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Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder

4-8

January 2000

Section III. VR240 THEORY OF OPERATION

4-14. MAIN

COMPONENTS.

The main components of the VR240 are:

Input Boards (signal conditioning, A/.D and D/A conversion, data reduction)

CPU Board (microprocessor, memory, SCSI, clock, Ethernet, communication ports)

Removable-media Drives (tape, MO disk, DVD-RAM)

Internal fixed hard disk drive

Motherboard (backplane for CPU and Input boards, audio mixer)

I/O Control Board (audio output and display control circuits)

Front Panel Assembly (keyboard, display, status indicators)

Switching Power Supply

Uninterruptible Power Supply with Battery Charger

4-15. GENERAL

OPERATION.

NOTE

The following description assumes that standard telephone input
boards are installed. See Figure 4-1.

Signals to be recorded are connected to the input boards. The front-end circuits condition the
signals according to user settings for gain and AGC.  The conditioned signals are filtered and
converted from analog to digital.  The digitized signals are pass through a data reduction
algorithm (standard G.726 ADPCM), resulting in a data rate per channel of 64, 32, or 16 kilobits
per second.  Data from all channels is transferred from the input boards to memory on the
CPU3 board.  A decision is then made for each channel whether to save the data or ignore it,
depending on the user setting for channel activity (OFF-HOOK, VOX, etc.).  Data for active
channels is transferred from memory to the fixed hard disk drive. After a certain amount of data
is accumulated on the disk drive, it is then transferred from the hard disk to memory and then to
the removable media. If the removable media is full or not loaded, data continues to
accumulate on the hard disk.  All data is time coded so as user can easily locate desired
material by searching for a time and date.

Playback is the reverse of recording. Once the desired data is located (either on the hard disk
or on a removable-media drive that is not in record mode), the data is transferred to memory
and then to the input boards for playback. The data is converted to analog, and the signals from
all enabled channels are mixed to a single channel and played through the speaker (or
headphones) and the line-out jack.

The CPU board features a Motorola 68000-family microprocessor running a proprietary real-
time multitasking operating system. System firmware is stored in Flash ROM and can be
updated in the field.  Updates are created periodically to add new features and to support
different types of SCSI removable-media drives (such as the new DVD-RAM drives).

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Summary of Contents for VR240

Page 1: ...anuary 2000 Rec Play Rew FFwd Stop Eject Channel Status Full Almost Full Fault Phones Relay 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Eventide VR240 Digital Audio Logging Recorder 3 2 1 6 5 4 9 8 7 0 R A M DVD R A M DVD 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 OPERATOR S MANUAL MODEL VR240 AUDIO LOGGING RECORDER ...

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Page 3: ...aragraph 2 5 Perform the following in sequence upon powerup 1 Set the clock paragraph 2 3 4 2 Perform System Configuration Chapter 3 Section I 3 Perform Board Configuration Chapter 3 Section II Perform media drive cleaning at the recommended intervals paragraph 5 3 Tape drive equipped machines only After cleaning reset the clean timer to 0 00 paragraph 5 3 2 Before installing new media for recordi...

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Page 5: ...ION 2 1 2 1 GENERAL 2 1 2 2 INITIAL SETUP 2 1 2 2 1 Telephone Board Connection Phoenix Connector 2 1 2 2 2 Auto Board Amphenol Connector 2 1 2 2 3 Additional Hardware 2 1 2 3 INITIAL TURN ON 2 3 2 3 1 Power 2 3 2 3 2 Self Test 2 3 2 3 3 Front Panel Controls 2 3 2 3 4 Setting the System Clock 2 4 2 3 5 Setting Up Input Channel 1 for Recording 2 5 2 3 6 Media Loading and Formatting 2 6 2 3 7 Recordi...

Page 6: ...E CLOCK 3 1 Section II GLOBAL SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 3 3 3 4 SYSTEM 3 3 3 5 SAMPLING 3 3 3 6 SECURITY 3 5 3 6 1 Select Security Levels 3 5 3 6 2 Change User Password 3 6 3 6 3 Lock 3 6 3 6 4 Unlock 3 7 3 7 MEDIA USAGE 3 7 3 8 DISPLAY ASCII CHARACTER ADJUSTMENT 3 9 3 9 STATUS REPORT PRINT OUT 3 9 3 10 TIME TRACK 3 11 3 11 LANGUAGE 3 11 3 12 COPY CONFIGURATION 3 12 3 13 SERIAL I O PORT PARAMETERS 3 12...

Page 7: ...OK 3 31 3 32 AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL AGC 3 32 Section V DESCRIPTORS 3 34 3 33 FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION 3 34 3 34 COPY DESCRIPTORS 3 36 4 THEORY OF OPERATION 4 1 Section I PHILOSOPHY OF OPERATION 4 1 4 1 GENERAL 4 1 4 2 COMPROMISES IN LOGGING RECORDERS 4 1 4 3 ANALOG vs DIGITAL RECORDING4 1 4 4 AUDIO QUALITY CONSIDERATIONS AND TRADEOFFS 4 2 4 5 FREQUENCY RESPONSE 4 2 4 6 SAMPLING RATE IN THE VR240 4 3...

Page 8: ...ECORD OPERATION 5 12 5 9 RECORD 5 12 5 9 1 Begin Recording from the Disk Ready Position 5 12 5 9 2 Stop Recording from the Disk Select Position 5 13 5 9 3 Begin Recording from the Drive Select Position 5 14 5 9 4 Begin the Dual Record Operation 5 15 Section V RECORD OPERATION 5 16 5 10 OPERATION DURING RECORD 5 16 5 11 MEDIA COUNTER AND DRIVE SWITCHOVER 5 16 5 12 AUTOMATIC MEDIA FORMATTING5 17 5 1...

Page 9: ...tion 5 39 5 27 2 To Search and Play a Set Memory Location 5 40 Section VI KEY RECORD OPERATIONS 5 43 APPENDIX A CLOCK ACCURACY ADJUSTMENT AND TIME CODE INPUT A 1 A 1 FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION A 1 A 2 CLOCK FREQUENCY ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE A 2 A 3 LITHIUM BATTERY VOLTAGE CHECK A 2 A 4 TIME CODE INPUT A 2 A 5 RS 232 CONFIGURATION AND DATA FORMAT A 3 A 6 VR240 CLOCK EXAMPLE A 4 A 7 STATUS PRINTER INDICATI...

Page 10: ...LE E 2 APPENDIX F THE STATUS PRINTER F 1 F 1 PRINTER REQUIREMENTS F 1 F 2 CONFIGURING THE VR240 TO OUTPUT DESIRED SYSTEM STATUS REPORTS F 2 F 2 1 Detailed Activity Printouts F 2 F 2 2 Activity Summaries F 2 F 2 3 Summary When Media Is Ejected F 3 F 2 4 Summary on DemandF 3 WARRANTY Warranty Page ...

