SmartSMS User Manual Soft dB inc.
User Manual p. 4
Contents
1. INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................6
1.1 NEW FEATURES IN VERSION 1.1J (MAY 2011).....................................................................6
NEW FEATURES IN VERSION 1.1I (JUNE 2010).................................................................................6
NEW FEATURES IN VERSION 1.1G...................................................................................................6
1.2 SMARTSMS SOUND MASKING SYSTEM ...............................................................................8
2. HARDWARE UNIT DESCRIPTION .......................................................................................9
2.1.1 SmartSMS AMP units................................................................................................9
2.1.2 SmartSMS CTL units...............................................................................................10
2.2 SMARTSMSMODELS .....................................................................................................11
2.3 MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS...............................................................................................11
2.4 SYMBOLS......................................................................................................................12
2.5 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS.................................................................................13
3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION AND USB DRIVER...............................................................14
4. LOUDSPEAKERS AND WIRING INSTALLATION.............................................................. 16
4.1 LOUDSPEAKER INSTALLATION.......................................................................................... 16
4.2 ELECTRICAL WIRING OF THE LOUDSPEAKER NETWORK......................................................19
4.2.1 Power Taps:............................................................................................................19
4.2.2 Wiring:.....................................................................................................................20
5. MEASUREMENT SET-UP AND HARDWARE INSTALLATION ..........................................23
5.1 SOFT DBPRECISION MICROPHONE AND IMIC PRE-AMPLIFIER DEVICE ................................24
5.2 SOFT DBPRECISION MICROPHONE AND IMIC WITH WIRELESS SYSTEM...............................25
5.3 TABLET PCWIRELESS SYSTEM WITH TABLET PC.............................................................. 26
5.4 SOUND LEVEL METER AND ACOUSTICAL CALIBRATOR.........................................................27
5.5 COOLING AND VENTILATION OF THE SMS UNITS ................................................................28
5.6 MULTI-BOARD INSTALLATION .......................................................................................... 29
6. OPERATION OF THE SMARTSMS SOFTWARE................................................................ 31
6.1 LAUNCHING THE SMARTSMS SOFTWARE......................................................................... 31
6.2 SYSTEM STATUS AND MAIN FUNCTIONS ...........................................................................33
6.3 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT.......................................................................................35
6.4 MAIN CONTROL PANEL................................................................................................... 36
6.4.1 Equalizer Function................................................................................................... 37
6.4.2 Target Mask............................................................................................................ 43
6.4.3 Volume Control ....................................................................................................... 45
6.4.4 Calendar Volumes...................................................................................................45
6.4.5 Global and Hardware Volumes................................................................................45
6.4.6 Active Control..........................................................................................................46
6.4.7 Paging Mixer...........................................................................................................47
6.4.8 Rise Time................................................................................................................47
6.4.9 Test Sound Masking................................................................................................49
6.5 ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS.................................................................................................53
6.5.1 Reference Input Sensitivity Adjustment Function .....................................................54
6.5.2 Spectrum Analyzer.................................................................................................. 58
6.5.3 Loudspeaker Detection............................................................................................60
6.5.4 Change Volume ......................................................................................................60
6.5.5 Mask and Assignation.............................................................................................61
6.5.6 Copy/Paste .............................................................................................................62
6.5.7 Set-up Diagnosis.....................................................................................................62
6.5.8 Hardware Information and Configuration Key........................................................... 64
6.5.9 Privacy Index Function............................................................................................65
