StormAudio ISP 3D.16 ELITE Installer'S Manual Download

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Before You Begin

In case the AC cord is delivered with Fuses attached, make sure to install them before

connecting the unit.

Ensure your electrical circuit has a good ground connection with all audio equipment

connected to the same ground node to avoid ground loop.

Display / Projector

XLR cables

RCA cables

Optical Toslink wire

HDMI Cable

Amplifier units

Speakers with cables

LAN router

with Cat5/6 RJ45 cable *

Required equipment:

* the ISP needs a DHCP server to be part of the Network to get an IP address allocated.

Make sure to check your Internet Provider box or LAN/Switch box for router function.

Summary of Contents for ISP 3D.16 ELITE

Page 1: ...er_Guide_FW3 4r2 Firmware 3 4r2 HDMI 72 Read Me First If you need help 1 Check the online help of the Web Installer Interface 3 Contact our support team support stormaudio com 2 Check our website support page Installer Guide ISP 3D 20 ELITE ISP 3D 32 ELITE Digital AVB Edition ISP 3D 32 ELITE Digital AES Edition ...

Page 2: ...dition ISP 3D 32 Elite Analog Edition ISP 3D 32 Elite Digital AES Edition ISP 3D 16 Elite ISP O 16 32 AVB Digital Out Optional Optional N A Included N A N A Slot 4 ISP 3D 20 Elite ISP 3D 32 Elite Reference Edition ISP 3D 32 Elite Digital AVB Edition ISP 3D 32 Elite Analog Edition ISP 3D 32 Elite Digital AES Edition ISP 3D 16 Elite 4ch XLR expansion ISP O 4 XLR Optional Included N A N A N A N A 16c...

Page 3: ...ly the wiring and some elements of the setup will differ What s In the Box Installer Guide Safety Instructions Immersive Sound Processor Firmware 3 4r1 Power cord tools are required to mount unmount the rack mount ears Torx screwdriver T20 Rack mount ears We continuously strive to improve our products Some features might thus be added or be improved Please check our website Client Portal https www...

Page 4: ...dio equipment connected to the same ground node to avoid ground loop Display Projector XLR cables RCA cables Optical Toslink wire HDMI Cable Amplifier units Speakers with cables LAN router with Cat5 6 RJ45 cable 3 Required equipment the ISP needs a DHCP server to be part of the Network to get an IP address allocated Make sure to check your Internet Provider box or LAN Switch box for router functio...

Page 5: ...creation and configuration 6 Settings of Triggers AV delays limiters display and 16ch AES input 7 Definition of Listening Presets with Theater and Audio Zones allocation 8 Outputs mapping and connection to amplifiers and subwoofers 9 Installation Monitoring StormMonitoringTM 10 Remote Control interfaces Web Remote and StormRemoteTM 5 6 11 12 13 40 44 46 48 53 11 Room Calibration with Dirac Live Ro...

Page 6: ... RCA Stereo or 7 1 mode defined in Step 4 7 Connect your HDMI sources all inputs support HDCP2 2 by default HDMI1 4 speeds on HDMI IN 1 to 4 HDMI2 0 speeds on HDMI IN 5 to 7 see section 7 p41 8 Connect your Video Server with Multichannel AES EBU Output via 2x RJ45 9 Connect your displays HDMI OUT 1 is HDCP1 4 HDMI OUT 2 is HDCP2 2 same content 1 1 Connect the unit as shown below Do not connect the...

Page 7: ...line Help 6 2 1 Power On the unit following below steps 1 2 3 1 Turn the Main Switch to ON I on the back panel 2 Display will show StormAudio logo for few seconds and will enter the Sleep Mode Led turns red continuously 3 When in Sleep Mode press the Power Button Unit will start ...

Page 8: ...ion including the IP address allocated via DHCP 3 Take note of this address IP Address In case you need to bring the unit back to its default DHCP mode from the front panel follow above Step 1 then press the EDIT button for a few seconds until a message pops up asking for confirmation of this action by using the ENTER button i 2 3 Use your computer and open a Web Browser 2 4 In the URL area enter ...

Page 9: ...uration is done at the Installer level Type the default password for Installer being installer And press CONNECTION In case you have forgotten your passwords it is possible to reset them all at once with a special reset sequence using the front panel buttons while in the info screen status accessed as described in section 2 2 and following these 3 steps Online Help eth IP Addr eth MAC Addr Hostnam...

Page 10: ...ed to restart the ISP by pressing the RESTART button Note that this will not erase the stored settings Pressing LOG OUT will take you back to HOME page with only possible access to REMOTE control 2 6 Select Expert Setup again You will access the System Page of the ISP 2 7 The Web Installer Interface is structured around a common part on the top area that will remain accessible at all time and give...

