Software Instruction Manual

IQ–MSD Turbo 1.4 Advanced IQ System Software

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2.1.3 Perspective

Figure 2.7 might help put some of the text screens and the graphics plates in perspective. It shows the relationship

between control blocks, sub-blocks and graphics plates.

Notice that the control blocks, located in the center of the frame, form the bedrock of the software. Below them are

the sub-blocks which expand to cover the automation functions of those IQ components that have them. The IQ

System can be configured entirely from the control block and sub-block text screens. At the top of the frame are the

graphics plates which serve as a user interface layer. Because you can determine which controls are available

on each graphics plate, you can shield operators from the complexity of the system.

When you save an IQ System setup to disk with the Turbo software, you create a dataframe file. A single

dataframe file will store all the system settings and all the graphics plates you created for that setup. Figure 2.7

depicts dataframe files as frames in a movie film. You “engage” dataframes to change the configuration of your

audio system much the same way that frames of a movie change the action in the film.

Fig. 2.7 Putting Text Screens and Graphics Plates into Perspective

DATAFRAME

FILE

Graphics Plate Superset

Control Block

Sub-block

ASA

Control Block

Device

Display Now

A single dataframe file contains

the control block and sub-block

settings for all the IQ components

in the system as well as all

custom graphics plates.