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Table of contents What is IMX644 Manager?...................................................................................... 3 System requirements ............................................................................................. 3 Installation procedure ............................................................................................ 4 Installing IMX644 Manager................................................................................
What is IMX644 Manager? IMX644 Manager is application software that lets you make detailed parameter settings for the IMX644. IMX644 Manager has the following functionality. • Edit the IMX644’s parameters When connected online with the IMX644, you can perform detailed editing of the IMX644’s parameters in real-time. Edited settings can be saved as a file. You can use IMX644 Manager to edit offline even when not connected to the IMX644 online.
Installation procedure This section explains how to install IMX644 Manager and the IMX644 USB Driver. The IMX644 USB Driver installation procedure will depend on the OS you are using. Windows 7 users .........................page 5 Windows Vista users ...................page 8 Windows XP users ......................page 12 If this software is already installed in your computer You’ll need to uninstall any older versions of IMX644 Manager before installing the latest version.
Installing the IMX644 USB Driver (Windows 7 users) 1 2 3 4 Turn the IMX644 power switch OFF. Turn the IMX644 ON while holding the front-panel MEMORY [D] button, then connect the IMX644 to the computer’s USB connector. Select [Start] → [Control Panel] → [Hardware and Sound] → [Device Manager]. The “Device Manager” window will appear. Right click “YAMAHA IMX644” in “Other Devices”, and select “Update Driver Software”. The “Update Driver Software” window will appear.
5 6 7 Click [Browse my computer for driver software]. Click [Browse] and select “C:\Program Files (x86)\YAMAHA\IMX644\usbimx644” if you’re running the 64bit version of the OS, or “C:\Program Files\YAMAHA\IMX644\usbimx644” if you’re running the 32-bit version. Click [Next]. The “Windows Security” window will appear. Click [Install this driver software anyway]. The installation process will begin.
8 When the installation process has finished, “Windows has successfully updated your driver software” will appear. Click [Close] to close the window, and check that “Yamaha IMX644 USB Serial Converter” has been added to the “Universal Serial Bus controllers” item in the Device Manager window. 9 Right click “USB Serial port” in “Other Devices”, and select “Update Driver Software”. The “Update Driver Software” window will appear. 10 Repeat steps 5 through 7, above.
Installing the IMX644 USB Driver (Windows Vista users) 1 2 Power-off the IMX644. Use a USB cable to connect the IMX644 to your computer. The “Found New Hardware” screen will appear. NOTE • Make the USB connection directly to your computer without going through a USB hub. 3 Click [Locate and Install driver software (recommended)]. NOTE • If the “User Account Control” dialog box appears, click [Allow] or [Continue]. 4 Click [Don’t search online]. 5 Click [I don’t have the disc. Show me other options.
7 Click the [Browse] button, and inside the IMX644 folder, select the folder that contains the driver (“C:\Program Files\YAMAHA\IMX644\Usbimx644” by default), and click [Next]. NOTE • If a Windows security dialog box appears, click [Install this driver software anyway]. 8 When the installation is completed, a message indicating this will appear. Click the [Close] button to close the screen.
9 The “Found New Hardware” window will appear. Click [Don’t search online]. NOTE • Depending on your computer’s Windows Update driver settings, the above window may not appear. If the window does not appear, go on to the next step. 10 Click [I don’t have the disk. Show me other options.]. 11 Click [Browse my computer for driver software (advanced)]. NOTE • If the Windows Security dialog box appears, click [Install this driver software anyway].
12 When the installation is completed, a message indicating this will appear. Click the [Close] button to close the screen. 13 While holding down the IMX644’s MEMORY [D] button, power-on the IMX644. The IMX644 will start up in IMX644 Manager mode. 14 Start up IMX644 Manager, either by choosing [Start] → [All programs] → [YAMAHA IMX644 Manager] → [IMX644 Manager], or by double-clicking the shortcut icon on the desktop.
Installing the IMX644 USB Driver (Windows XP users) 1 2 Power-off the IMX644. Use a USB cable to connect the IMX644 to your computer. The “Found New Hardware Wizard” screen will appear. NOTE • Make the USB connection directly to your computer without going through a USB hub. • A dialog box may ask you whether you want to connect to Windows Update. If so, select the option button at the left of “No, not this time,” and click [Next].