Page 11: ...of an ordinary tape recorder The square buttons under the VFD access a set of menus which control some of the more advanced features of the unit These buttons are soft keys whose functions vary as you go through the different menus One either side of the soft keys is rectangular keys marked by a left and right arrow Pressing these keys will either move you through menu options or when appropriate ...

Page 12: ...______________________________ On display during turn on accessible from the menus If your unit is not configured as desired or if you should need to change the configuration in the future drives and channels can be added easily INPUT BOARD 1 Audio or Telephone 8 Channel channels 1 8 INPUT BOARD 2 Audio or Telephone 8 Channel channels 9 16 INPUT BOARD 3 Audio or Telephone 8 Channel channels 17 24 ...

Page 13: ... several hundred channel hours of audio Digital format allows additional information to be stored such as time codes and channel content information One or two media drives May contain 8 16 or 24 input channels Input options allow different configurations depending upon the audio signal sources Transport control keys emulate the familiar controls of an ordinary tape recorder Easy to read VFD vacuu...

Page 14: ...ame type is used for 115 Vac or 230 Vac 1 5 ACCESSORIES AND OPTIONS Description Part Model Number Label Printer Seiko Model SLP1000 Status Printer Various serial Accessory Playback Unit Eventide model VR204 or VP204 DDS Cleaning Cartridge Various Sony recommended PC Remote Control Eventide Part Number 110000 Satellite Chronometer Eventide Part Number ECW 40 DVD RAM Disk Eventide Part Number 240011...

Page 15: ...vailable to connect to the Channel One input of the VR240 2 2 INITIAL SETUP 2 2 1 Telephone Board Connection Phoenix Connector Locate an active telephone line in the area you are working Connect the telephone line tip lead to pin 15 and the ring lead to pin 16 of the 16 contact input connector provided with the unit note input is not polarity sensitive See Figure 2 1 2 2 2 Audio Board Amphenol Con...

Page 16: ... SERVICING TO QUALIFIED TECHNICIAN CAUTION SCSI LINE OUT RELAY DISABLED UPS EXT SPEAKER 12 VDC ENABLED VR240 with one 8 Channel audio board Detail B VR240 with three 8 channel telephone boards Detail A PORT A PORT B PORT C PORT D SEE MANUAL FOR CONNECTION INSTRUCTION TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE COVER NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED TECHNICIAN CAUTION SCSI ...

Page 17: ... applied Then the following screen will appear on the VFD display 2 3 3 Front Panel Controls There are three sets of controls on the VR240 front panel The transport control keys are immediately underneath the drive s The keypad is on the right of the panel above the headphone jack The soft keys are underneath the VFD display Refer to Section III of this chapter for a more detailed description of t...

Page 18: ...M on the 29th of February 2000 the number for 3 28 PM would be 15 28 00 29 FEB 00 Use the Cursor soft key to place the cursor under the parameter s you wish to change To change the parameter use either the Decrease and Increase soft keys or the keypad When finished press the Done soft key you have not yet set the time Upper Not Ready Controls SysInfo Drive Config Upper Not Ready Clock Descriptors ...

Page 19: ... soft key NOTE The display will give you the time and date as stored in the VR240 This may be accurate or completely incorrect if never set The VR240 uses 24 hour time and the European method of giving the date as DAY MONTH YEAR 2 3 5 Setting Up Input Channel 1 for Recording a Press the Config soft key NOTE Config is not available in hard disk menu Use the Drive soft key to select either the upper...

Page 20: ...oards or ACTIVE HIGH OPEN for audio boards is displayed if it was not displayed originally f Press the Done soft key to accept the OFF HOOK telephone input boards choice or ACTIVE HIGH OPEN audio input boards There are many more system configuration choices but the only important one at present is to make sure that Channel 1 is active when you record on it CONFIGURATION BOARD 1 Chan 1 8 Telephone ...

Page 21: ...otective case The whole case is loaded into the machine at once do not try to remove the disk from the case You will see a small plastic write protect mechanism located on the bottom left of each side of the protective case The latch must be pushed all the way to the right two red holes showing to allow the disk to be written Make sure this is done before continuing Insert your new magneto optical...

Page 22: ...ill read ERASE ALL DATA ON MEDIA ARE YOU SURE Press the Yes softkey Notice that you were given the opportunity to CANCEL this potentially dangerous operation UPPER Media unreadable Controls GoTo Drive Resume UPPER Media unreadable SysInfo MediaInfo Config PrepMedia PREPARE UPPER Copy Format MakeIndex Quit ERASE ALL DATA ON MEDIA ARE YOU SURE Yes Cancel ...

Page 23: ...e menus are sometimes dependent upon the state of the unit The loading of media caused new menu choices to become available 2 3 7 Recording to the Archive Drives a Once the formatted media is in one or both drives the VR240 is ready to record The first thing to do is confirm that audio is present on channel 1 b Press the Controls soft key c Press the Monitor soft key d Press the Disable soft key U...

Page 24: ...e so that the input signal to the VR240 is as high on the meter as possible without clipping as indicated by red LEDs on the right of the array It is OK if the rightmost set of asterisks flashes occasionally When the Monitor menu times out or you hit Done the meter is disabled and that line of the display reverts to its normal function described in detail later on You can now hear your signal sour...

Page 25: ... January 2000 2 11 2 3 8 Adjust the speaker volume a Press the Done soft key b Press the Volume soft key c Press the Speaker soft key Monitoring 1 Enable Disable Done CONTROLS Volume Monitor Lock Quit VOLUME Speaker Headphone Line Alarm ...

Page 26: ... or increase the speaker volume The increments are 0 no volume to 40 maximum volume To return to the VOLUME screen press the Done soft key e To quit this menu press the next soft key f Press the Quit soft key twice SPEAKER VOLUME 15 Lower Higher Done VOLUME Speaker Headphone Line Alarm VOLUME Quit ...

Page 27: ...are recording and b the status of the archive drive s The date and time is also displayed along with the media counter an electronic equivalent of the mechanical counter on analog decks This counter is very important because it may be the only way you can tell how near the media is to completion Let the recording run for a while Once you start recording the menu structure changes Note that when th...

Page 28: ...selected channel while the VR240 continues to record This is particularly useful when the recording is being monitored in real time When Recall is activated and the channel is selected the available time frame to listen to is backed up 30 seconds from the current time From there selecting Pause Rewind or FastForward enables the operator to quickly locate a selection to listen to Refer to the detai...

