Software Instruction Manual

IQ–MSD Turbo 1.4 Advanced IQ System Software

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2 Using Turbo

The most effective way to learn Turbo is to begin using it to monitor and control an active sound system. This way

you can immediately observe the effects of your commands on the system. When doing this, always use caution

to avoid increasing the gain too far because hearing and loudspeaker damage can result.

Turbo can also be run when the computer is not connected to an IQ System. This allows you to create custom

graphics plates and configure system settings prior to the system’s installation and permits you or your operators

to become familiar with the software.

2.1 Basic Concepts

Turbo provides two methods of monitoring and controlling an IQ System: 1) using standard text screens or 2)

using custom graphics plates that you create. Each has unique advantages. After you have used Turbo to

configure the IQ System, you can then save all the system’s settings and all the graphics plates to a dataframe

file on the computer’s hard drive or a floppy disk. If your audio system is like most, you will probably need more

than one configuration, one for each type of event it will serve. By saving each of these configurations to a

dataframe file, you can create a collection of dataframe files that enable you to quickly reconfigure your IQ

System. Simply “engage” the appropriate dataframe file whenever you want to reuse the configuration stored

within it.

Text Screen

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Fig. 2.1 Sample Text Screen and Graphics Plate

Graphics Plate