AcoustX D2 User manual

D 2 AcousticalM e asure m e ntSyste m
Studio Ve rsion
Quick StartGuide
Ve rsion 1.7
AcoustX LLC
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Santa Rosa, CA 9 5409
Te l: 707-537-1310
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W e lcom e to th e Acous tX D2 Studio Ve rsion and w in|RTA softw are . Th is
guide w illprovide you w ith an ove rvie w ofse tting up and conne cting th e
h ardw are , and installing and running th e softw are . Th e Quick StartGuide
se rve s as a basic re fe re nce for th e D2 syste m , butis notinte nde d as a
de taile d guide to ope ration ofth e syste m . More de taile d re fe re nce
inform ation re garding syste m ope ration and th e pe rform ance ofacoustical
te sts is provide d th rough se parate ly offe re d training se m inars. Contact
Acous tX re garding th e availability oftraining se m inars.
IMPO RTANT NO TES
•Be sure to plug in th e Fire w ire conne ctor on th e back ofth e Trave le r in
th e prope r orie ntation. Itis possible to force itin upside dow n.
•Ifyou w antto pow e r th e Trave le r by bus pow e r, your com pute r m ust
h ave a built-in 6-pin Fire w ire port. You can run on bus pow e r from a
card adaptor, butyou m us tadd e xte rnalpow e r to your adaptor card.
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N O T I C E
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or oth e rw is e , w ith outth e prior w ritte n pe rm is s ion ofAcoustX.
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and re liable . H ow e ve r, Acous tX assum e s no re s ponsibility for
its use , or for any infringe m e nts ofpate nts or oth e r righ ts of
th ird partie s re sulting from its use . AcoustX re se rve s th e righ t
to m odify atany tim e th e productfunctionality and fe ature s
w h e re appropriate , w ith outnotice .
Ve rs ion 1.7
Li m i te d W a r r a n ty
AcoustX LLC w arrants th e D 2 AcousticalMe as ure m e ntSys te m
h ardw are and its parts againstde fe cts in m ate rials or w ork m ansh ip
for a pe riod ofone (1) ye ar from th e originaldate ofpurch ase .
During pe riod, AcoustX w illre pair or re place a de fe ctive productor
partw ith outch arge to th e cus tom e r. Th e custom e r is re s ponsible
for de live ring th e de fe ctive com pone nt(or th e e ntire D 2 Acous tical
Me asure m e ntSyste m , ifre q ue ste d) to AcoustX. Th e custom e r m us t
pay for allsh ipping and insurance ch arge s trans portation ofth e
de fe ctive com pone nt(s) to AcoustX for re pair. AcoustX w illass um e
re sponsibility for sh ipping and ins urance ch arge s involve d in
re turning th e com pone nt(s) to th e cus tom e r. Th e w in|RTA s oftw are
is distribute d on an “as is”basis, w ith outw arranty. AcoustX m ak e s
no re pre s e ntation or w arranty, e ith e r e xpre s se d or im plie d, w ith
re spe ctto th e softw are program s, th e ir accuracy, q uality, or fitne ss
for a spe cific purpose . Acous tX sh allh ave no liability to th e
purch ase r, or to any oth e r pe rs on or e ntity w ith re spe ctto any
liability, loss , or dam age caus e d, or alle ge d to h ave be e n caus e d
e ith e r dire ctly or indire ctly by th e softw are containe d on th e
dis tribution disk . Th is include s, butis notlim ite d to, inte rruption of
se rvice , loss ofdata, tim e , or profits, or cons e q ue ntialdam age s
re sulting from th e us e ofth e softw are . Ifth e distribution m e dium is
de fe ctive , you m ay re turn itfor a re place m e ntw ith in th e w arranty
pe riod.

