BC 2000 DIGITAL Audio Routing, Mixing and Processing System for Program Production Centers . ARENA DM CONTROL SURFACE FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION ED 08/07 V 1.
CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………................. 2. CONTROL SURFACE COMPONENTS DESCRIPTION……………................................ 2.1. Configuration and monitoring panel…………………………………………………... 2.2. Channels area…………………………………………………………………………... 2.2.1. Channel configuration in “Multiplex Mode”………..………………………... 2.2.2. Channel configuration in “Channel Setup Mode”………..…………………. 2.3. Configuration and information area…………………………………………………… 2.4. Talkback area…………………………………………………………………………… 2.5.
.2.6. “System Setup” display. System adjustments……………………………… 3.2.6.1. IP addresses change………………………………………………... 3.2.6.2. Time and date change………………………………………………. 3.2.6.3. Information about Firmware version……………………………….. 3.2.6.4. DSP% CPU Used……………………………………………………. 3.2.6.5. Disconnect all audio process……………………………………….. 3.2.6.6. DSP Output list………………………………………………………. 3.2.6.7. Signal Processing Changes……………………………………...... 3.2.7. “Timer/Clock” display. Timer and clock adjustment……………………….. 4.
Thank you for purchasing our product, incorporating leading-edge audio signal mixing technology. Please follow the instructions in this user’s manual. Do not connect the mixing console before reading the manual. If you have any questions, e-mail our technical department at sat@aeq.es, but in the USA and Canada contact techsupport@aeqbroadcast.com, where our support staff will assist you with your installation 1. INTRODUCTION.
2. CONTROL SURFACE COMPONENTS DESCRIPTION. A C B D E F A. Configuration and monitoring panel. B. Channels area. C. Configuration and information area. D. Talkback area. E. Programmable keys area. F. Monitoring area. BC 2000 DIGITAL Audio Routing, Mixing and Processing System for Program Production Centres .
2.1. Configuration and monitoring panel (A). 1 2 4 5 6 7 3 1 This section of the mixing console includes the following components: Cue speakers, VUmeters and level and configuration display with navigation keys and associated encoder. 1. Cue speakers. Allows you to hear the signals that are selected. They include an amplifier and can be used to listen to signals in PFL mode. 2 - 3. Precision VU-meters.
5 - 6. Navigator. A set of pushbuttons (5) and a rotary/ pushbutton encoder (6) are used to select and modify the parameters shown on the LCD display. With regard to this display, indications are given at all times about what buttons should be used to perform these functions. 7. Up - Down / Page Swap. Active page indicator and page selection Pushbuttons. They allow for the management of several channel pages and movement amongst them.
2.2 Channels area (B). 8.- Gain. Input gain regulation encoder and access to input select and set up (phase and mode) for the channel. 8 9.- Dynamic. Pushbutton / indicator for access to dynamics and other effects, processing control for the channel. 9 10.- Equalizer. Pushbutton / indicator for access to equalization and filtering functions control for the channel. 11.- Routing. Pushbutton / indicator for access to signals routing control for the channel. 12.- Select.
2.2.1. Channel configuration in “Multiplex Mode”. The operation of the ARENA DM configured in “Multiplex Mode” includes the same functionalities as those found in the standard configuration, except for the following controls: 1.- Input Gain. Changes the digital gain of the signal coming into the multiplex. 1 2.- Routing Button. This button has different functionalities depending on the programmable key corresponding to the multiplex group is lighting or not.
2.2.2. Channel configuration in “Channel Setup Mode”. The operation of the ARENA DM configured in “Channel Setup Mode” includes the same functionalities as those found in the standard configuration, except for the following controls: 1.- Dynamic Button. Allows you to change the signal phase.
2.3. Configuration and information area (C). 20. Special functions display. 21. Special functions encoders. 22. Special functions pushbutton / indicators. 2.4. Talkback area (D). 23. T BACK MIC. Command microphone connector. If you’re using a microphone that need +48V Phantom feed to operate (typically electrostatic mikes), it’s possible to activate that feed by changing the position of a PDP in the console base board (see Service Manual of ARENADM control surface). 24. LEVEL.
2.5. Programmable keys area (E). 26. Programmable Keys have several functions that are assigned with the Console Setup software. Different functions can be set up and assigned to any of the programmable keys. Basically, the functions that can be carried out by the programmable keys are: o o o o o execution of salvo-related commands control of external equipment items (TH-02, Eagle). association of GPI and GPO resources. switching of several studios control when the Multistudio option is used.
