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APA-4E8 Operator’s Manual Page 29
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Home Screen Layout
The home screen shows you important useful information about your APA.
The name of your APA as it appears on the network control software is shown first. If you’ve
not chosen a name APA will give it a random one so it can be easily identified if you have
multiple amplifiers on the network.
The next section shows the name of the current user memory or, “None” if one is not being
used.
The next section down is the status bar which will display any important information about the
“health” of your APA, as well as hints about operation and the current security level — see
page 51 for how this works.
At the bottom of the screen the amplifier’s IP address and Unit ID are shown. The IP address
will be assigned to the amp by your network’s DHCP server — if you want a direct 1:1
connection to a laptop and cannot connect to a server, then the amplifier can generate its own
local IP address. Please see the section about connecting to a network, starting on page 54.
The “Monochrome Concept”
To make your APA as intuitive and simple as possible to operate, we have designed the user
interface to be useful from a distance as well as up close. This design concept extends from
the information shown on the LCD to the metering and its various modes. Considering the
LCD in this case, you may not be aware that the LCD is a full colour QVGA display. We choose
to show all information in black and white as it offers the best contrast and readability.
To highlight any conditions that will result in a loss of audio or reduction in performance, we
solely use red on the display. In this way it is easy to confirm, from any distance, if there are
any things that require user intervention or attention. If the amplifier is operating normally
and all channels are able to output audio, you will never see any colour on the display.
Similarly with the metering — red LEDs are only used when there is an automatic reduction of
level in a channel, or a fault condition.
To summarise - no red = no worries!