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FPC900r

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Page 2: ...ed to chassis via a capacitor to prevent ground loops whilst ensuring good EMC compatibility V2 0 DEP 11 August 1997 We have written this manual with the aim of helping installers sound engineers and...

Page 3: ...fer to Section 2 7 Installation Data Connections and Midi 8 Power up the FPC 900i Interface again The Remote should now come on with a message detailing the version number of the installed software 9...

Page 4: ...se can remind the user of a control s operation if the section has already been read Throughout the text there are references to other areas in the following form Refer to Section 3 1 Basic Controls D...

Page 5: ...10 2 7 Data Connections and Midi 11 2 8 FSK 13 2 9 Internal Battery 14 3 0 Varicurvecontrols 16 3 1 Varicurve Display 20 3 2 Omnidrive Display 22 3 3 Remote Connections 24 3 4 Interface Controls and...

Page 6: ...GROUP 42 10 2 Group UTILS 43 10 3 Group ALL 44 11 0 RTA Real Time Analyser 45 11 1 RTA Menu 45 11 2 RTA memories 47 11 3 Storing an RTA 47 11 4 Recalling An RTA 47 12 0 Room Curve and Add Curve 48 12...

Page 7: ...iway cable a standard radio mic link or an XLR tie line the FPC 900 allows the operator to address a network of up to 16 FCS 926 920 Dual VARICURVE Equaliser Analyser units and FDS 388 Omnidrive PA co...

Page 8: ...t should be supported at its rear by additional bracing or shelving if it is to be used in a transportable system Failure to do so will impair the reliability and may possibly invalidate the warranty...

Page 9: ...connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter E or by the Earth signal or which is coloured Green and Yellow or Green The wire which is coloured Blue must be connected to the terminal lab...

Page 10: ...med to be connected to the same grounding circuit The incoming mains power is fused within the FPC 900i by the fuse holder mounted on the rear panel Should it be necessary the fuse must be replaced by...

Page 11: ...mote This is achieved by the Varicurve equalisers and Omnidrives operating in a soft thru mode where any received data is passed on to the MIDI Out but if the device is required to talk it can do so b...

Page 12: ...aricurve devices should be left alone once a dump is done and then use only the controls on the remote to alter the device settings In panic situations though the system will tolerate filter parameter...

Page 13: ...dred metres are quite acceptable A wireless link however allows not only a greater operating range but also more freedom since it is not necessary to drag cables around The signal level from the remot...

Page 14: ...is fully charged The CHARGE LEDs on the interface show the charge progress On an exhausted battery all four will flash As the battery charges the CHARGE bargraph will fill up with lit LEDs while the t...

Page 15: ...soon after which the display brightness will automatically dim to con serve power and ultimately the unit will switch itself off so that suffi cient charge is retained to keep the internal memory ene...

Page 16: ...ode of operation varies with screen mode 1 When the display is scrolled down show ing the top status bar and an EQ curve the Speed Strip will select between filters The chosen filter is denoted by a v...

Page 17: ...NDEX whilst in the Event Select menu will display a list of all Events available with their names Refer to Section 14 0 EVENT D SOLO SOLO allows the user to listen to individual devices or audio chann...

Page 18: ...age RECEIVING Refer to Section 2 0 Installation H FLAT Press the FLAT key momentarily to hear the chosen audio channel with no equalisation A second press returns the previous EQ Pressing and holding...

Page 19: ...data entry is required on the screen the BOOST PARAMETER adjustment becomes a general purpose data entry control Turning the control will increment and decrement a value or step through a series of op...

Page 20: ...elected filter The upper value is for channel 1 in a dual device the lower is for channel 2 In Stereo both are displayed in Mono on the upper value is used Refer to Section 5 0 Selecting and Adjusting...

Page 21: ...er will disappear and the Filters Available value will increase by one Available filters can be positioned by touching the Speed Strip at the required frequency position and adjusting the cut boost co...

Page 22: ...rrent screen or item selected The help text details the most important options available from the current position The two band names are displayed with the names as set on the Omnidrive unit The left...

Page 23: ...his box displays the main delay value or values for the currently selected device Refer to Section 17 0 Controlling Omnidrive Devices This box displays the local delay units for the currently selected...

Page 24: ...3 pin female XLR connector is intended to be used with a calibrated microphone as the input for the internal RTA and SPL meter Refer to Section 9 3 Utilities More Sub Menu and Section 11 0 RTA Real T...

Page 25: ...face cannot charge the battery due to disconnection or a battery fault There is also a protection fuse on the battery circuit within the Remote Refer to Section 2 9 Internal Battery This 3 pin socket...