2.6. Monitoring area (F). 27 28 29 31 35 32 30 33 34 36 27. Studio Room Section. Studio monitoring selectors / indicators. These make it possible to select the signal or signals that will be sent to the studio monitor speakers or headphones. They can be summable or exclusive keys. 28. Display showing monitoring levels and labels of sources to be monitored. The upper row is associated with the controls for sections 27 and 29, and shows the signal sources that can be monitored.
31. Monitor - Prim Phones - Sec Phones. In its normal position, its function is to control the listening level in studio monitors and in primary and secondary headphones. By pressing one of these buttons you can select a different signal source to be monitored; the signal source you select will be associated with the corresponding button among those defined in section 26. To change signal source, simply press the button; the signal label will begin blinking.
3. CONTROL SURFACE OPERATION. 3.1. Controls operation in the channels area. 3.1.1. Input gain adjustment for each channel. Turn the channel input gain regulation encoder (8). The gain for all channels on the control surface is indicated numerically in dB at the bottom of the level and configuration display (4). If there is an input audio signal present, it will appear on the LCD display VUmeters.
Input Select & Set Up menu options. 3.1.2.1. Input Select. On the display (4), open the available labels list, which has previously been assigned to the channel by the system administrator from the console configuration software. The format list may look like this: The current option will be highlighted. You can scroll through the list the encoder (6), and make your selection with OK. Any modifications made to the channel will be applied to that input signal.
3.1.3. Dynamic Setup: Selection and configuration of dynamic and time processing functions by channel, except equalization. Press the dynamic Pushbutton indicator for the channel and the level and configuration display (4) will show the different effects available for selection, their active-inactive status (ON-OFF) and a label identifying the memory selected in each effect (Compres01 in this example).
3.1.3.1.1. Compressor parameters adjustment. Select the "Change Parms" option and press OK to access the display to set the compressor parameters. You can access each of the parameters using the "up" and “down" cursors (5), changing the respective values using the encoder (6) or the “left” cursor to decrease and the “right” one to increase. The middle button lets you exit this display when the “EXIT” option is selected.
3.1.3.1.2. Saving and loading compressor settings. When “Preset List” is selected, the following screen is displayed: An item from the list can be selected using the navigation cursors (5), and then one of the two available options can be chosen: “Save” or “Load.” The option chosen is validated using the middle button, or the screen is exited if “EXIT” has been selected. The “Load” option loads the respective effect in the list of 4 presets that are displayed when the compressor is accessed.
3.1.3.3. Reverb. To enter the menu for the Reverb effect, press the navigator’s OK key (5) over the Reverb option on the screen that is displayed in section 3.1.3. The menus displayed for this effect work in exactly the same way as the ones described in sections 3.1.3.1 and 3.1.3.1.2, except for setting the parameters, which are the following: Type: Hall, Room, Plate, Vocal. You can choose from among 4 different types of reverb, depending on the application. Decay time.
3.1.4. Equalizer: Selection and configuration of equalizer and filter functions, by channel. In the standard mode, when press the Equalizer press-button / indicator for the channel, the level and configuration display (4) shall show the filtering and equalization functions and their active-inactive status (ON-OFF).
Use the “Select” key (12) to modify the equalization parameters in real time, on a curve, on the main display (20). Therefore, it’s possible to select the equalization or filter type by using “Equalizer” key (10) of each channel and, by pressing “Select” key (12) of that channel, it’s possible to modify each parameter in the main display (20) placed in the information and configuration area (see section 3.2.1.3).
3.1.5. Routing: Sending selection and configuration for each channel. This function is available in the standard operating mode. In the “Bus Send Mode”, the Routing control performs an activation or deactivation function on the direct routing to an output bus that was previously associated to this button in the configuration software; the Routing function is not available in this mode.
3.1.6. Select: Access to the special functions display and controls. Press the “Select” (12) pushbutton / indicator to associate the channel with the main display (20) and controls (21) and (22), whose operation is discussed in Chapter 3.2 of this manual. In the special “Bus Send Mode” working mode, it will be an access for direct routing of the signal present in each channel to the output bus associated to this button in the configuration software.
3.1.10. Opening and regulation of channels, channel label and page changes. The ARENA DM console has channels that can be assigned to different input and output routes in a completely flexible manner. A single physical channel on the control surface can regulate, at different times, an input circuit signal, or an output circuit or even a subgroup. In the configuration software the signals assignments to each channel are defined.