Uninstallation procedure This section explains how to uninstall IMX644 Manager and the IMX644 USB Driver. The uninstall procedure will depend on the OS you are using. Windows 7 users 1 2 3 4 Select [Start] → [Control Panel] → [Uninstall a program] to display the “Uninstall or change a program” window. Select “Yamaha IMX644 Manager” from the list. Right-click and select “Uninstall”. A dialog box will appear. Follow the on-screen instructions to initiate the uninstall process.
Windows XP users 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Choose [Start] → ([Settings]) → [Control Panel] → [Add or Remove Programs] to access the “Add or Remove Programs” screen. In the upper left of the screen, click [Change or Remove Programs], and in the list at the right, select “Yamaha IMX644 Manager.” Click [Remove]. A dialog box will appear; proceed with the uninstallation as directed by the on-screen instructions.
Starting IMX644 Manager NOTE • In order for the IMX644 and your computer to be connected online, you must connect the IMX644 to your computer and then power-on the IMX644 while holding down its MEMORY [D] button (IMX644 Manager mode). Use either a USB cable or an RS-232C cable to make this connection. If you’re using an RS-232C cable, use a female-female cross cable. • If both a USB cable and an RS-232C cable are connected, the USB connection will take priority.
2 [File Transfer] button This button loads a file of settings and sends it to the IMX644. If you click this when the [Status] indicator is “Online,” the “Password” dialog box will appear. Enter the assigned password for the IMX644 and click the [OK] button; the File Load dialog box will appear. Select the parameter file (extension “.i6x”) that you want to send to the connected IMX644, and click the [Open] button. The Transferring dialog box will appear, and the settings will be sent.
Basic operation in the Parameter Edit screen Here you can edit parameters and save parameter settings to a file. • Header area 1 23 4 5 6 1 [Return to start window.] button Click this to return to the starting screen. A confirmation dialog box will appear; click [Yes] if you want to save your settings. A confirmation dialog box will ask whether you want to save to the memory indicated in the Memory field if you’re editing online, or save to a file if you’re editing offline. 2 [Open parameter file.
• Parameter editing area Here you can use mouse operations to visually edit the various parameters. The screen that is shown will depend on the tab that’s selected. • Screen switching tabs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 [BLOCK] tab Opens the BLOCK screen (page 19). This shows a block diagram of the entire signal route from input to output, and allows you to make parameter settings. 2 [INPUT] tab Opens the INPUT screen (page 23). Here you can edit the input channel parameters.
BLOCK screen This shows a block diagram of the entire signal route from input to output, and allows you to make parameter settings. By clicking the buttons in the BLOCK screen, you can open parameter editing dialog boxes or move to other edit screens. This screen will appear first when you click the [Parameter Edit] button in the starting screen to open the Parameter Edit screen. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ) 5 ! @ # 1 MONO 1–6, STEREO 1–4 These indicate the input channels and their names.
4 [EQ] button This button opens the “INPUT EQ” dialog box, where you can edit the EQ (equalizer) that is provided on each input channel. Click the [CLOSE] button to close the dialog box. “INPUT EQ” dialog box The editable parameters differ between MONO INPUT channels and STEREO INPUT channels. Level adjustment knob This adjusts the gain of each band. Right-click and hold down the mouse button to increase the value; left-click and hold down the mouse button to decrease the value.
5 [LEVEL] button This opens the “LEVEL” dialog box, allowing you to adjust the volume of the input/output channels. “LEVEL” dialog box [LINK] button This specifies whether IMX644’s front panel volume knob values will be linked with the on-screen fader values. If this is on (green), the on-screen fader values will change in tandem with the IMX644’s volume knob settings. When this is on, you will only be able to operate the IMX644’s volume knobs; the onscreen faders will not be operable.
) [BAL] button This opens the “BALANCE” dialog box, allowing you to specify the volume balance between outputs A/B (L/R) of OUTPUT channels 1 and 2. Click the [CLOSE] button to close the dialog box. “BALANCE” dialog box Here you can adjust the volume balance between outputs A/B (L/R). Parameter Balance Range Default 0dB – -20.