Page 29: ...he VR240 must be mounted horizontally not on an angle such as in some consoles Some items to consider Convenience Select a location where changing media can be easily accomplished If you do not plan to install remote alarms locate the VR240 where the media almost full media full and system fault alarms can be clearly heard Security Do you need to be concerned that someone will want to destroy the ...

Page 30: ...ssis connector is internationally standardized However if the VR240 is being used outside the United States the supplied power cable must be replaced with a local version Line Voltage The VR240 is factory configured for the line voltage of the country of installation Fuse size is 2 amp 250V If unsure that the power input setting is correct for the local supply perform the following a Remove the to...

Page 31: ...ws NOTE Connect signal sources and mount the VR240 prior to connecting the power source to the unit Refer to initial turn on paragraph 2 3 2 8 INPUT OPTIONS Up to three input boards may be installed in each VR240 mainframe see Figure 2 2 This manual describes the two board styles available 1 Voice quality audio input board 8 channels 2 FCC registered telephone board 8 channels Other types of input...

Page 32: ...e 50 position socket on the rear panel of each audio input board The sockets are the industry standard telephone type compatible with the Amphenol 57 series blue ribbon connectors Looking at the rear of the unit each 50 position socket is numbered as follows 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 ...

Page 33: ...19 8 33 8 RED grn GRN red Audio out Ground 9 34 9 Red brn BRN red Squelch Ground 10 35 10 RED slt Audio in Audio in Channel 04 12 20 11 36 11 BLK blu BLU blk Audio out Ground 12 37 12 BLK org ORG blk Squelch Ground 13 38 13 BLK grn GRN blk Audio in Audio in Channel 05 13 21 14 39 14 BLK brn BRN blk Audio out Ground 15 40 15 BLK slt SLT blk Squelch Ground 16 41 16 YEL blu BLU yel Audio in Audio in ...

Page 34: ...the front panel on a channel by channel basis 1 Balanced input 10K ohm impedance transformerless 2 Transformer balanced input 10K ohm impedance 1kHz 3 Transformer balanced input 600 ohm impedance Do not connect Audio Board channels directly to the Public Switched Telephone Network Use Eventide s FCC registered input boards for this purpose 2 8 5 Rear Panel Serial Port Connectors Connect the desire...

Page 35: ... 3 Ground 4 9 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 Ground 4 9 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 Ground 4 9 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 Ground Serial Chan B RS 232 Serial Chan H RS 232 reserved Serial Chan E PC Remote RS 485 party line Serial Chan B RS 232 time code input Serial Chan D RS 232 label printer Serial Chan F RS 485 for time code input remote record control Serial Chan A time code output Serial Chan C RS 232 status printer Serial Chan E PC Rem...

Page 36: ...elected Press the Menu soft key for access to all available functions and controls When the VR240 is recording the first screen that appears after the Menu soft key is pressed is shown below Table 2 2 VFD Screen Description ITEM CONTROL OR INDICATOR DESCRIPTION 1 Drive Status Lines The drive status lines let you know what each drive is currently doing In this example the upper drive status line sh...

Page 37: ...hrough additional menu selections 2 10 DRIVES Table 2 3 describes the Drive Controls and Indicators Table 2 3 Drive Controls and Indicators ITEM CONTROL OR INDICATOR DESCRIPTION 1 Archive Drives These may be 4MM DDS tape rewriteable DVD RAM 8MM Exabyte cassette or magneto optical disk The VR240 logger may be equipped with a single drive or more commonly with dual drives 2 Transport Controls You ma...

Page 38: ...tor lights In most cases ignore these lights In general the VR240 display provides more and better information 6 Channel Status Array These LEDs will light as required to report the current state of each installed channel They will light under the following conditions Red indicates that the channel is currently being recorded Yellow indicates the channel is currently being monitored Green indicate...

Page 39: ...eypad is also used to enter a password 2 asterisk Pressing the asterisk button during auto record will cancel the timed recording To set the unit back to the factory defaults press this key while the unit powers up 3 pound symbol In many instances the pound symbol may be used interchangeably with the Enter soft key 4 Relay The relay jack can be used to trigger a remote alarm It can also be configu...

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Page 41: ...ave levels Refer to Appendix I In computer terminology the Home screen display is the root GoTo is one selection on the next level or one of the branches Menus can have multiple levels but you will eventually reach the last level leaf and will either perform or not perform the action on that level In order to prevent the unit from continuously displaying an action perhaps one you don t want to per...

Page 42: ...k is powered by a lithium battery that allows it to keep time even if no power is applied to the VR240 If the battery is discharged the date and time will be wrong This will affect the playback functions when time and date is selected With only the last two digits of the year displayed the wrong clock setting may affect the re recording of older media you may want to archive Refer to paragraph 2 3...

Page 43: ...hive drives If you have formatted media in an archive drive press the next soft key for access to Config Again this function is not available when the VR240 is recording To view the Config screen a Press the Config soft key b Press the System soft key You have now reached the System Configuration menus 3 5 SAMPLING Sampling allows you to select the sampling rate of the recorder The VR240 uses digi...

Page 44: ...etween the 32 and 64 KBPS rates and for broadcast logging 64 KBPS simply uses media faster with no real benefit 64K is not available in VR240s with more than 16 channels c Press the Done soft key to save your setting and return to the system configuration menu A technical note Normally one would expect sampling rate to change frequency response The VR240 has a fixed frequency response of slightly ...

Page 45: ...re two security levels with access options available at each a After pressing the Config System then Security soft keys press the Security Level soft key b Use the Change soft key to scroll through the two options When finished press the Done soft key Whatever is showing on the display when you press Done will be the current setting High Security Whether or not the VR240 is in a locked state this ...

Page 46: ... procedure it will abort and leave the password unchanged a After pressing the Config System then Security soft keys press ChangPaswd IMPORTANT If you do plan to use the security features of this unit we strongly recommend that you change the password As you can see the initial password is printed in this manual and is also available by calling Eventide Technical Support If you do change the passw...

Page 47: ... to decide whether to record over or prevent recording over previously recorded media In a two drive unit you can load and format if necessary two media simultaneously When medium in one drive is full recording automatically switches over to the other ready drive Pressing the MediaUsage key displays the option you have selected and gives you the opportunity to change it a After pressing the Config...

Page 48: ...ore you can continue recording Selecting Record over will not restart the single drive once the medium has automatically rewound but it will allow you to begin recording when the medium is ready whether or not it has been changed In other words you do not have to remove and reinsert the medium or new medium before starting again if Record over previous media is set MEDIA USAGE Do NOT record over p...

Page 49: ...one soft key will be the current configuration 3 9 STATUS REPORT PRINT OUT The StatReport Status Report selection controls the configuration of the optional status report printer As shipped the VR240 is configured for no status printer operation To configure a unit for printer operation a After pressing the Config System and next soft keys press the StatReport soft key b Press the appropriate soft...