H ARD W ARE CONNECTION
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1) Th e D2 us e s th e de faultse ttings for th e Trave le r w ith th e e xce ption ofth e gains of
Ch anne ls 1-4 (th e m ic inputs). Th e se are se tto + 12 dB gain. Th e Studio pre se t
sh ould be in m e m ory ofyour Trave le r.
2) Th e se controls se tth e m icroph one inputgains . W h e n using th e D2 Studio Ve rsion,
th e gains sh ould be se tto + 12 dB. Th e 48Vsw itch sh ould be to th e righ t, e nabling
ph antom pow e r to th e m icroph one s .
3) Th e opticalI/O and ADAT SYNC IN are notuse d.
4) Notuse d in m ostsituations.
5) Fire w ire conne ction to com pute r. Use e ith e r conne ctor. BE CAREFULTO PLUG TH E
FIREW IRE CO NNECTO R IN CO RRECTLY. IT IS PO SSIBLE TO FO RCE IT IN UPSIDE
DO W N!
6) AES/EBU I/O use d to m e asure dBFS and to ge ne rate te s ts ignals in th e digital
dom ain.
7) Use d to configure th e Trave le r. Se e Installation Proce dure be low.
8) Pane lre adouts for Trave le r configuration and signalindication.
9 ) S/PDIFI/O use d to m e asure dBFS and to ge ne rate te s tsignals in th e digitaldom ain.
10) Analog I/O
1. Th e re are 8 balance d outputs. For corre ctoutputle ve ls, you m ustindicate
w h e th e r or notyou are te rm inating th e outputs balance d or unbalance d. Th e re
is a 6 dB diffe re nce be tw e e n th e se se ttings .
2. In norm alope ration, Trave le r Inputs 1-4 are re se rve d for m icroph one s, so th e
th e Inputlabe le d “5”is Ch anne l1 on th e w in|RTA softw are ;input6 is Ch anne l2.
Your Trave le r w illh ave a labe lto corre ctly ide ntify th e inputs as 1 & 2.
11) Ph antom pow e re d m icroph one inputs .
12) Rack e ars (nottypically use d w ith th e D 2).
13) Notuse d.
14) Pow e r –th re e w ays ofpow e ring th e Trave le r
1. Bus pow e r from 6 pin Fire w ire conne ctor. Note th atm ostlaptops h ave 4-pin
conne ctors, and th us are unable to utilize th is option. Pcm cia cards cannot
supply pow e r w ith outth e m se lve s be ing e xte rnally pow e re d.
2. Th e Trave le r can be pow e re d from standard ligh ting batte ry pack s
utilizing 4-pin xlr conne ctors (optional).
3. Exte rnalpow e r adaptor (supplie d).
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Installation Proce dure
Firstinstallth e Trave le r softw are from th e MO TU cdrom by follow ing th is proce dure :
1) Inse rtcd into com pute r cd drive and click on My Com pute r to ope n th e cd.
2) O pe n "Fire w ire , USB2 Audio"folde r, th e n 32-bitfire w ire folde r.
3) Double -click on Se tup.e xe .
4) Five drive rs w illbe ins talle d.
5) Re m ove th e cd from th e com pute r and re boot.
6) Conne ctth e Trave le r and th e n turn iton.
7) Th e "Found Ne w H ardw are "w indow w illpop up. (Ifth e h ardw are w izard doe s not
re cognize th e h ardw are as MO TU, th e n th e softw are m ay noth ave be e n installe d
prope rly.)
8) Th e w izard w illask "Can W indow s conne ctto W indow s Update to se arch for
softw are ? Answ e r "No, notth is tim e ".
9 ) In th e ne xtw indow , click "Installsoftw are autom atically".
10) Ifyou ge ta w arning th atth e drive r is notdigitally signe d, click continue anyw ay.
11) Th re e drive rs w illbe installe d.
12) Configure drive rs by ope ning th e MO TU Audio Cons ole . Se le ct"Enable fullW ave
supportfor le gacy (MME) softw are ". Se tSam ple Rate to 48000.
Th e n installth e w in|RTA softw are for th e AcoustX cd. Inse rtth e cd and double -click on
th e Se tup icon. Follow th e ins tructions during th e ins tallation.
You sh ould ope n th e Config m e nu to se tup w in|RTA for th ings such as nam e , data
dire ctory, e tc. Se e th e softw are layoutscre e ns be low .
Th e Trave le r com e s configure d from AcoustX w ith a pre se tcalle d "Studio". Th is
