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- Page 1 3 In - 6 Out Speaker Management System DPA360P 3 In - 6 Out Speaker Management System...
- Page 2 3 In - 6 Out Speaker Management System Introduction DPA360P is the flagship of Marani’ s digital speaker management systems. Designed for maximum versatility, it provides all the processing and control necessary for both live and fixed installation use. It offers 3 analog inputs, 6 analog outputs and 2 digital S/PDIF inputs, managed by a powerful DSP Engine, in addition to high performance 24 Bit AD/DA converters.
- Page 3 TipWizard Described below are the functions of the front panel control buttons and encoders for the DP360P. Getting Started As soon as the DP360P is turned ON the device model name will appear in the LCD screen: DP360P Matrix 3x6 and a status bar will show the progress of the DP360P initialization process: DP360P The DP360P will start with a completely “flat”...
- Page 4 Encoders and ENTER, ESC buttons The DP360P is equipped with 3 Relative Encoders + Push Button function, “NAV/PM1”, “PM2” and “PM3”, where the Push Button function is associated to the “ENTER”, “ESC” and “UTILITY” controls. These encoders allow you to navigate the user interface and edit sections of the processor. They allow the user to navigate within the screen for the selection of sub-menus, pages and parameters and to select the values to be assigned during the editing operations.
- Page 5 MENU “UTILITY MENU” [Access by pushing the “UTILITY” button] NAV/PM1 Encoder PM2 or PM3 Encoder [to navigate between menus] [to chose option, then ENTER to load it; (*) indicates the selected option] 1 UTILITY MENU:..<< System Utilities >> ENTER SYSTEM UTILITY: Delay Units <<...
- Page 6 MENU “Input A/B/C” Input Channels Editing [Access by pushing the “A/B/C” buttons] NAV/PM1 Encoder NAV/PM1 Enc. PM2 Enc. PM3 Enc. [to navigate between menus] [to chose values for the parameters, no need to confirm the chosen values, which are automatically loaded during the encoders use] 1.
- Page 7 MENU “1/2/3/4/5/6 Output Channels Editing” [Access by pushing the “1/2/3/4/5/6” buttons] NAV/PM1 Encoder NAV/PM1 Enc. PM2 Enc. PM3 Enc. [to navigate between menus] [to chose values for the parameters, no need to confirm the chosen values, which are automatically loaded during the encoders use] [Name] 1.
- Page 8 [Name] 2.1 Output -> YF = 20.0 Hz ENTER 2.1a. If selected a filter from Buttw_1st up to Bessel_4th, then the filter's Cutting Frequency can be set as follow: [Name] Output [Thousands Editor] [Hundreds Editor] [Units Editor] [Freq.] [Freq.] [Freq.] ->...
- Page 9 [Name] 4. Output Vu-Meter Level Vu-Meter = ENTER -> Vu-Meter = Level PM1 N/A Level Same as PM2 Limiter Act. RMS Cmp Act. 5. Output [Name] Name Name = [Name] ENTER -> Name = (For Editing the Device's Name, refer to the Details on the“Utility Menus Use” Section) 6.
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Page 10: Utility Menu
Menu “UTILITY” [access by pushing the “UTILITY” button] From the “Default Screen”, it is possible access the “UTILITY” menu pushing the “UTILITY” button and the Sub- Menus pages can be selected just rotating clockwise and counter-clockwise the “NAV/PM1” encoder. Once selected the sub-menu page, using the “ENTER” button can be accessed the Sub-Menus pages, again “scrollable”... - Page 11 Program Utilities Sub-menu – this sub-menu allows you to access several options related to the DP360P operating mode and to manage the presets stored and recallable within the Unit: UTILITY MENU Program Utilities By pressing the ENTER button and then using the “NAV/PM1” encoder the following pages can be accessed: −...
