Studio Technologies 207 eSports Console, User Manual

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Issue 3, March 2021 Model 207 User Guide
Page 20 Studio Technologies, Inc.
MODEL 207
eSPORTS CONSOLE
level into an associated microphone. But if the
COMP LED lights solid while a user is talk-
ing at a normal voice level this will typically
indicate that the microphone preamplifier gain
setting should be reduced. Conversely, if the
COMP LED almost never lights when nor-
mal talking is taking place, it’s possible that
changing the gain to a higher value would be
beneficial. Note that due to the design of the
circuitry the compressor active LED will func-
tion whether or not the main or talkback func-
tions are active.
Stereo Line Input
Two LEDs, labeled SIG/PK L and R, are
located adjacent to the 3.5 mm 3-conductor
TRS jack utilized by the stereo line input. The
LEDs are dual color, lighting green and red.
The LEDs will light green as a signal pres-
ent indication and light red to indicate a peak
condition. During normal operation the LEDs
should light green most of the time with an
occasional flash of red acceptable. If the LEDs
rarely light green then the input gain configu-
ration probably needs to be revised to a great-
er value. If the LEDs light red frequently then
the input gain configuration should be reduced
to a lower level.
Main and Talkback Buttons
Two pushbutton switches are used to select
how the microphone signal is routed to the two
Dante output channels. The button labeled
MAIN controls the audio signal that can be
sent to the Dante main output channel. How
the button functions will depend on the con-
figuration choice that has been made using
STcontroller. When the main button’s green
LED is lit audio will be present on the Dante
main output channel. When the main button’s
red LED is lit audio will not be present on the
Dante main output channel. One configuration
choice available to the main button, Always
On, forces the button to remain in its on state.
and SYNC LEDs display the operating sta-
tus of the Dante interface and its associated
network activity. The SYS LED will light red
upon Model 207 power up to indicate that
the Dante interface is not ready. After a short
interval it will light green to indicate that it
is ready to pass data with another Dante
device. The SYNC LED will light red when
the Model 207 is not synchronized with a
Dante network. It will light solid green when
the Model 207 is synchronized with a Dante
network and an external clock source (tim-
ing reference) is being received. It will slowly
flash green when this specific Model 207
is part of a Dante network and is serving
as the clock master. It’s possible that up to
30 seconds may be required for the SYNC
LED to reach its final state.
Microphone Power Status LED
An LED indicator is located on the back panel
adjacent to the microphone input connector.
It is labeled MIC PWR and will light red when-
ever the microphone input’s electret power
source is active and providing low-voltage DC
power to the microphone connections on the
Headset A and Headset B connectors.
Compressor Active LED and
Mic Preamp Gain
An LED indicator, orange in color, is located
on the back panel adjacent to the Headset
A connector. It is labeled COMP and dis-
plays the status of the microphone audio
compressor function. This function controls
the dynamic range of the audio signal as-
sociated with the microphone input source.
The compressor LED will light whenever the
input level from the microphone, along with
the configured microphone preamplifier gain,
is such that the dynamic range of the signal
is being actively controlled. It’s perfectly ac-
ceptable for this LED to light intermittently
whenever a user is talking at a normal voice