User's Manual

6.1 Introduction
An FS II system is programmed using the menus displayed on the Base station’s front panel.
Programming the system requires four basic steps:
1) Create individual names (“labels”) for the wireless beltpacks and for the wired
devices connected to the Base station. Use individual labels for building “point-to-
point” communication paths.
Labels are composed of five alphanumeric characters. Labels can be created for users’
names (“John” or “Susan”), roles (“AUDIO” or “DIR”), or for connections (“PL_A” or “PL_B”).
Alternatively a device’s generic name can be used, which never changes. An example of a
generic name is “BPK01” for Beltpack 1. Generic names are always displayed on the
programming menus.
2) Create names (“labels”) for groups. A group label is used when an FS II beltpack
needs to communicate with all members of a group simultaneously, as in a partyline.
Up to ten groups can be created, with five groups being standard groups and five
groups being wireless partyline groups. Up to fifteen members can be assigned to a
standard group and up to twenty eight members can be assigned to a wireless
partyline group.
A label can be customized to reflect the group’s function, such as “STG-A” for communicating
with the production staff on Stage A.
Alternatively the generic names assigned for the ten possible groups can be used. For
example, “GP#01” is the generic name for Group 1.
3) Assign members to the groups created. Group members are drawn from the
wireless beltpacks and from the wired devices connected to the Base station. A
group created from these devices functions as a partyline, in which all members of
the group can communicate simultaneously with all other members of the group.
4) Assign individual and grouped devices each FS II beltpack by using the programming
screens on the Base station’s front panel. Each assignment creates a communication
route from the FS II beltpack to the selected device or group. Up to four
communication routes can be assigned to a beltpack.
These steps are discussed in more detail in the following sections.
6.2 Using the Base station’s programming menus
An FS II system can be programmed using the programming menus that appear on the Base
station’s front-panel display screen. The user navigates through the menus to select
programming options for the system.
Rotating the setup/enter encoder allows the user to scroll through the selections on the
screen. As the user scrolls through the menu items are highlighted on the screen. To select an
item as a new programming option, press the setup/enter encoder in, as if it were a
pushbutton, when the desired item is highlighted on the screen.
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