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Lectrosonics DM1624F Reference Manual

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  • Page 1 REFERENCE MANUAL DM Series Digital Audio Processors Models: DM1624F DM1612F DM812 Firmware Versions 1.5.0 and higher Fill in for your records: Serial Number: Purchase Date: Rio Rancho, NM, USA www.lectrosonics.com...
  • Page 2 DM Series Digital Matrix Processors LECTROSONICS, INC.

  • Page 3: Important Safety Instructions

    Reference Manual Important Safety Instructions This symbol, wherever it appears, alerts you to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage inside the enclosure -- voltage that may be sufficient to constitute a risk of shock. This symbol, wherever it appears, alerts you to important operating and maintenance instructions in the accompanying literature.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    DM1624F Input Compressor Commands ......37 DM1624F Output Compressor Commands ......38 DM1624F Output Limiter Commands .........39 DM1624F Programmable I/O Commands ......40 DM1624F Rear Panel Control Commands ......44 DM1624F ADFE Commands ..........46 ADFE Filter Numbers Mapped to Center Frequencies ..46 DM Command Grammar Rules ..........47 Macros and Macro Control ..........48...

  • Page 5: General Overview

    DM1624F Functional Block Diagram .) gation Diagram.) These signals are available on the slave unit outputs 1 through 12. If a slave unit is also a DM1624F, outputs 1 through 12 are also repeated on 24 Output Submixes 2 Expansion Signals 2 Expansion Submixes outputs 13 through 24.
  • Page 6 DM Series Digital Matrix Processors DM1624F Functional Block Diagram Prog I /O Conn LecNet 2 Conn Front & Rear 2 x DB25 1/8 '' Jack USB B Conn Signal Processing Out 1 Prog I/O RS-232 Signal Processing Out 2 Port...

  • Page 7: Input Processing

    Help available with the nels that appear at any one output. LecNet2™ software.) There are 16 Input Processing Blocks in the DM1624F and DM1612FF and eight in the Compressor DM812. A sophisticated compressor stage is provided following...
  • Page 8 Power of the Mix The Phantom mode is available only when us- ing DM1624F firmware version 1.5.0 or higher The Power of the Mix is the reference used to deter- and then only if the Phantom mix mode option is mine the gain to be applied to each individual output enabled.

  • Page 9: Output Processing

    Reference Manual Output Processing Filters Up to nine filters can be implemented at each output to Each output can receive signals from either the matrix, the idealize the output channel equalization and implement pink noise generator, the tone generator, or, if it is operat- crossover networks for bi-amped or tri-amped loud- ing in a multi-unit “stacked”...

  • Page 10: Dm Series Controls And Features

    DM Series Digital Matrix Processors DM Series Controls and Features Front Panels DM1624F - 16 inputs, 24 outputs Reserved Button LCD Interface PUSH FOR MENU/SELECT Rotary Control BACK Button Item Select Buttons USB Port POWER On/Off Switch DM1612F - 16 inputs, 12 outputs...

  • Page 11: Rear Panels

    Reference Manual Rear Panels DM1624F - 16 inputs, 24 outputs POWER Plug USB Port Programmable Input and DANI Audio Inputs and Outputs RS232 Port Output Ports DM1612F - 16 inputs, 12 outputs DM812 - 8 inputs, 12 outputs POWER Plug...

  • Page 12: Lcd Interface

    The first screen displays the model number. A second screen briefly displays the serial number and the firmware version. The display then returns to the first screen showing the model number, indicating that the unit has completed boot sequence. LECTROSONICS, INC.

  • Page 13: General Overview - Menus And Screens

    Reference Manual General Overview - Menus and Screens The information presented in the front panel LCD includes a TopMenu, various Setup Menus and support- ing Setup Screens. Pressing the PUSH FOR MENU/ SELECT control opens the TopMenu. Top Menu Pressing the PUSH FOR MENU/SELECT control after a DM completes the Boot Sequence opens the TopMenu.

  • Page 14: Input Setup Screen

    Item Select Button. Rotate the PRESS FOR MENU/SELECT control to turn on or off NOTE: Select the input channel to be modified the audio phase invert function. with the item select buttons before moving to the following steps. LECTROSONICS, INC.

  • Page 15: Matrix Crosspoint (Xpoint) Setup Screen

    Reference Manual PhanPwr (Routing input channel 1 to output channel 1.) Chang- ing either input or output channel changes the matrix PHA is used to turn phantom power on or off for the crosspoint. selected input channel. Select PHA by pressing the associated Item Select Button.
  • Page 16 PUSH FOR MENU/SELECT control until the ap- available varies with the unit. propriate output channel is displayed in the upper right corner of the LCD. Press the PUSH FOR MENU/SE- DM1624F 8 Mic/Line Switchable Outputs LECT control to accept the selection. DM1612F...
  • Page 17 Reference Manual General Settings The General Setup Screen is used to configure the DM unit as a master or as a slave (M/S). The selected mode is stored and set as the default when the unit is initially powered up. To open the General Setup Screen, navigate to the Setup Menu, highlight General and press the PRESS FOR MENU/SELECT control.