Page 26: ...d and on and that the interface power supply is functioning See Section 2 7 Data Connections and Midi This connector for the multicore link to the remote is wired in parallel with the REMOTE INTERFACE...

Page 27: ...ice key will cause a Response message to be displayed on any devices connected to that Midi channel Each Varicurve device can be changed between Mono Dual and Stereo modes from the remote Only the lef...

Page 28: ...is no Enter or Return key to finish all characters entered go straight into the device name To edit another name choose SELECT on the Speed Strip and move to another device by pressing its Device key...

Page 29: ...maximum of 12 filters in Mono Only the used filters are marked with arrows a count of spare filters filters set to zero cut or boost being displayed at the top right of the display just below the bat...

Page 30: ...lter will be selected and marked with the cursor When there are two used filters close together pressing the speed strip repeatedly near them will step the filter cursor between them alternately Each...

Page 31: ...nel of a device In Stereo both channels will be cleared To flatten a single filter select the filter using the Speed Strip and then whilst still pressing the strip select the FLAT key EQ Bypass on the...

Page 32: ...r troughs of any heavily boosted curves The View cursor can be used in conjunction with the scrolled display to read off the values of peaks that would normally be off the screen Refer to Section 9 2...

Page 33: ...special program memories within the Remote designed for the storage of Room Curves These are named R1 to R12 and follow on from program 50 Room Curves are equalisation curves produced from RTA measure...

Page 34: ...not be allowed to Store into any program that is locked Lock is denoted by a key symbol next to the chosen program number in the status bar To lock or unlock a program Refer to Section 9 2 Utilities...

Page 35: ...R Once a program has been chosen press Recall a second time The filters in the current device will then be updated with the equalisation data The new program number is now displayed in large character...

Page 36: ...to hear the effect of the stored EQ Turn the Parameter control to browse through the stored programs on line Only those programs which have been stored in the same access mode as the current access mo...

Page 37: ...ram number with Index on will move the cursor within the index Locked programs are indicated with a key symbol Since entering the Compare mode allows an on line browse through previously stored and po...

Page 38: ...of these menu items in more detail The items available on pressing UTILS are FADE Adjusts the crossfade time of the Varicurve program changes GAIN Adjusts the signal gain of the current Varicurve chan...

Page 39: ...may become necessary to restore the correct operating level by adjusting input gain Channel ON OFF This selects the configuration of the filters within a Varicurve device With MONO set to ON all 12 f...

Page 40: ...red as to whether the user requires the program to be locked or not Channel OFF ON Select between ON and OFF Selecting ON instructs the internal control circuits to record each filter s boost or cut v...

Page 41: ...mpt the user whether to Lock or Unlock a program whenever it is Stored This will allow the user to Store programs Locked rather than having to go back and Lock them later With ON or OFF selected all p...

Page 42: ...tion on page 39 details the precise rules followed in Grouping filters Pressing GROUP will prepare a Group containing the last used selection of Varicurve channels Either six or 12 filters are availab...

Page 43: ...y on the whole group would require a spare group filter The speed strip can be used to select another of the group filters or to select a frequency to position one of the spare filters Spare group fil...

Page 44: ...ollows several simple rules to select the filters available on the Group display A record is kept of all the filter frequencies used by the group members Each filter is rated according to how large it...

Page 45: ...The Real Time Analyser output can also be used to display an SPL Sound Pressure Level meter when used with a calibrated microphone The following menu items are available by pressing the RTA key To sel...

Page 46: ...ars or SPL display bargraph Display INPUT OUTPUT MIC This item selects the RTA signal source and is only displayed when DISP is set to DEVRTA With INPUT selected the source will be the line input sign...

Page 47: ...n RTA Storing an RTA SPL WT PKHOLD PINK AUTOEQ ADD RMCURV Real Time Analyser graphs can be stored in one of six specialised memories Stored RTA memories can be used by the Auto EQ function to generate...

Page 48: ...ation to the sound source The FPC 900r has twelve program memories set aside for storing these room curve records It may be that a good sound has been created by careful use of the Varicurve equaliser...

Page 49: ...rves available within the remote there are no Room Curve program locations in the individual devices Add Curve uses many of the techniques employed by Room Curve With Add Curve the user can take the c...

Page 50: ...an equalisation curve that will attempt to correct any frequency response errors in the environment or circuitry that produced the RTA The box below details how the Auto EQ works The FPC 900r is very...

Page 51: ...the venue the user can use an average of each of the RTAs to create a composite room RTA Different parts of the room can be weighted differently Front of House could count as 60 of the room RTA whils...

