Manual

Model 206 User Guide Issue 2, October 2018
Studio Technologies, Inc. Page 19
MODEL 206
ANNOUNCER’S CONSOLE
capability should have been made. Alter-
nately, a midspan power injector, in “se-
ries” with the Ethernet connection, should
have been put into place. A microphone
and headphones or earbud should have
been connected. Alternately, a broadcast-
style headset may have been connected.
If desired, a connection to the microphone
output should have been made. Some ap-
plications may utilize either or both of the
remote control inputs.
The Model 206 should have been placed
in the desired physical location. Using the
Studio Technologies STcontroller software
application the unit’s configuration should
have been selected to meet the needs of
the specific application. The Model 206’s
Dante configuration settings should have
been selected using the Dante Controller
software application. In this way the unit’s
four Dante audio output channels (Dante
transmitter channels) and four Dante audio
input channels (Dante receiver channels)
should have been routed, by way of Dante
“subscriptions,” to the receiver and trans-
mitter channels on associated Dante-
enabled equipment.
Initial Operation
The Model 206 will start to function as
soon as a Power-over-Ethernet (PoE)
power source is connected. However, it
may take 20 to 30 seconds for full opera-
tion to commence. Upon initial power up
the three status LEDs, located on the back
panel below the RJ45 jack, will begin to
light as network and Dante connections
are established. The COMP LED, adjacent
to the microphone input connector, may or
may not flash momentarily. The P48 LED,
also located adjacent to the microphone
input connector, will flash once to indicate
that it is functioning. The red and green
phone output reduces in level (“dims”)
whenever the main, talkback 1, talkback
2, or talkback 3 functions are active. This
mode was specifically provided to minimize
the chance that acoustical feedback will
occur in applications where the headphone
output is connected to the inputs on am-
plified speakers (or inputs on an amplifier
associated with loudspeakers). In this mode
the level of the headphone output channels
is reduced by 18 dB whenever a main or
talkback function is active. This mode is
not appropriate when headphones are
going to be connected to the Model 206!
Remote Control Inputs
There are two remote control inputs.
They can be individually configured to
mimic the action of one of the pushbutton
switches. The choices are off, main button,
talkback 1 button, talkback 2 button, or
talkback 3 button.
Button Backlight Intensity
The caps (top surfaces) of the four push-
button switches are able to be lit using in-
ternal LEDs, one red and one green. When
they light and with what color depends on
the configuration of the Model 206 and the
current operating condition. The intensity
of these LEDs can be adjusted to meet the
needs of an application, specifically being
configured to perform optimally vis-à-vis
the amount of ambient light present in the
Model 206’s location. The choices are low
and high.
Operation
At this point all connections and configura-
tion steps should have been completed and
everything should be ready for Model 206
operation to commence. An Ethernet con-
nection with Power-over-Ethernet (PoE)