Page 11: ...ve in hands at the moment can be kept quite light More importantly we work continuously on improving or adding features to the product Such Online Help can be updated at the same pace as the Firmware 2 9 The first level of Help consists on information about how the function works and how to configure it It is highlighted as a Question Mark in blue background Standard information will be visible on...

Page 12: ...nter the IP address and router settings 1 2 Later in the configuration it will be possible to save the configuration as a backup file It will also be useful to Export the parameters for the wiring of the Outputs Finally Upgade of the ISP and PA Firmware is done here Define here the access level the Installer wants to grant to Expert user i i 3 4 To complete the System page configuration you must S...

Page 13: ...o signal to play amongst Analog Coaxial Optical HDMI or 16ch AES when this input is selected in the Remotes 4 Define what Preferred Upmix should be activated when the Input is selected 5 To compensate for level difference between inputs you can adjust input level 6 To compensate for specific synchronisation issue with the connected source you you can adjust an AV delay per input 7 Once defined in ...

Page 14: ...The mapping Signal Output Channels is shown on a per Theater basis with different colour 3 Output mapping can be changed See section 9 p 46 4 New Theaters or Audio Zones Mono Stereo can be added 3 Please note that in case ISP O Dual Theater option is installed Alternate Speakers you should make sure before selecting EDIT that the current Preset therefore Theater playing is from the same channels b...

Page 15: ...a new Theater select Create Theater it will appear as shown below By then pressing Configure you will go to the Speakers Layout selection and configuration steps described in next page At this stage you can also create Stereo Mono audio zones We do recommend to first define the Theater and use remaining channels for Audio Zones creation See step 5 11 for Audio Zone creation Theater configuration i...

Page 16: ...ow more with a highlight on the Recommendations 3 3 You can visualise the basis layout in the table with the channels ticked and graphically by selecting View 4 Select the Layout that meets your requirements View selection Green Fully optimized Yellow Supported Orange Not optimized Red Not supported i Information about compatibility of the selected layout with the Dolby Atmos DTS X and Auro 3D is ...

Page 17: ...nt Generally up to 3 2 Replicate surrounds to meet seating row count 3 Indicate the number of subwoofers required 0 if no Subwoofer required 4 Dolby Atmos offers the option to simulate its ceiling speakers via top firing speakers located in the main front firing speakers so called Dolby Enabled speakers Define here whether the Dolby Atmos top layer is reproduced with such speakers and on which pos...

Page 18: ...s Speakers Adjustments Distance Manual Management Noise Generator Levels Equalization Sub Theater Audio Zones 17 5 5 Following the Speakers Layout definition you will be back to Speakers edition mode you can then select View to visualise the layout multi way replication subwoofers ...

Page 19: ...t 6 2 We offer two approaches to Bass Management A first one that is the Standard Bass Management as specified by Dolby and a second one that is an Expert Bass Management which opens up full access to how the Bass should be managed redirected in the system The Expert mode also allows for configuring installation where speakers are used to reproduce the Bass At this stage you should select which mo...

Page 20: ...t them to the Subwoofer channel Speaker characteristics should be clearly known to ensure you don t overload them with frequencies that they are not capable to reproduce especially in the case of small speakers limited in the low frequencies extension 2 Cut off frequency of the Bass Management is adjusted per Speaker either by entering the required value or using the buttons The crossover Slope ca...

Page 21: ...sical speaker 2 Cut off frequency of the Bass Management can be adjusted per Speaker either by entering the required value or using the buttons The crossover Slope can be either 12 dB or 24 dB per octave with Linkwitz Riley type Frequencies and Slopes can be different for the speaker High Pass Filter and redirected Bass Low Pass Filter 3 When Speakers are set to Large Large and Sub or Large with S...

Page 22: ...e Theater might be lowered significantly You can boost this average output level between 0 to 12 dB in 3 dB steps Note that setting a too high level can lead to clipping 4 To protect Speakers Limiters can be activated and Thesholds adjusted Speaker phase can also be changed If you intend to do the Automatic Room calibration process using the Dirac Live Calibration Tool and the Integrator Calibrati...

Page 23: ...oups of speakers that should play the noise at the same time such as active multiway speaker 3 Make sure the Speaker is enabled 4 Once Groups are defined simply close the window 1 2 3 4 5 7 Next steps of the Manual Calibration process are level adjustments and equalization To make these adjustments comfortable and eventually using Microphones with Capture systems a Noise Generator is provided You ...

