SmartSMS User Manual
Soft dB inc.
User Manual
p. 48
The Rise Time function allows the rise time parameters to be set:
The rise time parameters allow a ramping period to be set for the masking sound. Two parameters
can be set:
1) Starting Volume: The desired difference between the target masking level and the
masking sound generated at the start-up.
2) The ramping Period allows rapid changes in the acoustical environment of the
employees to be avoided when the system is installed in an existing occupied office.
Note that the rise time can be reinitialized when the user loads the configuration in to
the SMS unit(s) (see section 6.2 for more information).
3) You can apply the rise time to all the channels (by default) but you can also bypass the
rise time for a few channels. For example, if you have 4 channels already running on a
system and want to add 4 new channels, you can do a rise-time on the 4 new channels
but keep the other channels running to their normal level.
Note: The rise time process is initialized only when the SMS unit does not generate the masking
sound and when the Load CFG on SMS function is used. When the SMS unit already generates the
masking sound, the rise time set-up is not loaded and activated. To activate the rise time process
on a SMS unit that generates the sound masking sound, the user must turn off the masking sound,
load the SMS unit and restart the masking sound. During the loading operation, the software asks
to reinitialize the rise time process: click Yes.
