Meyer Sound RMS 4.5, User Manual

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CHAPTER 4
This chapter will walk you through the capabilities and
functionality of the RMS application.
USING THE RMS APPLICATION
The RMS application is dual-purpose. First, you add vir-
tual loudspeakers to a Page which represents the layout of
your loudspeaker configuration. Second, you monitor the
real, functioning loudspeakers through different graphical
views available to you on each Page.
You can have multiple Pages for different loudspeaker
configurations according to your design needs, and you
assemble these into an RMS Panel.
The Panel
The first time RMS runs, the RMS application loads a de-
fault blank Panel (Figure 4.1) with one untitled Page, which
represents an entire RMS workspace or project.
Figure 4.1. RMS application with a blank default Panel
The Panel is the most global RMS entity; an entire RMS
file is saved as a .PNL file type, and these are the only files
that RMS can open. You can work with Panel files in the
following ways:
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To save a Panel, click Save or Save As... from the
Panel menu.
TIP: RMS keeps track of the last .PNL file
you saved, and will open it by default each
time you launch the RMS application as long as
the file still exists on your hard drive.
■
To create a new Panel with one new, untitled Page,
click
New from the Panel menu.
■
To open a Panel, click Open from the Panel menu.
Only one Panel may be open at a time. If you open a .PNL
file (or create a new Panel) while working in another Panel,
RMS brings up a dialog asking you if you want to save
changes to the current Panel.
NOTE: RMS will not automatically launch
by double-clicking a .PNL file from a Win-
dows folder. You can associate the .PNL file type
with the RMS Host program executable (
rms.exe
in the /RMS sub-folder where you installed RMS),
however, double-clicking a .PNL afterward will only
launch RMS with the last saved panel – not the
.PNL which you double-clicked.
Working with Pages
Within the Panel, you can add, delete, and rename tabs
below the menu bar to contain subsystems that you prefer
to view separately. Each tab and its workspace is called
a Page. For example, you may want to monitor the main
house system on one Page and the stage monitor system
on another Page. You can also use different pages to dis-
play the same system with different views.
Adding a Page
To add a Page, perform the following steps:
1. From the Panel menu, click Add Page. The Enter Page
Name dialog appears.
2. Enter a name for the Page.
NOTE: A Page name cannot be greater
than 10 characters long.
NOTE:
You can add up to 20 Pages to a
Panel.
CHAPTER 4: USING RMS SOFTWARE