Page 50: ... to configure the printer to show individual messages A new line is printed whenever a channel is activated automatically by signal being present or by the transition of its squelch input either from off to on or from on to off Channel selects the channel for which you wish to activate or deactivate the message reporting capability Pressing this button scrolls through all 24 channels and shows the...

Page 51: ... made and drops back to the previous menu Cancel returns to the previous menu without modifying the settings Quit returns to the Config menu from which you originally selected StatReport 3 10 TIME TRACK Time Track is a feature that can be enabled to assure that the media is always running One of the main advantages to the VR240 is that no space on the media is used when there is nothing to record ...

Page 52: ...f the availability of French and German languages a After pressing the Config and System soft keys press the next soft key twice Then press the Language soft key Change When alternate languages are available this key will scroll through them Done Exits the Language menu Whatever is showing on the display when you press Done will be the current configuration 3 12 COPY CONFIGURATION Copy Configurati...

Page 53: ...optional label printer PC remote control master clock systems and other external control devices The VR240 supports two types of printers an optional label printer and an optional status printer The label printer automatically prints a label that identifies media when it is ejected The status printer lists and can depict graphically activity on the individual channels Separate appendices discuss e...

Page 54: ...ressing the Config System and next soft key three times press the C3ECC soft key b Change C3ECC error correcting as follows Change Use the Change soft key to toggle between Enabled and Disabled on the VFD display Done Whatever is showing on the display when you press Done will be the new configuration 3 15 RELAY Relay configures operation of the relay contacts connected to the front mini plug and ...

Page 55: ...mstances Note that the media almost full condition that sounds the beep alarm is not included in this definition Media Full is analogous to the beep alarm The relay will close when the media reaches the almost full point and will remain closed until either a new media is inserted and started or the media currently recording runs out Fault closes the relay only when the VR240 software detects that ...

Page 56: ...the label title Refer to Appendix F for the description of this feature 3 17 AUTOMATIC FORMATTING Automatic Formatting permits you to defeat this feature of the recorder Automatic formatting is a timesaving feature that will format media that is to be recorded on without a specific front panel command However it can also format media that you do not want to be formatted if that media is not write ...

Page 57: ...rom Eventide gives you remote access to key front panel functions for search playback and channel configuration Because this program can run up to 8 units the program must know which unit it is speaking to Even if you are only controlling a single VR240 you must set an ID The ID must be sequential beginning with 01 a After pressing the Config and System soft keys press the next soft key four times...

Page 58: ...t happens when you load media in either drive and press Record ACTION VR240 RESPONSE IN AUTOMATIC MODE VR240 RESPONSE IN SEPARATE MODE REMARKS The VR240 is recording with no medium loaded in either drive Audio is being recorded and saved to UPRFILE on the hard drive Audio is being recorded and saved to UPRFILE on the hard drive No difference between Automatic and Separate Modes Medium is loaded in...

Page 59: ...me stop time and select a repeat cycle that will allow you for instance to record every day between the hours of 08 00 and 17 30 Once all the timers and parameters are set pressing the Enable soft key locks the keyboard and sets the unit to record as determined by the timers see below The only functions available while in AutoRec are live monitor media info lock and the ability to review the autor...

Page 60: ... will be exited Weekly the recording will be made once a week at the date and time indicated Daily the recording will be made every day at the time indicated Weekdays the recording will be made every day at the time indicated except on Saturday and Sunday Hourly the recording will be made every hour at the start and end times indicated NOTE In order to perform the multiple recording function the T...

Page 61: ...f the Record transport key had been pressed The unit will drop out of Auto Rec should the media become full If you have not set a particular timer it will show the current time when you select it To have the timer register the current time or the current time as modified by the increment or decrement keys you must hit Set just as you would with any other time setting 3 21 2 Options Available in Au...

Page 62: ...ft key Lock You will be prompted to enter your password to lock the unit 3 22 TRIGGER Trigger allows you to set one channel in such a way that when an action occurs on that channel such as a contact closure or voltage drop it begins to record and also triggers selected channels to record Set the channels to be triggered using the instructions in the Board Configuration Set the trigger channel by f...

Page 63: ...y Then press the SysInfo soft key b If the upper line of the display shows an archive drive in a not ready no media state press the SysInfo soft key displayed on the first menu page Note The Config soft key will be displayed if the VR240 is not recording it will not be displayed if the VR240 is recording c If the upper line of the display shows an archive drive in a ready media installed not recor...

Page 64: ...Then return to the SysInfo menu Cleaned Keeps a record of the last time you reset your cleaning timers You must reset these timers every time you clean a drive Cleaning timers that have not been reset will cause the VR240 to light the front panel fault LED Refer to paragraph 5 3 DATA DRIVE CLEANING SysLogs ErrorLog displays unusual events that have occurred since power was most recently applied Us...

Page 65: ...recording Decrip Descriptors Use the Channel minus and plus soft keys to scroll through the descriptors Use the previous and next soft keys to view descriptors that are longer than the display line Position 1st Column display a tape counter for the media in both archive drives RecTo Recorded to the last recorded media position This feature allows you to determine approximately how much more can be...

Page 66: ...ft key until Disk status appears on the top line b Press the SysInfo soft key c Press the DiskInfo soft key Capacity Here you can read the capacity size of the internal hard disk RecStatus Record Status This screen reports on whether or not the internal hard disk is currently recording Quit Press to exit this menu or wait for a time out to occur HARD DISK INFORMATION Capacity RecStatus Quit ...

Page 67: ... the Config soft key then the next soft key then the Board soft key gives you access to the RecEnable Vox and NextBoard menus Press the next soft key again for access to the AudioGain Beep Off Hook and AGC parameters The following instructions will step through the process of configuring the first 8 channels of your VR240 To configure higher channels simply press the NextBoard soft key until the c...

Page 68: ... prevents recording on the channel under any circumstances By proper selection of Mode you can easily control when a channel records its input The VOX mode is most effective when you are recording the output of a scanner or other piece of equipment that provides no indication other than the audio signal itself that there is a signal to record This is ideal for non critical applications in which fo...

Page 69: ...most appropriate when a signal such as a telephone off hook or receiver squelch output is available Using the control inputs assures that the recorder will continue operating even during periods of almost silence such as when a party to a call may be speaking very softly Note that you cannot change the individual channel Modes while the VR240 is recording since the Setup functions are only availab...

Page 70: ...ts the delay Keypad entry may be used to enter any number between 1 and 255 inclusive Entering an illegal value causes the delay time to remain as it was before the attempted modification Enter saves your parameter change for that channel You must press this soft key each time you make a change c To save your setting or cancel this operation press the next soft key Save drops back to the VOICE OPE...