  • Page 18: Preset Setup Screens

    Select Button below the LCD. Rotate the PUSH FOR change the units nonvolatile memory. MENU/SELECT control to set the value, then, us- ing the Item Select Button, select “OK.” Finally, press the PUSH FOR MENU/SELECT control to accept the selection. LECTROSONICS, INC.

  • Page 19: System Information Screen

    Reference Manual STO - Store To DM’s can be used as stand-alone units or as part of a multiply unit chain. A unit’s placement as “01 of 01” STO is used to copy the contents of the active setup to indicates that it is a stand-alone system.
  • Page 20 1 to 6 with Reserved Button PUSH FOR each number representing an Item Select Button. MENU/SELECT BACK Back Button Item Select Buttons ⇓ The factory default passcode is 1, 2, 3, 4 from left to right. LECTROSONICS, INC.

  • Page 21: Command View Screen

    Reference Manual Use the Item Select Buttons to enter the existing pass- PUSH FOR MENU/SELECT code. Symbols will appear in the upper right section of the screen to confirm button presses as you enter the passcode. Press the PRESS FOR MENU/SELECT control to accept the old passcode.
  • Page 22 57600 or the GUI will not be able to connect to the device. EXIT To exit the TopMenu, rotate the PUSH FOR MENU/ SELECT control to highlight EXIT, then press the con- trol. This exits the TopMenu and returns to the screen displaying the Model number. ⇓ LECTROSONICS, INC.

  • Page 23: Installing Lecnet2 ™ Software And Usb Driver

    Reference Manual Installing LecNet2 Software and USB Driver ™ Step 2 The LecNet2 USB drivers are installed from the Installa- tion Disk which comes with each processor by running The LecNet2 Device Installer opens: the LecNet2 Device Installer. Normally, this is done before connecting a processor for the first time, how- ever, it can done afterwards if necessary.

  • Page 24: Manual Installation

    Windows 7 USB driver manual installation guide The Driver Name and Status are displayed. Click on Finish to close the installer. You may new connect any LecNet2 device to the PC and drivers will be loaded automatically. LECTROSONICS, INC.

  • Page 25: Firmware Updates

    Connect the DM1624F to a computer sys- Once the DM1624F is selected, click Next to move tem with a USB cable. Apply power to the DM1624F to SELECT UPDATE FILE. and start the control panel software on the computer system.
  • Page 26 Update File field or click the browse button next to the filename field to locate the update file. If the browse button is clicked, the Select DM1624F up- date file dialog opens. If the file name was entered manually, click Next.
  • Page 27 The entire process will take 15 minutes or so. A notification message appears when the update is can connect to the newly updated DM1624F with finished. Follow the instructions in the message to the control panel. The updated firmware version verify that the DM1624F restarts with the updated number should appear in the status bar.

  • Page 28: Serial Interface And Control Commands

    9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200 The DM1624F, DM1612F and DM812 operate the same, only differing in the number of inputs and outputs Examples: available. The DM1624F has 16 inputs and 24 out- Request Response puts. The DM1612F has 16 inputs and 12 outputs. The baud?<CR>...
  • Page 29 “phantom” mix mode enable status. It may also be net2 protocol and is always “DMXXXX”, where “XXXX” used as an update to enable/disable this mix mode. is the model number (DM1624F, DM1612F, DM812, When enabled, the behavior of the “background” mix etc.). The data is a string type.
  • Page 30 1 to 16. The values contained in the array specify which macros to be run. (Note: the Update form is available with frimware verions 1.3.1 or higher.) No data is transferred. LECTROSONICS, INC.

  • Page 31: Dm1624F Audio Input Commands

    If the channel address is a wildcard, then the NOTE: This form was introduced with DM1624F data type is an array of integer of size 16. In this case firmware version 1.2.0 and will will not work the value 99 may be used in an update to indicate that correctly on earlier versions.
  • Page 32 RMS audio level in dBu as measured AFTER the input preamplifier. If the channel address is a wildcard, then the data type is an array of integer of size 16. Examples: Request Response inlv(1)?<CR> OK -23<CRLF> Query inlv(*)?<CR> Update {-2,4,...,-53,-71} <CRLF> LECTROSONICS, INC.

  • Page 33: Dm1624F Matrix Crosspoint Commands

    Reference Manual DM1624F Matrix Crosspoint Commands -6 to +6, representing the gain step in dB. A positive Command Description value increments the gain, a negative value decrements xpgn Matrix crosspoint gain the gain. If an entire column is being transmitted then...
  • Page 34 ASCII carriage return, line feed pair (hex codes 0x0D, 0x0A), represented by <CRLF> in the examples. An ellipsis (...) represents members of an array that have been omitted from an example for the sake of brevity. LECTROSONICS, INC.