Page 24: ...r Group playing is highlighted in Green 3 Adjust the level of the Group playing 4 Change from Group to adjust using Group and Group Once you have completed the levels adjustments turn the Generator to OFF 5 It is possible to visualize the response of a speaker group by activating the RTA function See next part 5 9 for a detailed description 4 Before activating the Generator make sure the Master Vo...

Page 25: ... acoustic response It is especially useful when used together with the Monitoring function see part 11 with a microphone always connected to the system the RTA and the noise generator it is possible to verify the overall behaviour of a speaker remotely We provide two settings to change the scale and reference of the capturing 1 The maximum level of the capture can be defined by adjusting the Micro...

Page 26: ... bands of EQ you can adjust per channel 3 A wide numbers of filters is available allowing almost any equalization to be made Select the filter type you want 4 Depending on the filter type selected additional parameters will be made available Check the contextual help for details Once parameters are set you can move to another band adjustment 5 Finally you can save your EQ adjustments in the curren...

Page 27: ... each speaker it is possible to assign a different signal amongst Stereo Left Stereo Right Mono Sub or None 3 Once you have assigned the signals required you can decide whether the speakers should be corrected according to the Theater Dirac calibration filters or not 4 When done select Save to exit 3 4 i A Sub Theater has the same properties as a Theater and can be activated via the Presets creati...

Page 28: ... as an Audio Video Stereo Zone with a display involved An Audio Video Zone including Headphones Zone will have General A V delay adjustments added in the Settings page as well as LipSync control on the Remote Control interfaces To create a new Audio Zone select the type of zone required to create 1 2 3 1 You can decide here to Enable or Disable one of the Channels 2 You can equalize the channels i...

Page 29: ...website https live dirac com register Note that only the PC MAC version of the tool can be used It will not work with the iOS or Android version The credentials created to log in this website will be required in the tool to allow for an access to the StormAudio Dirac Live runtime version allowing Full Bandwidth 20Hz to 20kHz calibration without need to buy an upgrade from Dirac Notes 1 Although re...

Page 30: ...llation 6 2 Once installed go to your browser in the ISP Web Installer Interface and 6 3 3 4 5 4 4 3 Select the Audio Profile you have configured with your manual settings and that you want to use as basis 4 Press Setup and put the channels of a same multiway speaker in the same Group In case a multiple subwoofers setup has been manually aligned it is also recommended to put them in the same group...

Page 31: ...t this time all audio adjustments made on the remote will be deactivated to not alter the calibration 6 7 6 4 Launch the Dirac Live Calibration Tool DLCT 2 0 The application will go into the first tab step of the DLCT 1 4 1 A first page will show the accessible devices 2 Log in using the credentials you have created when registering to the Dirac Live website 3 In this step you must select the devi...

Page 32: ...ibration file 4 Two files will be available for download In the case of a multi channel setup we usually use the microphone pointing upward for constant directivity in all directions Select the 70xxxx_90degree txt file in such case 5 Then proceed to the next step https www minidsp com products acoustic measurement umik 1 3 All along the process it is advised to save the design into a Project Also ...

Page 33: ... Channel volume to be in the green area if you can t reach the green area go back to step 2 above and then again 3 for all channels 4 Then proceed to the next step 2 4 Notes All channels corresponding to the target Theater are automatically listed The active Theater its layout and Sampling Rate of the system is available Note that it is important to do the setup properly in terms of grouping the m...

Page 34: ... wide listening area Chair Sofa Focused and Sofa Widening 2 Once selected please proceed to the Measure step 3 You will need to place the microphone into the first position which reflects the main position in terms of expectations usually in the center of the listening area This position is critical as it will be used for the Distance and Level calculations 4 Once the microphone is placed as illus...

Page 35: ... reference 3 You can re measure a position as many times as you wish 4 You can select a new position to measure There will be 8 to 15 additional positions of the microphone required depending on the arrangement to complete the capture process Select Measure selected position once selected 5 Then proceed to the next step A pre processing of the measured curves will be done for few seconds 4 1 2 3 5...

Page 36: ..._Installer_Manual_rev 3 pdf to find the descriptions of all the adjustments options available 1 The purple Target Curve can be adjusted by moving the markers and markers can be added by double clicking on the curve at the needed frequency You can Save and Load your own modified Target Curve 2 It is possible to limit the correction to a certain frequency range in order to avoid low frequency correc...

Page 37: ...correction window effect it was here moved so no correction were done above 2kHz Simulated response actual response 7 You can also visualize the effect in the impulse response 8 Proceed to the filter design Export page once you are good with the corrections To maintain overall signature and timber of high quality speakers and because the room has limited effect in the high frequency range we recom...