Page 71: ...ncrease will change the VOX level settings Done save the setting that appears on the display and exits you from this screen NOTE Voltage levels are only an approximation and will vary from line to line Some experimentation will be necessary for optimum results 3 29 AUDIO GAIN AudioGain sets the level of the signal being recorded on each input If there is audio present on the channel you are settin...

Page 72: ...e factory default Done saves the setting that appears on the display and exits you from this screen 3 30 BEEP Beep allows you to enable or disable the sound made by the VR240 s beep generator that lets all parties know a conversation is being recorded Each channel has its own control To configure the beep tone a After pressing the Config and the next soft key press the Board soft key Then press th...

Page 73: ...e DC voltage on a telephone line is normally 48 volts When a telephone is lifted off hook the DC voltage drops as a result of the load that the telephone puts on the line The OffHook circuit monitors the DC voltage and when the voltage drops below the threshold voltage you have selected 0 63 volts in 1 volt steps and if you have selected OffHook as the channel configuration the VR240 starts record...

Page 74: ...eter change for that channel You must press this soft key once for each board 3 32 AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL AGC AGC Automatic Gain Control enables or disables AGC on each record channel The factory default is On Leaving AGC enabled for telephone channels is recommended to bring both sides of the conversation to a closer level For radio channels we recommended that the AGC be disabled a After pressin...

Page 75: ...that enables you to create and edit the individual channel descriptors There is an important distinction between descriptors that exist on the media and those that exist in the recorder You can read the descriptors from media if media is loaded from the Media Info menus Descriptors actually controls the information that will be recorded on the media when it is formatted Therefore they should be se...

Page 76: ... under the character you wish to modify The descriptor may be up to 77 characters long Arrows on the upper display line indicate that part of the descriptor is to the right or to the left of the visible portion of the display Using the minus and plus Character soft keys change the character for the current cursor position The characters ascend and descend in an ASCII sequence and it may take many ...

Page 77: ... above the cursor and pulls all characters after the cursor to the left by one character position Save will preserve the newly edited descriptor in the VR240 s non volatile RAM At this point you have completed the editing of one descriptor and the menu drops back one level to the channel selection keys You can now edit another channel if you wish Cancel will also drop you back to the channel selec...

Page 78: ...ay shows a legend UNIT DESCRIPTORS WILL BE LOST and two soft keys CONTINUE and CANCEL To perform the copy operations press the CONTINUE soft key If there is no media in the selected drive hitting the CONTINUE soft key is the equivalent of hitting the CANCEL soft key CANCEL drops back to the CONFIGURE DESCRIPTORS menu without copying the descriptors CONFIGURATION Clock Descriptors System Quit ...

Page 79: ...ged mainly for the ability to fit as much material as possible on a given amount of tape and are rarely called upon to play more than an hour at a time When we do listen to a logging recorder we listen for content and intelligibility rather than audiophile quality A logging recorder is a compromise trading sound quality for quantity 4 3 ANALOG vs DIGITAL RECORDING In analog tape recording audio is...

Page 80: ...cks too close together 4 4 AUDIO QUALITY CONSIDERATIONS AND TRADEOFFS Audio quality in a tape recorder is usually determined by several measurable quantities Frequency Response Dynamic Range Signal to Noise Ratio SNR Total Harmonic Distortion plus Noise THD N Wow and Flutter Crosstalk 4 5 FREQUENCY RESPONSE Frequency response is the range of frequencies over which a machine can record and reproduc...

Page 81: ...largest number that a sample can be which depends on the number of bits in each sample Various tricks can be played to increase dynamic range For analog signals dynamic range expander circuits can make loud signals louder and soft signals softer Similar tricks are possible with digital signals which we play with numbers instead of voltages The VR240 uses 8 bit samples but these samples are nonline...

Page 82: ...nals are much more precise than mechanical devices a digital recorder like the VR240 will have so little wow and flutter that it will be unmeasurable Digital audio is stable as long as the sampling interval is precise while recording and playing Once sampling is done steady timing is not important until the audio must be reproduced During the recording process each channel is sampled every 125 mic...

Page 83: ...1 TAPE USAGE The VR240 uses technology similar to that used in video recorders the tape speed necessary for recording high density information is obtained by using a rotating tape head This increases the information storage density many fold over a fixed head machine This along with the efficiency obtained by not wasting tape on unused channels is responsible for the drastic decrease in tape usage...

Page 84: ...bably want to change it at the same time every 16 days or perhaps every 2 weeks ignoring the trivial waste involved Recording more sources adds to the channel hour load and you might find a tape lasting from a few days to more than two weeks Table 4 1 Eventide Logging Recorder Channel Hours of Storage Chart VR320 VR240 VR204 VR208HF VR204HF toll toll commentator rebroadcast FREQUENCY RESPONSE 3 4k...

Page 85: ...terial 3 If you need to listen to material that is not on the hard disk you can suspend recording on a tape drive use the tape drive for playback and resume recording without losing anything Another benefit of the hard disk drive in the VR240 is that it prolongs the life of the tape drives Here s why a DDS tape drive is either streaming recording data on tape at a fixed rate of about 500KB per sec...

Page 86: ...d from the input boards to memory on the CPU3 board A decision is then made for each channel whether to save the data or ignore it depending on the user setting for channel activity OFF HOOK VOX etc Data for active channels is transferred from memory to the fixed hard disk drive After a certain amount of data is accumulated on the disk drive it is then transferred from the hard disk to memory and ...

Page 87: ...works you will not be surprised when the operation is not quite the same as an analog machine and we hope you will come to appreciate the benefits of digital logging INPUT BOARD 1 Input Gain Adjust VOX AGC Analog to Digital Converter ADPCM Data Reduction INPUT BOARD 2 INPUT BOARD 3 CPU BOARD ROM RAM Real Time Clock RS232 RS485 Serial Ports SCSI Ethernet GPS DISPLAY 4 Lines 40 Characters KEYBOARD L...

Page 88: ...Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder 4 10 January 2000 This page intentionally left blank ...

Page 89: ...eable DVD RAM and for those with DDS drives a cleaning cartridge at hand 5 2 MEDIA FORMATTING Before you can record on any media 4MM DDS or rewriteable DVD RAM it must be formatted Formatting is a simple process It takes a few minutes to format tapes a few seconds to format a DVD RAM disk When media is formatted an index is created that gives information about the machine on which it was formatted...

Page 90: ...l swallow the tape or disk and try to load it The display will show that the drive is loading and shortly thereafter indicate that the media is unreadable Use the Drive soft key to select this drive b Press the next soft key c Press the PrepMedia soft key d Press the Format soft key Upper Media unreadable Controls GoTo Drive Resume Upper Media unreadable SysInfo MediaInfo Config PrepMedia Upper Me...

