User`s manual

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3. MICRODAC IV CONFIGURATION CONTROL PANEL
3.1 MicroDAC IV Control Panel
Figure 3-1 MicroDAC IV Control Panel
At the top of the MicroDAC IV Control Panel is a Menu Bar. From the File menu, you can choose to
create a New
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filter configuration, Open a filter configuration file, Save a file As a different or similar file
name, Program the MicroDAC IV, adjust the Panel Lock Settings to be programmed, use the Utilities
to directly control the panel lock settings, select a COM Port, or Exit the software. From the Help menu
item you can view the Contents of the software help file, Search for Help On a topic in this help file, or
read information About the MicroDAC IV software.
Below the Menu Bar is the Toolbar. Each small icon allows a quick shortcut to some of the Menu Bar
items. Each icon represents the menu function of New, Open, and Save As, respectively. Beside the
tool icons is the Program MicroDAC IV button, and on the rightmost portion of the toolbar is the Panel
Lock Setting indicator.
3.2 Customizing Filter Sets
The MicroDAC IV Control Panel shows a graphical representation of the audio path through the different
processes in the MicroDAC IV. As each different filter type is selected, and features such as the Limiter,
Highpass Filter, Lowpass Filter, and Output AGC are selected or removed, the Control Panel will update
its block diagram display.
The MicroDAC IV Control Panel allows each of the seven filter setups to be configured. Each setup can
be selected by clicking on the "tabs" that correspond to the labels on the front panel MODE switch of the
MicroDAC IV.
There are up to two Stages for each filter. The Stage Mode radio buttons control how the stages are
configured. The options are described as follows:
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The New menu option allows you to reset the first three filter modes to their factory defaults. Modes A, B, C, and D
will be configured as Mono Series, Stage 1 filter set to Pass Thru, and no AGC. This is a quick and easy way to
configure an entirely new filter configuration.