3.2. Configuration and information area operation (Select). 3.2.1. Functional description. 20. Special functions display. 21. Special functions encoders. 22. Special functions Pushbutton indicators. 3.2.1.1. Controls identification.
When “Select” (12) is pressed in any channel, the following screen is displayed: The path menu that can be found through the “Select” key (12) is as follow: Processing Test signal generation Equalizer Filters Delay Compressor Reverb Noise Gate Tone Pink noise White noise Input / Output Setup 3.2.1.3. Processing. In the “Processing” option the signal can be processed in time, level or frequency. The available effects in the “Process Menu” are: • Equalizer.
• • Compressor/Limiter. The main application for this effect is that of a limiter, since it is a compressor that only acts above the previously set threshold level. Below the threshold level, the signal will only be affected by the gain that is applied. When you use this effect as a limiter, we recommend adjusting the gain to 0 dB, the compression range to the maximum (1:50) and the threshold to the level above which you wish to limit the signal (typically between 0 and +6 dB).
Scroll. With the rotating encoder you can display the entire list of available effects. o Selec. New. Enables you to select the preset that is highlighted on the list of effects in order to load it as a new active preset (“Load Sel.”) or to save the settings that are active for that preset (“Save Current”). o New. Automatically generates a new preset with the settings of the active preset. o Cancel Sel. Cancels the selection you made when pressing the encoder corresponding to the Selec. New option.
3.2.1.3.1. Equalizer. Each of the four bands can be selected by pressing successively the encoders (21), either to modify frequency (FREQ), gain (GAIN), or Q in each band of frequency. Once situated over the band of frequency required (“Low“, “Mid-1“, “Mid-2“ or “High“), turn the encoder to increase or decrease the corresponding parameter. The operation should be repeated to obtain the required equalization for the signal.
3.2.1.3.3. Reverb. Signals are time processed in the reverb function, with 4 different effects available: “Plate“, “Hall“, “Vocal“ and “Room“. To access this function, just select the “Reverb“ option by means of the encoder associated to the “SCROLL“ label (3.2.1.3. section), and then press the encoder (or the pushbutton below the “ENTER” label).
3.2.1.4. Test signal generation. From the mixer, it is possible to generate test signals for different uses. A tone can be selected (selecting frequency -from 10 Hz to 20 kHz- and the level) or a noise (selecting only the level). When the “Select“ button (12) is pressed on any channel the following menu will appear: The lower encoder (21) placed on the right of the display it can selects the “Test signal generation“, which will appears highlighted.
3.2.1.4.2. Pink noise generation. Pink noise is a random noise that contains the same energy quantity per octave, this means that, the energy of this kind of signal decrease 3 dB every time the frequency increases one octave, in such a way that, as every upper octave contains double frequency and half energy, the frequency response of a pink noise.
3.2.1.5. Input/Output Setup. Depending on the type of signal that is active in each channel, when you access this section you will be able to modify different parameters of that signal. • In the case of a microphone signal, you can modify: o o o o • In the case of a stereo line signal, by pressing the corresponding encoder you can modify: o o • Type of signal (“Input Mode”). This can be a signal with microphone levels or line levels.
3.2.2. Select access area. General data display. This includes the following data: • System information: 1. 2. 3. 4. Mixer ID: user interface IP address (control surface). Frame ID: audio engine IP address. Date: date (month, day, year). Time: HH:MM:SS. • Working configuration information, including active user identification and whether the user has made any changes or not to the configuration: 5. 6. User: Active user’s name or ID Working Config.
3.2.3. Working Configuration display. The Working Configuration screen is accessed by pressing the button under the “Working Config.” label in the Select access area. It looks as follows: From this screen different available options can be selected through the P1 to P5 push-buttons placed under these options. 3.2.3.1. Loading a new configuration. 1º.
3.2.3.2. Memory Configuration. Depending on the type of configuration that was sent from the configuration software, the main display will show either the “Working Configuration” option or the “Config.” option. Thus, the “Working Configuration” option will be accessible by default when you have a standard configuration in the controller board, while the “Config.” option will be accessible by default if a configuration is sent that works with memories.
SAVE CURRENT: A warning message is displayed indicating that you are about to write on the selected memory position. In that position, whether it is already occupied or not, the system will store the settings situation existing at that moment on the control surface. LOAD SELECTN.: If you wish to load a previously stored memory, use “Scroll” and “Selec New” to select the memory you want to load. Then press “Load Selectn.
