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Page 1: ...600 Industrial Drive New Bern N C 28562 tel 252 638 7000 fax 252 637 1285 Technical Manual TS 4 Talent Station ...

Page 2: ...Technical Manual Wheatstone Corporation September 2013 TS 4 Talent Station ...

Page 3: ...600 Industrial Drive New Bern North Carolina 28562 tel 252 638 7000 fax 252 637 1285 TS 4 Talent Station Technical Manual 2013 Wheatstone Corporation ...

Page 4: ...nstalled and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense This is a Class A product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case ...

Page 5: ...ct the Peripheral Devices tab Click the Add button to bring up the Add Peripheral Device dialog Type in a convenient Name and insert the IP Address of the device being added Leave the TCP Port at the default setting of 60021 From the Host BLADE drop down select the BLADE that you want to associate the Peripheral device with Click Ok This completes the process of adding the device to the Peripheral...

Page 6: ... Full Size Template 1 4d Power Supply and Ethernet Connection 1 5 Connect To Network 1 5 Volume Knob and INPUT Button 2 2 Display 2 2 Signal Name 2 2 Signal Location 2 2 Microphone Icon 2 2 Microphone Buttons 2 3 Microphone LIOs 2 3 Studio Tally LIOs 2 4 Front Panel Menus 2 5 Network 2 5 Blades 2 5 Device 2 5 Versions 2 6 Exit Menu 2 6 Installing The Talent Station Setup Tool 3 2 File Menu 3 2 Vie...

Page 7: ...Selected Device 4 2 Remove Selected Device 4 2 Online Check Box 4 3 Add Edit Device Dialog 4 3 Mapped BLADE Configuration 4 3 Miscellaneous Setup 4 5 Misc 4 5 3rd Party Signal Name Prefix 4 5 Display Brightness 4 6 Normal Level 4 6 AutoDim Level 4 6 AutoDim Timeout 4 6 Mic In Use Tallies 4 6 Visibilities 4 7 Channel 4 7 Global Alpha Sort 4 7 Allow No Source 4 7 Signal Tree 4 7 ...

Page 8: ... Size Template 1 4 TS 4V Talent Station Countertop Full Size Template 1 4a TS 4H Talent Station Countertop Full Size Template 1 4b TS 4V Talent Station Turret Full Size Template 1 4c TS 4V Talent Station Turret Full Size Template 1 4d Power Supply and Ethernet Connection 1 5 Connect To Network 1 5 Contents TS 4 Sep 2016 ...

Page 9: ...e The TS 4 Talent Station is designed to mount in the countertop or in one of two different turrets TS 4 Placement To mount the TS 4 Talent Station desk panel in the countertop refer to the drawing below for the unit and cutout dimensions Make the countertop cutout by using the supplied full size template See pages 1 4 a b c d for the countertop and turret style dimensions of the TS 4V and TS 4H T...

Page 10: ...page 1 3 GENERAL INFORMATION TS 4 Sep 2013 The TS 4 ships with attached under counter mounting bracket and four screws for securing the unit to the countertop TS 4 Oct 2013 ...

Page 11: ...TS 4 Desk Panel Full Size Template page 1 4 TS 4 Apr 2014 1 3 4 5 1 2 6 COUNTER CUTOUT DIMENSIONS 5 1 2 x 1 3 4 FRONT PANEL FACE RECESS DIMENSIONS 6 x 1 3 4 x 3 32 ...

Page 12: ...lent Station Countertop Full Size Template 7 3 8 8 7 5 8 3 16 D 1 16 2 3 16 2 7 16 R 1 8 TYP COUNTER CUTOUT DIMENSIONS 7 3 8 x 2 3 16 FRONT PANEL FACE RECESS DIMENSIONS 8 x 2 7 16 x3 32 page 1 4a TS 4 Sep 2016 ...

Page 13: ...lent Station Countertop Full Size Template 7 3 8 8 7 5 8 3 16 D 1 16 2 3 16 2 7 16 R 1 8 TYP COUNTER CUTOUT DIMENSIONS 7 3 8 x 2 3 16 FRONT PANEL FACE RECESS DIMENSIONS 8 x 2 7 16 x3 32 page 1 4b TS 4 Sep 2016 ...

Page 14: ...TS 4V Talent Station Turret Chassis Full Size Template 2 Drill Center Marks for 8 Screws 3 16 bit 4 1 8 3 3 8 3 8 4 3 4 5 3 16 8 15 16 page 1 4c TS 4 Sep 2016 ...

Page 15: ...2 Drill Center Marks for 8 Screws 3 16 bit 6 3 4 10 TS 4H Talent Station Turret Chassis Full Size Template 3 3 16 page 1 4d TS 4 Sep 2016 ...

Page 16: ... adapter with 100 240V 50 60Hz input Connect To Network The Talent Station must be connected on a network with at least one Wheatstone BLADE in order to function The unit has been programmed at the factory with a device Name and an IP Address This information is displayed on a label on the device Please make sure you know what name and IP address are programmed for the device as you follow these s...

Page 17: ...on Volume Knob and INPUT Button 2 2 Display 2 2 Signal Name 2 2 Signal Location 2 2 Microphone Icon 2 2 Microphone Buttons 2 3 Microphone LIOs 2 3 Studio Tally LIOs 2 4 Front Panel Menus 2 5 Network 2 5 Blades 2 5 Device 2 5 Versions 2 6 Exit Menu 2 6 Contents ...