Page 91: ...ayback are critically dependent upon the cleanliness of the DDS drive mechanism Even microscopic particles of magnetic material shed from the media or environmental pollutants such as cigarette smoke can adversely affect the performance of the drive mechanism The Fault LED will light to indicate that the pre set time between cleaning has elapsed This is for reference only For best results follow t...

Page 92: ...ing tape which may not be recognized by the drive IMPORTANT It is very important to reset the clean timer Otherwise the VR240 will not know that the drive was cleaned and the Fault LED will come on sooner than the 100 hours of drive operation because the clean drive timer was not reset to 0 00 5 3 2 Reset the cleaning timers a Press the SysInfo soft key b Press the DriveInfo soft key Upper Recordi...

Page 93: ...Model VR240 Audio Logging Recorder January 2000 5 5 c Press the Cleaned soft key d Press the Reset soft key DRIVE INFORMATION ActvHours Cleaned Quit UPPER HOURS SINCE CLEANING 100 00 Reset Quit ...

Page 94: ...there are several inappropriate operations that are locked out For instance Eject is not honored if the unit is in the process of recording Record The Rec button is used to begin a recording on the VR240 Before you can record all of the following conditions must be true The drive status indicator on the VFD screen must read Ready for the drive on which you wish to record The media must be formatte...

Page 95: ...cial Rew mode both the Play and the Stop keys are active If you hit Play the Play transport key LED starts blinking and as soon as the media reaches an index boundary it will begin playing at that point If you hit Stop the Stop transport key LED starts blinking and as soon as the media reaches an index boundary the VR240 will enter the Pause mode From Pause you can as usual hit Play to continue pl...

Page 96: ...ation will complete before Ready is displayed Eject The Eject button ejects the media from the currently selected drive Eject is active when the media is stopped or when in FFwd or Rewind Note that Eject is shorthand for Rewind Eject since the media is always rewound before it can be removed Depending upon media location and status it can take a significant amount of time to eject This is especial...

Page 97: ...now how long you will have to wait for an operation to complete In the VR240 equipped with archive drives you can not see the medium and the recorder may have a queue of tasks to perform so it might take longer to complete The good news is that while operating the Play Rew FFwd and Stop transport controls to manipulate the internal hard disk or if your unit is equipped with rewriteable DVD RAM the...

Page 98: ...d during configuration Refer to paragraph 3 36 5 6 MONITOR You can confirm that your signals are present at the VR240 input and are of the correct level by using the Monitor function a Press the Controls soft key b Press the Monitor soft key The Monitor menu shows the keys Enable Disable and Done The purpose of this submenu is to allow you to select the input channels you wish to monitor As you en...

Page 99: ...4 Press the Done soft key The VR240 will immediately begin playing the active channels selected d Monitor multiple channels which are not sequential as follows 1 Press the Enable soft key 2 Press selected channel on keypad 3 Press the Thru soft key and the second selected channel on the keypad 4 Press the Enter soft key 5 Repeat steps 1 thru 5 for additional channels to be monitored 6 Press the Do...

Page 100: ... channels you previously selected will again be connected to the audio output 5 8 CHANNEL STATUS DURING RECORD The Channel Status LED Array located on the front panel shows the status record monitor play or level of the individual audio channels during recording and playback Their functions during Record are as follows OFF The channel either is not physically present in the unit or has not been en...

Page 101: ...ry locations without interrupting the record process An illuminated red light behind the Record transport key indicates that the logger is in the record mode The channel status indicators on the top line of the display will shown an asterisk for each channel that is being recorded A steady red light behind the Record transport key means that the normal process of recording to the disk and then tra...

Page 102: ...hard disk will not automatically transfer data to the archive drive s You must manually set the archive drive s to record 5 9 2 Stop Recording From The Disk Select Position a Press the next soft key b Press the StopRec stop recording soft key c Press the Stop soft key DISK Ready Controls GoTo Drive SaveMsg DISK Ready TimeAdj SysInfo Playback StopRec STOP rec on Lower Data will be lost Stop Cancel ...

Page 103: ... the Stop transport control key The VFD screen displays Suspend and Stop above the soft keys Recording continues until one of these two soft keys are pressed If the operator hits the Suspend soft key recording stops on the media drive but recording continues on the hard drive The VFD screen displays that the selected drive is stopping The drive can temporarily be used for other purposes Refer to p...

Page 104: ...Record Operation With both drives loaded and positioned for recording a Press the next soft key b Press the DualRec soft key To stop recording on both drives press the Stop transport control key When you hit the Stop transport key while recording and then either the Stop or Suspend soft keys neither drive stops Instead a new soft key menu appears giving you the options of StopUpr suspendUpr StopLw...

Page 105: ...age capacity into account A DDS cassette and Rewriteable DVD RAM disk reach the end at about the same count even though the number of channel hours will vary 5 11 MEDIA COUNTER AND DRIVE SWITCHOVER The media counter provides valuable information on how much media there is remaining When the media counter reaches approximately 97 equal to approximately 500 channel hours on a 120M DDS and if you hav...

Page 106: ...nce media will be automatically formatted under certain circumstances If and only if one drive is recording the second is primed to format media without manual intervention when blank media is inserted This allows you to insert new media walk away and come back later to do another without wasting time waiting for it to be loaded The automatic formatting feature may be defeated if desired by desele...

Page 107: ...g or paused When you do the bottom line of the display asks you to select one of the four memory locations available Press the next soft key then the Cancel soft key to exit without setting a SetMem location Refer to paragraph 5 26 for procedures to set a memory location You can think of the memories as scratchpads for recording the precise time and date of material of interest Because the precise...

Page 108: ...ed This option will not be displayed if you are in Dual Record mode Lock Under the Controls menu Lock lets you prevent access to all functions except Instant Recall You are asked to Enter Password which is an eight digit number either 00000000 or your password Keypad Entry If you enter the correct digits the unit will be locked and the controls rendered inaccessible until the same eight digits are...

Page 109: ...the media to the end of the data area first Thus it will append data to the media instead of recording over it from the beginning If the media has been recorded beyond the Almost Full point Resume will give you a message and exit If you hit the Record transport key instead of resume the VR240 will ask if you wish to resume 5 13 3 Operations Available During Record With The Internal Hard Disk Selec...

Page 110: ...dio from the start time of the Clip Board press the Play transport key To first select a specific time date to play press the GoTo soft key To end your Playback session press the Stop transport key twice Saved Message Buffer While pressing the Next and Previous soft keys you will have the option of selecting Msg 01 through Msg 16 These are Save Message Buffer numbers assigned to previously stored ...

Page 111: ...media that needs to be formatted it will even be formatted automatically providing you are recording on the other drive This applies to unformatted media as well as media formatted on other VR240s And finally if you have selected Record over previous media from the MediaUsage options on a dual drive unit you need do nothing In this case recording will switch from deck to deck until it is stopped I...

