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3 Controlling ATOM Devices
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Attenuation Control
The tabbed interface in the Controls section of the ATOMControl User Interface contains
four tabs: the Device Info tab, the Mute tab, the Attenuation tab, and the Custom
Commands tab. The Attenuation tab can be used to monitor and control the Digital
Attenuator for an ATOM BUC.
Note that only ATOM BUCs have a Digital Attenuator; the attenuation controls are
greyed out for ATOM SSPAs.
If the Attenuation tab is selected, then attenuation monitoring will begin automatically
when the ATOMControl communication interface is successfully initialized. Monitoring is
automatically disabled when switching to a different tab, and is automatically re-enabled
when switching back to the Attenuation tab. Deinitializing the communication interface
while the Attenuation tab is selected will also disable attenuation monitoring.
Figure 10 below shows the Attenuation tab controls:
Figure 10: Attenuation Tab Controls