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Remote Control Software
HELIX DN9848E
Remote Control Software V4.01
User Guide
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HELIX DN9848E Remote Control Software User Guide Contact Details Klark Teknik Klark Teknik Building Walter Nash Road Kidderminster Worcestershire DY11 7HJ England Tel: +44 1562 741515 Fax: +44 1562 745371 Email: info@uk.telex.com Websites: www.klarkteknik.com HELIX DN9848E Remote Control Software V4.01 User Guide DOC00056-HELIXRCS Issue B - September 2006 © Telex Communications (UK) Limit
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HELIX DN9848E Remote Control Software User Guide CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCING THE HELIX DN9848E REMOTE CONTROL SOFTWARE........................... 6 2 INSTALLING THE HELIX DN9848E RCS ADD-IN ................................................. 7 2.1 Minimum System Requirements...................................................................................... 7 2.2 Software Installation..................................................................................................... 8 3
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HELIX DN9848E Remote Control Software User Guide 4.4 Monitoring the Input Signals .........................................................................................38 4.4.1 Meters - peak ...................................................................................................... 38 4.4.2 Meters – gain reduction......................................................................................... 38 4.4.3 Input Response graph .........................................
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HELIX DN9848E Remote Control Software User Guide 10 MANAGING GROUPS....................................................................................72 10.1 Security – Grouping Password ....................................................................................72 10.2 Input Groups ...........................................................................................................74 10.3 Output Groups ....................................................................
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HELIX DN9848E Remote Control Software User Guide 1 INTRODUCING THE HELIX DN9848E REMOTE CONTROL SOFTWARE The HELIX DN9848E Remote Control Software (HELIX DN9848E RCS) enables engineers to remotely program a system of up to 16 HELIX DN9848E System Controller units from a laptop or PC for onward downloading to the HELIX DN9848E System Controller units at a venue. Hence, programming can be done in advance of a show from home or en route, leaving more time for fine-tuning. At the venue
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HELIX DN9848E Remote Control Software User Guide 2 INSTALLING THE HELIX DN9848E RCS ADD-IN 2.1 Minimum System Requirements Operating System: Windows 2000 or Windows XP Computer/Laptop: Display resolution minimum 1024 X 768 pixels set at 96 DPI Pentium III, 500MHz (or equivalent) 256MB RAM Minimum 10MB of free disk space on hard drive Connectivity: Connection to the HELIX DN9848E units is via Ethernet (also with wireless option), with the units operating V4.00 (or later) host code
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HELIX DN9848E Remote Control Software User Guide 2.2 Software Installation HELIX DN9848E RCS Add-In is provided as an ‘.exe’ file from the Klark Teknik website (www.klarkteknik.com) with an integral Setup Wizard that guides you through the installation process on your laptop/PC. Note We recommend that you save the .exe file to your desktop - or other holding folder - rather than opening the file while the Internet transfer is in progress. This will avoid the possibility of the in
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HELIX DN9848E Remote Control Software User Guide 5 When you are ready to install, click . After successful installation, click to exit the Wizard. The HELIX DN9848E RCS will now be available through the ELGAR Library Manager. 9
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HELIX DN9848E Remote Control Software User Guide 3 GETTING STARTED 3.1 Opening HELIX DN9848E RCS within the ELGAR Library Manager Note To run HELIX DN9848E RCS you must have the Midas Klark Teknik ELGAR Library Manager installed on your laptop/PC. The ELGAR Software and User Guide may be obtained from our website at www.midasconsoles.com. Note To use the HELIX DN9848E RCS to control a processing system, see section 11 for details on Ethernet connection, setting up and configur
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HELIX DN9848E Remote Control Software User Guide 3 At the Add Multiple DN9848 E Devices window, use the Number of Devices to Add drop down list to select the number of devices, you wish to add, up to a maximum 16. For example, 9. 4 Click OK to add the devices. A DN9848 Units Home screen (diagram right) is opened inside the ELGAR Library Manager. The HELIX DN9848E RCS units are automatically ® inserted in FastNav (highlighted by orange box) and numbered seq
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HELIX DN9848E Remote Control Software User Guide To remove a HELIX DN9848E RCS device from the ELGAR Library Manager 1 From the ELGAR main menu bar, select Tools > Remove Device and highlight the device you wish to remove from the list. (You can rename each device for easy identification; see section 3.2.5.) 2 Release left-hand mouse button. The device will disappear from the device list. You can only remove one device at a time. Repeat the above steps for any othe
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HELIX DN9848E Remote Control Software User Guide 3.2 Using the Screens This section provides information on screen navigation and the use of the controls, for example, buttons, control knobs, faders etc. ® 3.2.1 Overview of FastNav menus 13
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HELIX DN9848E Remote Control Software User Guide 3.2.2 Navigation ® To move around the screens, click on the buttons in FastNav ; see section 3.2.1. Further screens, such as the input and output response graphs, routing page and those from the buttons on the input and output channel control panels, are all available from the DN9848 Units Home screen; see section 3.4.3. 3.2.3 Tool tips ‘Tool tips’ are boxes that appear for a short while underneath the cursor when it pauses over cert
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HELIX DN9848E Remote Control Software User Guide To adjust a fader (see section 5.3.2 "Routing Page”) Just click on fader to select it. Then, while holding down the left-hand mouse button, drag mouse up and down until you have achieved the required value (shown in white box directly underneath fader). Release left-hand mouse button. To quickly reset a control knob or fader value to default using the mouse 1 Click on control knob or fader using the right-hand mo
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HELIX DN9848E Remote Control Software User Guide 3.2.5 Changing a name You can change the name of channels, units, memories etc. The following example shows you how to change the name of an input channel but the principle is the same for any other name you wish to alter. To change a name 1 Right click in the field whose name you wish to change. For example, “Input A” control panel on the DN9848 Units Home screen. 2 Move cursor over Select All to highlight it.
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HELIX DN9848E Remote Control Software User Guide 3.3 The HELIX DN9848E RCS Workspace The DN9848 Units Home screen (illustrated below) is the default screen when starting up the HELIX ® DN9848E RCS software. The screen comprises a main workspace area with FastNav down the ® left-hand side and four buttons along the bottom. The workspace and FastNav area alter according to ® FastNav button selection, while the four buttons along the bottom are static. ® Five buttons in FastNav emula
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HELIX DN9848E Remote Control Software User Guide ® 3.3.1 FastNav unit bar ® Each HELIX DN9848E unit in the system has a dedicated unit bar in FastNav that displays unit information, as detailed in the illustration below. Clicking on a unit bar selects its associated unit. During online operation, the activity indicators of each RCS unit provide audio metering, which mirror the activity indicators of the HELIX DN9848E unit. Signal present indicator Clip in progress Limiter gai
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HELIX DN9848E Remote Control Software User Guide 3.4 Quick Tour of the HELIX DN9848E RCS Menu Screens ® The HELIX DN9848E RCS workspace has five main screens, selectable via buttons in FastNav : • Memory View – lets you copy/write working memory to/from HELIX DN9848E unit and RCS unit memories. • Copy Channel View - lets you copy/paste input and output channels across RCS units. • DN9848E Units –gives you access to the control panels and response graphs of the input and output chann
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HELIX DN9848E Remote Control Software User Guide 3.4.1 Memory View screens The Memory View has three screens, RCS Memories, Unit Memories and Copy RCS Memories, from which you can manage the system units’ working memory. The screens are described in the following subsections and operations involving the screens are described in detail within Section 9. Each input has 32 lockable system memories (System 01 to System 32 for storing standard set-ups), five free access user memories (Us
