In the Setup Content window you can view and examine the contents of a setup. For opening this window, please first select a Mixer Setup or Channel Setup in the Device or a Setup file (*.dms or *.dcs) on the PC. Then click on the thereby activated on (View) on the divider in the centre of the main window. By clicking the button Show Content of Backup File... in the view Backup, you can also view the entire contents of a backup file in the Setup Content window.

The amount of the data shown in the Setup Content window varies depending on the kind of the selected Setup. While a Channel Setup has a manageable size, the bulk of information in a Mixer Setup file can appear quite complex at first sight.

Of help is the hierarchical representation of the setup parameters in a tree structure. By selectively expanding and collapsing individual branches, you can easily navigate to the wanted parameters.

Figure 69: A detailed view into a mixer setup.

In order to expand the entire tree structure with all branches, hit the button Expand All. Depending on the number of parameters stored in the setup, the list in the Setup Content window might then become very long. Hitting the button Collapse All closes all branches.

For better understanding please see the below showcase figure of the hierarchical Nesting Principle of Setups and Parameters.

Figure 70: Nesting Principle of Setups and Parameters.

All grey sections can be accessed with the aid of the Setup Manager. You can back them up in files on the PC or copy them from the PC to an RM4200D.

The type Mixer Backup and its file name are the root of the parameter list. The list contains all Mixer Setups and Channel Setups with parameters differing from the default values.(See “Which Data are Stored in Setups” on page 137.) Mixer Setups or Channel Setups without any content are not displayed. Neither do Mixer Backup files contain a copy of the Current Mixer Setting, i.e. the mixer settings that are active at the moment of saving.

	Note
	User-specific names of Mixer Setups and Channel Setups are stored in a Mixer Backup. However, they are only restored into the RM4200D if the Channel Setups segment is activated on restoring. (See “Restore Device” on page 134.)

The root of the parameter list shows the type Mixer Setup, the number of the Mixer Setup (Nr 1..6) and its name. In the case of a *.dms file, the name matches the file name. In the case of a read-out Mixer Setup, the name corresponds to the setup name.

Beneath the root, the size (in Byte) of all Channel Settings stored in the Mixer Setup is shown under Size of all Channel Settings. This is followed by the Channel Settings stored in the Mixer Setup. If no Channel Settings are stored, i.e. all parameters equal their default value, Size of all Channel Settings shows 0 Byte.

Channel Settings are displayed, if at least one parameter of the respective channel differs from the intended default parameters. In this case, not only the differing parameter is shown, but also all other parameters relating to the same DSP process. If for instance the compressor threshold was changed, this value and all other compressor parameters are displayed.

Example: The compressor threshold of channel“ G1”was changed to -6dB via the console. All other parameters remain untouched. With the aid of the Setup Manager, you can now read out the following values:

If you change parameters of other DSP processes of channel “G1”, they are also added to the list.

The order of the displayed parameters does not accord to the order designated in the configuration. Instead, the DSP process with the last parameter change is added to the bottom of the list. At first sight, the shown parameters may therefore appear to be arranged at random. Yet, their position is irrelevant for the usage of values in the DSP.

The branch Channel Assignment shows the assignments of Fader Channels to configured, physical faders. Physical faders without assigned Fader Channels are not displayed.

	Note
	User-specific Mixer Setup names are not stored in a Mixer Setup file, hence they cannot be restored into the RM4200D. After copying individual Mixer Setups from PC into an RM4200D, or after a partial restore process, please check if setup names need to be adjusted.

The root of the parameter list shows the type Channel Setup, the number of the Channel Setup (Nr 1..6)and its name. In the case of a *.dcs file, the name matches the file name. In the case of a read-out Channel Setup, the name corresponds to the setup name.

The actual parameters are displayed below. Channel Setup parameters are displayed, if at least one parameter of the respective channel differs from the intended default parameters. In this case, not only the differing parameter is shown, but also all other parameters relating to the same DSP process. If for instance the compressor threshold was changed, this value and all other compressor parameters are displayed.

