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Important Note: You should save the System Parameters to the PC card after changing any System
Parameter or if you change your default processing preset.
If your current System Parameters were never backed up by saving them to the PC Card, the parameters
restored would be the factory defaults and the default preset would be the first factory preset in the preset list.
To save the System Parameters, navigate to the
Utility Menu
and click on
System Attributes
and then
Save to
Card
.
Also in the
System Attributes
menu are the options to
Load Defaults
(loads the factory defaults) and
Load from
Card
(loads previously saved parameters or those from another PC card).
Security
The Omnia-3 includes two security levels that permit “lockout” of the unit to prevent unauthorized personnel
from making adjustments.
Normal
mode allows read-only access to the Omnia-3 and its menu structures. An
Engineer
mode allows full access to all controls. Additionally, the unit can be locked altogether, preventing
any access whatsoever. Default passwords supplied with the unit are “vito” (all lower case) for
Normal
mode
and “tomtom” (all lower case) for
Engineer
mode.
Trigger Scripts
The Omnia-3 Remote Control software (available as a free download from www.omniaaudio.com) contains a
special script editor that allows the programming of System Parameter changes that can be “triggered” by logic
state changes on the rear-panel DB-9 “Interface” connector.
Using Trigger Scripts, you can make the Omnia-3 do things with contact closures that would normally need to
be done either by manual intervention at the front panel, or via Omnia-3 remote control. There are 8 Trigger
Inputs available, and they respond to dry contact closures on the rear-panel “Interface” connector. Full
information about Trigger Scripts is covered in Chapter 8, Remote Control.
Dayparts
The audio processing can be automatically adjusted by dayparts. This permits different presets to be invoked
according to a schedule that you create. If there is no daypart selected for an interval of time, the system returns
to the default preset selected by the user before dayparting is enabled. Configuration of dayparts is covered in
detail later in this Chapter in the “Utility” sub-section of the “Menu Descriptions” section.
Bargraph Display Metering Screens
The bargraph screens are displayed by pressing the front panel push-button (located between the LCD and the
jog-wheel). This toggles between the two display modes: the menus/parameter mode and the bargraph meter
mode. Multiple screens are available in bargraph mode, and are selected by turning the jog wheel. The first
screen can be reach by turning the wheel counter-clockwise until the screen no longer changes. Each screen is
titled in the lower right-hand corner as a navigation aid.
The screens available depend on the style of Omnia-3. All styles have the first I/O screen that shows the input
and output levels. On Omnia-3am and net units there is one combined “Process” bargraph screen that shows the
wideband AGC bargraph and three limiter bargraphs (four on the Omnia-3am). The Omnia-3fm Turbo style has
two processing bargraph screens -- one for the wideband and multi-band AGC bargraphs (labeled “AGC”) and
the other for the multi-band limiter bargraphs (labeled “LIM”).