Table of Contents Using This User’s Guide......4 Notations Used in This User’s Guide ... 4 About the Window Displays in This User’s Guide ........... 4 Features ............4 Preparing the Software and Devices ..5 Installing the Software........5 Setting Up the Network ........ 6 Connecting to the Network......
Using This User’s Guide Features This User’s Guide explains the use of the Wireless Studio The Wireless Studio software supplied with the software supplied with the DWR-R01D/DWR-R02D DWR-R01D/DWR-R02D Digital Wireless Receiver Digital Wireless Receiver. (herein referred to as the “receivers”) allows you monitor To make the most of this guide, please use it in conjunction and control a digital wireless system via a network.
Pairing-assist function Preparing the Software The software includes a pairing wizard to assist in pairing, an operation that is necessary to enable remote control of and Devices transmitters via wireless remote control. Save and analyze functions for signal environment timelines The RF Chart Grapher function allows you to monitor and Installing the Software save the signal environment and alert information on a...
To uninstall the software Double-click “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)”. The internet protocol (TCP/IP) properties window Note opens up. The uninstallation procedure below describes the operation on the PC that runs Windows XP. Note that the procedure may vary according to the operating system. Click and select “Add or Remove Programs”...
Connecting to the Network Receiver RMU-01 By using the straight LAN cables, connect the receiver, RMU-01, and the PC through the hub. When the network connection is correctly made, the LED on the LAN connector area at the rear of the receiver lights up green. Connect the devices required for system operation to the rear panel of the receiver.
Parts Identification a Menu monitor signal reception, audio levels, and other status Click on a menu to display the commands in that menu. information for the receivers. For details, see “Menus” on page 9. For details, see “Main Window” on page 21. b Toolbar d Device List window The following settings are available on the toolbar.
Property List tab Menus Displays a list of setting values for multiple receivers and transmitters. The devices displayed here are those that are registered to the pages displayed in the status viewer. You can control the receivers and transmitters by selecting the File menu cells in the list and modifying the settings.
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Add a new device: Opens the “Add a new device” Region setting: Opens the “Region setting” window. Use window. Use this when entering IP addresses to add this when you want to use a receiver model from a region devices to the device window manually. other than the region selected during Wireless Studio installation.
Device Detection and Monitoring Basic Operations Select “Start > All Programs > Sony > Digital Wireless Microphone System > Wireless Studio” to start up the Wireless Studio operates in one of two modes, online software. mode and offline mode. Place a check mark next to “Online monitoring and Online mode control”...
Ver. firmware of the detected 1.20 or later of the receivers. For version DWR-R01D firmware. details, contact unmatch with your Sony DWR-R01D. dealer. Please update the firmware of DWR-R01D to ver.1.20 or later” message appears, and monitoring is disabled.
Select the group type based on the device configuration. Sony preset GP [Digital system only]: Select this when only Sony digital wireless systems are used. Sony preset GP [With Sony analog system]: Select this when the configuration also includes Sony analog wireless systems.
User define: Select this to use user defined channel Pairing Receiver Channels and plans. Transmitters Click “Next >.” To enable remote control of transmitters via wireless The following screen appears. remote control, each receiver channel must be paired with a transmitter. By using the pairing wizard in Wireless Studio to perform this operation, you can perform pairing for multiple channels with ease.
The receiver channels for all the receivers that appear in the device list appear here. Select the receiver channel for pairing, and click “Next >.” The following screen appears. The names of receiver channels and transmitters that have already been paired appear here. The “Transmitter Name”...
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The system enters online mode, and the receivers are automatically detected and added to the device list window. Perform one of the following to open the Property window. • Select a receiver or receiver channel in the device list, and click the Property window button in the upper part of the device list window.
For details on how to register receiver channels to the status viewer, see “To monitor a particular set of receiver channels” on page 11. Click a cell displayed in the list of setting values in the Property List tab, and configure the setting. Changes to the settings are sent to receivers and transmitters immediately and applied.
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Select “File menu > Save as.” The information stored in the file is displayed on the Wireless Studio screen. The current configurations are saved as a settings file. Edit the settings here if necessary. Note Select “Device menu > Load settings > All Receiver’s When saving transmitter settings, make sure that the settings or All Receiver’s and All Transmitter’s transmitters are active and that signals are received...
d Property Window button Device List Window Opens the “Property” window. Use this to check or modify the settings for the currently selected receiver or the transmitter that is paired with that receiver. This window lists in a table all of the receivers and RMU- For details, see “Property Window”...
