan status (on/off) Position of the speaker s Input Polarity Switch: +2: switch set to pin 2 hot +3: switch set to pin 3 hot Vpk within 0 10 V Speaker Communication green: red: online information is not being received from the loudspeaker Service Pin Indicator Fault Indicator DC Supply Headroom Amplifier Heat Sink Temperature Pressing the service pin on the amplifier user panel displays service pin in this field and a cartoon face on the speaker s Views. This is the reverse of the Wink function. Indicates various faults and abnormal conditions Should be over 17 VDC if AC mains voltage is sufficient The temperature of the heat sink (Centigrade) Mute, Solo, and Wink are described in Chapter 4: Control Functions.
RMS User Guide 23 MSL-6 (Four-channel) high channel amplifier voltage: peak and average Device name and Speaker title high channel amplifier VHF limiting input voltage input polarity DC supply headroom amplifier heat sink temperature (upper and lower) primary fan speed reserve fan status low channel amplifier peak power and % limiting speaker communication service pin indicator Close button mute, solo, and wink buttons and indicators fault indicator Figure 3-6 Text View of an MSL-6
24 Chapter 3: Speaker Views Table 3-4 Text parameter definitions of an MSL-6 Parameter Amplifier Voltage: high and low channels Amplifier Power Amplifier Limiting Very High Frequency Limiting Primary Fan Speed Reserve Fan Speed Input Polarity Input Signal Level Vave and Vpk within 0 100 V Functional Behavior Wpk is the peak power output by that amplifier channel % limiting for that amplifier channel VHF is the % limiting for the high frequency amplifier channel % of maximum fan speed Reserve fan status (on/off) Position of the speaker s Input Polarity Switch: +2: switch set to pin 2 hot +3: switch set to pin 3 hot Vpk within 0 10 V Speaker Communication green: red: online information is not being received from the loudspeaker Service Pin Indicator Fault Indicator DC Supply Headroom Amplifier Heat Sink Temperature Pressing the service pin on the amplifier user panel displays service pin in this field and a cartoon face on the speaker s Views. This is the reverse of the Wink function. Indicates various faults and abnormal conditions Should be over 17 VDC if AC mains voltage is sufficient Temperature of the heat sink (Centigrade) Mute, Solo, and Wink are described in Chapter 4: Control Functions.
RMS User Guide 25 UPA-1P (Ultra Series) Device name and Speaker title high channel amplifier voltage: peak and average attenuation input voltage input polarity DC supply headroom mute, solo, and wink buttons and indicators fault indicator amplifier heat sink temperature amplifier peak power and % limiting optional fan speed speaker communication service pin indicator Close button Figure 3-7 Text View of a UPA-1P
26 Chapter 3: Speaker Views Table 3-5 Text parameter definitions of a UPA-1P Parameter Amplifier Voltage: high and low channels Amplifier Power Amplifier Limiting Optional Fan Speed Input Polarity Input Signal Level Vave and Vpk within 0 40 V Functional Behavior Wpk is the peak power output of that amplifier channel % limiting for that amplifier channel % of maximum speed for optional fan Position of the speaker s Input Polarity Switch: +2: switch set to pin 2 hot +3: switch set to pin 3 hot Vpk within 0 10 V Speaker Communication green: red: online information is not being received from the loudspeaker Service Pin Indicator Fault Indicator DC Supply Headroom Amplifier Heat Sink Temperature Attenuation Pressing the service pin on the amplifier user panel displays service pin in this field and a cartoon face on the speaker s Views. This is the reverse of the Wink function. Indicates various faults and abnormal conditions Should be over 17 VDC if AC mains voltage is sufficient Temperature of the heat sink (Centigrade) Attenuation within 0 to -18 db (requires installation of the optional attenuation module) Mute, Solo, and Wink are described in Chapter 4: Control Functions.
