AMP1-16-M
1RU, 16-Channel, 3G/HD/SD-SDI Audio Monitor
User
Guide
Software Release: V5.xx
Part Number 821189, Revision M
Page 1: ...AMP1 16 M 1RU 16 Channel 3G HD SD SDI Audio Monitor User Guide Software Release V5 xx Part Number 821189 Revision M...
Page 2: ...ven though Wohler Technologies Inc has tested its equipment and software and reviewed the documentation Wohler Technologies Inc makes no warranty or representation either express or implied with respe...
Page 3: ...Compliance 7 FCC 7 ICES 003 7 Front Panel 8 Rear Panel 9 CHAPTER 2 Operation 10 Introduction 10 Main Screen 10 Trim Screen 12 USB Port Functionality 13 Copying a Configuration from the AMP1 16 M 14 C...
Page 4: ...pliance 43 Specifications 43 Audio Formats 44 Technical Functional Overview 45 APPENDIX A Connecting the AMP1 16 M to a LAN 46 Introduction 46 Requirements 46 Downloading the File 46 Installing the AM...
Page 5: ...16 M Manager Safety Instructions 1 Read keep and follow all of these instructions heed all warnings 2 Do not use this equipment near water 3 Use only a dry cloth to clean the equipment 4 Do not block...
Page 6: ...exceed 40 Celsius 104 Fahrenheit Adjacent devices can be rack mounted or stacked in proximity to the unit if this temperature is not exceeded Otherwise allow a 1RU 1 75 44 45mm space above and below t...
Page 7: ...ernal circuitry ground is connected to the chassis Power The unit comes with a standard internal power supply and connects an A C mains power source 60W 100 to 240 VAC 10 50 60Hz through the IEC conne...
Page 8: ...elow Table 1 1 Power Color Indication Descriptions LED Color Description Green The AMP1 16 M is functioning properly Red When the LED flashes green or yellow followed by a series of red flashes each f...
Page 9: ...Inputs These two BNC connectors accept the 3G HD SD SDI input signals 3 3G HD SD SDI Outputs These BNC connectors output regenerated replicas of the two 3G HD SD SDI input signals 4 Selected 3G HD SD...
Page 10: ...7 12 11 14 13 16 15 10 9 Speaker Indicators Left and Right Speaker Indicators Both Channels Speaker Indicators Bitstream Speaker Indicators No Audio Left and Right Level Meters Phase Indicators 1 Spe...
Page 11: ...press selects both channels for listening b Second press leaves only channel 3 selected c Third press leaves only channel 4 selected d Fourth press leaves both channels 3 and 4 deselected 5 Audio Pair...
Page 12: ...knob to increase or decrease the gain If the gain is decreased below 40 dB the channel is muted and an M is shown in a red square Multiple channel pairs can be adjusted simultaneously by first select...
Page 13: ...ab section of Chapter 3 You can also use a flash drive to update the software in the AMP1 16 M Refer to Appendix D for instructions Immediately after connecting the flash drive to your AMP1 16 M the F...
Page 14: ...the Flash Drive screen will display as shown in Figure 2 6 below Figure 2 6 Get From Flash Drive Screen 2 Using one of the bright yellow choices press the file number File 1 through File 7 of the file...
Page 15: ...flash drive from the USB port Update Menu This button only appears if the inserted flash drive contains a software update files Press this button to proceed to the software updating menu Appendix D de...
Page 16: ...P1 16 M configuration to perfectly suit your needs Note When a unit is selected in the Manager s Units Responding window a user at the front panel will be prevented from using the USB port These locko...
Page 17: ...Channel Pair Naming In the blank fields at the middle of the screen you can add names for any channel pair Each name is comprised of the top and bottom field and each field allows up to seven charact...
Page 18: ...ware and can be saved as user presets 1 to 7 either way Presets can be recalled from a front panel menu in the Presets tab of the AMP1 16 M Manager program or by pressing and holding a front panel Cha...
Page 19: ...s for each of the level meter segments 3 Tone controls for the internal loudspeakers can be set in the front panel Speaker Control Options Menu or in the Wohler AMP1 16 M Manager PC program A certain...
