Manual

Issue 2, October 2018 Model 204 User Guide
Page 20 Studio Technologies, Inc.
MODEL 204
ANNOUNCER’S CONSOLE
that it is ready to pass data with another
Dante device. The SYNC LED will light red
when the Model 204 is not synchronized
with a Dante network. It will light solid
green when the Model 204 is synchronized
with a Dante network and an external
clock source (timing reference) is being
received. It will slowly flash green when
this specific Model 204 is part of a Dante
network and is serving as the clock mas-
ter. It’s possible that up to 30 seconds may
be required for the SYNC LED to reach its
final state.
P48 Status LED
An LED indicator is located on the back
panel adjacent to the microphone input
connector. It is labeled P48 and will light
red whenever the P48 phantom power
source is active and providing power to the
microphone input.
Compressor Active LED and
Mic Preamp Gain
An LED indicator, orange in color, is locat-
ed on the back panel, also adjacent to the
microphone input connector. It is labeled
COMP and displays the status of the mi-
crophone audio compressor function. This
function controls the dynamic range of the
audio signal that can be present on the
Dante audio output (transmitter) channels
and sidetone audio sent to the headphone
output versus the signal present on the
microphone input. The compressor LED
will light whenever the input level from the
microphone, along with the configured
microphone preamplifier gain, is such that
the dynamic range of the signal is being
actively controlled. It’s perfectly acceptable
for this LED to light intermittently whenever
a user is talking at a normal voice level
into an associated microphone. But if the
that sequence has completed and the
Dante connection has been established
full operation will begin. The various LEDs
will then become operational, displaying
the status of their designated functions.
How to Identify a Specific
Model 204
Functions within the Dante Controller and
STcontroller software applications allow
a specific Model 204 unit to be identified.
Each application provides an “eyeball” icon
that when clicked will activate the Identify
function. When Identify is selected it will
send a command to a specific Model 204
unit. On that unit the LEDs associated with
the main and talkback pushbutton switch-
es will “flash” orange approximately eight
times (the actual on/off status of the but-
tons will not change). In addition, the SYS
and SYNC status LEDs, located directly
below the etherCON RJ45 connector on
the back panel, will slowly flash green.
After a few seconds the LED identification
pattern will cease and normal Model 204
button LED and Dante status LED opera-
tion will resume.
Ethernet and Dante Status
LEDs
Three status LEDs are located below the
etherCON RJ45 connector on the Model
204’s back panel. The LINK ACT LED will
light green whenever an active connection
to a 100 Mb/s Ethernet network has been
established. It will then flash in response to
all Ethernet data packet activity. The SYS
and SYNC LEDs display the operating sta-
tus of the Dante interface and its associat-
ed network activity. The SYS LED will light
red upon Model 204 power up to indicate
that the Dante interface is not ready. After
a short interval it will light green to indicate