RMS User Guide 27 3.3.4 Limiting and Excursion In general, if an RMS limiting or excursion indicator is orange or red, the speaker may distort and may not operate linearly. Routinely driving speakers at this level can shorten the lifespan of the amplifier and drivers. Intermittent limiting or over-excursion, however, will probably not result in sonic degradation or damage to the speaker. Excursion and limiting indicators in RMS correspond with the intensity of the LEDs on the rear of the speaker. Since each loudspeaker type behaves somewhat differently in response to limiting and over-excursion, we recommend consulting the loudspeaker s Operating Instructions for further information. 3.3.5 Properties Menu Right-click on a speaker View (anywhere except the title bar) to bring up its Properties menu (Figure 3-8). The first four items control which Views are open for that speaker. One View must be open at all times; closing the last View is the same as deleting the speaker. Choose Rename to change the speaker title. Choose Delete to delete the speaker from this Page. See Delete a Speaker on page 15. Figure 3-8 Properties menu
RMS User Guide 29 Chapter 4: Control Functions You can use RMS to control the Mute, Solo, and Wink functions. Mute and Solo are essential to RMS troubleshooting techniques. Wink identifies the physical speaker to the speaker View in the RMS Panel. 4.1 Muting Click the Mute button on any speaker View to mute that speaker. The Mute indicator lights green while muted and is gray when not muted. Choose Muting > Settings (or Ctrl+M) to enable or disable muting in the Muting Options dialog: Figure 4-1 Muting Options dialog Allow Muting: You can mute an individual speaker by clicking the Mute button in the Icon or Text view for that speaker. The green light above the Mute button turns red when the speaker is muted. Do not allow muting and unmute all speakers: Disables muting and unmutes any currently-muted speakers. Show Mode: Disables muting for the duration of this RMS session and unmutes all currently-muted speakers. It is important to emphasize that the Solo function is determined by the Muting
30 Chapter 4: Control Functions 4.2 Solo setting. If Muting is disabled, Solo is disabled as well. The two options that disable muting prevent inadvertently clicking a Mute button. You may wish to use one of these options during a show, for example. Click the Solo button on any speaker View to solo a speaker. The Solo indicator lights yellow while active and is gray when not soloed. When you Solo a speaker, RMS Mutes all the other speakers in the system. You can Solo only one speaker at a time. If you click a speaker s Solo button while another speaker is already Soloed, you will toggle both speakers Solo settings. NOTE: The setting selected in the Muting dialog also determines whether Solo is enabled or not (See Section 4.1 - Muting). 4.3 Solo/Mute Matrix Controller Choose Muting > Solo/Mute Matrix Controller or press F8. The Solo/Mute Matrix panel appears. Figure 4-2 The Solo/Mute Matrix Controller NOTE: Operation of the Matrix is disabled if muting is not enabled.
RMS User Guide 31 4.3.1 Setting Up The Panel The Solo/Mute Matrix presents ten columns of thirty entries each, providing control over a maximum of 300 loudspeakers. You can freely add loudspeakers anywhere in the matrix and name each column according to your system s configuration. Right click on a column head and choose Name Column... A dialog appears allowing you to enter a name for the column. Right click on a cell and choose Add... A dialog appears listing all of the available loudspeakers in the system. Choose one or more loudspeakers and click Add. The loudspeaker appears in the selected cell. If you choose more than one loudspeaker, the loudspeakers will appear in contiguous cells in the selected column. You can add an individual loudspeaker more than once, allowing loudspeakers to be members of multiple column groups. To delete a loudspeaker, select it, then right click on its cell and choose Remove... A warning dialog appears allowing you to cancel the operation. When a loudspeaker is deleted, its cell remains in the matrix, but is empty. Deleting loudspeakers can therefor leave gaps in the matrix. To close a gap in a column, right click on the column head and choose Shift Entries Up. RMS saves Matrix setups automatically, and the last saved setup will reload when you call up the Matrix. 4.3.2 Selecting Loudspeakers Operations in the Solo/Mute Matrix Controller affect selected loudspeakers only (with the exception of global operations like Mute All). To select loudspeakers: Click on a cell to select a single loudspeaker. Selections toggle: if you simply click on another cell, the previously selected loudspeaker is no longer selected. Shift click to select multiple contiguous loudspeakers. Ctrl click to select multiple discontiguous loudspeakers. Click on a column head to select all loudspeakers in that column. You can also click and drag to select a block of contiguous loudspeakers. Use the buttons along the bottom of the Matrix panel to perform mute and solo operations on selected loudspeakers. Mute All and Unmute All affect all loudspeakers regardless of the selection.
32 Chapter 4: Control Functions 4.3.3 Color Code 4.4 Wink Unselected cells are black. Selected cells are light green. Muted cells are bright red. Solo ed cells are bright yellow. Wink allows you to identify the physical speaker corresponding to a speaker View. Click the Wink button on any View and the green Wink LED on that speaker s RMS user panel lights. Press the Service Pin button on a speaker s RMS user panel to perform Wink s reverse function: Service Pin appears in the Service Pin Indicator field in the Text View and a cartoon face appears on each of that speaker s Views.