Page 18: ...INPUT button to select that source If you don t move the VOLUME knob or press the INPUT switch for about 10 sec onds the process will time out without changing the source Display The TS 4 contains an OLED display which displays several pieces of information Signal Name At the top of the display is the name of the source signal currently connected to headphones on the talent station If you just see...

Page 19: ...crophone LIOs The LIOs defined by the TS 4 include the following Remote ON This LIO is set when the Mic ON button is pressed and unset when the ON button is released Remote OFF This LIO is set when the Mic OFF button is pressed and unset when the OFF button is released Mute This LIO is set when the MUTE button is pressed and unset when the MUTE button is released Talk Back This LIO is set when the...

Page 20: ...allies Simply check one or all of the check boxes Create a Destination signal that just consists of LIOs The LIOs to include are one or all of the Studio Tally LIOs from the Talent Station as shown above Note that the Studio Tally LIOs correspond to the Mic In Use Tallies Connect the Destination signal to a Source signal that drives the desired Stu dio Tally LIOs One example of such a Source signa...

Page 21: ...you to view the subnet mask for the TS 4 dobby the VOLUME knob to edit the subnet mask Gateway this item allows you to view the gateway setting for the TS 4 dobby the VOLUME knob to edit the gateway MAC Address this item allows you to view the MAC address for the TS 4 note that you cannot edit the MAC address Top of Menu this item returns you to the main menu Blades Turning the VOLUME knob until B...

Page 22: ...ing the VOLUME knob enters the Versions sub menu which provides the following choices Station Type this item will display Talent Station 4 FPGA Version this item shows the FPGA version information SW Version this item shows the software version information Build Date this item shows the software build date Build Time this item shows the software build time Top of Menu this item returns you to the ...

Page 23: ... 2013 page 3 1 S E T U P G U I O P E R A T I O N Setup GUI Operation Installing The Talent Station Setup Tool 3 2 File Menu 3 2 View Menu 3 2 WheatNet IP System Menu 3 2 Hardware Menu 3 3 Help Menu 3 4 Contents ...

Page 24: ...eatNet IP Talent Station 4 Setup GUI password and to exit from the program Set Password this menu opens the password dialog box which allows setting up password restricted access to the WheatNet IP Talent Station 4 Setup GUI Exit this menu item closes the WheatNet IP Talent Sta tion 4 Setup GUI program View Menu The view menu allows you to select what dockable windows are currently shown in the GU...

Page 25: ...roperties script compile and download Add New Device this menu item opens the Add Device dialog box You may add devices to your GUI using this dialog box Edit Selected Device this menu item opens the Edit Device dialog box It is here that the currently selected device s name and IP address can be modified Remove Selected Device this menu item opens the Remove Device dialog box It is here that the ...

Page 26: ... 4 there will be three cycles of flash updates The first pass will be to download the software the second pass will be to flash the software and the third pass will be for the field programmable gate array chip if that has changed When all of the flash programming cycles are complete the GUI will tell you it is done At that point you must power cycle your program mable panel device Reboot if the R...

Page 27: ...evice 4 2 Remove Selected Device 4 2 Online Check Box 4 3 Add Edit Device Dialog 4 3 Mapped BLADE Configuration 4 3 Miscellaneous Setup 4 5 Misc 4 5 3rd Party Signal Name Prefix 4 5 Display Brightness 4 6 Normal Level 4 6 AutoDim Level 4 6 AutoDim Timeout 4 6 Mic In Use Tallies 4 6 Visibilities 4 7 Channel 4 7 Global Alpha Sort 4 7 Allow No Source 4 7 Signal Tree 4 7 Contents ...

Page 28: ...es they will appear in the list Add Edit or Remove Devices in List In order to add edit or remove a device from your device list you need to use the menus available under the main Hardware menu or the three buttons adjacent to the device list Add New Device This selection opens a dialog box that allows you to add a new device to the device list It requires that a name and valid IP address be speci...

Page 29: ...vice in this dialog box The Name field specifies the de vice name which will appear in the device list The IP Ad dress is the IP address of the device which the GUI will connect to when the device is selected The Device Type must be configured so that the script wizard can generate the proper number of buttons for the device you are pro gramming Mapped BLADE Configuration You will need to setup yo...

Page 30: ... dialog box when pressed The Blade Picker shown below will display all of the BLADEs that are known to your system info database If you double click on one of the BLADEs shown in the Blade Picker dialog then its IP address will be entered into the Host Blade IP address edit box Make sure you click Apply when done with this screen ...

Page 31: ...Party interface to define a signal for receiving the audio for the head phone The name of this signal uses the four character device name as the first four characters and then HDPN as the last characters With the de fault name of TS4 the default signal name is TS4HDPN Changing the de vice name allows customization of the signal name that can make it easier to identify the signal in Navigator NOTE ...

Page 32: ...ode This means the timer must be off the microphone icon must be disabled and no buttons can be pressed for the specified time The allowed values range from 1 to 59 minutes A value of 0 is also allowed and is used to turn off the screen saver mode Mic In Use Tallies The Microphone icon in the Talent Station display can turn red to indicate that there is a live microphone in the studio The alternat...

Page 33: ...sentially grouping them by BLADEs Allow No Source When this check box is checked a special signal with the name NoSrc is added to the signal list When NoSrc is selected the destination will be made unconnected Signal Tree The signal tree shows a hierarchical list of source signals that are grouped by BLADEs and other sub categories You can expand one or more blades to see the categories and signal...

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