Page 38: ... 2 Add the information about your new Audio Profile Name and a Description These two elements will be used in the ISP Audio Profile information 3 Export the filter to the ISP 4 Exportation progress will be shown 5 Once the exportation is finished the process is now complete from a Dirac Live Calibration Tool standpoint Don t forget to save your project before exiting 1 2 3 4 You can now Exit and g...

Page 39: ...2 The Arrangement is also coming from the Dirac Live tool and can be modified 3 The given description can be modified 4 Finally save to complete the New Profile creation 1 2 3 1 For the Audio Zones we manage a single Audio Profile Save to complete the Audio Zone Profile update 4 1 Each time you go through the Dirac Live process the former filter design gets replaced by the new one Activation deact...

Page 40: ...owed to make changes to this Profile in order to ensure integrity of the Dirac Live calibration as any modification in delay or level can dramatically alter the overall listening experience this is the Reference Profile for this Dirac Live calibration round 6 13 If you wish to change the paramaters of a Reference Profile you should first create a Duplicate of this Profile by selecting Duplicate 4 ...

Page 41: ...here are three possible modes on Wake Trigger takes its active status at unit Wake Up on Input Trigger takes its active status when an Input is selected on Presets Trigger takes its active status when a Preset is selected 3 When Unit goes to Sleep mode you can define how the Trigger should react 4 The Active Status can be defined as 0V or 12V 5 Finally it is possible to define a delay between the ...

Page 42: ...ither as a an Alternate or Replicate output bank When Alternate independant Theaters can be created When Replicate it follows Theater and output mapping of Main Speakers bank 5 There are two modes available in Sleep Mode a low power consumption one slow start up 40s and a fast start up one higher consumption 5s Select whether to enable the Fast Boot mode here 6 Set Brightness level when adjusting ...

Page 43: ...Hz and 600 MHz A change of these settings will force the unit to restart after SAVE operation It also requires sources to be tested at the required resolution to ensure proper behaviour of the whole HDMI chain It is possible to control the ISP using the IR IN 3 5mm Jack connector available in the back panel of the unit A RC5 RC6 based commands set see part 13 p61 has been defined which allow most ...

Page 44: ... description The type of signals may vary from unit to unit we therefore allow to change the mapping of the 16ch with by default the first 8ch mapped according to Dolby Cinema servers requirements 1 With 5 1 or 7 1 input streams it is possible to use the Dolby Surround Auro Matic or DTS Neural X upmixers Select ON to allow for upmixing up to 16ch or OFF for bypass 2 Selecting EDIT will open a pop ...

Page 45: ...mote Control 3 A Preset can be linked to a Theater or Sub Theater that would become active when the Preset is selected 4 When the Theater has been selected you can choose an Audio Profile among those created for the selected Theater When it is a Dirac profile its Room and Curve description will be shown 5 It is possible to get Audio Zones playback together with a Theater Select the Zones you want ...

Page 46: ...sive experience via headphones by binauralizing the mono or up to 13 1 encoded formats native Immersive Sound into two channels To add more Headphones zones to this preset you must adjust the SphereAudioTM preset as shown below 1 Identify the SphereAudio TM preset 2 In the Audio Zone list select the Headphones zones you want to activate and access SphereAudio TM mode 3 Select the Preferred Upmix t...

Page 47: ...o changed 3 Change the output number according to connections expectations 4 Save to store the new output mapping and to exit the pop up window 2 4 3 1 9 1 You can connect the analog outputs to your amplifiers according to the outputs mapping that has been automatically generated during the Speakers Layout definition In case the proposed mapping doesn t match your need it is possible to rearrange ...

Page 48: ... file you can now go and connect your cables to the correct output Shown below is a Custom Edition with options former Reference Edition 4 5 6 7 8 Connections to your amplifiers according to the Speakers mapping and type installed as well as the Trigger outputs defined in the section 7 Settings can be done following below steps 9 3 In the System Page select the Export Parameters function A file co...

Page 49: ...erred Upmix Dolby Surround DTS Neural X or Auro Matic can be selected in this area Additionaly upmix parameters can be adjusted 5 For the Theater this offers quick level adjustments of Center Surround and Subwoofers 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Audio Zone control for each Audio Zone defined and active with the Preset a set of adjustments is given Volume and Mute Tone Control LipSync when AV Zone 7 When set to Ma...

Page 50: ...e you can enable or disable the SphereAudio TM effect 1 2 3 2 4 Home Cinema allows to enjoy cinema quality sound when watching e g movies Cinema provides the best cinematic experience similar to what you would hear in a large theatre equipped with an Immersive Sound speaker setup Lounge for a more intimate listening experience as in a cozy cafe Concert setting that reenacts Immersive Sound in a hu...

