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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
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For information on installing and using
Compass control software, see the Quick Start
Guide on the Compass RMS product page at
www.meyersound.com.
Compass RMS incorporates an established network plat-
form developed by Echelon Corporation, the world's leading
supplier of networking technology for sensing, monitoring,
and control. The networking platform supports Free Topol-
ogy, is polarity insensitive, does not require coaxial or fiber
optic cabling, and is not affected by power losses at loud-
speaker nodes. An RMS network is a real-time data acquisi-
tion system, which means that no data is lost during
transmission.
Once loudspeakers are identified on the RMS network, they
appear in the Compass software as icons or meter views
with pop-up text displays; they are automatically added to
the RMServer inventory and Compass Project.
Figure 1: Some RMS objects as they appear on user pages.
Compass displays all loudspeakers on the network on user-
created pages under the RMS tab. Pages display icons and
meter views that you customize to suit your needs. Loud-
speaker icons and meter views can be arranged to represent
how the loudspeakers have been deployed in the system.
Multiple pages can be created for specific system configu-
rations and venues, saved as an RMS Project, and reloaded
as needed.
Loudspeaker data is updated 2-5 times per second. Individ-
ual loudspeakers can be physically identified with the Wink
option in Compass, which lights the Wink LED on the RMS
module for that particular loudspeaker. Conversely, a device
can be in identified in Compass by pressing the Identity or
Service button on the device's RMS module.
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Figure 2: A user-created page under the RMS tab in Compass.
Compass RMS Software System Require-
ments
Compass RMS software runs as a tab within the Compass
software environment. Compass requires a computer run-
ning Windows
®
or Mac OS X. Please visit
sound.com
for the latest compatibility information and more
information about Compass.
Additional Networking Hardware Require-
ments
Depending on the number of loudspeakers in the RMS net-
work, as well as the length of cabling used, additional net-
working hardware — such as repeaters, terminators,
switches, or hubs — may be required. In some cases, multi-
ple RMServers may be recommended. For more informa-
tion, see Chapter 3, "Connecting RMS Networks."
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