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Confirming the device types and IP For more information on the contents, see “Confirming the device types and IP addresses of devices registered in addresses of devices registered in the the device list window” on page 20. device list window Display the “Device information”...
Main Window The status viewer is displayed in the main window. Status Viewer and Meter Icons The status viewer displays meter icons that allow you to monitor the status of receiver channels. The information indicated by each receiver channel meter icon is identical to the initial display of the receiver. A total of seven pages, the “All tuners”...
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a Reception channel information h Transmitter name Indicates the group, channel and frequency information for Indicates the name of the transmitter according to the meta the receiving signal. data that the receiver receives from that transmitter. b QL (signal quality level) meter i RF (radio wave) level meter/diversity indication Indicates the quality of the received data in a meter.
Event log mode Sub Window The sub window consists of the Message Log tab, Property List tab, RF Chart Grapher tab, and RF Chart Analyzer tab. Message Log Tab A Clear Event log The Message Log tab displays a list of warnings and error Deletes the warnings, error messages, and other event messages.
change the setting values for multiple receiver channels as Message Meaning a group. Receiver cannot decrypt Encrypted transmission settings the encrypted signal. on the receiver and the transmitter do not match. RF level is excessive. The signal reception level is excessively high.
d Unlock Settings/Lock Settings button Select the receiver channel for which you want to When setting modification is disabled due to the Setting change settings from the receiver channel list in the lock function, click this button and enter the password to left part of the “GP/CH Selection”...
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Save all: Saves the RF and QL data acquired for all Meaning Message receiver channels displayed in the receiver channel list to Quality level is low. The quality of received audio data a file. is deteriorated. Communication time- The number of retries has b Receiver channel list out occurred.
used for monitoring excessively high RF levels. The Close: Deletes the file selected in the file list from the file “Individual min” display mode is used for monitoring list. excessively low RF levels. For either display mode, you Close all: Deletes all the files registered to the file list from can specify what to monitor by selecting or clearing the the file list.
b Meter icons Setup Windows These function identically to the meter icons in the status viewer. c Property tabs Wireless Studio includes the following setup windows: These consist of the Utility tab and tabs for channels 1 and • Property window •...
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can select the following conditions as triggers for lighting Frequency: Displays the frequency configured for the the ALERT indicator. receiver channel. • RF low (RF level too low) Setting button: Press this button to display the “Group/ • RF over (RF level too high) Channel Setting”...
RF Power: Configure settings for the transmitter’s appropriate channel plan. You can enter the following transmitted power. information. Input Level: Displays the transmitter’s audio input level. • Interference resulting from TV broadcasts ATT: Sets the attenuator for the transmitter. You can only •...
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B Procedure items Displays the list of steps to perform in Channel Plan Adviser. The items also act as shortcuts to each step, so you can click an item to jump directly to the target step operation. Certain steps are omitted in Basic mode. These omitted steps cannot be selected.
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The frequency bands that appear are identical to those To remove frequencies that can be selected for the receiver’s BAND setting. Remove: Removes the frequency selected in the list. In the steps that follow, the channel plan can only be Remove All: Removes all the frequencies in the list.
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Select the “Group type” based on the device channel plan. configuration. Sony preset GP [Digital system only]: Select this when only Sony digital wireless systems are used. Channel plans are listed with preset channel plans suited for digital wireless systems prioritized.
Assign the selected channel plan to the receiver. User defined files You can use a frequency list from a user defined file (.chplan) to specify a user defined channel plan. Load the user defined file in Channel Plan Adviser, and determine frequencies while referring to the signal environment information from scan results, etc.
Enter the same password in the “Administrator Password” and “Confirm Password” fields. Click “OK.” Releasing the settings lock Enter the configured password in the “Administrator Password” field. Clear the “Setting lock” check box. Click “OK.” Adding an IP address to the list for Changing the administrator password exclusion from automatic detection Enter the configured password in the “Administrator...
a Copy all Transmitter Name to Label AF peak hold setting Window Copies transmitter names to the labels of the corresponding receiver channels. In the “AF peak hold setting” window, you can configure hold settings for the peak levels of the AF level meters that b Setting item list appear in the status viewer.
b Startup from dwl file setting Specify the startup mode used when you start Wireless Studio by double-clicking a settings file (.dwl or .dwl2). Place a check mark next to “Always work by below setting” to always start Wireless Studio using the specified mode.