Rane RPM 26i - Manual (Page 5)

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Panel is all an operator needs to see to recall Memories. If
only a few presets are required, deleting the name entry in the
Site Control Panel Setup removes the button from the Site
Control Panel, reducing the number of buttons. A password is
not required to operate the RPM 26i from the Site Control
Panel.
If more than 16 Memories are needed, they can be saved
to disk and recalled later. For mobile sound trucks, presets for
a particular venue can be saved to disk and loaded when
returning to that venue. Memory names are stored in the
conputer, along with other site information. Job files can be
used for multiple installations. Printouts of device data and
graphs are also available. These can be kept in the project
documentation. (Use
Device > Print Device Report.)
Selecting a device
The quickest way to get to the RPM 26i Device Edit
screen, if it is not already displayed, is to click the Device
button on the far right side of the Button Bar. When you press
it, a menu pops up that shows a list of the first fifteen con-
nected devices from the most recent Poll and an offline
version of each RW 232 device. Click one of the RPM 26i
devices—either the
OFFLINE RPM 26i or an actual device—
and the RPM 26i Device Edit screen appears.
Alternatively, after Polling for units, the same device list
appears in the Device Select window. Select the OFFLINE
RPM 26i device or, if a connected unit was found, select it
from the list and click
OK. Each unit’s Device Address will
be displayed within brackets [1] to the left of the device
name. Double-clicking on the device name is equivalent to
selecting the device and clicking OK.
The RaneWare screen
The RaneWare computer screen for the RPM 26i provides
an overall “system” picture of the available signal processing
functions. This screen (shown below) is called the Device
Edit screen. The RaneWare screen also contains a Button Bar
and typical Windows pull-down Menus. The RaneWare
screen gives you complete control of all signal processing
functions as well as access to all system-level controls such as
COM port selection and the Site Control Panel that recalls
Memories stored in multiple RW 232 devices.
The “system” picture in each Device Edit screen contains
groups of independent signal processing “blocks” which
make up a DSP Program. The number of the loaded DSP
Program appears in the upper left corner, in this case,
DSP
Program: 3.
Each of these DSP Programs contains many processing
blocks. For example, each has at least one Input Trim block,
an A/D block with a dual-color Signal present and overload
indicator, Delay blocks, and so on. The RPM 26i contains
many variations of these user-selectable DSP Programs—
which are covered in more detail later in this manual.
RaneWare computer screens always display at a specific
size on the screen, optimized for typical laptop computer
screen resolutions. This makes it possible to view and control
multiple screens when your graphics resolution allows.
RaneWare Menus
There are three RaneWare pull-down Menus.
The System menu for “system-level” controls that apply to
the computer or all connected RW 232 devices. The Device
menu for device-specific control and the Help menu for on-
line help.
System Menu
These menu commands apply to all connected RW 232
devices and contain the following menu items:
System > System Setup displays this screen:
The Serial Port radio buttons on the left tell the computer
which Com port is being used to “speak” to the connected
RW 232 unit(s). The
Offline radio button permits use of the
software without connecting a unit. To operate an RW 232
unit, you must select the Com (serial) port that is physically
connected to the unit. This screen is also displayed the first
time you start RaneWare or after erasing the RW232.INI file
from your Windows directory.