User's Manual

Recorder Status – cs5recstatus

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AG501 Controlserver

Recorder Status

Cs5recstatus helps the user to keep an eye on the most important

parameters during sweep recording. So if obvious errors occur like

active sensors outside the measurement area, deactivated

reference sensors, broken sensors with striking RMS etc. the user

is warned and can possibly solve the problem before sweep

recording is started.

Cs5recstatus starts automatically when the recorder (cs5recorder)

is started and displays with easy to understand symbols and colors

the current recorder-status: green=good; yellow=warning; red=error

Please note: A green recorder-status does not guarantee error-free

sweep recording. There are problems that can occur without

influencing the channel status (detached non-reference sensors,

taxonomic distance limit set to a very high value etc.).

The program has three display-sections:

- Master-LED (Figure 1-1)

- Main-section (Figure 1-2)

- Detail-section (Figure 1-3)

and three display-modes:

- Minimized = only the master-LED is visible

- Normal = master-LED and main-section are visible

- Maximized = all sections are visible

The display-mode at program startup can be configured in the settings dialog (see Detail-section).

The recorder status is set back (reset) when

- a channel is activated / deactivated

- head correction is initialized

- a new recording is started

- the clear status-button in the detail-section is clicked

A. Master-LED

In minimized mode only the master-LED is displayed in the status panel (Figure 2).

The master-LED always shows the worst status since the last reset (red if an error occurred).

A click on the master-LED toggles between minimized and normal mode.

Figure 2: Master-LED in status-panel

Figure 1: Cs5recstatus

Master

LED

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AI-04 Recorder Status – cs5recstatus Page 1 of 3 AG501 Controlserver Recorder Status 1 Cs5recstatus helps the user to keep an eye on the most important parameters during sweep recording. So if obvious errors occur like active sensors outside the measurement area, deactivated reference sensors, broken sensors with striking RMS etc. the user is warned and can possibly solve the problem before sweep recording is started.
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Recorder Status – cs5recstatus (AI-04) Page 2 of 3 B. Main-Section In addition to the master-LED in normal mode the main-section (Figure 3) is displayed. While the sound status shows whether audio recording is activated, the head correction- and channelstatus each show the current status on the left side and the worst occurring status on the right side of the corresponding symbol. If head correction has not been initialized, the head correction symbol shows a grey head.
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Recorder Status – cs5recstatus (AI-04) Page 3 of 3 d) Positional-status POS: Current position -err: Worst positional status since the last reset. Green indicates that the sensor is within the optimal measurement sphere. Yellow warns that the sensor is outside the measurement sphere but still inside the extended measurement area. Red indicates an error. The position cannot be determined. Even if the real-time-display shows a seemingly valid sensor trace, the position calculation will fail for that sensor.