3.2.4. “Change User“ display. Change current user. From this screen it is possible to change the current user to a new user from a list The procedure to change the user is as follows: 1. The user will be chosen by scrolling up or down the user list. The desired new user will be highlighted. 2. When pressing the encoder (“SELECT NEW”), the new user will appear next to “New Selected” label. 3. To load the selected user, the “LOAD SELECTN” button must be pressed. 4. Then, a confirmation screen appears.
3.2.5. “Macro Configuration“ display. Load and activation of programmable keys. Macro files contain the definition of assigned functions for the programmable keys. Due to the complexity involved in programming macro functions (IP address, protocols, timers, etc.), programming cannot be done from the surface control, but must be done from the configuration software. Work with macro files is therefore limited to loading and activating the respective keys configuration.
3.2.6. “System Setup“ display. System adjustments. From the “System Setup“ screen several adjustments can be made and system information can be checked: Mixer address: Change of control surface IP address. Frame address: Change of mixer frame IP address. Dsp % Cpu Used: Check the percentage of DSP use. Disconnect all audio process: Complete deactivation of all effects. Dsp Output List: Check DSP outputs assignation list.
3.2.6.1. IP addresses change. The first parameter on the list is “Mixer Address“, which allows you to change the control surface IP address. The second parameter is “Frame address“, which allows you to change the frame IP address.
3.2.6.2. Time and date change. It is possible to adjust the time and date of the system, following the procedure described in the previous section. By a rotating encoder (21) placed on the right of the display, the highlighted values are modified. Pressing the encoder accepts the changes and skips to the following parameter which will be highlighted. Months, days and years can be modified inside the “DATE SET” menu, and hours, minutes and seconds, in the “TIME SET” menu.
3.2.6.4. DSP% CPU Used. This screen displays the type of function performed and percentage of CPU used by each installed DSP board. Each DSP board performs a certain function, which may be signal routing (MATRIX), VU meter calculation (VUMETER), effects applied to audio signals (PROCESS) or backup. Next to the position occupied by each board in the frame, the screen indicates the function assigned to it and the percentage of resources it uses. 3.2.6.5. Disconnect all audio process.
3.2.6.7. Signal Processing Changes. This option allows you to monitor the changes regarding parameters (phase, mode and balance) and processes (dynamic, equalization, filtering and test signals) of each one of the control surfaces channels in relation to initial configuration (or to the last one accepted). It also allows you to accept those changes or undo them and fall back to the last accepted configuration.
3.2.7. “Timer/Clock” display. Timer and clock adjustment. Through the “Timer/Clock“ function a timer or a clock can be setup in order to accomplish different purposes. The following screen is displayed when P1 button is pressed on the System Setup screen. The following functions are available when P1 to P5 buttons are pressed: 1. Start/Stop: The “Clock” count is established by pressing the button below this label. It serves the same function for the ”Timer” function. 2.
4. INSTALLATION AND CABLING. 4.1. Description of back panel and connection for ARENA DM. 6 4 3 7 5 2 1 • 1.- Power switch. • 2.- Power supply connector and fuse. The equipment may be operated with alternating voltage of between 90V and 250V at 50 or 60 Hz; this type of power is considered “universal,” as it will allow the equipment to be used in any country in the world with no need for a voltage selector switch. Inside the power connector compartment, there are two 1.6 Amp.
• 6.- Pair of RS 422 control output RJ 45 connectors for ARENA D10 channel expansion modules: 2 connectors. If you need to connect more (up to 7), each connector has a follower output that can be connected to the next one. Pin layout, from right to left, with the tongue facing up: 3.- RX + 4.- TX + 5.- TX 6.- RX 7.- S clk +: V+ phase of the synchronizing signal 8.- S clk -: V- phase of the synchronizing signal • 7.- RS 232: serial Port: Connection via serial port for future applications.
4.2. Description of back panel and connection for ARENA D10. 4 3 2 • 1.- Power switch. • 2.- Power supply connector and fuse. The equipment may be operated with alternating voltage of between 90V and 250V at 50 or 60 Hz; this type of power is considered “universal,” as it will allow the equipment to be used in any country in the world with no need for a voltage selector switch. Inside the power connector compartment, there are two 1.6 Amp. Slow Blow fuses, one of them used as a spare. • 3.
4.3. Description of audio wiring for ARENA DM. Note: The position (slot) of BC2202 board is configured in “BC-2000 D Console Setup” application. 50 BC 2000 DIGITAL Audio Routing, Mixing and Processing System for Program Production Centres .
