Media Technology Systems AMX 0.2 User Manual
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Bypass!mode.!
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Note:!The!Input!open!indicator!is!available!as!a!‘look!at!me’!trigger!for!camera!presets!
during!video!conferencing.!The!indicator!can!be!accessed!using!MTS!Control!(see!“MTS!
Cobranet!Interface!Programming!Manual”).!
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4.3.3.8 Last&mic&on&
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Type:!Toggle!
Default:!Disabled!
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When!enabled!the!last!microphone!with!gate!open!will!remain!open!when!the!Hold!time!
expires.!The!Open!indicator!will!remain!lit!and!NOM!indicator!will!show!1!and!priority!
will!show!0.!The!last!mic!will!immediately!close!when!any!other!gate!in!the!system!
opens.!This!feature!can!produce!a!more!natural!responding!system!based!on!the!idea!
that!in!many!conferencing!scenarios,!the!last!to!speak!is!most!likely!the!next!to!speak.!
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NOM!is!read!and!assessed!when!Hold!time!expires.!If!NOM=1,!the!gate!remains!open.!
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4.3.3.9 Link&Master&Controls&
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These!controls!are!only!active!on!the!device!configured!as!the!Link!master.!A!device!is!
configured!as!Link!master!by!the!presence!of!one!or!more!Link!inputs.!
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4.3.3.10
Link&Master&NOM&attenuation&step&
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Type:!dB!
Range:!0!to!L6!dB!
Default:!L3!dB!
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Controls!the!amount!of!gain!reduction!per!doubling!of!the!number!of!open!mics.!With!
only!one!open!mic,!no!gain!reduction!is!introduced.!When!a!second!mic!opens,!the!
number!of!mics!has!doubled!and!gain!of!both!open!channels!is!reduced!by!the!amount!
specified!by!this!control.!A!third!open!mic!will!reduce!gain!by!log2(3)!(approximately!
1.5!times)!this!setting.!A!fourth!open!mic!represents!a!second!doubling!of!open!mics!
reducing!gain!by!two!times!the!setting.!
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4.3.3.11
NOM&response&time&
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Type:!Time!
Range:!100!ms!to!10!s!
Default:!1!s!
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Time!constant!for!moving!from!one!NOM!compensation!gain!setting!to!the!next!in!
response!to!change!in!the!number!of!open!mics!in!the!system.!
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4.3.3.12
Background&gain&
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Type:!dB!