Samson Wireless System Manager for Windows 95 manual

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Produced by On The Right Wavelength for Samson Technologies Corp. Copyright 1998, Samson Technologies Corp. Printed April, 1998 Samson Technologies Corp. 575 Underhill Blvd. P.O. Box 9031 Syosset, NY 11791-9031 Phone: 1-800-3-SAMSON (1-800-372-6766) Fax: 516-364-3888 T able of Contents Introduction 1 Hardware Interconnections 1 Software Installatio[...]

Intr oduction / Har dwar e Inter connections Intr oduction Congratulations on your purchase of the Samson Wireless System Manager! This remarkable accessory package for the Samson Synth Series 6 UHF Wireless System includes Windows 95-compatible software and all required hardware for complete computer control and remote monitoring of up to eight Sa[...]

2 Har dwar e Inter connections All required cabling is included in the WSM package: one PC connector cable, four long 8-pin mini-DIN connector cables, and seven short 8-pin mini-DIN connector cables: As shown in the illustration on the left, begin by connecting one end of the PC connector cable to the joystick/MIDI port of your computer’s Sound B[...]

Har dwar e Inter connections As shown in the illustration on the right, if you are using multiple UR6D or UR6DX receivers (WSM can control up to eight of them), use short 8-pin mini-DIN cables to connect the “Remote Out” of the first receiver to the “Remote In” of the next one, daisy-chain fashion. Then connect the “Remote Out” of the l[...]

Har dwar e Inter connections If you need to remote your receivers at a distance from the computer, you need to use the IF6R interface as well as the IF6P. There are two ways of interconnecting the IF6R and IF6P. The first option is to use a CAT5 cable (up to 200 meters in length), plugged into the “2” connection of both interface boxes. As show[...]

Softwar e Installation Before installing your WSM software, you need to make sure that the external MIDI port on your Sound Blaster 16 card is enabled. To do so, click on the Start button and go to Settings -> Control Panel. Once the Windows Control Panel is open, select the “Multimedia” option, as shown in the illustration on the right. As [...]

Softwar e Installation If all is working correctly, when you click on the “Settings” button, a dialog similar to the one shown on the left will appear. At this point, you have enabled the Joystick/MIDI port on your Sound Blaster 16 card and have verified that the required Creative Labs software driver is installed and operating correctly. Click[...]

Launching WSM Before launching WSM, make sure all receivers are interconnected correctly (as per the instructions given on the preceding pages) and powered on. Then boot up your computer and double-click on the “Shortcut to WSM” icon to launch the program. Because WSM uses all driver resources of the Sound Blaster 16 card’s Joystick/MIDI port[...]

Quick Star t T o Monitor Conditions In Connected Receivers From Monitor Mode, click on the Play icon (the far left icon) in the Transport Tool Bar. All RF and AF Level meters in the Monitor screen are now active and show continuous changes in RF and AF levels. T o Change Conditions in Connected Receivers Double-click on any parameter you wish to ch[...]

Quick Star t T o Per form An RF Spectr um Analysis Go to Spectrum Analyze Mode, either by selecting it from the Window menu, or by clicking on the Spectrum Analyze icon in the Tool Bar. If you are using both UR6D and UR6DX receivers simultaneous- ly, call up the Group Select dialog either by opening the Setting menu or by clicking on the Group Sele[...]

10 Monitor Mode In Monitor mode, you can remotely monitor and control up to eight connected UR6D or UR6DX UHF wireless receivers. The main areas of the Monitor Mode screen (as shown on page 7 of this manual) are as follows: 1: Menus - The Monitor Mode screen provides seven menus (File, Monitor, Timer, Setup, Display, Window, and Help) that provide [...]

11 The Simple Monitor Scr een When in Monitor Mode, the WSM screen shows a lot of information—so much, in fact, that there may be times when you want a simpler screen display with less data and larger meters (for example, when your computer monitor is a distance away from your working position). For this reason, WSM provides an alternative Monito[...]

12 Monitor Mode T ool Bar WSM’s Tool Bar provides graphic icons that allow you to carry out various operations with a single mouse click. Though available in all screens and in all modes of operation, you can opt to turn it on or off by checking or unchecking the Tool Bar option in the Display menu (see page 13 for more information). Not all Tool[...]

13 Monitor Mode Menus Each screen and mode of operation also provides a number of menus. Here is a description of the various menu titles and options available when in Monitor Mode (the same menu items are available in both the main Monitor screen and the Simple Monitor screen): File - Options here allow you to create a New file; Open an existing o[...]

14 T ime Domain Mode Time Domain Mode allows you to view data that has been recorded in Monitor Mode. To enter Time Domain Mode, either select it from the Window menu, or click on the Time Domain icon in the Tool Bar. To determine which parameters you wish to see graphed out, select “Drawing Condition” from the Settings menu, or click on the Dr[...]

15 T ime Domain Mode / Spectr um Analyze Mode At any time, you can opt to graph different parameters for the selected receiver, or to view the data for a different receiver altogether, simply by calling up the Time Domain Configuration dialog again. To determine the actual time of any point in the graph, simply move the cursor to that point and cli[...]

16 Spectr um Analyze Mode You can opt to perform the analysis one time only or to loop it continuously. To perform the analysis once only, choose “1 Time” from the Analyze menu, or click on the Analyze Once icon (the left-most icon) in the Spectrum Analyze Tool Bar. To repeat the analysis continuously, choose “Loop” from the Analyze menu, o[...]

FCC Rules and Regulations Samson wireless systems are type accepted under FCC rules parts 90, 74 and 15. Licensing of Samson equipment is the user’s responsibility and licensability depends on the user’s classification, application and frequency selected. This device complies with RSS-210 of Industry & Science Canada. Operation is subject t[...]