Altec Lansing digital signal processor, 4948A Altec Lansing Maestro Software, Installing Software

Operating Manual -4048A digital signal processor

6. ALTEC LANSING MAESTRO™ SOFTWARE

Altec Lansing offers a powerful software interface for the Windows PC environment, providing control for the 4048A digital signal processor. All controls are intuitively represented in a user friendly way, and on-line help is available for key functions.

6.1 Installing Software

The Maestro™ installation program is the same whether from the web site or from a disk. To install the software, double-click on <setup.exe> and follow the installation instructions.

6.2 Connecting the 4048A to a computer

A standard D-Sub nine pin female to male connector cable is used to connect the PC to the 4048A. If the PC lacks a nine pin RS-232 port, an active USB to RS-232 converter can be purchased at computer stores. Following are the suggested steps for connecting the 4048A to a PC:

1.) Plug the RS-232 cable into an available serial port on the PC.

2.) Plug the other end of the cable into either the front or back RS-232 Dataport on the 4048A.

3.) Turn on the power to the 4048A.

4.) Open Maestro software.

5.) Go to the <Communications> menu, click CommPort Assignment, and select the Comm port being used

6.) Go to the <Communications> menu and select <Enable Communications>.

7.) The connection should now be established.

RS-232 signal will run typically to 1300 feet using high quality cable.

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