Control Software - AEQ DIGITAL COMMENTARY UNIT Customer's Manual

4. CONTROL SOFTWARE

The AEQ Commentary System control software will be described in this
section. This is the first occasion that this feature has been included in a
commentary system, and it permits great flexibility in the configuration,
operation and maintenance of the system.
4.1 System overview
In a standard configuration, the AEQ Commentary System will have several
Commentary Units (CUs) at a venue, wired in groups of a maximum 10 units,
connected to each Commentary Control Unit (CCU).
The CCUs will be installed in the Commentator control room at each venue.
Software control of the Commentary System is used in order to avoid:
• The necessity of using an operator for the management of each CCU. All the
CCUs can be managed ON LINE from the control computer.
• The necessity of setting the configuration of each CCU and CU separately.
Every unit can be set and managed by the control computer.
The Commentary System software control can be used in two different ways:
• OFF LINE : By previously configuring the complete Commentary System to
be implemented at a venue, i.e. programming all the functions of all the
CCUs, CMs and CUs. The desired configuration can be saved in a data
base and later transferred to all the CCUs, CMs and CUs when the System
is switched on. When the pre-programmed configuration is transferred to the
system, the software is able to detect installation errors and inconsistencies,
therefore saving time for testing the system.
• ON LINE : Controlling and modifying a CCU, CM and CU network or a
STAND ALONE CU in real time. This process is described in detail in the
following sections.
These two ways of controlling the CCU are implemented through two different
software modules. These two different programs are called " DCS Engineering
Planning" for the off-line configuration and " DCS Realtime Control" for the on-
line configuration. Besides this, a third module is include to upgrade the
firmware software if needed (" DCS Firmware Upgrade" ).
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