Menu Mode; Menu View - Lab.gruppen PLM Series Operation Manual

9.13 Menu Mode

9.13.1 Menu View

Menu
Module
Input Cfg
Attenuation
Figure 9.13.1: Menu mode view
Most PLM operating functions are accessed via
the menu system in MENU mode. These include
adjustment of gain, selection of input type, limiter
settings, network setup, etc. MENU mode may be
accessed at any time by pressing the MENU button
on the front panel.
The menu system follows a conventional tree-and-
branch structure: The 'top page' of the menu system
(that displayed when MENU is first pressed) gives
access to various submenus, with the title of each
in the seven 'blocks' of the display. Pressing the
adjacent soft button selects that submenu, and the
display changes to a set of further options within
the submenu. The top left block always indicating
the current position in the menu tree. These options
may then be selected in a similar fashion, which in
some cases may involve a further 'level' of selection.
When 'parameter level' is reached, individual PLM
parameters may be selected for adjustment by
pressing the adjacent soft button. The displayed
parameter value is highlighted (appears in inverse
video), and is adjustable by the rotary encoder. (The
ring around the encoder knob illuminating to confirm
this.) Note that it may be possible to adjust two
or more parameters on the same parameter level
page simultaneously simply by selecting all those
to be adjusted. Any offsets in present values are
retained. Some of the PLM parameters assume
multiple selection as the default setting, so all inputs
or outputs are normally adjusted simultaneously.
Frame
Frame Prst
Load mon.
Dante
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Pressing EXIT at any time reverts the displays to
the 'next level up', and any altered parameters are
retained automatically.
Note that soft button 1 does not have any options
associated with it in any of the submenu levels. The
text in block 1 confirms Menu mode, and also the
submenu and further options selected.
Group sum displays
Some of the PLM's parameters display two values
instead of one. The parameters concerned are:
▸ Module > Gain
▸ Module > Delay
▸ Module > Limiters > MaxRMS Level
▸
Module > Limiters > MaxPeak Level
For each of these parameters, the primary value,
which is adjusted by the rotary control, is shown
above the Group Sum value, which is displayed in
brackets.
The Group Sum parameter value will initially be the
same as the primary value. However, as Dolby Lake
processing Modules may belong to Groups (possibly
spanning mutilple Frames), and these parameters
may be adjusted in the DLC PLM Edition software
for the whole Group, it is useful for the effect of this
additional Group adjustment to be taken into account.
The Group Sum parameter value is effectively the sum
of the individual Module value and any gain, delay,
etc., that has been applied to the whole Group.
Menu structure
From the top page of the menu system, the following
seven submenus are available:
▸ Module
▸ Input configuration
▸ Attenuation
▸
Frame
▸ Frame Preset
▸ Load Monitoring features
▸ Dante
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