INPUT screen Here you can edit the input channel parameters. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 PAD When editing online, this will indicate “MIC” if the rear panel PAD (34 dB) switch is off, or “LINE” if the switch is on. When editing offline, this will indicate “MIC” by default. 2 +48V indicator When editing online, this will be dark if the rear panel +48V switch is off, or lit red if the switch is on. When editing offline this will be dark. 3 INPUT GAIN This edits the input gain value.
7 [PRIORITY]/[OVERRIDE] button This turns on/off the Priority Ducker function (MONO INPUT channels only) or the Music Override function (STEREO INPUT channels only). The on/off state of this button is linked with the Priority Ducker Key Source Select or Music Override Key Source Select check boxes in the MISC screen. For more about the Priority Ducker function and Music Override function, refer to page 28.
OUTPUT screen Here you can edit parameters other than EQ for output channels 1–4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Output level meter/indicator Output level meters Shows level meters for the output signals of OUTPUT channels 1 and 2. Output indicators Shows [-2 dBFS]/[-44 dBFS] indicators for the output signals of OUTPUT channels 3 and 4. The [-44 dBFS] indicator will light green when an output signal is detected at the corresponding channel.
OUTPUT EQ screen Here you can edit the parameters of the 6-band equalizers provided for OUTPUT channels 1 through 4. 1 2 3 7 4 5 8 6 9 1 CHANNEL Use this to select the OUTPUT channel whose EQ you want to edit. 2 [A&B]/[A]/[B] buttons If OUTPUT channel 1 or 2 is selected, you can choose whether to edit channels A and B together or individually. A dialog box will appear when you switch between [A]/[B] and [A&B], asking you to confirm that you want to copy parameters between channels A/B.
7 EQ response curve This indicates the frequency response of the current EQ settings. This is an approximate curve for your reference. The markers ( ) indicate the parameter values for each band. The color of the markers corresponds to the band number (1–6) shown below. By dragging a marker (left-click and move the mouse while holding down the button) you can specify the EQ response quickly and visually. Use the parameter indications below to make fine adjustments to the values.
MISC screen Here you can edit settings for functions such as Priority Ducker, Music Override, and Feedback Suppressor. 1 6 7 2 3 4 5 • Priority Ducker Key Source Select When a signal is applied to the specified MONO INPUT channel, the level of all STEREO INPUT signals assigned to the same output are reduced to allow announcements made via the MONO INPUT channel to stand out clearly from background music or other program material, for example.
4 [STEREO 1]–[STEREO 4] check boxes These turn on/off the Music Override function for each STEREO INPUT channel. These check boxes are linked with the [OVERRIDE] buttons of the INPUT screen. The default setting is OFF for all channels. NOTE • If this is turned on for more than one STEREO INPUT channel, the lowest-numbered channel will take priority, and the volume from other STEREO INPUT channels will be faded-out.
• MEMORY Assign Of the sixteen memories specified in the MEMORY screen, any four can be assigned to the front panel MEMORY [A]–[D] buttons. When you click the name shown beside each button [A]–[D], a list of the assignable memories will appear. Select the memory that you want to assign to each button [A]–[D]. When you click a button [A]–[D], the memory assigned to that button will be recalled and the parameter settings will be switched accordingly.
MEMORY screen Here you can save your edited parameter settings in sixteen different memories, or recall previously-saved settings. 3 4 1 2 1 Memory list This area shows the names of the sixteen memories. If you want to edit the name of a memory, recall that memory; then click the Memory field in the header area, edit the name, and re-save the memory. 2 Option buttons These buttons select the memory to which Store or Recall operations will apply.
Troubleshooting Symptom Can’t install IMX644 Manager. Cause Response You didn’t log on to Windows using an account that has administrative privileges. Log on to Windows using an account that has administrative privileges. The IMX644 was not started up in IMX644 Manager mode. Power-on the IMX644 while holding down the IMX644’s MEMORY [D] button. Cable is disconnected or broken. Connect an unbroken cable.
*3 Accessing the screen DPI setting • Windows 7 users Choose [Start] → [Control Panel] → [Appearance and Personalization] → [Personalization]. In the left side of the window, click [Adjust font size (DPI)] to access the screen DPI setting dialog box. • Windows Vista users Choose [Start] → ([Settings]) → [Control Panel] → [Appearance and Personalization] → [Personalization]. In the left side of the window, click [Adjust font size (DPI)] to access the screen DPI setting dialog box.
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