Page 112: ...opped and the display indicates that the drive is ready If desired load archive media for search and playback or new media for formatting Note Be sure to write protect your archive media to protect against accidental erasure 5 16 RESUME RECORDING ON A DRIVE a When you are ready and if applicable you have reloaded the original media back into the drive then press the Resume soft key b The logger no...

Page 113: ...u are playing the Record Buffer Indicating that you have access to the previous or 550 channel hours or more depending on the size of your internal hard disk Msg XX One of the 16 messages previously stored in the Save Message Buffers Clip Board Material previously stored in the Clip Board It will also show the time and date at which the material was recorded 5 18 SEARCH AND PLAY FUNCTIONS Use the ...

Page 114: ...te it a message will instruct you to create a FULL index before performing a channel search Memory Allows you to find a previously selected location on the media not available for marking locations on the hard disk If you have set one or more memory locations while playing media you can return to them rapidly by using this feature Refer to paragraph 5 26 for procedures on setting memory locations ...

Page 115: ...arching can take significantly longer under two circumstances If the media is very sparsely recorded i e there are large time gaps between any information or if you are searching by channel and there is a long distance before any information on that channel Searching the internal hard disk or a Rewriteable DVD RAM disk uses completely different technology that allows a search point to be found alm...

Page 116: ...of key presses Example You have reached 17 19 30 while playing and you heard something you want to listen to carefully Being in the Play menu you can hit Scan Once done hit or hold BackOneSec until you go back to what you heard Now hit Play on the same menu which will give you access to the Scan soft key This procedure is easier done than said You only have to press two keys to repeat a segment an...

Page 117: ...wish to record When you have completed your review of the current or the archive media you can continue recording on the current media by using the Resume soft key When non write protected media is inserted in a drive the Resume soft key acts just like the Record transport key except that it will automatically run the media to the end of the data area first Thus it will append data to the media in...

Page 118: ...e beginning and ending index times of the source material is copied to the destination if possible The time required to Copy is largely dependent upon how nearly full the source is The VR240 does not automatically prevent you from attempting to copy a larger medium to a shorter one Of course if you do this it may not be possible to get all the data to the destination Less obvious is the fact that ...

Page 119: ... menu using the Cancel soft key Use the Drive soft key to select the other drive Accidentally selecting the source media as destination will irretrievably destroy any data on the source media We strongly recommend that you write protect any archival media before you insert it in the VR240 g The first two soft key options are Upper Not Ready DualRec MediaInfo Config PrepMedia PREPARE UPPER Copy For...

Page 120: ...edia with a good index reflecting the new start and stop times of the desired material CopyAtBOM Copy at beginning of media In which case the destination media is rewound before the copy is initiated h Whichever of these two options you choose your next screen will display your choice along with these two menu options WholeMedia In which case the entire source media is copied to the destination me...

Page 121: ... not been fully or properly recorded Media can have a defective index when the recording is terminated abnormally The most likely cause for this is a deliberate action such as shutting off power while recording The UPS does not protect against a deliberate shutdown It can also happen due to a hardware failure in a drive mechanism or if the UPS batteries are defective or discharged To access the Ma...

Page 122: ...n created Quit cancels the MakeIndex operation Both Copy and MakeIndex recreate the index of a media whose index is bad or missing Copy of course recreates it on the destination media Because Copy can be performed on a media that is write protected while MakeIndex operates on the original media you might prefer to use the former on an archival media to protect it from accidental damage While damag...

Page 123: ... and or play the hard disk d To play from the beginning of the record buffer press the Play transport control key Then enable a channel or channels as explained in paragraph 5 23 5 23 SEARCH THE INTERNAL HARD DISK BY TIME DATE AND CHANNEL With DISK Ready shown on the top line of the display a Press the GoTo soft key b Press the Time Date soft key Record Buffer Previous Next Select Cancel DISK Read...

Page 124: ...e used to enter digits Press the Done soft key d Press the Start soft key e Once the search time date has been located press next soft key f Press the PlayChan soft key SEARCH TIME 07 02 40 29Feb2000 Cursor Decrease Increase Done SEARCH 07 02 40 29Feb2000 Start Quit Paused Record Buffer Play GoTo NextMessage Scan Paused Record Buffer Volume PlayChan Drive SaveClipBd ...

Page 125: ...o begin playing Press the Volume soft key to adjust the speaker volume i To stop Play Back press the Stop transport control key twice 5 24 PLAY BACK FROM THE ARCHIVE DRIVE The VR240 allows you to play archive or currently loaded media without interrupting the record process A unit equipped with dual drives typically has the benefit of an extra non recording drive Use this drive to search previousl...

Page 126: ...RCHIVE DRIVE BY TIME DATE AND CHANNEL a Press the Drive soft key until the desired drive appears on the top line of the display Press the GoTo soft key b Press the Time Date soft key c Use the Cursor and Decrease or Increase soft key to enter the desired search time and date The keypad may also be used to enter digits Press the Done soft key Upper Ready Controls GoTo Drive Resume SEARCH UPPER Time...

Page 127: ...PlayChan play channel soft key g Press the Enable soft key You may now choose a single channel or multiple channels for playback SEARCH UPPER For 10 00 51 19Nov1999 Start Quit UPPER Paused 00002 10 00 51 19Nov1999 Play GoTo NextMessage Scan UPPER Paused 00002 10 00 51 19Nov1999 Volume PlayChan Drive SaveClipBd PLAY CHAN All channels disabled Enable Disable Done ...

Page 128: ...nels press the Enter soft key h Press the Play transport key to begin playing Press the Volume soft key to adjust the speaker volume i To stop Play Back press the Stop transport control key twice 5 26 INSTANT RECALL The Instant Recall feature is a convenient way to replay recent information from any channel For Instant Recall you must be in the record mode with the recording drive showing on the t...

Page 129: ... end your Instant Recall session press the Quit soft key 5 27 SET MEMORY LOCATION While recording or playing back on a drive you may mark a search point by using the SetMem set memory function This selected point can be used as a search criterion when playing back from the drive NOTE This is not a permanent mark on the media Once you have ejected the media or disk the mark is lost 5 27 1 To set a ...

Page 130: ...ory location you selected 5 27 2 To search and play a set memory location a Press the Drive soft key until the desired drive is shown on the top line of the VFD NOTE If the drive is currently recording perform a stop suspend routine by following the instructions given in paragraphs 5 15 and 5 16 b Press the GoTo soft key c Press the Memory soft key LOWER Recording 10 03 00 29Feb2000 Memory1 Memory...

