
BOARD SET-UP AE/LZB 119 1894 R1A
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Digital Potentiometers’ Settings
To provide computer-controlled level settings, the
Enhanced Audio Enclosure's audio input and output circuits
incorporate 256-position digitally-controlled potentiometers.
These digital pots, located on the Audio System Board,
allow adjustment of the Enhanced Audio Enclosure's audio
levels via the PC. Adjustments include dispatcher-adjustable
audio levels such as headset sidetone volumes and system-
level adjustments such as line input and output levels to and
from the CEC/IMC Digital Audio Switch.
With the exception of the dispatcher's headset sidetone
volume adjustments, none of the digital pots provide volume
adjustments for the speaker or headset earphone audio levels
during normal dispatch operations. Speaker and headset
volume adjustments are accomplished at the respective
speaker or headset via mechanical pots.
NOTE
Communication module volume changes at the
C3 Maestro effect CEC/IMC CIM line output
levels, not the digital pots within the Enhanced
Audio Enclosure.
Fifteen (15) dual digital potentiometer chips (integrated
circuits) are located on the Audio System Board for a total
of thirty (30) individual pots; there are no mechanical
potentiometers. All audio level adjustments are
accomplished via software. See Table 4. A dispatcher may
adjust the operator's sidetone digital pot using dedicated
keyboard keystrokes <Alt> <Vol ↑ > and <Alt> <Vol ↓ > at
the Dispatch Keyboard or via pointing device (mouse/track-
ball/touch-screen) actions upon the console’s graphical user
interface.
All of the digital pots initially power-up with the wiper
in a 50% or centered position. The microcontroller on the
Audio System Board then immediately loads each pot in
accordance with its respective setting stored in a "working"
area of a serial EEPROM chip on the board. The EEPROM
also contains an unchangeable "default" digital pot storage
area. When shipped from the factory, the working area
matches the default area.
Digital pots can be adjusted via the console’s Dispatch
Manager program. This function changes the settings stored
in the EEPROM's working area. This function should only
be accomplished by well-trained installation and/or service
personnel. To change digital pots’ settings, the following
procedure may be performed after the console's installation
is complete, it is powered-up, the console application
software is executing, and the PC-to-Enhanced Audio
Enclosure serial data link is active:
1. At the standard PC keyboard, use one or more
Windows NT <Alt><Tab> keystrokes to switch to
the console’s Dispatch Manager program.
2. Using the mouse, click Pots on the menu or simply
press <Alt> P on the PC keyboard. Either action
will display the Digital Pots Adjustment dialog
box.
3. From the dialog box’s drop-down list box, select a
digital pot which requires a setting change. See
Table 4. The digital pot's existing setting is
displayed in the small text box. If a mouse is not
available, use the ↑ or ↓ arrow keys on the PC
keyboard for digital pot selection.
4. Change the selected digital pot’s setting by clicking
the four (4) adjustment buttons as necessary. If a
mouse is not available, simply <Tab> to the
required button and press <Enter>. Repeat as
necessary.
Alternately, if restoration to the factory default
setting is required click the <Default> button. If a
mouse is not available, <Tab> to this button and
press the <Enter> key. Either action will cause the
pot’s EEPROM-stored factory default setting to be
copied as EEPROM-stored working setting. Other
pots’ settings are not altered.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 as necessary for any other
digital pots which require setting changes.
6. Click the <Done> button to exit the dialog box and
save changes. If a mouse is not available, <Tab> to
this button and press the <Enter> key. Changes are
saved in the EEPROM's working area as they are
made.
SPEAKER ASSEMBLY
Normally, a Speaker Assembly used with the Enhanced
Audio Enclosure is configured at the factory with its
minimum volume feature enabled and its maximum volume
output power set to 2 watts. This configuration is
accomplished by setting two positions on a 4-position DIP
switch located on the Speaker Amp Board within the
Speaker Assembly.
NOTE
The following information lists the normal factory
settings and the optional settings which are
available.
Speaker Amp Board
At each Speaker Assembly, a 4-position DIP switch
identified as SW1 is located on the Speaker Amp Board.
One position is used to enable or disable the minimum
volume level feature. A second position allows setting of the
maximum volume level to either 2 or 5 watts of output
NOTE
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