Page 52: ...ph into an EQ curve Refer to Section 12 0 Room Curve and Add Curve Store the resultant curve into one of the remote Room curve memories e g R7 Give it a name so it doesn t get overwritten At the secon...

Page 53: ...oncerned with Events The first press of the EVENT key takes the user into the main Event Select menu Here the Events are selected and triggered First however we must create some Events to use 14 0 EVE...

Page 54: ...entered from the Device keypad The Device keys now enter letters into the event name Select another menu item with the speed strip to finish entering the name there is no Enter key to press Adjust val...

Page 55: ...ggered Event Below the Event numbers are the user defined Event names The last triggered Event is always marked with the word LAST alongside the Event number To scroll through all 50 Events turn the p...

Page 56: ...om 1 to 50 along with the Event name See fig 14 3 Turning the parameter control will move the highlight through the Index at the same time as the Events are scrolled along the speed strip The highligh...

Page 57: ...ts up the type of data that is to be transferred PROG 1 to PROG 50 are available to transfer individual programs DUMP will transfer the complete contents of a Varicurve device A DUMP from a Device to...

Page 58: ...within the FPC 900 so be careful before this option is used DUMP should be used when the Remote is connected to Varicurves that may have been changed since they were last connected to the FPC 900 rem...

Page 59: ...ies 2 Flash cards may not work Omnidrive data cannot be stored or recalled on the FPC 900R Enter the CARD menu by pressing UTILS and selecting the CARD option Across the top of the CARD screen are det...

Page 60: ...before recalling an RTA Selecting DEVICE will save and load the currently selected device data All program data and program names are included Room curves must be saved individually using CURVE or as...

Page 61: ...e to the card If a FLASH card is detected when a FORMAT is STARTed the card is formatted as usual and then a single ALLDATA file is written to the card using the current remote data No further SAVE op...

Page 62: ...ot directory is written with one entry a sub directory called BSSDATA All data files used by the remote are stored in the BSSDATA sub directory as there are limits to the number of files that can be s...

Page 63: ...and Recall to internal memory will not work on the FPC 900 remote when an Omnidrive screen is displayed nor will storing files to a PCMCIA card store or recall any Omnidrive data The Remote system sh...

Page 64: ...ed upon by the remote so if three band delays are linked on the Omnidrive they will still be linked together when any individual band delay is adjusted on the Remote The drawing here shows bands A and...

Page 65: ...either 803 or 804 as the name of the device using the Shift key to get the characters written on the panel in boxes e g 1 2 3 NOTE If the device has expanded memory denoted by an E appended to the mod...

Page 66: ...ndividual delay times Note that this master delay is added to every output regardless of mono stereo settings Note also that the 6dB range of level control can be restricted within the TCS804 device b...

Page 67: ...de a statement listing the faults found The unit s serial number must be quoted in all correspondence relating to a claim We recommend that you record your purchase information here for future referen...

Page 68: ...is important that they are replaced as soon as possible to ensure continued protection The two VDRs are mounted on the small circuit board LVS300 attached to the rear of the 120 240v selector switch T...

Page 69: ...RTA Request O X Message O X SYSTEM COMMON X X SYSTEM REAL TIME X X AUX MESSAGES Reset Controllers O X Note 3 20 3 FPC 900 Midi Implementation Midi Implementation O Yes X No NOTES 1 Non registered Par...

Page 70: ...7 0 TM S Y S T E M Frequency Weighting 20 4 Frequency Weighting Characteristics Frequency Response 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 10 10 16 25 40 63 100 160 250 400 630 1000 1600 2500 4000 6300 10000 16000...

Page 71: ...transfer 57 DECAY 51 DEST 57 Device keys 16 27 28 39 42 44 63 Device led 43 device names 54 device polling 12 dimensions 8 DISP 50 DOS 62 Dual 27 29 38 DUMP 58 E earthing 10 EDIT 56 EQ Bypass 31 ERROR...

Page 72: ...SEN 38 MORE PINK 39 MORE sub menu 41 MUTE 38 43 N NAME 28 naming programs 34 notch 30 O Omnidrive 11 12 63 Omnidrive DELAY 23 Omnidrive GAIN 22 Omnidrive MAIN DELAY 23 Omnidrive MUTE 22 Omnidrive UNIT...

Page 73: ...stored RTA 51 T Transfer 57 triggering events 55 U unpacking 8 UTILS 18 27 31 32 38 50 57 59 UTILS BYPASS 38 UTILS FADE 38 UTILS GAIN 38 UTILS MONO 38 UTILS MORE 38 UTILS MUTE 38 UTILS PK FIX 38 UTIL...

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