RMS User Guide 33 Chapter 5: Menu Reference This section documents the RMS menus. See Chapter 3: Speaker Views and Chapter 4: Control Functions for more information about the RMS user interface. 5.1 Panel Menu Figure 5-1 Panel menu Choose Panel > New... to open a new Panel with one untitled Page. Choose Panel > Open... to open a previously created.pnl file. Since only one Panel can be open at a time, choosing either New or Open with an unsaved Panel open displays a dialog requesting that you save changes. 5.1.1 Add a New Page 1. Choose Panel > Add Page... A dialog appears. Enter a name up to 10 characters long. 2. Click OK to add the new Page. The new Page name appears as a new tab to the right of the last Page created and becomes the current Page. 5.1.2 Abnormal Conditions Indicator Abnormal conditions for speakers within a Page are indicated on the Page tab. The tab displays a colored dot corresponding to the condition or a yellow information icon (Figure 5-2) which indicates one of the following conditions: amplifier heat sink > 80ºC
34 Chapter 5: Menu Reference no primary fan current primary fan current > 97% reserve fan on driver open circuit driver short circuit loudspeaker offline (same as speaker not powered on) Figure 5-2 Page Tab with information icon Look in the Page to find the speaker(s) exhibiting abnormal conditions. See Section 3.3 - Loudspeaker Views for information about the color-coded conditions and how they are indicated. 5.1.3 Delete a Page Choose Panel > Delete Page... to delete a Page. A dialog appears to confirm the deletion. Click Yes to delete, but not decommission, the speakers on that Page. Click No to avoid deleting the Page. 5.1.4 Rename a Page Choose Panel > Rename Page... to rename the current Page. The same 10- character limit applies as when the Page was first named. 5.2 Add Menu The Add menu contains all self-powered speakers that are compatible with RMS. The process of adding and commissioning speakers is treated in depth in Chapter 2: Add and Remove Loudspeakers.
RMS User Guide 35 5.3 View Menu The View menu determines the view for newly added speakers. It does not change the view assigned to existing speakers in the current Page. Selecting a new view automatically deselects the current view; since only one view can be active at a time. 5.4 Options Menu 5.4.1 Status Bar Select Options > Status Bar to display the Status Bar at the bottom of the RMS window. The Status Bar shows the Polarity convention used for this Panel, whether muting is enabled/disabled, and how many speakers of the total in the Panel are online. The Status Bar will show 2+/3+ if both polarity settings are detected. Deselect Options > Status Bar to hide the Status Bar. Figure 5-3 Status Bar
36 Chapter 5: Menu Reference 5.4.2 Background You can change the RMS window background to different colors and patterns. Choose Options > Background... (or press Ctrl+B) to open the Background dialog: 5.4.3 Network Setup Figure 5-4 Background dialog Choose Options > Network Setup... (or press Ctrl+C) to open the RMS Network Setup dialog. Select LNS or Legacy to identify the network system you are using.
RMS User Guide 37 Figure 5-5 Network Setup dialog 5.4.4 Title Choose Options > Title... (or press Ctrl+T) to open the Set Title Type dialog: Figure 5-6 Title dialog This dialog determines whether the Device Name or Speaker Title appears in the title bar of the speaker view.
38 Chapter 5: Menu Reference 5.5 Muting The Muting menu provides global control of muting and access to the Solo/ Mute Matrix Controller panel. 5.5.1 Settings Choose Muting > Settings... or press Ctrl + M to access the Muting Optionsdialog. Here, you can choose to allow or disable muting, or set RMS to Show Mode, which unmutes all loudspeakers and disables muting until the program is restarted.
RMS User Guide 39 5.6 Keyboard Shortcuts Panel Menu Ctrl+N Ctrl+O Ctrl+S Ctrl+A Ctrl+D Ctrl+R Dialogs Ctrl+M Ctrl+B Ctrl+C Ctrl+T New Panel Open Panel Save Panel Add Page Delete Page Rename Page Muting Options Background Network Setup Title Muting F12 F9 F8 Mute All Unmute All Solo/Mute Matrix Controller Page Navigation Tab Scrolls through Pages left to right Shift+Tab Scrolls through Pages right to left 1..0 Displays that Page number (from left)
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RMS User Guide 41 Chapter 6: LNS and Legacy Comparison
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