Figure 5. A Partial View Of The Control Room Dim Table For The Example Intercom System 1Studio.zus - RTS Zeus User Manual

16. Using the 1studio.zus example, we've now taken you
through virtually all the steps that are typically
required to set up an intercom system. First, you
name the intercom ports and any other types of
communication (IFB's, ISO's etc.) that you will
need. Then you configure any special types of
communication that you have named. Then you
assign the things you've named and configured to
intercom keys on keypanels. There are still one or
two more things that might be required: you may
need to set up one or more dim tables, and you may
need to adjust the input or output gains for some
intercom channels. We'll finish with a brief
discussion of these two topics.
17. In the 1studio.zus example, the director, the assistant
director, and the technical director are all located in
the same room. Their keypanels are fairly close
together, and the keypanels all have some common
key assignments. For example, they all have a key
assigned to talk to PROD, the production party line.
(You could check this by clicking the KP button on
the toolbar, and then selecting each of the three
intercom ports in turn to view the key assignments.)
Now suppose that both the director and the technical
director have their PROD talk and listen keys
activated, and the director is speaking. This will be
heard at the technical director's keypanel speaker.
And, if the director's microphone picks up the

Figure 5. A partial view of the control room dim table for the example intercom system 1studio.zus.

All keypanels that are located in the control room have been assigned as members of the dim table, and the amount of dim-
ming has been set at -1dB; a fairly small amount. Whenever one of these keypanel operators activates a key assignment, the
volume will be reduced by 1 dB at any of the other keypanels that are listening to the same destination. Note: The name "Con-
trol Room Dim" was assigned using the Other Alpha button on the toolbar.
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speaker audio (which is actually his own voice) and
reamplifies it, this could cause feedback. To prevent
this potential problem, a dim table has been set up.
To view this dim table, click the Dim button on the
toolbar.
18. Figure 5 shows the dim table that has been set up for
the control room keypanels. While viewing this
screen, press the F1 key to get help with dim table
setup.
19. To finish, we'll discuss the analog gain adjustment.
In the 1studio.zus example, one possible use of this
adjustment might be to adjust the audio output levels
to the camera intercoms. These devices may be
operating at a different audio level than the intercom
system. As a result, any communications to the
camera operators from any keypanel might sound too
loud or soft. You adjust audio input and output gain
from the System menu (Figure 6). As with most of
the setup tables, you can get help with analog input
and output gain adjustment by pressing the F1 key
while viewing the table.