Studio Technologies 55 2005 - Manual (Page 20)

Issue 5, August 2005 Model 55/56 User Guide
Page 20 Studio Technologies, Inc.
Operation
Now that you’ve installed and confi gured
the system, you’re ready to go. You should
fi nd operation very easy.
Model 55 Central Controller
The Model 55 front panel contains three
LEDs. The power present LED should
be lit whenever AC mains power is con-
nected. During normal operation the Over
Current LED will not be lit. It will fl ash only
if there is a problem interfacing with the
Model 56 Control Console or the talent
amplifi ers that you have connected. Refer
to the Troubleshooting section if the Over
Current LED lights.
The Input Data LED will light whenever
a message is received. Refer to the
Troubleshooting section if the LED does
not fl ash in response to a message from
the Model 56 Control Console.
Model 56 Control Console
All StudioComm functions are controlled
using the Model 56 Control Console.
To make things easy, we’ve divided the
StudioComm functions into three main
groups: input-output selection, control
room output, and communications
functions.
Control Room/Meter Source Selection
To select an input for monitoring in the
control room, press one of the four CR
buttons. The corresponding LED in the
CR column will light to let you know which
input is selected. If the input is set for
mono the LED will continually fl ash on
and off as a warning. The same source
will be connected to the meter output.
The system may have been confi gured
to allow two control room sources to
be selected simultaneously. If so, select
the fi rst source by pressing and holding
one of the four CR buttons. Then, while
keeping the fi rst button pressed, select
the second source by pressing one of
the three other CR buttons. The two
sources will be added (summed or mixed)
together: L+L, R+R.
Headphone Source Selection
To select an input source for the head-
phone output, press and hold the Phones
button and press one of the four CR but-
tons. In the Phones column, the LED for
the input you select will light. If the input
is set for mono the LED will continually
fl ash on and off as a warning.
A special function allows you to select no
input to be sent to the headphones. This
ensures a quiet feed to the phones, but
still allows the talk to phones function to
be used. To select no input, simply press
and hold the Phones button, then press
both Communications Level buttons at the
same time. The Level buttons are located
to the right of the two Communications but-
tons. All LEDs in the Phones column will
be off when no input is selected. To again
select one of the four inputs, press and
hold the Phones button, then press one
of the four CR buttons.
Dub Source Selection
To select an input source for the dub
out-put, press and hold the Dub button
and press one of the four CR buttons. The
appropriate LED in the Dub column will
light. If the input is set for mono the LED
will continually fl ash on and off as a warn-
ing. You can select no input just as you
did for the headphones. Press and hold