Page 131: ... on previously selected channels g To select a specific channel for playback press the next soft key Then press the PlayChan play channel soft key Enable and disable channels as desired This function is described in paragraph 5 24 h To end your playback session press the Stop transport control key twice Then press the Resume soft key to return the drive to the record mode SELECT MEMORY TO SEARCH F...

Page 132: ... stopping The drive can temporarily be used for other purposes RESUME RECORD Resume is used to add on to media When new formatted media is loaded you do not want to use Resume Record You are starting at the beginning of the media You are not adding to it If the Resume soft key is pressed the logger prepares the media for the next transfer of recorded material from the hard drive The VFD screen dis...

Page 133: ... ticks that are further used to count minutes hours etc The accuracy of the clock is completely dependent upon the accuracy of the crystal oscillator When we adjust the frequency of the oscillator at the factory it is correct to better than 1 Hz which corresponds to an accuracy of about 1 second every 4 days Unfortunately the crystal frequency is subject to drift over time drift over temperature a...

Page 134: ...OCK FREQUENCY ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE Refer to the VR240 maintenance manual for the CPU 3 time clock adjustment procedure A 3 LITHIUM BATTERY VOLTAGE CHECK A lithium battery that allows it to keep time even if no power is applied to the VR240 powers the clock This battery also powers the non volatile RAM that maintains unit configuration information such as channel descriptors Since this battery has ...

Page 135: ...ITS STOP bits and PARITY to match your data stream The factory defaults are 9600 baud 8 data bits 2 stop bits and no parity When you have completed your selection hit Save to preserve your settings The data format of the time code input is an ASCII string containing 26 characters as follows CR LF status SP WWW SP DDMMMYY SP HH MM SS CR LF Character Comments 1 CR Carriage return decimal 13 hex 0D 2...

Page 136: ...FORE the message is required It is not absolutely necessary to send the trailing CR LF providing one is sent before the next time message To be used at least two updates the second showing a time exactly one second or one minute later than the first must be received Note that they need not be exactly one second or one minute apart in real time When the second update is received it is compared with...

Page 137: ...ing of this Appendix and is also an available output format from the Spectracom NETCLOCK 2 Spectracom can be reached at 716 381 4827 A 7 STATUS PRINTER INDICATION When the internal timecode is resynchronized to an external source the optional status printer if connected will indicate the old time and new time The frequency and direction of these resynchronizations is a good indicator of how accura...

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Page 139: ...mploy error correction to make sure that there are no bad bits If the tape has a defect or dropout the data is re recorded until it is completely correct And remember we are also logging digital data such as time with the audio If there is a dropout on the tape it will not affect the data recorded but it will waste tape If there are many dropouts a lot of tape will be wasted If the wasted tape exc...

Page 140: ...s between 5 C and 32 C 41 F to 90 F This comfortably encompasses the range of room temperature Be careful not to store the tape in an area where the temperature changes radically Window sills radiators and similar locations are right out The humidity standard is 40 to 60 non condensing It is rather more difficult to assure this specification since most locations do not have humidity indicators ava...

Page 141: ...y erase a tape Our formatting procedure will prevent access to previously recorded data If you feel you must erase a tape for security reasons you can use a standard audio DAT recorder to record over it Alternatively use the COPY function of a dual drive VR240 to record non critical data over the material to be erased ...

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Page 143: ... a fraction of a minute These problems can be caused by people accidentally switching off circuit breakers lightning strikes and other problems that cause a temporary interruption of service And finally there are serious outages of from many minutes to many hours or even days caused by accidents natural disasters etc Against the first category the VR240 needs no protection Against the last categor...

Page 144: ... UPS PRECAUTIONS It is not impossible to defeat the UPS utility If your facility is subject to frequent power failures of many seconds duration it is possible to discharge the batteries faster than they are automatically recharged The unit protects itself by automatically shutting down if the battery voltage gets too low notwithstanding the timeout period If this happens it may be necessary to rec...

Page 145: ...d disk b Remove media from both drives c Load the software upgrade medium into either drive It will take a few minutes to be recognized by the VR240 d You will be asked to confirm if you wish to load the new software Press the Yes soft key e After a few minutes the VR240 will eject the software upgrade media Now you not only have the latest software installed in your VR240 but you are richer by on...

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Page 147: ...ction should be placed on the plastic media box The right hand section should be placed on the upper surface of the media cartridge itself where it may partially cover the window Here is what the labels look like As you can see both sides have essentially the same information Due to size limitations the right hand side is somewhat cryptic Line by line the information shown is Line Left Side Right ...

Page 148: ...his period the legend Label Being Printed will appear briefly on the display There are several circumstances under which the label will not be printed If the printer is not connected or powered up or If there is nothing to print e g if there is no index nothing recorded on the media or if no media is loaded the Label soft key will disappear and the menu will revert to Ready If you don t want to pr...

Page 149: ...ppears in the section on channel descriptors Done Accepts the title and drops back to the previous menu Because the label title is so short no provision is made for character insert or delete To erase the title use the Decrease Increase keys to place spaces in all character positions To allow the greatest number of characters the title is left justified immediately adjacent to the Eventide Logo on...

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Page 151: ... 24 hours to as much as a summary every five minutes along with a notation each time a channel is activated Unless you plan on doing the latter an inexpensive light duty printer should be satisfactory as the output is unlikely to exceed a few pages per day We specifically recommend that you not use a laser or other type of page printer as it may require many hours to fill a page and you won t be a...

Page 152: ...you have long descriptors but your printer is not wide enough you can let the printer continue on the next line or you can specify a maximum number of characters per report and thereby restrict each report to one printed line F 2 2 Activity Summaries While recording the VR240 can keep track of activity on each channel during a specified interval This activity can be printed at the end of each inte...

Page 153: ... activity summary the status printer notes the time you start and stop recording 14 13 22 22 Apr 91 Record Start 14 46 20 22 Apr 91 Record Stop F 2 3 Summary When Media Is Ejected When a media is ejected after data has been recorded on it the descriptors of all channels are printed along with an activity indicator Unit S N 00001124 Tape S N 85 Start 14 02 11 25 Sep 91 End 14 13 52 26 Sep 91 01 MyS...

Page 154: ...s say you have configured the unit see below for a summary every 5 minutes and a printout every hour In this case the programmed printout will occur every hour on the hour If you manually request a summary printout at say 12 minutes past 09 00 the printer will show summary lines for 09 00 09 05 and 09 10 At 10 00 the programmed summary printout will show lines for 09 15 09 20 and every five minute...

Page 155: ...riate or will request return of the unit or of the defective module for repair All shipping charges to Eventide are the responsibility of the customer Eventide will pay for normal return shipping to the customer within the United States and premium shipping charges within the United States if requested by the customer are the responsibility of the customer Additional Information Please return your...

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