Crown Audio IQ-MSD Turbo Software - Manual (Page 21)

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
Control Block
Control Block
Control Block
Sub-block
ASA
Control Block
Control Block
Control Block
Control Block
Device
Menu
Display Now
Display Now
Display Now
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.