Renkus-Heinz Iconyx IC8-R User Manual page 29

IC-R
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even further speed the design process. It's called Auto-Focus and it
is available as a design aid whenever you choose to use 2 or more
Clicking on Auto-Focus will open the setup window shown to the
right. Notice that you have a choice between Max Coherence and
Max Power. Max Coherence will place all the acoustic centers at
the same point while Max Power will distribute the acoustic centers
along the height of the column.
Make your selection and approve its use by clicking on OK and the
program will automatically determine for you the best focus point for
each of the beams.
Auto-Focus will also warn you if the location you have chosen for
the steerable array isn't ideal.
You can override this warning if you want and the program will still
attempt to properly focus all the beams. You may, however, want
location for the Iconyx array or use more or fewer beams to see it
you can eliminate this warning prompt.
chosen. The acoustic
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center was placed near the center of the array.
A center frequency of 1000 Hz was chosen for a broadband, A-weighted, 3-octave simulation.
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