Page 20: ...c Trim Controlled The analog outputs are controlled by the Trim settings 7 In the Audio Muting and Delay area selects any combination of Non Audio or PA Header Note The AMP1 16 M detects PA headers th...
Page 21: ...he menu system 13 Audio Pair Select and Mono Channel Select These two options control the method of channel selection on the Main Screen of the unit a Mono Channel Select When set to Disable both chan...
Page 22: ...y are current 4 Programming Files Show Local File Versions Clicking this button displays the current versions of all the software components stored on the host computer and if a unit is selected in th...
Page 23: ...der that they appear on the Ethernet tab Instead they are listed in the most likely order that you would use them 10 Get from Unit Clicking the Get from Unit button transmits the configuration file fr...
Page 24: ...e flash drive If no Wohler folder exists the system will immediately create it when the flash drive is first connected Clicking on any one of the files or the empty file positions selects it for other...
Page 25: ...nfiguration displayed in the Manager Note This button has exactly the same functionality as the Open button on the Ethernet tab It is repeated here for your convenience 7 Programming Files This pane r...
Page 26: ...Trim button for at least three seconds Within any menu holding the Trim button for at least three seconds exits the menu system Navigate the menu tree as shown in Figure 4 1 with the Back and Next bu...
Page 27: ...ons En Disable 1 Trim Mode 2 Dual Mode 3 Back 4 Reset Levels 5 6 7 Next 8 Speaker Control Options Vol Bal or L R 1 2 Tone Flat 3 Back 4 Bass 5 Low Cut 6 Treble 7 Next 8 Meter Type Reference Menu Scale...
Page 28: ...el goes to Left Output only or Channel goes to Right Output only 1 Channel goes to Both Outputs Pressing this button sets the selected channel to go to both speakers and both analog outputs 2 Channel...
Page 29: ...to the Recall a Preset screen as shown in Figure 4 4 Figure 4 4 Recall a Preset Screen Press a button corresponding to the preset you would like to recall Presets contain trim levels input selections...
Page 30: ...e a Preset Screen Press a button corresponding to the preset you would like to save Presets contain trim levels input selections and channel assignments To leave this screen without saving a preset pr...
Page 31: ...nable Disable button The Trim Screen can be accessed when the Trim control is pressed but any Trim adjustments only affect the speaker and headphone volume when the Trim Screen is showing 3 Dual Mode...
Page 32: ...o the headphone jack This is the default setting 3 Always Mute Pressing this button selects the option that the internal speakers will always be muted This setting can be convenient to use when monito...
Page 33: ...ttest acoustic response possible from the internal speakers 3 Bass and Treble options are provided for customer tuning of the speaker sound to fit your needs Select the menu button and use the Adjust...
Page 34: ...e selected by the Channel Pair Select buttons on the Main Screen Press once to select a channel pair press again to hear the left channel of the pair press again to hear the right channel of the pair...
Page 35: ...onds Longer delays will prevent more clicks and pops during switches 4 Non PCM Detect Enabling this Dolby detection method means the channel status bits are examined to determine whether they indicate...
Page 36: ...inutes to 119 minutes in 1 minute increments and from 2 hours to 24 hours in 1 hour increments The default setting is 8 hours If the AMP1 16 M is in operation for the screen saver timeout period and n...
Page 37: ...Limit Top Limit Default Reference Default Color Bounds Default Ballistics Lower Upper Float Bar AES 72 dBFS 0 0 dBFS 0 dBFS 0 dBFS 30 dBFS 20 dBFS IEC Type I VU VU 45 dBr 3 5 dBr 20 dBFS 0 dBr 3 dBr...
Page 38: ...24 dB 2 8 sec None Bar or Floating Segment Not Displayed 3 Bar Pressing this button and then rotating the Trim knob steps through the available settings for the bar ballistics Refer to Table 4 1 4 Re...
Page 39: ...Middle Segment Pressing this button and then rotating the Trim knob adjusts the division between the middle and lower segments You can adjust the color boundary in 1 dBr increments and it has the sam...