Page 51: ...ages you will always have access to Master Volume Mute Dim Loudness and CinemaEQ 4 Triggers that have been set to Manual Switch ON in Settings page can be controlled here 5 Front panel display settings are changeable here 6 As in the Web Interface it is possible to restart the unit remotely using the Restart button 7 Access the other App Pages by selecting the icons 1 2 5 6 1 1 Input selection 2 P...

Page 52: ...o Zone page 1 2 1 In the Audio Zone page you can select which Zone you would like to control and adjust 2 For the selected Zone a set of parameters is adjustable depending on the Zone type defined Amongst them we can find Volume Mute EQ Tone Control and LipSync Volume page A Volume page with limited function is available offering a nice Volume Knob to control the Master Volume of the playing Theat...

Page 53: ...o Zone page 1 2 1 In the Audio Zone page you can select which Headphones you would like to control and adjust 2 For the selected Headphones a set of parameters can be adjusted depending on the Zone type defined In case of the SphereAudioTM mode there is a switch to enable or disable it for each Headphones When a Listening Preset activating the SphereAudioTM mode is selected in the Preset area the ...

Page 54: ...temperature and FAN behaviour b to adjust the threshold of the Alert Messaging c to activate the VuMeter offering real time signal visualization d It is also possible to control the ISP with Power Unit or Restart e A summary status information is also shown More details will be provided in section 11 2 3 When PAs are detected a dedicated window per device is shown In a similar way to ISP you can E...

Page 55: ...ide access to the Alerts Thresholds adjustments These Thresholds are by default defined at values seen critical for the long term reliability of the products It is possible to create additional alerts by changing these values Default one will still generate alerts when reached Warning alert will trigger a message in the User Interface and the Remotes while Critical alert might shut down the unit a...

Page 56: ...th the actual reading of the main ones 3 A log of all the important events is maintained and shown in a list format This log is important in case of an issue occurence to help the support team to understand where the problem can come from It is possible to do a search of a specific event Storage is limited to the last 500 events 4 It is possible to visualize the real time levels of the decoder and...

Page 57: ...ltiple parameters visualization and control dual channels module temperature amplifier modules FANs speed back panel extraction FANs speed MUTE control per 4x channels 2 A log of all the important events is maintained and shown in a list format This log is important in case of an issue occurence to help the support team to understand where the problem can come from It is possible to do a search of...

Page 58: ...s with unbalanced inputs In such case the wiring should be done as shown 3 The Multichannel Digital Inputs and Outputs options use RJ45 cables to carry the AES EBU signals The pinout of the RJ45 connectors on the ISP is described herewith 4 The Alternate Theater option balanced outputs version delivers the outputs channels over a DB25 connector which follows a specific pinout as shown herewith 5 T...

Page 59: ... two versions of the back panel silkscreens depending on the production period In both cases the connectivity goes to the same location as shown below IR Output port connection always the top connector IR Input port connection always the bottom connector This Installer Guide has been written considering the correct back panel silkscreen i Incorrect Label Correct Label ...

Page 60: ...Connectors Hardware Connections Connectors Inputs table 12 Inputs table 59 Source Name Digital Input connection Analog Input connection HDMI Input connection ...

Page 61: ... Inputs Digital input coaxial optical 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Digital input AES EBU 16ch Digital Cinema Input Optional Module Optional Module Optional Module Optional Module Optional Module RJ45 x 2 Analog stereo inputs RCA 4 4 4 4 4 4 Audio Outputs Analog main outputs balanced ch 1 to 16 XLR XLR XLR XLR XLR XLR Analog main outputs balanced ch 17 to 32 Optional Module N A XLR N A N A XLR Analog ma...

Page 62: ...al Preset 1 16 67 Select Assigned Preset 1 Preset 2 16 68 Select Assigned Preset 2 Preset 3 16 69 Select Assigned Preset 3 Preset 4 16 70 Select Assigned Preset 4 Preset 5 16 71 Select Assigned Preset 5 Preferred Dolby Surround 16 91 Select Dolby Surround Upmix DTS Neural X 16 92 Select DTS Neural X Auro Matic 16 93 Select Auro Matic StormAudio Upmix 16 96 Select StormAudio upmix future use Native...

Page 63: ...and or other countries DTS Inc All Rights Reserved Manufactured under license from Auro Technologies StormAudio is certified by Auro Technologies to implement its technology and products Auro 3D and the related symbols are registered trademarks of Auro Technologies All materials contained in this work are protected by copyright law and may not be reproduced distributed transmitted displayed publis...

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