Example: The compressor threshold of channel“ G1”was changed to -6dB via the console. All other parameters remain untouched. With the aid of the Setup Manager, you can now read out the following values:

If you change parameters of other DSP processes of channel “G1”, they are also added to the list.

The order of the displayed parameters does not accord to the order designated in the configuration. Instead, the DSP process with the last parameter change is added to the bottom of the list. At first sight, the shown parameters may therefore appear to be arranged at random. Yet, their position is irrelevant for the usage of values in the DSP.

	Note
	User-specific Channel Setup names are not stored in a Channel Setup file, hence they cannot be restored into the RM4200D. After copying individual Channel Setups from PC into an RM4200D, please check if setup names need to be adjusted.

If a setup, for example containing a compressor function, was copied into a Device without configured compressor function, the parameters for the not included compressor function remain without effect after loading. This applies for all DSP functions, for which parameters can be stored in setups.

	Important
	The RM4200D software does not interpret parameters that relate to non-configured functions.

Parameters without respective function will appear in setups when

In both cases, only those parameters are used, which have an intended function in the configuration of the Device. All parameters without respective function are ignored. However, they remain in the setup until it is overwritten by a renewed saving process via key functions on the console.

	Note
	In order to avoid misunderstandings you should immediately overwrite parameters without respective function by renewed saving of the respective setup(s) with key functions on the console.

If you use the Setup Manager without connection to an RM4200D or if the connection is interrupted during your work, the Setup Manager cannot provide any information about channel names or setup names. You can still open e.g. Mixer Setup files (*.dms) on your hard disk. Yet, without an active connection, only the channel number of the included parameters is shown; the name of the according channel cannot be displayed.

Figure 71: View of a mixer setup file without an established connection between Setup Manager and PC. Channel labels will not be displayed.

In networks with several RM4200D Devices, the following situation may occur:

You have connected the Setup Manager to a particular Device. In the meantime, you would like to view a Mixer Setup file (*dms), which was copied to the PC from a different Device. In this case, the configured Fader Channels in the connected Device might easily differ with respect to number and kind from those in the opened Mixer Setup file. Consequently in the Setup Content window, some channel parameters of the Mixer Setup file bear names, but some do not.

Figure 72: View of a mixer setup file with an established connection between Setup Manager and PC. Channel labels will be displayed partly as a result of differences between setup and configuration.

Nameless parameter sets may result not only from differences between online data and offline data. Mixer Setups within an RM4200D can contain nameless Fader Channels, also. This always occurs when

From time to time, Mixer Setups and Channel Setups can contain faulty parameters. In the Setup Content window, faulty parameters bear a red warning icon and additional debug information.

Figure 73: Faulty parameters and unknown functions are identified by a red warning icon.

Errors in setup parameters are infrequent and mostly originate from two reasons:

A previous paragraph points out that on loading Channel Setups, only parameters may be interpreted that do not influence bus routings and are mono/stereo compatible. (See “The Difference between Mixer Setup and Channel Setup” on page 142.)This is because, as already mentioned, Channel Setups can also be loaded onto “open” channels. There, with respect to On-Air operation, active bus routings must be prevented from being switched off.

Figure 74: View of a channel setup in the Setup Content window.

Comparing the actually read-out parameters of a Channel Setup with the information about routing parameters stated above, you will notice that, contrary to expectations, routing information did have been stored in Channel Setups (marked red).

In fact, routing parameters are stored in Channel Setups as well as in Mixer Setups, in which parameter sets are known to have a fixed assignment to a Fader Channel.

This results from the fact that, in the moment of saving, the software does not differentiate between the data structures. Discrimination between actual Channel Setups and channel parameters of a Mixer Setup does not take place until loading; and then the respective parameters are filtered.