contains allth e ne ce ss ary param e te rs for prope r ope ration w ith w in|RTA. Th e only
ch ange s from th e Trave le r de faultse ttings are th atth e m ic inputch anne ls, inputs 1-4
are se tw ith + 12 dB gain. Th is can be ve rifie d by pre ssing th e inputgain for e ach
ch anne lonce . Th e gain se tting w illappe ar on th e Trave le r display.
Ifyou w antto ve rify th atth e Trave le r is se tcorre ctly, you can re load th e Studio Pre se t.
Th e re are tw o w ays to do th is. First, you can use th e Cue m ix softw are th atis
autom atically installe d. From th e File m e nu, se le ctLoad Pre se t, th e n se le ctStudio.
Th e pre se tcan also be loade d from th e Trave le r frontpane l. Push Mix/Se tup. Turn th is
k nob to "Load Pre se t". Push Se le ct"[1]Studio". Pre ss Mix to e xit.
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Main Softw are Scre e n
Printscre e n
Inputch anne l
Cle ar s cre e n
and re se tto
de faultse ttings
Save th e
curre nt
m e asure m e nt
(Sh ift-Click to
e xportas
te xt)
Exit
w in|RTA
SPL/Main
re ading
w indow
Se le ctfile to
dis play as File
A (le ftbar
w h e n A and B
se le cte d)
Se le ctfile to
dis play as File B
(righ tbar w h e n A
and B se le cte d)
File nam e
for File B
Se t
analyze r
m ode
Me asure m e nt
units
O pe n Config
w indow
Se tle ngth
oftim e d
ave rage
Tim e d
ave rage
countow n
Re fe re nce
line
Ch ange
Re fe re nce
line
Turn on
analyze r Stop all
proce sse s
Pink noise
O N/O FF
Ve rtical
scale
Scre e n
re s ponse
Ve rtical
re s olution
Fre q ue ncy
re s olution
Display
offs e t
File vie w
m ode
Us e r de finable function k e ys. Sh iftk e y
e nable s ne w row ofk e ys. Click on F-k e y
num be r to display and s e tfuntion ch oice s.
Filte r band
ce nte r
fre q ue ncie s
SPECIALK EYS AND FUNCTIONS
-ESC k e y k ills allproce ss e s
- PgUp/PgDn or m ouse w h e e lm ove s re fe re nce line
- Sh iftsh ow s ne w row offunction k e ys
- Sh ift-click on Save button to e xportas te xt(.TXT)
- Click and drag m ouse on display to zoom vie w in
RTA m ode
- Righ t-click displays e ditm e nu w h e n in
com m e nt
- H old cursor ove r file nam e fie ld to s e e full
path nam e
CTT M OD E K EYS
- Up/D ow n arrow m ove s am ong m e nu se le ctions
- Le ft/Righ tarrow m ove s in or outofcurre ntm e nu
- Alt-Le ftArrow m ove s up one le ve le w h e n in a
data e ntry fie ld
- Sh ift-click on H om e CTT Cove rage te stbutton to
re nam e
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Inputse le ctor
Start
se le cte d
te st

Te ch nician nam e
O rganization
Nam e ofth e atre
Se le ctdata
dire ctory
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Se le cte d data dire ctory
De faults to "My D ocum e nts"
Se tCTT m ode
Se tde fault
units for
m e asure m e nts
Display octave m ark e rs
Sh ow bar value s w h e n cursor is
m ove d ove r a bar
Enable balloon h e lp
Se tle ngth ofUse r Ave rage
Se tdisplay for
Cat. No. 566
te stfilm (film
proje ctors)
Enable Variable
X-curve (Cine m a)
Configuration Scre e n: Profile and Display
W rite
configuration
data to dis k

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Disable one or
m ore m icroph one s
Enable and load m icroph one
calibration file s.
Adjustth e gain ofindividual
m icroph one s.
Se le ctaudio
inte rface
Enable D2 Controlle r
(Cine m a Ve rs ion)
Configuration Scre e n: Microph one s and Inte rface s

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Configure PINK Button be h avior
Se le ctte stsignaloutputport
Se tunits ofm e asure and le ve lfor outputs
Enable outputs. In Analog m ode ,
th e ch anne ls can be nam e d.
Se toutputte rm ination for accurate
re adoutin Le ve lSe tbox above .
Configuration Scre e n: O utputs