Page 40: ...ire unit to its factory fresh condition The unit name is deleted the IP Address is set to DHCP and the Connect setting s reset to LAN 2 Set IP Address or IP Mask Pressing this button highlights the fi...
Page 41: ...on closes this menu and returns to the Main Screen Important This enables a single address DHCP server Thus when a computer is connected directly both the unit and the host computer will be assigned a...
Page 42: ...Re clocked output of the selected SDI input 8 Balanced stereo analog outputs on XLR M optionally Volume Balance controlled or fixed line output 9 Front panel headphone jack 10 Automatic frame rate de...
Page 43: ...kg Space Required 1 RU rack unit Supplied Accessories AC Power Cord North America Display Type TFT LCD Number of Displays 2 Screen Size 2 4 diagonal per screen Screen Resolution 320 x 240 Inputs SDI 2...
Page 44: ...c Range 100 dB SDI Input Termination 75 unbalanced Hum and Noise Better than 68 dB below full output Electrical Distortion 0 05 at any level below limit threshold Audio Formats All of the audio format...
Page 45: ...nal Overview Figure 5 1 illustrates the overall functionality of the AMP1 16 M monitor Figure 5 1 AMP1 16 M Block Diagram Note Stereo phase indication measurement occurs in the signal chain before it...
Page 46: ...lled Requirements 1 You must have a PC or laptop that a Is running Windows XP Vista or Windows 7 b Is connected to a LAN and c Has access to the Internet 2 An IP address from your network administrato...
Page 47: ...act the file s to the folder you created in Step 1 on your desktop Installing the AMP1 16 M Manager Open the extracted folder and right click on the AMP1 16 M Manager exe file and choose Run as Admini...
Page 48: ...Launch the AMP1 16 M Manager from the Desktop When the AMP1 16 M Manager appears it will display the SDI 1 Setup tab by default Figure A 1 AMP1 16 M Manager SDI 1 Setup Tab 2 Click the Ethernet tab F...
Page 49: ...unit you wish to configure in the Units Responding list 4 Click Config IP Figure A 3 Enter AMP1 16 M Address Dialog 5 When the Enter AMP1 16 M IP Address dialog displays do the following a Click the U...
Page 50: ...Units Responding box 7 If the unit is located on a different subnet than the host computer the Windows Manager may not be able to automatically locate it In this case use the Locate IP button a Enter...
Page 51: ...be done in the Version and Ethernet Menu Connect Direct For more information see the Version and Ethernet Menu description in Chapter 4 Note If there are static values already entered for the IP Addr...
Page 52: ...11 When finished be sure to disable the Direct Mode on the unit and return it to the previous Ethernet settings either through the Windows software and the Configure IP function or through the Version...
Page 53: ...to update the software in the AMP1 16 M 1 Use a USB flash drive 2 Use the AMP1 16 M Manager to update the unit over Ethernet NOTE Option 1 is only available for units with software Version 4 00 or la...
Page 54: ...k the Update All radio button in the File Update Options box please do so here Otherwise leave the Update as Needed box checked 4 Click Check for Updates At this point the system will respond with one...
Page 55: ...nt manager download the latest manager and install it on your PC Figure C 3 FTP Success Dialog Figure C 4 FTP Success Dialog In any case click OK Note The firmware stored on the computer is now up to...
Page 56: ...click the one you want to update from the Units Responding area 2 Click Update Note The AMP1 16 M will discontinue its normal operation while the software update is taking place This process may take...
Page 57: ...tton will not appear See Figure D 1 below Figure D 1 Flash Drive Options Screen 3 Press Update Menu 4 All the firmware files on the USB drive will be read and validated This will take a few minutes an...
Page 58: ...two update options a Press the Update Software as Needed button to install only newer software versions contained in the flash drive into the AMP1 16 M The next screen to appear will describe what to...
Page 59: ...ion process which will automatically continue until its conclusion Alternatively you may press the Cancel Quit button to return to the Flash Drive Software Update menu and not perform the software upd...
