Kenwood TS-590S manual Basic Specifications Inherited from ARCP-480, User Interfaces

8 EXPANSIVE APPLICATION SOFTWARE

8.3.1 Basic Specifications Inherited from ARCP-480

The basic specifications of the ARCP-590 are inherited from ARCP-480 for the TS-480S. In addition, ARCP-590 conforms to the new functions of the TS-590S.

8.3.2 User Interfaces

ARCP-590 supports Japanese and English user interface languages. A user can use ARCP-590 in the language the user is the most familiar with.

The ARCP-590 comes with a function to automatically connect to the TS-590S when the software is started. If you habitually control the TS-590S from a PC, the function saves the effort to establish a connection each time. To enable this function, from the Tool pulldown menu, select “Setup” and in the Setup dialog box, click on the Connect automatically at startup checkbox to activate.

In addition to the tuning control method used in ARCP-480 for TS-480S, ARCP-590 has new methods to change frequency as follows:

1.Frequency change with the main knob

2.Frequency change with “Tune up” and “Tune down” buttons

3.Frequency change with “MULTI/CH up” and “MULTI/Ch down” buttons

4.Frequency change with the direct input mode

5.Frequency change with the mouse wheel

6.Frequency change by clicking on the frequency display section

In method 1 and 2, you can now select the tuning step from the Tuning step dropdown list.

Caution: In the event you are using KSN over a network or you have selected a setting other than “Preset” from the Tuning Step dropdown list, the response may be slower. In such a case, select “Preset”. This is because the way to control the TS-590S differs in Preset and in other settings.

In method 5, by turning the mouse wheel, you can change the step selected from the MULTI/CH Step dropdown list. By turning the mouse wheel while pressing down the [Ctrl] key, you can change the step selected form the Tuning Step dropdown list (this function is available in ARCP-590 Ver. 1.01 or later).

In ARCP-590, a status bar is added in the bottom part of the main window. You can check frequently- used items in a single glance, such as modulation line, transmit output power, microphone gain, keying speed, connection destination, time in UTC and local time.

Figure 8-2 Status Bar

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