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Page 12: Program Utility
When storing an edited configuration for the DP360P, select the location for a preset from the 24 available by using the “PM2” or “PM3” encoders. Once the desired location appears on the screen press ENTER again to reach the “Set Program Name” page. In this page the User can enter a Preset Name (up to 16 Characters) by using the “PM2”... - Page 13 presets as shown in the example below for location 10: If Presets are available they will be shown in the “Delete a Program” page as follows: Delete a Program Stage 1 2x2 By using the “PM2” or “PM3” encoder it is possible to select a preset to be deleted. Pressing the “ENTER”...
- Page 14 Card Memory not init. [Enter] to init By pressing the ENTER button and then the PC Card will be properly formatted. Interface Utilities Sub-menu – this sub-menu allows you to define the remote control interface [USB, RS485 or TCP/IP] to be used for controlling the DP360P : UTILITY MENU Interface Utilities -- From “Interface Utilities”, press “ENTER”...
- Page 15 Choosing the “not be shown” option means that once the unit is locked, the parameters will not be shown at all. With this option, when trying to access a parameter, the following screen message will appear: Parameter will not be shown −...
- Page 16 The Password is now configured and held in the device’s memory. The user can now decide to “lock” the DP360P by Password, inhibiting the access to ALL processor functions depending on the setting of the parameter “Password Enable/Disable, explained in the following paragraph Note: originally the DP360P is initialized with a default Password which value is “000000”, value that can be anytime reset with a “Factory Reset”...
- Page 17 Menu “Input A/B/C” Input Channels Editing [access by pushing the “A/B/C” buttons] From the “Default Screen”, it is possible to access the “Input A/B/C” menu by pushing the “A”, “B”, “C” button. Once the button is pressed the related blue “EDIT” LED will turn ON. The Sub-Menu pages can now be scrolled through by rotating clockwise and counter-clockwise the “NAV/PM1”...
- Page 18 When Bypassed the 5 Bands Equalizer, its current setting will not be lost. EQ: [x] sub-menu – from this sub-menu it is possible to set the Input Channels five available Multi-Type Filters. Anyone of the 5 filters of the Eq can be selected choosing from the following list of filter types: Peaking_Eq: Peaking (Bell) filters, adjustable as Center Frequency, Gain and Q The DP360P Peaking filters are at constant Q, so with Q not depending from the selected Gain value.
- Page 19 Once selected the desired Filter Type, its parameters can be accessed for editing just pressing again the ENTER Button. Once pressed the ENTER Button, the editing page of the selected filter type will be accessed ONLY if the selected filter it is not set in Bypass mode. Depending from the selected filter, the related parameters will be available for editing Peaking_Eq Filter: Peaking filters are at constant Q, so with Q not depending from the selected Gain value If we selected a Peaking_Eq filter within EQ-1, then the Q has to be set at a desired value of say 1.00 using the...
- Page 20 Here, the NAV/PM1” encoder will increment/decrement the Frequency value by step of one thousand Hz, the PM2 by steps of one hundred Hz and the PM3 by steps of one Hz. Lo_Shelv_Q Filter: These Symmetrical Shelving filters present ½ level of the selected Gain/Attenuation at the selected cutting frequency, and a slope depending from the chosen Q value.
- Page 21 listed below: − Bypass (High Pass Filter Bypassed) − Buttw_1st (Butterworth Filter 6dB/Oct Slope) − Buttw_2nd (Butterworth Filter 12dB/Oct Slope) − (Linkwitz/Riley Filter 12dB/Oct Slope) LRiley_2nd − Bessel_2nd (Bessel Filter 12dB/Oct Slope) − Buttw_3td − Buttw_4th (Butterworth Filter 24dB/Oct Slope) −...
- Page 22 In the previous example, rotating Clockwise the NAV/PM1 encoder, we can access the Filt1 (Cell1) and Filt2 (Cell2) pages, for the Cells Low Cut Frequency and Q settings. When within the Filt1 editing Page, in example: Out-1 High ->Filt1 F = 400Hz Q = 0.7 And we can chose a different setting within the Filt2 page: Out-1...
