Display Mode - Logging Instrument

| General Description
| Instrument Description
| Control Bar - left (upper) section: Logging instrument functions
| Control Bar - right (lower) section

General Description

In display mode, the TouchMonitor shows the instruments and their layout defined in the currently loaded preset.

Touching the screen area of an instrument will put this instrument into focus. This is recognized by a colored frame instead of a grey one. The frame color conforms to the identifier set for the group the focused instrument belongs to.

The Control Bar positioned at the lower screen edge contains several keys. It is displayed permanently if the "Control Bar" option in the "General" section of the "System" menu is set to "permanent". Otherwise, it will be displayed temporarily after touching the screen.

The Control Bar has two sections. The left (upper) section shows the specific keys defined for the focused instrument. This makes it very fast to access a specific function of one of the instruments on screen – just touch the instrument and select the desired function.

Please note:
The specific keys that are displayed in the left (upper) Control Bar section can be defined individually for each instrument. To do this, touch the "Edit Instrument" key and select the "Configure Keys" option in the menu. The default value for each key can be set in the menu as well.

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Instrument Description

The Logging instrument is only available with activated Logging Data Server licence (SW20014). It is used to collect data of Loudness and TruePeak measurements and either to store them on a USB flash drive or to send them via IP connection to the LQL - Loudness Quality Logger PC software for analyzing (PC software available for free to registered users). The instrument allows two-stage definition of thresholds to indicate and to log the exceeding of limits set by legal or in-house regulations for example. If data cannot be directly stored on a USB flash drive or aquired by LQL, a selectable bargraph represents the amount of temporary buffered data in the cache memory with 3 hours capacity.
It will be controlled by the use of keys in the Control Bar, an instrument-specific keyboard placed on the screen or the Global Keyboard. Logging data can be collected without any display on the screen. Only for the use of the Control Bar keys it is necessary to place the instrument on the screen with the View function.
Depending on the selected mode (USB, IP, or off) and the executed actions, the top line of the instrument informs about the current state like LQL access or data storage to an USB flash drive.

Please note:
If the loudness measurement is controlled by a timecode with recalculation activated, loudness data cannot be logged.

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Control Bar - left (upper) section: Logging instrument functions

With the Logging instrument in focus, the left (upper) section of the Control Bar may contain any or all of the keys described below.

Please note:
Using the "Configure Keys" option in the Logging Menu, any key available for the Logging instrument may be removed from the Control Bar. Only keys set to "On" (default) in the Control Bar section of the "Logging Key Settings" menu are available in normal display mode with the Logging instrument in focus.

Please note:
If more than six keys have been activated, they will be placed on two or more layers. To toggle between the layers, please use key "More" being displayed on each layer.

• Start
This key is used to start the loudness measurement.

• Stop
This key is used to stop the loudness measurement.

• Reset Loudness
This key is used to reset the loudness measurement.

• Start + R (pulse)
This key is used to start the loudness measurement with a preciding reset. Use the "Stop" or "Pause" key to stop or halt the measurement.

• Start + R (envel)
This key is used to start the loudness measurement for as long as the key is pressed with a preciding reset. To stop the measurement just release the key.

Please note:
This functionality is only available through the GPI port. The on-screen key cannot emulate a latched condition.

• Pause
This key is used to halt the loudness measurement.

• USB run
This key is only available, if the Logging instrument is running in USB mode. It has toggle function with "USB run" or "USB close" switching state and is used to control the storage of the logging data to an USB flash drive.
Touching the key labelled with "USB run" starts storing the logging data into a logfile on the connected USB flash drive. Stopping, resetting or restarting the measurement writes corresponding flags into the logfile. While this procedure is running, the status message "USB Logging – running" (green) is displayed in the top line of the Logging instrument.
Touching the key labelled with "USB close" now stops storing the logging data, stores them on the connected USB flash drive and closes the logfile. While this procedure is running, the status message "USB Logging – busy" (red) is displayed in the top line of the Logging instrument. The logged data of two audio groups are stored in folder "rtw\logging\" in separate files being named "device name_audio group_serial number_date-time.db". Use a SQLite compatible data base browser to view or to export e. g. into a CSV file.

Important note:
Never remove the USB flash drive from the unit while these procedures are active! Wait until the status message "USB logging – ready" (yellow) is displayed in the top line of the Logging instrument!

Please note:
When storing to USB flash drive, every manually started/closed logging sequence writes its own logfile. Additionally, data of long running logging sequences will be stored to a new logfile every 24 hours.

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Control Bar - right (lower) section

The right (lower) section of the Control Bar always contains the following four keys:

• Edit Instrument
This key is used to directly access the menu parameters of the focused instrument. Any edits in the menu are saved to the current preset using the "Save" key.

• Load Preset
This key is used to load one of the presets stored in the unit’s internal memory or on an USB storage medium connected to one of the USB ports.

• Menu
This key is used to enter the Main Menu. This is the starting point for global system configuration, licence handling and preset management.

• Help
This key is used to enter the onscreen help for normal display mode (this text). Depending on the focused instrument, the help page will also describe the individual keys of this instrument.

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