  • Page 35: Dm1624F Audio Output Commands

    Reference Manual DM1624F Audio Output Commands outdel (output delay) This command is used as a query to read the output channel level. The output channel is specified by using the This command is used as a query to read the output address syntax.
  • Page 36 99 may be used to indicate that a particular output source is to remain unchanged by the command. Examples: Request Response outsrc(9)?<CR> OK 0<CRLF> Query outsrc(*)?<CR> OK{0,1,...,0,2}<CRLF> Query outsrc(24)=2<CR> OK<CRLF> Update outsrc(*)= Update {0,1,...,99,99}<CR> OK<CRLF> LECTROSONICS, INC.

  • Page 37: Dm1624F Input Compressor Commands

    Reference Manual DM1624F Input Compressor Commands Examples: Command Description Request Response incpatt Input compressor attack time incpgn Input compressor gain incpmug(1)?<CR> OK 5<CRLF> Query incpmug Input compressor makeup gain incpmug(15)=12<CR> OK<CRLF> Update incprat Input compressor ratio incprel Input compressor release time...

  • Page 38: Dm1624F Output Compressor Commands

    DM Series Digital Matrix Processors DM1624F Output Compressor Commands Examples: Command Description Request Response outcpatt Output compressor attack time outcpgn Output compressor gain outcpmug(1)?<CR> OK 5<CRLF> Query outcpmug Output compressor makeup gain outcpmug(15)=12<CR> OK<CRLF> Update outcprat Output compressor ratio outcprel...

  • Page 39: Dm1624F Output Limiter Commands

    Reference Manual DM1624F Output Limiter Commands outlmthr (output limiter threshold level) Command Description This command is used as a query to read the threshold, outlmatt Output limiter attack time or as an update to set the threshold. The output chan-...

  • Page 40: Dm1624F Programmable I/O Commands

    DM Series Digital Matrix Processors DM1624F Programmable I/O Commands prgindef (programmable input definition) Command Description This command may be used as a query to read a pro- prgin Programmable input state grammable input definition, or as an update to modify...
  • Page 41 Reference Manual Function Target Values Examples: Request Response Analog input gain A sequence of zero or more integers in the range control 1 to 16. These identify which input channels are to prgindef(9)?<CR> OK{4,1,3,4,10}<CRLF> Query be controlled by the function. (Function “Analog output gain control”...
  • Page 42 Note: available with the definition. The programmable output is specified by DM1624F firmware version 1.3.0 or higher only. using the address syntax. Addresses must be in the range 1 to 16. The data type is array of integer, with a prgoutdef(3)?<CR>...
  • Page 43 Reference Manual prgoutht (programmable output channel activity hold time) This command is used as a query to read the hold time, or as an update to set it. The data type is integer, in the range 1 to 255, representing the hold time in one tenth second increments.

  • Page 44: Dm1624F Rear Panel Control Commands

    DM Series Digital Matrix Processors DM1624F Rear Panel Control Commands rpingnmin (rear panel audio input gain minimum) Command Description This command is used as a query to read the rear rpingn Rear panel audio input gain panel input gain minimum, or as an update to set the...
  • Page 45 Reference Manual rpoutgn (rear panel audio output gain) rpoutgnst (rear panel output gain step change) This command may be used as a query to read the This command is used as an update to step the gain rear panel output gain, or as an update to set the rear by the amount specified, either up or down.

  • Page 46: Dm1624F Adfe Commands

    DM Series Digital Matrix Processors DM1624F ADFE Commands adfefil (adfe filter deployment) Command Description This command is used as a query to read the adfe filter adfeen Automatic digital feedback elimination enable deployment status, or as an update to deploy an adfe...

  • Page 47: Dm Command Grammar Rules

    Reference Manual DM Command Grammar Rules Augmented BNF[1] Rules for the Lecnet2 command grammar: OCTET = %x00-FF; <any 8-bit sequence of data> CHAR = %x01-7F; any US-ASCII character except NUL (1 - 127) UPALPHA = %x41-5A; any US-ASCII uppercase letter “A”..”Z” LOALPHA = %x61-7A;...

  • Page 48: Macros And Macro Control

    It is important to know that when a macro is run, the response messages normally returned when the com- mands are executed individually are discarded. This means that ill-formed or unsuccessful commands fail silently, as the error message is discarded. LECTROSONICS, INC.

  • Page 49: Rear Panel Control - Hardware

    Reference Manual Rear Panel Control - Hardware The DM processor has programmable inputs which An important application of the rear panel control inter- face is to manage what is called the rear panel gain for can be used to control a wide variety of functions. input and output audio channels.
  • Page 51 This warranty does not apply to used or demonstrator equipment. Should any defect develop, Lectrosonics, Inc. will, at our option, repair or replace any defective parts without charge for either parts or labor. If Lectrosonics, Inc. cannot correct the defect in your equipment, it will be replaced at no charge with a similar new item.

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