NetWave DirectView Broadcast Console Operations & Technical Manual
Revision A
3 - Operation
Harris Broadcast
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PR&E
solid bar graph shows the Average level without any peak bar indication. A display board setup switch sets
the mode of operation.
The two blue pk (peak) LEDs light up in either meter mode to indicate when the signal is too high. During
installation, the display board setup switches also set the level where the blue pk LEDs turn on (0, -2, -4, or
-6 dBFS) and the meter display mode (peak hold, where the highest peak bar stays lit for about 3 seconds;
or non-peak hold, where the peak more accurately follows the signal).
Clock
The clock displays time in hours, minutes, and seconds (HR:MN:SC) in either 12- or 24-hour time. Figure 2-
15 shows information on setting the clock.
Event Timer
The event timer displays time in minutes, seconds, and tenths of seconds (MN:SC:TN). Figure 3-8 shows the
event timer controls on the Monitor Control panel.
NetWave Applications
The NetWave console is a very flexible on-air, production, newsroom or voice tracking studio console that
may be installed as a standalone console or as a Linked console integrated into a VistaMax Audio
Management System.
Because of its flexibility and its compact design, some features, especially when the console is Linked,
require knowledge beyond the basic console operations of selecting which bus to assign a channel to,
running up its fader, turning the channel on and making sure the signal does not hit the red LEDs on the
meters. This section gives an overview of some of these advanced operational features.
Standalone Operation
When the NetWave console is not networked with a VistaMax system, there are two sources normally
available to each channel: A and B. These are local sources connected directly to the console.
The active source is identified by the lit source selector button and lit channel label (A/B or, when custom
labels are made, the source name). The console’s installation kit contains blank labels, so you can make
source name labels to use in place of the A/B labels.
To change the active source, press the unlit source button (A or B). The Take button flashes. Pressing the
Take button, while it is flashing, changes the source. If you do not press Take within three seconds, the
button deactivates and the source change is cancelled. If you press Take while the channel is on, the
channel is forced off and the source is changed.
One source per channel can have logic control associated with it. There are two types of NetWave logic
control:
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Mic control – For Harris Broadcast PR&E mic control panels associated with a studio or a control room
microphone
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Peripheral device control – For equipment like computer playback systems, phone editors, CD players,
and MD players
For a microphone, the mic control panel can remotely turn the channel on and off. Each panel also has a
Cough button to momentarily mute the audio without turning the channel off. A host mic panel has a fourth
button (Talkback) that is used to allow talking from a separate studio to the control room. A producer in the
control room could use the same host panel to allow talking to the studio from the control room. The board
operator can also talk to the studio using his/her own mic by pressing the Talk to Studio button on the
Monitor Control panel.
