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PLM Series Quick Start and Field Reference Guide rev 1.0.6
6. Quick Start Tutorial
Connect the subwoofer feed to Analog input 2 of the PLM.
3.
Ensure the
4.
PLM is connected to a PC (via wired or wireless network connection)
running the Lake
Controller software.
After ensuring that
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no audio is being output from the mixing desk
, power up the PLM unit/s.
On the Tablet PC,
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launch the Lake Controller software application
. On opening. a dialog box asks
whether a previous configuration should be restored. Tap No.
Tap the Modules button
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to open the horizontal scrolling bar.
In the scrolling bar, each connected PLM is represented with a frame that contains two discs. These are
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labeled A and B and represent the A and B Lake processing modules in the PLM.
Tap the frame
and drag
both modules to the main part of the screen and tap again. The controller uploads the PLM’s settings and
the PLM is now ready to be controlled. If you have multiple PLMs connected, and hence multiple frames
in the scrollbar, observe the front panel of the PLMs. The PLM being tapped is indicated with a white LED
on the top left corner of the front panel.
Tap on Module A’s disc
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; its border will turn yellow.
Tap the Module Store/Recall
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in the button bar at the bottom of the screen. The contents of the scrolling
bar will change.
From the options offered in the scrolling bar,
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double-tap Default Modules
; the scrolling bar contents
change again.
Double-tap the Contour Classic Crossovers
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folder in the scrolling bar. A set of loudspeaker symbols
will be displayed.
Tap CL3w + 1a, and then tap the Recall button
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. This reconfigures the DSP for the PLM’s Module
A as a 3-way crossover, plus a separate auxiliary channel.
A dialog box will open
asking if the data in
the destination module should be overwritten.
Tap Yes
.
Another dialog box opens
asking whether
Module B should be reconfigured.
Tap either 2 Way or 2 Aux
, as Module B will not be used in this
configuration.
Tap on Store/Recall EXIT
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to return to the Modules screen.
With Module A’s border still yellow
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(tap it if it isn’t), tap the I/O Config button at the bottom
of the
screen to open the I/O Config screen.
The upper-right-hand pane depicts a block diagram of Module A. To the right of the red disc are blocks
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representing the inputs to the 3-way crossover section.
Tap on the Input 1 block
to open the Input Mixer
control panel.
The control panel shows two faders for Inputs 1 and 2 to the left, and a bargraph meter showing the signal
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level of the mixer output to the right.
If the faders are not already so positioned, move Input 2’s fader
down
until the button below the fader shows Input 2 OFF and turns red.
Move Input 1’s fader up its
