Chapter 3: Rms Remote Monitoring System; Understanding The User Panel; Service Led (Red) - Meyer Sound MILO Operating Instructions Manual

CHAPTER 3: RMS REMOTE MONITORING SYSTEM

MILO is RMS-ready and fitted standard with an RMS
communication board installed in its HP-4/MILO amplifier.
RMS is a real-time monitoring system that connects Meyer
Sound self-powered loudspeakers with a Windows-based
PC at the sound mix position or other location. Optional
RMS software delivers extensive status and system
performance data from every installed loudspeaker.
RMS allows the monitoring of amplifier voltages, limiting
activity, power output, temperature, fan and driver
status, warning alerts, and other key data for up to 62
loudspeakers without a network repeater. Data is updated
two to five times per second.
NOTE: Optional loudpeaker Mute and Solo
functions, helpful for acoustic setup or
troubleshooting, are also available. A jumper must
be installed in the RMS communication board inside
MILO's HP-4 amplifier in order to enable Mute and/
or Solo functionality; the software also needs to be
enabled for these functions.
NOTE:
MILO is shipped with these functions
disabled. Once enabled, the jumper(s) can
still be removed to eliminate any chance of an
operator error (a muting error, for example) during a
performance, and both functions can be controlled
by software commands in any case. Also note that
RMS does not control loudspeaker volume or AC
power.
Loudspeakers are identified on the network by Node
Names assigned during a one-time "commission" into the
RMS database that resides on your computer (as a part
of the software) as shown in Figure 3.1. This information
is permanently retained on each RMS communication
board and in the computer RMS database unless you
modify it. Loudspeaker View labels can be modified at any
time, allowing you to customize how you view the data. In
addition, any MILO can be physically identified from RMS
software by activating the Wink function – a Wink LED will
turn on the RMS communication board that corresponds to
its Node Name.
Figure 3.1: Commissioning a MILO loudspeaker using RMS.
MILO loudspeakers are identified using the RMS software
by activating the "service" function; an icon will show up on
the RMS screen corresponding to its Node Name (Figure
3.2). This makes verifying Loudspeaker View titles and
Loudspeaker Field labels easy, using the Wink or Service
Button commands.
Figure 3.2: MILO RMS icon

UNDERSTANDING THE USER PANEL

MILO's HP-4/MILO amplifier contains an RMS user panel,
as shown in Figure 3.3.
R e m o t e M o n i t o r S y s t e m
Figure 3.3: The RMS user panel
The RMS user panel has three LEDs and two buttons. The
following sections describe their functions.

Service LED (Red)

The Service LED blinks every two seconds to indicate that
the network hardware is operational, but the loudspeaker
is not installed (commissioned) on the network. When a
loudspeaker has been installed on the network the, Service
LED will be unlit and the Activity LED will flash continuously.
NOTE:
When continuously lit, the Service
LED indicates that the loudspeaker has had
a local RMS hardware failure. In this case, the RMS
communication board may be damaged and you
should contact Meyer Sound Technical support.
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