- Page 23 The following is an example of a LPF sub-menu screen with the filter set at 400Hz as 24dB Linkwitz/Riley on Output1... using the name “Low” (see later for assigning a Name to the outputs): Out-1 ->LRiley_4th F = 400Hz The filter's Frequency can be set already within this editing page using the PM3 encoder, but here is for Frequency “fine tuning”...
- Page 24 “ High Cut Frequency ”: the selectable frequencies range is from 20Hz to 20kHz. Here, the NAV/PM1” encoder will increment/decrement the Frequency value by step of one thousand Hz, the PM2 by steps of one hundred Hz and the PM3 by steps of one Hz. Note1: once the desired options have been selected using the 2 encoders, they are automatically saved as current and stored in the DP360P system status once leaving the page.
- Page 25 Once in the Peaking_Eq Filter's edit screen, all the filter's parameters can be modified using the “NAV/PM1”, “PM2” and “PM3” encoders for editing the Filter's Center Frequency, Gain and Q: Center Frequency “ ”: the selectable frequencies range is from 20Hz to 20kHz in steps of 1Hz and can be adjusted by rotating the “NAV/PM1”...
- Page 26 Gain “ ”: the selectable range of the Gain is from -12dB to +12dB in steps of 0.5 dB and can be adjusted by rotating the “PM2” encoder. “ ”: the selectable Q range is from 0.3 up to 20.0 in steps of 0.1 and can be adjusted by rotating the “PM3” encoder.
- Page 27 Source page – from this page it is possible to assign anyone of the Inputs to any Output Channel with the desired percentage of level, as in 4 channel mixer: Input A with x% or Muted Input B with y% or Muted Input C with k% or Muted Input D with z% or Muted In order to select the Inputs to assign to the the output and its percentage, need to access the Source Page Sub...
- Page 28 Once pushing ENTER the RMS Compressor's parameters can be modified using the “PM2” and “PM3” encoders for editing the Threshold and the Ratio. Once pushing ENTER the above screen will change as follows: As said, the Threshold and Ratio can be edited using the “PM2” and “PM3” encoders. Threshold “...
- Page 29 The Attack Time [A] can be edited using the “NAV/PM1” encoder, the Release Time [R] the “PM2” encoder and the Peak Limiter Active Threshold the “PM3” encoder. Attack Time [A] “ ”: the selectable range of the Peak Limiter's Attack Time is from 5ms to 200ms in steps of 1ms - from 5ms to 20ms then 5ms - from 20ms to 30ms then 10ms - from 30ms to 100ms and 20ms - from 100ms to 200ms.
- Page 30 To link channels when editing, you will need to select a “Master” channel that will be the one to be edited and have it’s parameters displayed on the LCD screen. You can then select and link other channels (Slaves) that you wish to apply the same changes to.
- Page 31 Factory Reset In the event of the password being lost or any other reason the user may require the unit to be reset to the original factory settings, a "Factory Reset" that will clear all settings of the DP360P and return the device to the original factory setting, is available to the user.
- Page 32 USB Remote Control protocol for Presets Changing and Gain/Volume controls The following is the HEX Code for controlling the DP360P recall presets and master volume control: Preset Changing: CMD_RECALL_PRESET: CMD=1BH A. The User has to send the following Command, including the number of the preset to load on the unit: ID_M ID_N NPreset...
- Page 33 Input Gain and Output Volume Control: UPDATE GAINS-PHASE: CMD=01H A. The User has to send the following Command, including the value to be assigned to “Vol”, for modifying the Input Gain (Chn = 0, 1, 2, 3) or the Output Volume (Chn = 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9). Also the Output signal Phase can be modified: ID_M ID_N...
- Page 34 Product Dimension DP360P Technical Specifications The DP360P Digital Speaker Processor is based on a powerful analog and digital Dual DSP platforms having the following specifications Analog Input Signal: ChA/ChB/ChC Bal. Female XLR Maximum Input Level: +20dBu Analog Output Signal: Ch1/Ch2/Ch3/Ch4/Ch5/Ch6 Bal.
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