Daysequerra iLM8 Live User Manual

iLM8 - Live – Live 8 Channel Intelligent Loudness Monitor Model 2542 User Manual

10 iLM8 – Live User Manual Work Cited: 1. Fletcher, H. & Munson, W. A. (1933). Loudness, its Definition, Measurement, and C

iLM8 – Live User Manual 11 A long term loudness measurement of an entire clip is referred to as an infinite average. To achieve the desir

12 iLM8 – Live User Manual Installation Immediately upon receiving your iLM8 - Live, please make a careful inspection for any shipping damage. I

iLM8 – Live User Manual 13 Menu Tree Figurre 4. Visual Map of iLM8 - Live Menu System.

14 iLM8 – Live User Manual Front Panel Controls and Indicators Bargraph Meters INPUT LEVELS - Eight 10-segment multi-colored LED meters display th

iLM8 – Live User Manual 15 Rear Panel AES INPUTS - Four 75Ω BNC connectors will accept an AES3 digital audio stream. • 1/2 - Left and Righ

16 iLM8 – Live User Manual GPO has two options to choose from within the I/O menu in System Settings. GPO 1 & 2 can be used for Alarm condition

iLM8 – Live User Manual 17 Meter Display Figure 1. Metering display iLM8 - Live. INPUT LEVELS – LED display shows current amp

18 iLM8 – Live User Manual The main menu display shown on iLM8 - Live when first entering the menu is demonstrated above in Figure 2. To enter t

iLM8 – Live User Manual 19 • 4.0 Max SL - measures the Max Short Loudness average combined for the L, R, Ls and Rs channels integrated to a

2 iLM8 – Live User Manual Welcome Thanks for purchasing the DaySequerra iLM8 - Live. Differences in audio levels between TV programs, or betwee

20 iLM8 – Live User Manual Home Screen – Standard View Figure 3. Standard View Home Screen on iLM8 - Live. When you power on iLM8 - Live or

iLM8 – Live User Manual 21 Home Screen – Max SL View Figure 3a. Max SL Average View Home Screen on iLM8 - Live. When you select ‘Max S

22 iLM8 – Live User Manual Home Screen – Infinite Average View Figure 3b. Infinite Average View Home Screen on iLM8 - Live. When you select ‘

iLM8 – Live User Manual 23 Home Screen – Dual Field Figure 3c. Dual Field Home Screen on iLM8 - Live The Dual Field home screen let

24 iLM8 – Live User Manual C > Effects Figure 4d. Dialog vs. Effects Home Screen on iLM8 - Live C > Effects simultaneously calculates th

iLM8 – Live User Manual 25 Infinite Average. Pressing ENTER once more will ‘play’ and resume calculations for determining the I

26 iLM8 – Live User Manual Infinite Avg. for Surround and Stereo, Measured value of C > 4.0 Bed, Short loudness Avg. of an individual Surround Ch

iLM8 – Live User Manual 27 Figure 5. Auto Infinite Average Algorithm Settings

28 iLM8 – Live User Manual Algorithm Meters Menu The Algorithm Meters Menu contains all the real-time loudness readings that iLM8 - Live generates

iLM8 – Live User Manual 29 Edit Home Screen Name Creates and edits a custom name for each of the 4 user defined Home Screens. User 1, User

iLM8 – Live User Manual 3 Table of Contents Important Safety Information 4 Menu Function & Descriptions 17 Service Information 4 Ho

30 iLM8 – Live User Manual Sample Rate: If Clock Source is set to internal, defines what sample rate frequency iLM8 - Live will use. (32.0, 44.1, 48

iLM8 – Live User Manual 31 Select the input channel pair to be modified and press ENTER. Scroll the rotary encoder to the desired HD/SDI cha

32 iLM8 – Live User Manual Diagnostics Menu Figure 12. Diagnostics Menu Screen Display Current Faults: Displays any error states that iLM8 -

iLM8 – Live User Manual 33 iLM8 - Live may be configured to alert you to an AES lock loss condition. AES Lock: Allows the AES Lock alarm

34 iLM8 – Live User Manual Firmware Update Provided that you have completed warranty registration for your iLM8 - Live on our website, we will noti

iLM8 – Live User Manual 35 Update using Manual IP Address Settings: DO NOT UNPLUG THE UNIT OR TURN OFF YOUR PC WHILE THE FLASH IS IN PROGRE

36 iLM8 – Live User Manual iLM8 - Live Remote Dashboard Be sure that the iLM8 - Live is connected to a network via the network port on the rear pan

iLM8 – Live User Manual 37 Figure 14. Un-configured Main Viewer Window At the top of the window there are three navigation tabs: Su

38 iLM8 – Live User Manual Remote&Dashboard&Configuration Figure 15. Un-configured Settings Tab Network Settings: Enter the IP addre

iLM8 – Live User Manual 39 5.0 Unit Loudness Measure that is used for the 5.0 (surround) inputs. 5.0 Target Target value set for the 5.0 inp

4 iLM8 – Live User Manual Important Safety Information • Indoor use only. Not for use in wet or damp environments. • Maximum Relative Humidity:

40 iLM8 – Live User Manual Using Remote Dashboard 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - Main Viewer Window The Main Viewer Window

iLM8 – Live User Manual 41 4. Per channel Short Term Average: Shows the short average of each channel on the graph. A heavy vertical lin

42 iLM8 – Live User Manual 5 The log file data is now displayed in Excel. Each column header contains the text description of the data that is disp

iLM8 – Live User Manual 43 Following the same steps outlined above, a sample radar style graph was created. This graph type can be found i

44 iLM8 – Live User Manual Maintaining an Accurate Clock !To have the data in log files correctly represent the program material measured during a

iLM8 – Live User Manual 45 DaySequerra warrants this product to be free from defects in materials and workmanship to its original owner for

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iLM8 – Live User Manual 5 Technical Specifications Latency of the Eclipse Algorithm: <4ms at 48k sampling rate Power Consumption: 25W

6 iLM8 – Live User Manual Environmental Preservation Efforts This equipment has been designed and built by DaySequerra corporation to give many yea

iLM8 – Live User Manual 7 Measuring Loudness Human perception of the sensation of an audio signal is properly called “loudness”. As early a

8 iLM8 – Live User Manual To achieve a more accurate loudness measurement, the method should include critical bands in the measure

iLM8 – Live User Manual 9 Bronwyn Jones and Emil Torick created a revised CBS loudness meter in the early 1980s that consisted of eight filt