Where is ppm 4 on garage band meter

I am trying to set up a presonous firepod but i cannot figure where to set the imput levels has anybody been able to figure where a reference level of 4ppm would be on garageband

Ok here we go. I constructed a file in sound studio 3 of tone starting at 0dbfs and dropping by 1db down to -40db. This file was imported to Garageband. I then connected my pro dat to the cr output of the firepod and set the main output of the firepod to it's highest setting and set the input of the recorder so that it matched the levels of garageband. I hope that this makes sense so far.
The garageband metering is as follows; 0dbf all lights lit, -1 2 yellow, -3 26 green segments, -4 = 23 , -5 = 20 , -6 = 18 , -7 = 16, -8 = 14, -9 = 13, -10 = 11, -11 = 10, -12 = 9, -13 = 8, -14 = 7, -15 = 6, -17 = 5, -18 = 5, -19 & -20 = 4, -21 to -24 = 3, -25 to -28 = 2, -29 to -36 = 1, -37 to -40 = 0 lights. The output of garageband and firepod followed this perfectly.
The dat recording of this file was then played back into garage band via line out of the recorder and by reducing the gain of the channel controls by 2 clicks from the center position I was able to record a copy that matched the original. with the only slight discrepancies at 0 to -2.
so in answer to my own question What is uk ppm 4 on garageband it is 5 green lights and following on from that ppm 5 is 8 bars and ppm6 is 11 bars. I hope that this makes sense. outputs 1 & 2 on the firepod are the same as the main cr out, the cue/ mix is lower I didn't have time to measure the difference. and line out 3,4,5,6,7,8, Didn't work, I am assuming that I have a fault, I haven't had the unit long so I will contact the vendor tomorrow.
regards Ray

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