Installation manual

Model DMA
™
8 Installation Manual
3-1
Chapter 3
Setup
3.1 Setup Software
Completing the DMA
™
8 installation requires the use of a computer running
Windows 98 or later, and the DMA8 setup software. Connect the computer via the
front-panel serial port. The software provides the ability to perform the following
functions:
• Set the priority for automatic selection of the active digital media source
• Set the cinema processor model number connected to the DMA8
• Select which automation line is tied to the front-panel “Film” switch
• Select which automation line is tied to the front-panel “Digital Media” switch
• Set the surround delay
• Enable and disable Dialogue Normalization
• Set the global audio delay
• Set discrete or Dolby
®
Pro-Logic
®
decoding
• Set the eight-channel analog input to 5.1 channel downmixing
• Select which audio group to disembed from an SDI stream
• Select which program of SDI audio to listen to: Ch. 1&2, or Ch. 3&4
Additionally the software monitors specific operations of the DMA8 that can:
• Notify user of decoding (PCM, Dolby Digital, or Dolby E)
• Display what mode (Film or Digital Media) is selected
• Display level meters for signal level monitoring
• Display the frame rate of material encoded in Dolby E
• Display what type of option card is installed, if any
• Display status of Dolby Surround Pro Logic decoding for two-channel PCM
audio signals
• Display dialogue normalization and channel mode metadata information
• Display the firmware version number